Anyone planning to do Inktober this year?

Heather Boyd

Yes! but I really need to focus on completed simple works so I can post everyday. Can we make a board on here for everyone who will participate? As well as the rules and the prompts each day?

Pinky

That's my intention! Last year I did all my drawings 4 x 6", which made it much more manageable for me. Can't wait to see everyone's work!

burvantill

@heather-boyd you can go here for the rules and prompts. link text

LollyW

I’m in this year. I’ve started it for a couple of years and never got through the month but this year I am going to. I AM!

LongJeff

Yep. I'm aiming to but damn is it intimidating. I don't usually draw on paper anymore after moving to digital so rusty doesn't even cover it. Hopefully I'll make the full month before my pride is crushed.

MissMushy

@LongJeff I hear ya! lol
Spending these next few weeks doing the inking practice exercises in Jake's "how to Ink" video trying to limber up.

EmilyM

I'm going to go for it, I've already tried brainstorming for it. Thought I'm probably not going to agonize over it as much as I do other pieces. Gonna try and keep it fun.

carriecopadraws

@longjeff Analog inking has no "undo" button! But it can build confidence in your work so I think it's worth a shot even if you feel rusty. My goal is to be "braver with black" and fill in big shadow areas and dark-colored objects instead of just drawing the outlines. It could fail spectacularly!

burvantill

@carriecopa I love that! Failing spectacularly, because at least it will be spectacular.

Jon Anderson

I'll definitely do some of it. My wife and I are expecting our third child the beginning of November so I anticipate being even more cramped for time. I thought of lumping together a week's worth into a single illustration and posting weekly. Then I saw the comment of working small and now I wonder if I should use that as a daily character design/spot illustration exercise instead.

Chip Valecek

@jon-anderson congrats on the new soon to be new addition to the family!

MissMushy

@jon-anderson Congrats on the new baby! We have a new granddaughter (6 months now) and she is lighting up our world

Jon Anderson

@Chip-Valecek & @MissMushy Thank you! They are indeed a treasure from God.

adc

Man, I almost forgot what happened Inktober 2017.
So, I got super fired up last year - did my first drawing...

...and was promptly decimated by the flu. Quarantined myself in the home office for a week and a half (didn't want to get the fam sick).

Sounds ideal for drawing though, right?

Could have been except I basically had to lay flat the whole week, or insta-headache and other things. No joke, it sucked.

So this year...perhaps that won't happen. haha. XD

MissMushy

@adc hopefully it won’t be the same this year for you.

jaepereira

@lollyw You can do it!!

HeidiGFX

yep! just need to find ideas for the prompts...preferably a theme.

Lewbotart

I will deffo be doing it. Last year was the first time I've ever completed it and it was so fulfilling! I actually did inktober and Drawlloween at the same time so I was making myself do 2 drawings a day for the whole month. This year ill just be doing inktober. I would recommend it. It helped me grow my art style and I gained alot of new followers plus I found some new amazing artists to follow!

lady chamomile

So pumped hearing so many people here are doing inktober!
This will be my third attempt at completing inktober... hopefully third time's a charm lol.

Things I'm doing to prepare:

Practicing waking up early (5:45am) to give myself an hour of distraction free drawing time in the morning
Coming up with a theme in addition to the prompts (maybe people and pets? Or girls and flowers?)
Have my supplies ready

I might be doing my version of inktober this year and include watercolor, but I'm not sure yet

Best of luck to everyone!

robgale

Indeed. I haven't done it at all in years past, but would love to jump in this year. Hopefully this community can help motivate and keep us going! I know showing up every single day can be so hard, but worth it.

@lady-chamomile I like your list of preparations, good solid ideas to help get past the resistance!

If anyone has any tips on getting through it, I'd love to hear them.