Hi my loves.
Welcome back to my inktober sketchbook.
For the very last time this year we're using this Inktober challenge to keep up a regular
drawing habit, seeing what we can do in our sketchbooks with an hour or less.
And with this time today, I am completing the last two drawings; days 30 and 31.
I'm finishing early, I actually filmed this a couple of days ago, because I really wanted
to finish this little book.
It's been such a fun project, with one idea just flowing into the next, and doing the
drawings a day at a time just wasn't working for me.
I also, in a way, just wanted this to be over now!
This Inktober has been an interesting one for me.
I set out to work on my imagination, to generate original concepts and ideas, and I really
feel like I did that.
And the more I did it, the more naturally that came to me, to the point that I was brimming
with new ideas and new projects I wanted to start.
And that's when it started to feel quite limiting, working within the constraints of this challenge,
having this little book to work in and a style to stick to and just this pen to use.
And somehow, even though- as you can see- these drawings didn't take a huge chunk of
time out of my day- it felt like I was giving them all my creative energy, while I resisted
being pulled in the direction of inspiration and impulse.
It was good actually.
A good test to see this project through and a good springboard into whatever I do next
really.
I'm overflowing with ideas, which is very rare for me, the only thing holding me back
is... kind of what I was talking about earlier.
While the rules of Inktober were constraining on what I could and couldn't do, they at least
gave me some direction.
I had a style and I had my tools.
At the moment, there's a bit of freedom-fear in me.
I really don't know about my art style at the moment.
And I hate that when you have a good idea.
Because you feel like now isn't the right time to do it, and maybe you'll wait until
you've figured your art out first.
I think the only thing I can do is just dive into the art I want to make, make it as best
I can, and know that that's the only way I can learn what works and what doesn't.
I love these chats, it's like thinking out loud, really helps me figure out what I'm
thinking and how to deal with it.
Anyway, back to these drawings, I plan on filming a sketchbook tour in the next few
days so you can see them all together.
And if you have any questions about this project or anything that you want me to talk about
in that video, just let me know below.
I'm actually SO happy with this.
This whole thing.
The ideas, the drawings.
And finishing it!
I'm really pleased with what I've been able to do.
This has topped my haunted houses for me.
I said I wasn't sure if I'd make a zine, because I didn't want that pressure, but I am really
happy with how these all came out, and I love the idea of printing this as a little guidebook.
I think I'll do things differently this year.
Usually I go for a limited number, and there are always people that want them but don't
manage to get them.
So this time around, I think I'll have pre-orders open for maybe a week or two, and then that'll
be it.
I'm doing that for the same reason that I only have a limited run of things like this.
It's a really in the moment thing, it belongs to this time of year, this project, so I don't
want it in the shop year-round.
One perk of not making them limited though, is that if I feel like it, maybe I can re-release
them this time next year as well.
We'll see.
I'm getting ahead of myself now.
I'm just excited about making a little book out of these drawings.
And making more books to be honest.
More stuff like this.
I feel like that's a direction I'd like to explore taking my work in.
All I need to figure out is how I want my art to look.
But that's a topic for another day.
For now, thanks so much for joining me for this years Inktober project.
As always, please do update me on how you've been getting on.
And I'll see you soon for the next video. Bye!