Just do it. No shit. Excited to start the Inktober challenge tomorrow! Since this is my first time to join, I'm actually in no position to give advice, but I wanna share my plan on how to survive this challenge. I'll be posting my Inktober artworks on instagram and let's see how this goes. *fingers-crossed* 1. Identify Your Goals (aka Why Do I Even Bother Joining?)
Another possible goal for joining Inktober might be something technical-based, practicing a certain technique like inking, as what Jake Parker, the guy behind this challenge, aims for. My main goals are developing a habit and a cohesive series/body of work. There are other daily prompts I wanna try again after this, like the ones from Doodlewash especially they're focused on watercolor instead of ink. I just wish I'm able to think-outside-the-box (some of its subjects can be quite mind-blowing like "singing in the shower"). It would be really awesome too if I'm able to create my own daily prompts related to what art projects I'll be working on next. I feel like joining the apocalypse art prize this year. Am I too late? 2. Create a Theme (aka What are the Rules? How to Break Them?)
What rules we personally set depend on our goals in #1. Nobody can really dictate how to do this, not even the Inktober dude himself since we all have different goals, so it's up to you to figure this out in a way that's both doable and challenging enough at the same time. In my case, given the personal goals I've mentioned above: Time - daily Style - whatever... it will find me, or I'll find it. Who knows. Medium - watercolor Subject Matter - fashion (fashion design and fashion portraits) We can also either do the prompts one at a time (before I know it, I might finally have a cohesive body of work! Oh, yeah!), or create art for a certain week or for the whole month already on a single paper or canvas (more doable) just like what Jazza did last year: So amazing! 3. Prepare Your Materials and Art References Ahead of Time Nothing fancy, just use your old materials, or if you wanna take this opportunity to experiment with copic markers, by all means do so. Aside from our tools of trade, it's very helpful if we plan what to draw/ink/paint beforehand -- much better if we can at least do pencil sketches so we already have the momentum going and we just have to add ink or paint to finish them on time. If you're doing something realistic or want to study light and colors effects, it will be less stressful if we gather the art references needed early on too, especially if there's no real life model we can use (the latter's highly recommended though -- some say use yourself as the model, but I find it hard to look at the mirror while painting at the same time since that means moving a lot and forgetting what position to started with). Most likely this isn't applicable to those with cartoon style or if you can easily draw stuff from memory (lucky you!). 4. Find Your Flow Some perform best when locked up somewhere, away from noise and other distractions. Others prefer to have a buddy to do art collabs with. A few (like me) prefer to paint at 3 in the morning with dim lights and all, and get a thrill from being surprised (or shocked) at how the colors turn out on normal lighting. Whether we do it daily, every other day, or once a week, the main point is meeting the personal goals on #1 and following the rules set on #2 above, and seeing those as the main challenges while Inktober as a tool or stepping stone to deal with them, instead of treating Inktober itself as a challenge (thinking that way, puts the pressure off doing Inktober or any other daily prompt I guess). Whatever's your thing, just do it, good luck and have fun!
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