The prompt for today was JUMP. I went with my first instinct (as usual--one of the biggest things I've learned doing this challenge is that I can't spend time thinking up a unique or clever response, I just have to get started ASAP or there won't be time to finish in a single day) which was a human figure blissfully jumping. This ended up being another instance where I impressed myself with how easily I was able to put on paper what I imagined in my mind. The only area that gave me trouble was the face but even that was hardly anything compared to past attempts at drawing such an unusual and difficult angle.
Once again I simply based the figure on myself. Another way to save time; if I try to draw someone original from imagination, it just takes me too long. I didn't end up filling the page this time. I would like to keep aiming for that goal, but it wasn't within reach today. I couldn't think of anything to add and it took me too long to get this much done anyway. I had a lot of fun drawing this, though. Adding the final ink really made everything pop!
I hope I can keep this up throughout the month. This exercise--drawing a fully-inked picture every day--has been teaching me so much about myself. I feel like I'm slowly chipping away at something buried inside me, something like a key to unlock the doors to the next level of working as a full-time career artist. I've been an artist my entire adult life, but this year, the first year I've spent working full-time as an artist, has in ways been like starting over from scratch. Inktober is helping me learn better ways to accomplish my career goals...
