Monthly Archives: October 2017

Inktober 2017 – Day 20: Star Shower

20 October 2017

Something more cute to balance yesterday’s angsty picture!
I was a little inspired by the meteor shower that’s supposed to happen tonight. Plus, I’ve been wanting to try using washi tape to create a pleated skirt for a while now, so I combined the ideas~
Turned out a little weird but I also like it, so yeah. //shrugs



Size: approximately 4″x6″
Materials: cardstock, sakura micron pens, copic sketch markers, pencil crayon, washi tape
Artwork and character © 2017 Sloan | DesignsBySloan.com | DesignsBySloan.deviantart.com
Do not use without permission.

Inktober 2017 – Day 19: Dear Old Friend

19 October 2017

Okay so, this one might be confusing or even creepy unless you’ve watched or read Genroku Showa Rakugo Shinjuu – but I’ll see if I can explain the gist of it without spoilers:

This features Kikuhiko (the elderly man) and Sukeroku (the ghost), two men who as children were both adopted in the showa era to become apprentices for Rakugo – the traditional Japanese art of storytelling. They were childhood friends, like brothers, but also rivals.

I won’t say why or how, but Sukeroku dies a tragic early death. Kikuhiko feels intense guilt for the rest of his life (and that’s putting it lightly), even as decades pass and their generations continue. He sometimes he sees an apparition of his old friend, Sukeroku; which could either be 1) an actual apparition or 2) a metaphoric representation of him being haunted by his guilt.

However, I don’t believe Sukeroku would have held a grudge against Kikuhiko, so maybe he’s there to offer comfort (in my picture)… but with Kikuhiko complains instead. (A completely normal occurrence for them.)

…Have I intrigued anybody enough to watch this hidden gem yet?? :P It’s not a popular genre but it’s very interesting, full of drama, mystery, historic facts, romance and quality storytelling. It follows from the showa era to modern times, and how the art of Rakugo changes. It’s available on on Crunchyroll if anyone’s interested~

I personally wish I had watched it sooner. I put it off for maybe a year, and I watched it slowly because it dealt with dark subject matter such as death. But by the time I finished it, it had become a favourite of mine, and I wish other people would give it a chance too.



Size: approximately 4″x6″
Materials: cardstock, sakura micron pens, copic sketch markers
Artwork © 2017 Sloan | DesignsBySloan.com | DesignsBySloan.deviantart.com
Genroku Showa Rakugo Shinjuu and characters © Haruko Kumota
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Inktober 2017 – Day 18: You’re so Mysterious

18 October 2017

No sleepless night caused by a wind storm could stop me from drawing fanart of my beloved Hyouka!

I’ve drawn Chitanda and Mayaka’s outfits before but not Oreki’s, so that was nice. His outfit is supposedly inspired by Gentleman Thief Arsene Lupin, just like the protagonist from Persona 5 so… he’s doing the glove-pulling thing that the protag does!

But yeah. When I was going through some scrapbooking paper I bought years ago, I started thinking this paper would suit the ending song “Kimi ni Matsuwaru Mystery”. I think it suits the historical/literature aesthetic well! Thooough… I probably should’ve saved the technique for a day when I wasn’t so sleep deprived, but I’m fairly happy with how this turned out anyways. ^^



Size: approximately 4″x6″
Materials: cardstock, sakura micron pens, copic sketch markers, scrapbooking paper and double-sided tape
Artwork © 2017 Sloan | DesignsBySloan.com | DesignsBySloan.deviantart.com
Hyouka and characters © Honobu Yonezawa
Do not use without permission.

Inktober 2017 – Day 17: Fly High

17 October 2017

The other day, I was standing outside with my sister’s dog and a crow flew overhead. I couldn’t help but think, “this would make a nice Haikyuu fanart.” and today I finally drew it. x’D

Shoyo Hinata in front of the Sakanoshita Shop! Not sure if the buildings are 100% correct but otherwise I’m very happy with how this one turned out. Maybe one of my favourites of the ones I’ve done so far? Besides my October 3rd drawing for FMA day, anyway.

