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a thread on why i liked the idea of inktober but not into doing inktober...
a thread on why i liked the idea of inktober but not into doing inktober...
I remember back in 2014, I heard of Inktober and I was interested in the idea of drawing daily for a month...
since it challenges you to become more creative...
also it was a big flex as an artist to do such thing...
since it challenges you to become more creative...
also it was a big flex as an artist to do such thing...
unfortunately I didn& #39;t draw traditionally so I didn& #39;t do inktober...
but i wanted to do the challenge so I called mine "Artober" since I did mine digitally...
I was able to finish it and it felt great doing it...
but i wanted to do the challenge so I called mine "Artober" since I did mine digitally...
I was able to finish it and it felt great doing it...
I remember at the time, I was told that i was ripping off the inktober thing... which was true but i didn& #39;t care, cause at the time i wasn& #39;t after the clout of a hashtag.
all i wanted was just to challenge myself...
all i wanted was just to challenge myself...
on 2015, I fell in love with the brush pen...
and since I was involved in the art community at the time, I decided to do an inktober...
I did mine as an excuse to make content while practicing in improving my traditional art skills (since i really sucked)
and since I was involved in the art community at the time, I decided to do an inktober...
I did mine as an excuse to make content while practicing in improving my traditional art skills (since i really sucked)
after my 1st (and only) inktober, the feedback i got was that i didn& #39;t follow the prompts.
Cause i drew whatever i wanted, i remember comments such as "how is this related to "insert prompt"
thus turned me off towards the challenge, the gatekeeping was high lol...
Cause i drew whatever i wanted, i remember comments such as "how is this related to "insert prompt"
thus turned me off towards the challenge, the gatekeeping was high lol...
2016, i started my daily girl challenge, cause I rather do things my own, own rules and own pace...
mostly because i like doing art challenges to improve myself rather than get likes on a hashtag...
also i didn& #39;t understand why limit yourself to a month, specifically october lol
mostly because i like doing art challenges to improve myself rather than get likes on a hashtag...
also i didn& #39;t understand why limit yourself to a month, specifically october lol
for 2017, i wanted to try more universal art challenges, where there& #39;s no individual claiming credit for starting it...
i ended up doing the "hourly comic day " to broaden my range which is great for an artist...
i ended up doing the "hourly comic day " to broaden my range which is great for an artist...
2018, I noticed the abundance of art challenges and didn& #39;t like that many centered october and november.
so i made my own for september, which is a pun with my name "GioSeptember"
I basically drew what i was wearing for the whole month,
this was something i made to have fun with
so i made my own for september, which is a pun with my name "GioSeptember"
I basically drew what i was wearing for the whole month,
this was something i made to have fun with
i really liked GioSeptember because it can be whatever I want it to be since it centers around me...
because of experiencing other art challenges, i kinda just wanna do my own thing since i kinda proved to myself i could do it or something...
because of experiencing other art challenges, i kinda just wanna do my own thing since i kinda proved to myself i could do it or something...
i didn& #39;t plan to do GioSeptember for 2019, but I needed to promote my game as well as make more characters for it...
so GioSeptember 2019 was making animated characters for my game, it was the most exhausting thing i ever did lol...
so GioSeptember 2019 was making animated characters for my game, it was the most exhausting thing i ever did lol...
i kinda went off topic but the point of this thread is
Art challenges are fun.
I encourage using them to improve yourself rather than forcing yourself because everyone else does it.
you have any month in the year, any theme to go with, don& #39;t isolate yourself with just inktober.
Art challenges are fun.
I encourage using them to improve yourself rather than forcing yourself because everyone else does it.
you have any month in the year, any theme to go with, don& #39;t isolate yourself with just inktober.
if ever you feel the art challenge seems to limiting for you, just do your own thing... what& #39;s important is you do something the challenges you to improve in your own pace...
for this year, 2020...
my goal is just to stay consistent and disciplined..
and i know drawing daily is my solution to that which is why I& #39;m doing the daily girl drawing again...
so yeah, my advice is doing something for your skill first before clout...
my goal is just to stay consistent and disciplined..
and i know drawing daily is my solution to that which is why I& #39;m doing the daily girl drawing again...
so yeah, my advice is doing something for your skill first before clout...
