muddy.
day 23.
a sketch i didn’t ink.
a sketch i did ink but didn’t love.
a third one i just went ink on. no pencil sketch underneath. its pretty frank miller-y.
im not crazy about any of them but…deadlines.
day 21. drain.
here’s a look at the initial sketches.
In the first sketch you can see that I thought I might need the jungle setting behind Snake.
On the second sketch, once I had just the figure of Snake, the life gauge, and the blood trail in there I realized those 3 elements were all that was needed.
At first I had the trail just going from left to right, but then I tried to give the drawing a little depth by having the trail come in at an angle.
Thanks for reading, and if you’ve missed any, you can catch up on all of my 2018 inktobers here…
the fury and snake again from mgs3
we revisit the fury and snake from mgs3 and day 3
to anyone with more inking experience than me: its getting increasingly difficult for my brush to keep a fine point, making it very frustrating to use – does that mean its time to get a new brush?
metal gear solid 3 has maybe the most beautiful (and sad) boss battle in video games
update: i did an ink wash but i don’t think i like it as much:
on day 3 of inktober, you get 3 drawings. this trend will not continue.
one of the antagonists in metal gear 3 is the fury, a cosmonaut obsessed with flame.
mgs 3 also features a survival element, where living off the jungle may help your character, snake, complete his mission
those elements combined.
if you look closely you can see abandoned underdrawings in the first two sketches
Shaking off the inking dust with Day 1 of Inktober.
Decided to apply Jake Parker’s official Inktober 2018 prompts list with the world of Metal Gear Solid, my favorite video game franchise.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater takes place in the jungle. And if you eat a spoiled ration you can get food poisoning.
