Another October has passed, and another Inktober completed! 😁✌🎉 Below are my thoughts on this year’s drawing marathon – and a selection of my favourites among the drawings I made.
Preconditions
Like last year, I decided not to follow any prompts. It worked out ok last year and I didn’t find any prompt lists that caught my interest, so I went rogue. 🐱👤
The tools were the same as they’ve been since 2016. The book is not yet full so I’m still using it. I sort of regret starting with this book as the paper really isn’t very good, but I have to see this through now. Don’t want to have a half-full book laying around. But I counted the pages and there is just enough space for one more year, then I’m free to pick something else to draw in!
A selection of drawings
All of them can be found on my Instagram. They should be near the top of my feed at least for a little while longer.
My favourites this year were the various MMO races I drew. Like the two trolls from World of Warcraft. There’s also a Charr from Guild Wars 2. The Charr got retweeted by the official GW2 Twitter account and has so far gotten over 300 likes. This must be the closest to “viral” I’ve ever gotten, lol!
Another fav is the skull with a crown. We’re playing Symbaroum (only best roleplaying game I’ve ever tried) right now and I got inspired by the story. Also drew mine and Markus’s characters, but they’re on Instagram only.
In retrospect
Going without prompts can be great, but there were also a lot of days when I just wished I had more of a solid theme or some kind of guidance.
It’s fun when you have inspiration and know what you want to draw, but it’s also so frustrating when you’re staring at a blank paper and your brain gives you nothing but static. 😩 I actually think I’ll try to find some sort of cohesive theme or prompts or something for next year.
Overall I struggled a lot more this year compared to 2017 and 2016. September was a super busy month for me with my wedding and a work trip to Germany and lots of other little things. When October came I was sort of drained. I felt like I had more bad days than good. It was genuinely surprising to go back and see that some of this year’s drawings are actually pretty good. Because it felt like I made nothing but crap the entire month.
Still, totally worth it. Like I learned already in my first year doing Inktober: creating crap is still better than creating nothing. :)
These are beautiful drawings and I enjoyed following your posts on Instagram. My favourites are the female troll and the witch.
I love the little narwhal! SO CUTE.
I know what you mean with not having a clue what to draw. I was looking to some people for ideas at some point and drawing gifts for birthdays. XD Otherwise whatever popped into my head.
All of your drawings are gorgeous. I’m amazed. I’ve been trying to draw more but it’s been difficult, especially because I’m not very good at it, and I get frustrated easily. Oh well. One step at a time. xD
Your drawings are fantastic, and I loved seeing the new creations that you shared each day. You are such a talented artist, and I don’t know how you could think any of them were bad!?! Have you ever thought about selling some of them as prints? I am sure people would love them.
“creating crap is still better than creating nothing” I am in an art block at the moment, and you’re right! If I keep chipping away, I am sure to create something presentable, eventually! 😂