Inktober with a full time day job
(A.K.A. What to do when you are too tired but want to participate in Inktober)
A wonderful thing many of us are fortunate to have despite it feeling like the complete opposite of wonderful sometimes. It provides us with an income we need to provide to ourselves, our families, our pets, and to indulge a little if we have some change left over.
A day job is also the reason that many of us with a creative side often end up leaving Inktober, or never even starting it, because we so often come home tired and simply needing to recharge. Even if your job is to create art, it doesn’t mean that you get time to work on personal projects that you simply would like to enjoy doing.
We are officially less than two weeks away from Inktober 2019 and there are many of us still thinking and pondering on whether we can actually try to take on such a big event because time and effort is not something that we have and not something that we are even used to giving to art every day because we just need to recharge for the next day.
Every year, it might happen that you wish you could participate, maybe even get the first day done, the first week, and then… it’s too much. You can’t. You’re tired. You’ve missed too many days and now what is even the point. You’ll try again next year.
Maybe the next one after that.
A full time day job (or busy life in general) can be very tiring yes, but it’s still not impossible to try getting through Inktober successfully!
Doing one drawing a day is the traditional way of doing Inktober, but it is not the only way! Let me introduce you to the different types of forms Inktober can take. Please think carefully about each of these as they can be the answer to feeling like you CAN participate and even FINISH this Inktober!
This is the Inktober every one DREAMS of achieving every year. A full marathon Inktober strives to have one drawing everyday for the full 31 days. Whether it’s a full on Illustration, or drawing one part of one big drawing, this is the type of Inktober those with time, a fiery heart, and absolute determination can complete!
This type of Inktober is for those that would like to participate all month, but know that drawing something new every day might be a bit draining. Half marathon Inktobers is about drawing something every other day instead. You might take two days to finish one drawing, or you might take an off day in between to refresh and deal with responsibilities in your life. You are not left behind by the rest of the artists. You just don’t want to be winded and exhausted by the end of the month.
Life is busy and you are too tired to really do much, but Inktober is still something you want to participate in. A 5K type of Inktober means working on one drawing every week. Why does this still count? Because doing one drawing every week can still mean so much for those that sometimes go months without drawing! This is still a challenge for them and therefore a great way to practice making art even when everything else is happening as well!
Between these three types, you can go ahead and plan your Inktober project before next month starts. You know your life best and you know whether you’ll be able to have time to draw. So after reading this, think for a good moment…
No, seriously, think about this honestly.
Where do you fit in between these three types?
And above all else, please remember, Inktober is meant as a way to have better artistic habits. Try to take the time and effort you give to Inktober above and beyond the month it falls on. If you were able to draw everyday, every other day, or every week, then you have proven you can do that despite the busy life you have!
Hope to see everyone trying their best in two weeks! ;)
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