Anyone planning to do Inktober this year?
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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!
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@heather-boyd you can go here for the rules and prompts. link text
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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!
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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.
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@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.
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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.
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@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!
Carrie Copa
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@carriecopa I love that! Failing spectacularly, because at least it will be spectacular.
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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.
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@jon-anderson congrats on the new soon to be new addition to the family!
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@jon-anderson Congrats on the new baby! We have a new granddaughter (6 months now) and she is lighting up our world
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@Chip-Valecek & @MissMushy Thank you! They are indeed a treasure from God.
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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
~Andrew
My stuff: http://andrewdc.com/illustration/
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hopefully it won’t be the same this year for you. 
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@lollyw You can do it!!
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yep! just need to find ideas for the prompts...preferably a theme.
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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!
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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!
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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.
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@robgale oooooh! Glad it's helpful ^_^
I've also heard making extra drawings whenever possible would help if some unforeseen occurrence prevents you from doing that day's drawing... but I don't know if people would consider that cheating lol.
