What a crazy month and a day! I did not hold back. I pumped myself full of coffee, armed myself with as much patience and focus as possible to muster, and set out on this challenging, artistic journey called Inktober!
I am so happy I chose to do it despite the difficulties. I was rusty, doubted myself, and questioned my abilities here and there. I felt the pressure of time constraints. I scraped some ideas and pivoted to different ones. I struggled to come up with what to draw for each prompt. I also felt discouraged at one point, and there were tears involved.
But at the same time, I learned a few things. I found stuff I wish to improve in going forward. I hope to revisit the fundamentals of drawing for one and be more methodical about it. I used more highlights in my works and thought more about where the light is and how to shape things to make them look more dimensional. The success rate with these varied, but even so, I consider it a win. Consistency has always been an issue for me. Inktober shows that if I wish, I can be consistent. It requires me to set my mind to it, and I can do it. We all have good days and bad days for creative endeavors. And as long as I keep that in mind, I feel there is growth and progress.
However, this is probably the last time I will do the entire Inktober. I might pick and choose some prompts from the whole list and dedicate more time to them instead. The reason for not doing the whole thing again is the other responsibilities and life happenings that require me to break my focus and leave me in a pickle if I do something this time-consuming, not to mention energy-consuming!
Yeah! That is that! ^^ Regardless, I am proud of them! The artworks I created, I mean. They make me happy when I look at them.
Here are the last three of the 31!
Day 29: Navigator
On day 29, we find ourselves on a pirate ship. No ship should ever leave the harbor without a navigator! Unless you are ready to get lost at the sea, of course! You will need some things to plot your journey and stay on the course! Here, we have a navigation table in the view with some trinkets to help with that. Arrgh!
Day 30: Violin Kokle
I was rebellious on day 30. As you can tell, that is not a violin! I have gone off the script! Oh no?! Hey, I still drew a musical instrument! It is a Kokle, a Latvian string instrument dating back to the 13th century, and to date, Latvian folk music is unimaginable without kokles. The sound Kokles makes is divine and resonates with me deeply! I am adding a song played with Kokle as the song of the day if you are curious to hear how it sounds.
Day 31: Landmark
Finally, day 31! The prompt was - landmark. Even though I felt like an old horse heading for the barn to munch on hay (they usually speed up when they know they are heading back to rest), I would not put in any less effort in the last piece. I hope one could say that any castle could be a landmark. That, or I wish to play the Tiny Glade I downloaded before I started Inktober that never got to play because of how busy it got this month!
What else is there to say? I experimented with different techniques a lot. It was fun for me, and I am happy with all the creative angles and twists I added in them! I smile ear to ear when I go over them all.
I hope you enjoyed my Inktober creations as much as I did!
But on that note, I might go potato mode for a few days (not too many) before I do something else. I will sleep without the alarm! Hell yeah!
Thank you all for your support through all this!
Much love!
-M
Song of the day: Ansis Jansons - Kokļu Mežs
This has to be the longest art post that I didn’t get tired of.
Everything here was beautifully crafted, You did such an amazing job. It was so nice to read you and see your paintings, well done, and thanks for sharing.
Thank you @ibbtammy! Before I began blogging on Hive and the chain before Hive, I struggled to write longer posts, hehe. Over the years I am growing concerned if my posts now are too long! So I am glad to hear it did not bother you and that you enjoyed it. Thank you for your comment! I can't believe it has been 6 days since I posted the final post. I am still recovering from the intensity this challenge was or maybe it is the happenings in the world currently. I am not sure. Hope you are doing well.