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Alright who's with me? I put both the official prompt list and the other one because I'm gonna be weird and do both.

Probably. (I love Orange Cassidy so much) Edit: New win gif Edit 2: Not to replace the one I won with on the last PPV, for the next time I win, whenever that is.

Hey MT, you gonna be the champion one day?

Love the scarecrow! She's very Anne of Green Gables with her red hair. I always consider doing Inktober but for the past couple of years the autumn is nearly always when I either have deadlines or need to start gearing up the projects that are going to run through the winter (with ever-increasing pressure up to January and then to March/April). So heaping extra, unnecessary pressure on myself to draw and post isn't the best idea. This year I am kind of doing it - but I'm not following prompts or even doing it publicly. The goal for Inktober is generally to produce and share artwork, but all the work I've been producing lately has been paid (yay!) work for someone else, which I inevitably have to be brave enough to share at some point (and then get told, often several times, what about it needs changing before it's officially finished). So I thought "how can I get something out of this?" and the best way I could see was to draw purely for enjoyment - no prompts or brief from anyone, no pressure to show it to anyone. "Do what you love for a job..." has some truth in it but it also kind of wears you out and means you forget sometimes why you love it in the first place (especially as I work largely digitally now, so less drawing on paper). Drawing just for myself for half an hour or so each day is probably the best thing I could get out of a challenge like this, at the moment anyway. I might post some of them on social media down the line but if the expectation of doing so is there then it instantly changes how I feel when I sit down with my pen and paper. Having said all that, I might post some here sooner as this place isn't properly connected to my work like most of my other social media is.

Day 4: Freeze and Pumpkin

Day 3: Bait + Elf

You don't have to be a good artist to do inktober, and I see a shit ton of versions like Thinktober, Witchober, Drawlloween etc to where I don't think it really matters as long as the person is having fun and it gives expression. This is also an excuse for me to keep drawing since I lack the motivation to unlike how I used to be before. Day 2 Mindless + Crow

Day 1

Thank you all for your well wishes. I'm doing better and still have some feelings to work out. but I still feel for my mom and aunt as they are still clearing out her house and squaring away with final actions on her behalf. Funeral was a mixed bag as some people are awful and loove to make things about themselves at the worst times. Good news though, the lead position that I thought I got rejected for, well I got a call in today to come in thursday for an interview! I hope for the best; I've outgrown my part time job and its pay isn't helping much anymore, so fingers crossed.