What is Inktober?

Inktober Is a challenge for artists to do a picture in ink for every day in October. Website here.
It was started in 2009 by an artist named Jake parker. Website here.

The Rules

The official rules listed below are taken from the Inktober website.

The Prompts
Along with the rules there are a set of 30 prompts that the website gives for inspiration to draw something.

I have attempted the Inktober challenge in 2022. I was not able to complete all 31 days. In fact I was only able to do 19/31 or 61%. Not Neccessarily a passing grade, but even though I was not able to complete all 31 days. I was still glad I did it.

What I did for 2022

As you can see some days were better than others. Since the month was October, I tried to stick with a Halloween theme for each entry.

I'm especially proud of day 16 and day 18. In day 16 think the composition and the movement of the broom are very nice to look at. In day 18 I think the lighting and shadows as well as the incorporation of "day 18" into the story of the picture is quite appealing. But there are many things I believe I can improve on this year.

+Consistency

I hope this year I am able to do all 30 days.

In order to achieve this I am making Inktober a top priority for me this month. Partially, this involves putting in dedicated time into a calendar, but this time is just the minimum not a restriction.

+Line Quality

One of the biggest things I've noticed is the line quality of my past works has been very "studdery" and "rough". This was not intentional, I just sucked.

Today I believe I can use smother strokes and improve the line quality. This will be one of the things I will try to remember when inking this Inktober.

+Reference

When I was doing the past Inktober, I did not look at much reference pictures. I was coming at it from a mindset of "I don't need reference". And for minimal to no reference images I did a pretty good job.

This year I have a different mindset. I don't care if its completely original or from reference; I just want it to be good.

With all that said there is only one thing Left to do...