Why You Should Participate in Inktober

Why You Should Participate in Inktober

• You'll produce a body of work
• Much of what you produce can be used for your portfolio
• You're pushing your limits
• You're learning more about time management and scheduling

How should you participate:

• Whatever is feasible and reasonable for you
• Since this is a 'challenge', you should push yourself in some manner this can involve
• Working with a medium you're unfamiliar with
• Trying a new style
• Working in a shorter timeframe
• Working in a longer timeframe
• Working along a particular theme
• Drawing content out of your comfortzone
• Developing a project that's been backburnered
• Collaborating with friends
• Forgiving mistakes and leaving them visible in your work
• Ink a comic

Small ways to participate in Inktober:

• Ink old sketches
• Trade lineart with a friend or a group of friends
• Try digital toning
• Follow a tutorial
• Emulate an artist you admire
• Try crosshatching
• Practice textures

Don't have time to ink, but still want to participate?

• Feature one artist per day on your Twitter/Tumblr/Instagram whose inking you admire
• Share tutorials

Use the Hashtag- or don't- it's up to you

What materials should you use?

• Whatever is feasible and affordable for you, but Inktober is a great time to try new things
• Traditional artist?  Go digital
• Digital artist?  Consider trying traditional
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• Or do a mix!

Recommended materials:

Digital:

• Clip Studio Paint
• Frendan's brushsets

Traditional:

• Sumi brushes
• Sumi Ink
• Reed Pens
• Sable brushes
• Brush pens
• Fude pens
• Colored inks
• Dip Pens
• G Nibs
• Crowquill nibs

Where to share your work:

• Stream it to Youtube or Twitch
• Record it for Youtube
• Instagram
• Tumblr
• Twitter
• Your portfolio

Remember to:

• Tag your work
• Comment on the work of others
• Be respectful and considerate
• Push yourself to grow
• Have fun!