Admin Post: Community Check-In for October

[goss]

Tomorrow will be the last day of the month (Halloween!), and we'd love to have you check in and chat with us. How have things been with you?

Did you take part in any fandom activities in October, or have you been working on any personal art projects? Are you currently trying to meet a deadline? Feel free to share upcoming challenges that have got you excited, any frustrations you've been experiencing, possible goals for the next month, and so on.

Also, if you participated in Inktober over the past couple weeks, how has the experience been?

Comments

[mific]

Well, it’s all been Inktober this month of course. I’ve learned a lot about managing the challenge, and am also pretty exhausted at this stage of things. I for sure hadn’t factored in how time consuming it’d be, and how much of my non-work time it’d consume. That’s mostly as I was unrealistic about what I could manage and set too-intense goals. The second two weeks went better as I experimented more, and I’ve had fun trying out new techniques with inking, brush detail, and watercolours. My main problem is that I seem unable to do smaller, simpler works, so even giving myself freer range with the ideas, it’s still very labour intensive. I’ve also had to manage carpal tunnel problems which have been getting worse especially in the last few days, despite exercises. November will definitely need to be a quieter month. Would I do it again? Yes, I hope so, but I’ll try to set lower sights next year, and force myself not to take on as much. For example, I think I’ll do artworks on smaller pieces of paper, so that they just can’t involve as much time. I’ve loved seeing what everyone has been doing across the month - that’s been the real high point.

[goss]

Would I do it again? Yes, I hope so, but I’ll try to set lower sights next year, and force myself not to take on as much.

Same! I'm thinking something like a small thumbnail sketch a day (maybe with a 20-minute time limit for drawing), and maybe one larger, complex drawing for each weekend.

[mekare]

and am also pretty exhausted at this stage of things.

But go you! You really did something every day and I am looking forward to seeing your stuff from the second half of the month. :-)