The Adventures of Quincy and Felix
An Inktober 2021 project
The Adventures of Quincy and Felix zine cover 2021
Inktober is an art challenge that takes place annually on Instagram and other social media platforms during the month of October. For the 2021 challenge, Maen Illustrates created an ink illustration each day following the prompt listed Endicotts' Tea Party by @lanylevendula on Instagram. She used a limited colour palette of three coloured inks (Rohrer & Klingner burnt sienna, black, and Winsor and Newton gold) and two brush pens (Pentel Pocket Brush pen and Sumiiro ThinLine Pen). In the end, Maen created 32 illustrations, 32 Instagram Reels/Tiktok videos, and a 48 page zine.
Once Inktober had finished, she scanned the illustrations and made lighting adjustments in Photoshop. From here, she designed a 48 page zine with InDesign to showcase her work along with the original captions to create a story. The zine was then sent to Jukebox Print in Vancouver, BC, Canada, for printing.
This year's 2021 zine contains all 32 illustrations, previously unseen thumbnail sketches, information on her tools, and more. It is titled The Adventures of Quincy and Felix as the illustrations follow the journey of Quincy the boy and Felix the fox on their daily adventures through a world of magic, mischief, and wonder.
The zine, along with some limited edition art print postcards, can be purchased on her website at maenillustrates.com.
