#cbinktober

Cute - Day 29

Lamp - Day 31

And that’s the end! I’m not really sure what I had planned with this prompt originally but it was nice to go with simple lines. I have not stuck with all of my self rules this month, I added more color than intended on a couple days and there were prompts that I really phoned it in on. However, I can see all the progress I’ve made this month and I can see the difference between Inktober 2018 and Inktober 2019. Could I have made this progress without Inktober? Of course. But there’s something really special to creating an experience for yourself, deadlines and assignments that are not tied to money or achievement in ephemeral space, that helps to force you to confront your process and make art for yourself in a way that is challenging.

Day 30 - Cold

To avoid spam posting, these are Inktober days 23-28 and I have to admit that I might do this next year for Inktober instead of posting daily. There have only been a few days that I’ve had to do late, most of my lateness has been with the posting of work.

Carving out a creative space is a challenge of its own but the creative spirit on social media is a whole other thing. I find that they sometimes eat into one another. Inktober itself as a drawing per day is such a marvelous challenge and I’ve already seen growth in my methods and work from day 1 to day 28. Posting has presented its own challenges as I try to decide how to present my work. The above thumbnail approach makes me very happy because I don’t find that I like to post every day.

Prep - Inktober Day 21

There was an attempt made to capture this beautiful picture of Misty Copeland. I don’t feel like I hit it on the head but I am happier with the outcome than I thought I would be. So much of working for anything is this part where you wind up to try for something bigger than you can figure out how to accomplish from your current vantage point. Last year I was too scared to try something like this, my art skills were rusty and I still struggle with some inner demons every time I try for something that I know I can’t get right in the first attempt.