I took the Inktober challenge in 2017, and devised a style inspired by early Christian woodcuts, Aubrey Beardsley, and religious and mystical art in general. I listened to folk music for inspiration while doing each drawing.
Day 1: Swift
Day 2: Divided
Day 3: Poison
How Shiva Got His Blue Throat.
The story of Samudra Mathan, or the churning of the ocean, which threw up all manner of things, including a poison so potent it could have destroyed all of existence. So Shiva swallowed and stopped it at his throat, which is why he is called "Neelakantan", or "Blue Throat".
The story of Samudra Mathan, or the churning of the ocean, which threw up all manner of things, including a poison so potent it could have destroyed all of existence. So Shiva swallowed and stopped it at his throat, which is why he is called "Neelakantan", or "Blue Throat".
Day 4: Underwater
Day 5: Long
Day 6: Sword
Day 7: Shy
I must have been 5 when I was asked in school to draw the kind of animal I would be, and why. So I drew a deer and wrote, "If I were an animal, I would be a deer, because a deer is a gentle animal." That was the first time I was published (albeit in the Clarence High School journal.)
Day 8: Crooked
Day 24: Blind
Day 26: Squeak
Ganesha's mouse vahana.
Day 29: United
Day 30: Found
Day 31: Mask
