Santa Carla Video City - Inktober!
Since my video store project has turned into such an endeavor, I've decided to use each Inktober as an excuse to create some unique cover designs. I love spending time each October focussing on traditional skills and seeing what I can create with my collection of Copic and Posca markers.
In 2021 I created a series of traditional inked illustrations that I was happy with, but felt they lacked a bit of punch and depth compared to my digital illustrations so in 2022 I tried something a little different - negative inks! By digitally inverting the final sketch I could use the natural whiteness of the paper to create deep blacks and then ink with reversed colours and values to create the intended look. Darker inks appear lighter when reversed so this allowed a lot of fine control for highlights and accenting certain areas of the illustration. It took some trial and error (and the use of my trusty colour wheel) but I really enjoyed the process and the final results had the impact I was looking for!
2024's Inktober lineup!
The 2024 ink sketches shown as they're originally created, and then inverted for the final effect.
A month of illness meant 2023's offerings were pretty slim. But I did manage to eek out three more VHS covers at least!
2022's Inktober lineup!
2022 Negative ink images. This was the first time I had tried this technique.
2021 was the first Inktober where I decided to create video covers. I managed to make quite a few!
Original 2021 sketches on A5 marker paper.