Also happy to finally draw more Haikyuu fanart in general!! I remember thinking “Eh, I’m not really into sports or sports anime but I’ll give this a try”, but before episode 2 ended I was totally hooked.
I love the intense animation, expressive characters, competitiveness and analogies… I’ve only done a few sketches and also some button designs but… not much for illustrations or anything? So it was about time to change that!



Size: approximately 4″x6″
Materials: cardstock, sakura micron pens, copic sketch markers, crayola pencil crayons
Artwork © 2017 Sloan | DesignsBySloan.com | DesignsBySloan.deviantart.com
Haikyuu and characters © Haruichi Furudate
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Inktober 2017 – Day 16: Mayoral Duties

16 October 2017

“Where would you like to put this Public Works Project, Mayor?”

An Animal Crossing fanart of Isabelle and my main mayor for today’s inktober~
For my scan, I couldn’t get the whites to be very white without losing the light greys. :(



Size: approximately 4″x6″
Materials: cardstock, sakura micron pens, copic sketch markers
Artwork © 2017 Sloan | DesignsBySloan.com | DesignsBySloan.deviantart.com
Animal Crossing and characters © Nintendo
Do not use without permission.

Inktober 2017 – Day 15: Mornings Are…

15 October 2017

This morning I watched a livestream of my favourite webcomic, Grey Is… and drew fanart of the main characters! ♥ I’ll assure you, I was happier than White is in this picture when watching haha. He must have a headache. :(

If you haven’t read the webcomic yet, I REALLY recommend it. While it covers many sensitive topics, they are handled so well, and there’s just the right amount of comedy to balance the darkness too (though don’t get me wrong, there’s SO MANY FEELS.)
And don’t even get me started on the beautiful art!! *_*

Click here to read it!!



Size: approximately 4″x6″
Materials: cardstock, sakura micron pens, copic sketch markers
Artwork © 2017 Sloan | DesignsBySloan.com | DesignsBySloan.deviantart.com
Grey Is…, Black and White © dee Juusan
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Inktober 2017 – Day 14: Petals

14 October 2017

Felt pretty tired today so I turned to one of my favourite characters to draw – Sakura!
My scanner didn’t pick up the light pinks in my illustration (rude!), so I had to add that back in digitally. :c



Size: approximately 4″x6″
Materials: cardstock, sakura micron pens, copic sketch markers
Artwork © 2017 Sloan | DesignsBySloan.com | DesignsBySloan.deviantart.com
Cardcaptor Sakura and characters © CLAMP
Do not use without permission.

Inktober 2017 – Day 13: Moments of Calm

14 October 2017

It was so hard deciding on yesterday’s inktober topic – I wanted to do something about Friday the 13th, but didn’t start it until late in the day and finished this morning.

Eventually I settled on drawing Akira Kurusu from Persona 5 – the boy who had horrible luck with fate, but that very same fate led him to a wonderful found family (including a black cat). ♥

Expect more fanart of this game eventually!! I love it so much aaaa



Size: approximately 4″x6″
Materials: cardstock, sakura micron pens, copic sketch markers, white paint pen
Artwork © 2017 Sloan | DesignsBySloan.com | DesignsBySloan.deviantart.com
Persona 5 and characters © ATLUS
Do not use without permission.

Inktober 2017 – Day 12: Sweet Tooth

12 October 2017

A random character. I wanted to continue with the Halloween aesthetic. ^^
I used washi tape on her sweater!



Size: approximately 4″x6″
Materials: cardstock, sakura micron pens, copic sketch markers, washi tape
Artwork and character © 2017 Sloan | DesignsBySloan.com | DesignsBySloan.deviantart.com
Do not use without permission.

Inktober 2017 – Day 11: Spooky Style

12 October 2017

My OC Gwin, wearing some casual Halloween fashion!

Finished this late last night, but I wasn’t feeling up to scanning it right then.
So I’m posting it this morning instead. ^^;



Size: approximately 4″x6″
Materials: cardstock, sakura micron pens, copic sketch marker
Artwork and character © 2017 Sloan | DesignsBySloan.com | DesignsBySloan.deviantart.com
Do not use without permission.

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