Lady, maybe, or host? I find I really don’t mind.

I wasn’t feeling well, so I reread Ouran High School Host Club, then I felt like drawing this~
Seeing Haruhi made me wish my hair was short like that again aaa

My sister Shevi’s birthday was last week, and here’s a copic drawing I drew as part of her gift~
It’s of her and her ACNH villagers – Dotty, Stitches, Reneigh, Dom, Judy, Cookie, Merry, Lolly, Colton and Flurry, along with a couple of her favourite items. ^^

I won’t forget this precious memory, between you and me.

I finally finished colouring this Inktober line art of mine! I didn’t intend to colour it so soon, but I ended up needing a break and it seemed like a suitable option.

The lines still have their own charm, and it was really well-received, but I really love how these colours turned out too. I hope everyone else agrees. ♥

I’ve actually been enjoying using this watercolour style a lot recently, so I’ve now created a Digital Watercolours category under Digital. I also changed my Manga Studio category to Clip Studio Paint to match the official brand name change.

Hey everyone!! Inktober ended a couple days ago, and I’ve finally finished collecting my thoughts about the past month, too! I’m writing this not only to remember it for myself, but also with the hope that maybe it’ll help other artists.

This was the first year I EVER participated in Inktober, or any project of this scale. Although I’ve had interest in it past years, I’ve either been busy with deadlines, unprepared to take on the challenge, or worse – sick.

I wasn’t exactly prepared for the challenge this year, either. After Ai-kon in July, I hadn’t been drawing very much. I was doodling here and there, but it was nothing compared to drawing and completing a traditional illustration every single day of the month. It had been a long time since I touched my copics or did much in pen. But in late September I was mulling over the idea of participating and decided that honestly there wasn’t much I COULD do to mentally prepare. Plus, I knew I’d benefit from the attempt because I needed to start drawing again somehow.

So I finally decided to participate – and I’m REALLY happy with that decision and its results!!

Despite whatever odds, I managed to produce 31 illustrations in 31 days. I usually planned my drawings the day of (with some exceptions), and I pretty much met all my deadlines (though I uploaded some late). And aside from a couple simple illustrations, the majority of my drawings were fairly detailed, with backgrounds, multiple characters, etc. Every day, I surprised myself with the fact that I was keeping up.

What I learned from the challenge was less about art techniques and more about work ethic – learning about myself, what I’m capable of, what my limits and weaknesses are. It’s given me a sense of pride that wasn’t given to me through compliments or anything like that, but earned from hard work. I’ll admit I’m pretty worn out after the month, but I proved something to myself: that I CAN accomplish something like this. I now have an idea on how to move forward, how to work harder and smarter, and that I need to keep working at myself, so that I can reach my goals.

I’ve thought a bit about some different things I’d like to try for the next time I participate in the Inktober; I might change my mind later, but here they are for now:

Also, I would definitely recommend the Inktober challenge to whoever is interested in it, artist or not. It’s easy to switch the challenge to a different medium, any topic you like, and cater to your own learning needs. It’s also a good way to get exposure for your art and to learn about yourself. And also, it’s just fun drawing!

Phew. This post turned out longer than I intended, but I think that summarizes my month…!!

I’d like to thank all my friends, family, followers and random passerby’s for being so supportive of my art during this long but creative month!! I went from inactive to posting at least once a day. I can’t imagine what your feeds/inboxes were like, haha… But I appreciated every comment, like, favourite, and even feature. THANKS!!

Though I won’t be posting every day, I’m planning on being much more active online with my art, so please look forward to it! :D
I hope everyone had a good October, and that your Novembers are just as good or better!!

~Sloan

P.S.: I’ve created a subcategory on my blog for this year’s Inktobers! You can view it here. I’ve also made a folder on dA.

Well, here’s my final inktober drawing for the year!

I decided to go all out and completely colour my final Inktober… despite that it was Halloween and I had stuff to do… haha. So I finished late last night, posted a photo on Facebook and figured I could just post it today. I have mixed feelings about the results – I mainly feel that I should’ve stuck to my purple colour scheme a bit better, but I’m still happy with it. My favourite part is definitely the owl~!

Sometime this week I’m hoping to post a sort of recap blog for inktober, but I’m not sure.

I hope everyone had a happy halloween, and thank you all for the support this past month! ♥

BOTW fanart for today. ^^ My sister and I spent many hours playing the game last spring.
It was definitely one of the highlights of my year, so I figured it was about time to dedicate an inktober day to Link and Zelda! And also draw more flowers, cause there’s not many days left and, why not? It might be hard to tell but there’s a Silent Princess flower and the smaller ones are forget-me-nots.

This one is a little different from my previous inktober drawings because it barely has any black areas filled in. That is because as I was lining, I realized that I reeeeally wanted to colour it properly.
So, I’ll be colouring it at a later date, but until then I’m satisfied with this too.

One of my favourite pokemon, Jigglypuff… who apparently is not being paid enough attention to!

There is actually very subtle pink shading on Jigglypuff, but my scanner didn’t pick it up.
I think it looks okay like this though.

Fanart of the first manga I finished reading, Full Moon wo Sagashite~

Also, I noticed that for day 27 I accidentally forgot to upload that day’s image. Tt’s fixed now.

It’s been a rough day, so here’s Yato from Noragami.

It snowed here last night (and could easily be sticking around) so here’s my old original character Slade in a snowy birch forest!
I thought she’d make a nice topic for an Inktober day for me, and I wanted to try drawing birch trees because they’re black and white~