My Inktober Works '19, '20, '21 (twice!)

The Inktober challenge was one of, or even the, first challenges I ever did in 2017 after having observed it for a while. During my blog hiatus, I still worked on it when I could. I enjoy sticking to the official prompt lists, which to me is the actual challenge and the most useful part, to learn to depict things that would not normally come up when working just by oneself.
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My contributions from 2019. All of them are on 17×25cm Bristol carton and typically done with either pens or brushwork; some use collage as well, one was stabbed, another cut to pieces and then re-assembled.

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During Inktober 2020 I made no guidelines whatsoever and drew whatever I liked, with formats and materials as I saw fit that day; the brown map on top is a metre across, the princess with crown the size of a postcard. I also used markers a lot and even included some fan art pieces, which I rarely do.

In 2021, I went all out and did not one, but two challenges using the same prompt list. One of regular, free drawings. The other to push a project of mine forward that has been simmering for a while: a fantasy world inhabited by harpy tribes fighting for the throne. So, yes, I did two drawings per day, and by the third week I wished I wasn't. The harpy drawings were based on very quick 3D models, and drawn in a sketchbook with cinematic format (I am using the Instagram images for easier collection here; they were photographed instead of scanned).
Therefore I had to make the "regular" challenge a little easier and chose A4 paper in portrait orientation for everything. You may notice the dandelion fluff flyers are back :)

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In 2022, I didn't manage to participate in Inktober. I was instead doing Smaugust - draw a dragon per day in August - which I had been wanting for a while, and that was so exhausting I didn't see myself do another challenge just weeks later. I wish there were twice as many hours in the day so I could do challenges and manage everything else, too. Smaugust recap coming up soon!