100 Themes Challenge - Inktober

Here is the list! 

As stated in my previous post, I'll be illustrating comics and misc art based on the first 31 themes in this list. My goal is to continue into the holidays (even if its not every day) and ultimately finish the list. 

Source: 100 Themes Challenge on DeviantArt

1. Introduction 
2. Love
3. Light
4. Dark
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers

Yay you did it! Inktober is complete.

32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules

Woot you're halfway done!

51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%

Congratulations, you made a comic based on a percentage.

71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle

Holy shit only 10 left.

91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation


OMG YOU'VE DONE IT!

Inktober

Its almost October, and for the first time ever I will be working through my very own Inktober.

My pieces are expected to all be digital "ink" but I might change it up from time to time depending on how I feel. Hopefully I can get myself to be consistent.

That being said, I'm using one of the DeviantArt 100 Theme Challenges. I'll be illustrating a comic or random art piece every day in October based on the first 31 themes given in Variation 1 (as linked above). After that, I hope I can continue until I finish all 100 of them. We'll see what happens.

The goal of this is to really get me focused on a good art schedule moving into the holidays.

I'll be posting the full list tomorrow, and I'll be updating it with links to each comic as I progress.

Here we go!

A Week of Preparations

I've got a week left to get ready for Inktober!

I feel like thats definitely not enough time. With Yule presents to paint and a series of random paintings I currently have in progress, it'll be a difficult shift back to comics. I have a feeling that I'll drift a bit from my original intent, but as long as I'm art-ing, I know I'll be fine.

Productive September

So far so good!

I've been art-ing a lot this month, despite the increase in how busy I've been. I discovered these new pens/markers at Micheal's. They are pens filled with paint instead of ink - both oil and acrylic. I picked up a Sharpie oil set and two acrylic pens - one black, one white. The acrylic are a bit more expensive, strangely enough, but boy are they fun to paint with.

The coloring shown here in the sky and water are all done with cheap craft paints. They work well when I just want to be loose and have fun. The black and white were both done with the acrylic pen. I have three different pieces all in progress right now for the oil pens, but I'll post them up soon.

The painting is post-dated in order to be a Yule gift. Sure, it was completed today, but its not meant to be really seen until the 21st.

I've also got about a week left to prepare for Inktober. I'll finally be participating in one, after years of enjoying others. I'm still getting my ideas together and a few concepts written up. I consider this more pre-planning than cheating, as I wont be doing any of the actual art until the day of.

I'll have to write more about that later. For now, I've got to get back to work!

Art and Stuff and Things

I've found myself in need more more discipline when it comes to creating.

I've become so scattered in all of the tasks I set for myself. I have so many hobbies and interests I want to pursue that I get overwhelmed.

I want to train to be fit, I want to get better at violin, I want to cook healthy food, I want to paint with actual paint, I want to make digital comics, I want to paint miniatures, I want to play D&D, I want to learn Italian, I want to learn ALL TEH LANGUAGES of all the places I want to travel - and I want to travel everywhere.

I've always considered myself a Jack-of-all-trades. I want to know everything there is to know. I want to be the ultimate non-performing bard who can juggle, play any instrument, and know all forms of dance. Who can paint and sculpt and create in any medium. The brilliant polyglot in spoken language and code and music. I am the loremaster bard. Who knows about every major pantheon in history, and can tell you a short story from every culture to have existed. I could tell you about magic, and tarot cards, and stone properties and herbs. I can decorate my house perfectly every time the seasons change. I can cook anything, and grow a beautiful garden. I can fix a car and decorate a cake and build my own computer and sing. I can do parkour and handstands and rope dancing and slack-line. I can surf and scuba dive. I can hold my breath for 5 minutes under water. I can rock-climb all day and my arms don't get tired.

I want everything. I want to be able to do that.

But I need to focus. I need to tone it down and become good at something instead of "meh" at everything. I need to find the few things I really, truly enjoy, and stick to those - even if its just for a while.

The most important one is my fitness. I'm tired of this extra weight. I want to be stronger, with more endurance. I want to be more fit.

I keep trying to play difficult pieces with my violin, and I get frustrated. I need to go back to my course book and progress at a normal level. I'm being too hard on myself. I also need to get over the fear of bugging my neighbors, and just play at reasonable hours.

I need to focus on comic-writing as well. Thats something I'd ultimately love to do, so I had better start now.

I also need to paint more on canvas. The holidays are coming up, and its the perfect time to work on some gifts.

I also want to buckle down on my Italian. I've studied it off and on for over a year now, but I feel like I know very little. I have GOT to get tough and stick to a real schedule.

I'll be using this blog to help me focus on art, and to showoff my progress.
This is my accountability.

I just need to stick with it.

Wayward

way·ward ˈ

/wāwərd/

adjective: wayward 

difficult to control or predict because of unusual or perverse behavior.
"her wayward, difficult sister"

synonyms: willful, headstrong, stubborn, obstinate, obdurate, perverse, contrary, disobedient, insubordinate, undisciplined;

antonyms: docile