Inktober Early Planning

[olivermoss]

Hi all! I thought I'd start a post for Inktober preparation. Here we can talk inking materials, troubleshooting and sharing inkspiration. October is still two weeks or so away, but this gives people lead time to learn new techniques or order new supplies if they want to.

Feel free to ask any trad or digital inking questions in the comments so we can help each other. Also post tutorials you've found helpful, artists to study and whatever else might be relevant.

I am still not very practiced with any of them, but I've acquired a lot of supplies over the past year. I've got a variety of papers, inks, inking pens, ink pencils and also a small LED lightbox. In the picture above, the lettering is my first time using a pen you dip in ink. That banner is my pre-Inktober starting point. If people are interested I will list, talk about and/or demo my supplies.

The official Inktober prompt list is up is up here. I am not going to use that list, I am making my own unless I can find a really good one.

So, what are your Inktober questions, plans or hopes?

Comments

[goss]

Yeah, even if it's not done to the letter, it's still a good opportunity to motivate ourselves to create, whether it's experimenting with unfamiliar media or working on something daily, etc.

Last year I thought I'd do Inktober everyday for just a single week (well, 5 out of 7 days) and it was quite productive, and not too stressful, and then I took it week by week. I knew that the rest of the month would have been hectic in RL, so I gave myself a challenge time frame that would work for me. Plus, I hadn't really tried drawing with inks before, so that was interesting.

This year, I might try to do a drawing twice a week, or something like that.

Also, it's great that you're finding this year's official prompts inspiring. Looking forward to seeing your take on them. :)

(Do you have any words you'd like to contribute to our own community prompts list?)