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In 2018 I participated in Inktober for the first time, where you are challenged to create one ink drawing every day for the whole month of October.
I like to draw, but I often find it hard to come up with a subject, so having a list of suggested themes and being encouraged to keep it up on a daily basis was great.
While I have seen some people draw breathtakingly beautiful works for Inktober, I ended up making little 'doodles' of subjects and scenes, and I'm really happy with how some of them turned out.
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Day 1: Poisonous
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Day 2: Tranquil
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Day 3: Roasted
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Day 4: Spell
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Day 5: Chicken
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Day 6: Drooling
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Day 7: Exhausted
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Day 8: Star
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Day 9: Precious
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Day 10: Flowing
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Day 11: Cruel
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Day 12: Whale
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Day 13: Guarded
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Day 14: Clock
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Day 15: Weak
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Day 16: Angular
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Day 17: Swollen
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Day 18: Bottle
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Day 19: Scorched
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Day 20: Breakable
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Day 21: Drain
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Day 22: Expensive
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Day 23: Muddy
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Day 24: Chop
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Day 25: Prickly
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Day 26: Stretch
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Day 27: Thunder
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Day 28: Gift
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Day 29: Double
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Day 30: Jolt
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Day 31: Slice
On the whole I found doing Inktober thoroughly fulfilling. It allowed me to get some much needed pen and paper drawing practice as well as expanding the way I look at subjects when trying to come up with ideas for things to draw. I'm absolutely going to be taking part in future challenges.