Inktober Butterflies

My Butterfly created HALF by hand with the Chinese character 忍

I don't particularly care, nor necessarily like, working with inks other than the occasional graphic art marker. Having said that, I do, however, have a video class at UMASS, and we are working on all kinds of things.

So, I asked my daughter to draw me a Butterfly to try some tricks on Adobe After Effects. What my daughter came up with wasn't exactly what I wanted, so I scanned and altered it from her original version, and made this version:

Heidi butterfly wings by BlackUniGryphon on DeviantArt

I still wanted to create my own original one, so I did this butterfly HALF, and then edited it in Photoshop 6.0

#inktober #drawtober #butterfly #wing #markers #letraset #pantone #drawing #cartoon #comics #graphicart I might use this in my video project. #schmetterling #hudie #ren #zen #forbearance #chinese #hanzi #BlackUniGryphon #sketchbook

A photo posted by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒 (@blackunigryphon) on Oct 15, 2016 at 7:04pm PDT

Kandice Butterfly Wings by BlackUniGryphon on DeviantArt

Note: The wing has the Chinese character 忍 (Forbearance or Endurance, or to endure harshness or hardship. It's often popular in Japan, and with Zen, but actually hails from Confucius and not Buddhism or Taoism. 

I am still unsure as to whether I will use this in my video project at UMASS or not yet.