Do you ever start something and then just think "You idiot, this is way more than you can handle right now"? After a long day, a full page spread to fit in before bed was a terrible idea. Nothing gets the attention it deserves, the whole thing ends up worse. I need to scale it back if I actually want to complete it this year.

#inktober day 2: "Discover"

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Back to characters of a reasonable level of complexity today.

#inktober day 3: "boots"

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Not too sure on this one

Spotted cuscus picking coconuts

#inktober day 4: Exotic

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Ready for her big night out at the opera.

I binned the entire first attempt at this, despite promising myself not to take inktober too seriously this year. So it goes.

#inktober day 5: "Binoculars"

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#inktober day 6: Trek, and the ending of one.

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I don't even know, man. A bad idea that I ran out of steam for. What a weird prompt, too. Oh well.

#inktober day 7 "passport"

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My brain: "You barely slept, keep this one simple"

Also my brain:
/nods sagely
"Ah, details. Sheep. Mountains"

My brain: "Oh no."

Lots of similar prompts this time, trying not to do exactly the same thing every time. This time with sheep.

#inktober day 8: "Hike"

One day I'll get good at characters. And shading. One day.

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"I'm sure it's safe. Right...?"

At least it's in the shade.

#inktober day 9: Sun

trying to push my values today, and a bit of hatching practice

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Despite having had a rather substantial Warhammer goblin army since the mid 2000s, I have somehow never drawn a goblin. Today, that changes. And it shows.

Almost happy with the original linework, spoiled entirely by the shading.

Perhaps by the end of the challenge I'll be able to do both at the same time. Perhaps the ibex will grow wings.

#inktober day 10: "Nomadic"

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First frost of the season today, so you know what that means: comfy jumper weather.

This one was rushed, an unwell toddler is not conducive to a clear drawing head, or energy.

#inktober day 11: snacks

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#inktober day 13: horizon, and onwards to the next one

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Welcome to round...3? of "person walks somewhere" thanks to a fairly synonymous set of prompts this year.

#inktober day 14: "roam"

I couldn't face hatching the entire thing this late at night and took a shortcut for shading. It is what it is.

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Not a clue today. Really had nothing for this prompt so here is a lady reading a guidebook about her destination. I probably overdid the shading.

#inktober day 15: "guidebook"

I'm really not looking forward to tomorrow either, genuinely getting nothing for it so far.

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It's been a long road and you've got a long way to go yet. You're soaked and filthy, ready for a warm bath and soft bed. Whether your own or rented hardly matters at this point. But you're not there yet, and your obligation to others comes before that to yourself.

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I struggled today, so I tried to make it about a very literal take on dirty, grungy, or filthy.

#inktober day 16: "grungy"

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I had no idea for tonight so I found a couple of reference images I liked and just mashed them together a bit.

When I'm not working to a schedule, I'm going to have to sit down and just draw people and outfits for a while, I'm just not getting the cloth drape right at all

#inktober day 17: "Journal"

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Barely even wanted to post this one but I'm not going to break the streak. Some kind of speedy..land..floaty..yacht thing.

#inktober day 18: "drive"

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Lighting direction went off, and of course I slipped somehow doing the tiny character. I probably overworked the mountain rocks too

#inktober day 19: "Ridge"

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#inktober day 20: "uncharted"

I have now officially completed more of an Inktober challenge than any previous attempts. Normally by now I've ended up combining prompts to skip days.

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I like the idea but I wish I hadn't had to start this one at 9:30pm with a headache. Lost the face in the shading, fumbled the attempt to reclaim it. Lots of little things I'd like to improve. I may revisit this guy another time.

#inktober day 21: "Rhinoceros"

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Tired and demotivated today, so just a quick sketch to avoid missing a day this close to the end.

#inktober day 22: "Camp"

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As my toddler has decided his bedtime is now 9pm, my sketches seem to be getting rougher every day.

#inktober day 23 "rust", generic "big robot sketch" that desperately needed reference to be used but was not.

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Quite pleased with how this little guy turned out. Was actually able to do it during the day for a change, and without the usual 45min-1 hour time constraint before bed. Some dubious perspective, especially on the tools, but he's ready for his big adventure.

#inktober day 24: "expedition"

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Back to the regularly scheduled last-minute-before-bed sketches of overly ambitious ideas.

I said at the start that I would learn from my mistakes and not do these. I am a liar.

#inktober day 25: "scarecrow"

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I have just the most almighty headache tonight but I'm too bloody minded to miss one of the final week so I did some very quick sketches of every single camera I could find in bags in my office.

I think I missed about 3 of them, hidden in a box.

Please don't judge me, or look at my ebay browsing history.

Apparently I tend to make them too wide for their height, so that's something to practice.

#inktober day 26: "Camera(s)"

Everyone knows you can't raise a witch on chalk, it's too soft. But the heart of the chalk is flint.

#inktober day 27 is "road". Went for something like the softer hills of the south downs. Rolling fields, sheep and witches.

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"This is..bad, right? I'm going with bad."

#inktober day 28: "jumbo"

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I'm rarely happy with my human characters and this is no exception, but I could've done far worse. Hair, especially, is not my strong suit.

#inktober day 29 "navigator"

do we really only have 2 more to go?

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POV: you listened to Heilung that one time

#inktober day 30: "violin"

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