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Inktober!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11/4/2018

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...is done!!!!!

Well I did my first ever Inktober challenge this year.  I decided first and foremost to have fun.  This was an opportunity for me to branch out a bit from my usual subject.  I also wanted to improve some of my brush skills.  I am what's referred to as a heavy handed artist.  I'm the guy that snaps pencil leads constantly, or destroys technical pen nibs like they are made of paper.  I press, and I press hard.  So for almost all of Inktober I used a pocket pentel brush pen.  I also got a couple of fountain pens as they give a nice free flowing line and are maybe a bit more durable and sketchy than technical pens which tend to make me very rigid when I am drawing.  Brushes and fountain pens let me bust out of my shell a bit more.

For my first go, I decided not to follow any of the prompts, I just wanted to draw for the sake of drawing.  I really liked this at first, but nearing the end, I kind of felt left out a bit of the overall idea of Inktober which is to also get you thinking about ideas and being creative.  But hey, there is always next year.  I will definitely join in again, and I will follow the prompts as well.

If you aren't sure of what Inktober is, it is a drawing challenge created by illustrator Jake Parker, who also shares an excellent podcast called 3 Point Perspective with fellow professional illustrators Lee White and Will Terry.  As an amateur illustrator trying to venture to being a professional, I have been listening in quite a bit.

check out the podcast here:
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3 Point Perspective

​check out the Inktober website here:
Inktober

​check out my Inktober Gallery here posted on my instagram:
Inktober Gallery
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