ricksworld - Show & Do ep6

Описание: Welcome to 'ricksworld'
A UK based artist on the South Coast of Britian

check out my website: https://www.ricksworld.uk

✒️ Darkwood Sketchbook Session | Inking a Character Illustration from Coffee Shop Inspiration
In today’s session, I return to my Darkwood series of drawings, settling into the studio on a gloomy day with a coffee and an idea pulled straight from real life.

This piece began as a quick pencil sketch inspired by a morning in a local coffee shop, where an aggressive, muzzled dog sparked a strange narrative idea. Instead of drawing the dog, I imagined a human character wearing a muzzle — locked in place — and asked the question: why?

In this video, I work through the inking stage of the drawing, focusing on:
Translating a loose pencil sketch into ink
Constructing a three-dimensional muzzle using straps, curves and shadow
Thinking about form, light direction and depth
Developing facial features beneath the mask
Shading techniques, line weight, stippling and cross-hatching
Working intuitively and refining lines over time

You’ll see how the drawing slowly evolves as I balance storytelling, anatomy and texture, and why I often leave parts unresolved to revisit later once the whole image comes together.

This is a quiet, honest look at my drawing process — the false starts, adjustments, and long hours that go into a single illustration in the Darkwood world.

If you enjoy ink drawing, sketchbook work, character design, dark fantasy illustration, or watching an artwork develop step by step, you’re very welcome here.

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