There isn't one specific thing I do when I think of resting or taking a break. I cook, read, watch videos, take walks, listen to music, participate in streams, chat with people, play games, etc. I just live my life, whatever that happens to mean for me in the moment. I often catch up on my neglected sleep schedule.
If you're still feeling totally drained even after resting, I'd wager that whatever you're doing to rest isn't fulfilling you and/or causing enough exertion for you, either physically or mentally. I say this as a super sedentary person myself, but our bodies require physical exertion - it's just how we've been built and pruned over millennia. I'd say that the feeling is common, but not really "normal" per se. If you're restless and unfulfilled enough to make a post like this, I'd take that as a sign that you should try switching things up and do something different.
I wish that they would release these prompts a bit more consistently. Sometimes they post them on Thursdays, sometimes Fridays - it shouldn't be difficult to schedule posts, y'know? I only happened to catch this one because I manually checked their substack, and I got the usual email an hour or two after the post had gone up. It's not a big deal, but it's difficult to be more consistent with these posts myself when I don't know what time they're going up.
I only got the prompt post up two minutes before you posted, which means you must've started working on this long before then, haha. I like that the concept/direction itself is the simple thing here - everything else is so detailed and laboriously executed. Great job! :)
Oh wow, really pushing the anatomy with this one, huh? Great overlaps and forms with the muscles, and the cast shadows really help deepen that form! Not to mention the addition of all that color. 45 minutes well spent! :)
That's a great mindset to have, and honestly, something I should be applying to my own art. Thanks for the inspiration, and thank you for all of your multiple posts! I enjoy and appreciate how hard you go at this. :)
You astound me every time, zwiebeltee :) The monochrome fore and mid-grounds with the burst of color that is the sunset background really adds that wow factor. Like, your draftsmanship is amazing and technically/fundamentally solid, but it's your artistic decision-making that really stokes a feeling of envy in me. Every time. :)
Awesome perspective! This drawing has so much good depth. Foreshortening is hard, and you even did it animals as notoriously difficult to draw as horses! They have such weird, non-human forms. I think my favorite part is the framing that occurs at the back of the open wagon, showing the background scenery peeking through. :)
Cute! I love the pose and the perspective on the curving train. You use overlaps really effectively to show the curvature of form, even with simple, straightforward linework. :)
Great perspective! Cars are hard to get to feel right, and you even did it analog w/o the benefit of ctrl+z (my ass could never - i often find myself memory-muscling ctrl+z when I draw non-digital, haha.)
Hello! Thank you for your input and well-reasoned perspective; I really do value and appreciate it.
After discussing this with @sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works we expressed that we'd like to err on the side of inclusivity. While the idea of keeping true to the origin of Inktober and keeping things pen and ink is somewhat appealing, the exclusion that is the flipside of that mantra does leave a bad taste in the mouth. Though this community did start as strictly pen and paper only, we have, along the way, started accepting digital equivalents, which has blurred that boundary, somewhat.
I agree with your point that Inktober has grown beyond its pen-and-paper origins, into a general prompt meant to inspire creativity in any artist, regardless of medium, and perhaps it's time to accept changes to our community's guidelines to reflect that. So, thank you for making this post and prompting us to take another look at what our guiding principles should be.
The rules will be changed to accommodate this new perspective. As you've mentioned, AI will still be forbidden - art created by human hands and minds only. The only other rule will be that the submission be based on an Inktober prompt. All mediums (3D, knitting, sculpting, papercraft, drawing, painting, etc.) are welcome, provided that those first two rules are observed.
Thank you for taking the time to make this post and making this community a more inclusive one. :)
There isn't one specific thing I do when I think of resting or taking a break. I cook, read, watch videos, take walks, listen to music, participate in streams, chat with people, play games, etc. I just live my life, whatever that happens to mean for me in the moment. I often catch up on my neglected sleep schedule.
If you're still feeling totally drained even after resting, I'd wager that whatever you're doing to rest isn't fulfilling you and/or causing enough exertion for you, either physically or mentally. I say this as a super sedentary person myself, but our bodies require physical exertion - it's just how we've been built and pruned over millennia. I'd say that the feeling is common, but not really "normal" per se. If you're restless and unfulfilled enough to make a post like this, I'd take that as a sign that you should try switching things up and do something different.
I wish that they would release these prompts a bit more consistently. Sometimes they post them on Thursdays, sometimes Fridays - it shouldn't be difficult to schedule posts, y'know? I only happened to catch this one because I manually checked their substack, and I got the usual email an hour or two after the post had gone up. It's not a big deal, but it's difficult to be more consistent with these posts myself when I don't know what time they're going up.
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By: @leftascenter@jlai.lu
Man you're fast.
I only got the prompt post up two minutes before you posted, which means you must've started working on this long before then, haha. I like that the concept/direction itself is the simple thing here - everything else is so detailed and laboriously executed. Great job! :)
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By: @leftascenter@jlai.lu
Oh wow, really pushing the anatomy with this one, huh? Great overlaps and forms with the muscles, and the cast shadows really help deepen that form! Not to mention the addition of all that color. 45 minutes well spent! :)
I appreciate the kind words. Keep up the amazing work! :)
That's a great mindset to have, and honestly, something I should be applying to my own art. Thanks for the inspiration, and thank you for all of your multiple posts! I enjoy and appreciate how hard you go at this. :)
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By: @zwiebeltee@feddit.org
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By: @leftascenter@jlai.lu
Great perspective in this one! Your forms are super solid, and the way the one-point perspective leads the eye towards the tunnel is very effective :)
You astound me every time, zwiebeltee :) The monochrome fore and mid-grounds with the burst of color that is the sunset background really adds that wow factor. Like, your draftsmanship is amazing and technically/fundamentally solid, but it's your artistic decision-making that really stokes a feeling of envy in me. Every time. :)
Awesome perspective! This drawing has so much good depth. Foreshortening is hard, and you even did it animals as notoriously difficult to draw as horses! They have such weird, non-human forms. I think my favorite part is the framing that occurs at the back of the open wagon, showing the background scenery peeking through. :)
Cute! I love the pose and the perspective on the curving train. You use overlaps really effectively to show the curvature of form, even with simple, straightforward linework. :)
Great perspective! Cars are hard to get to feel right, and you even did it analog w/o the benefit of ctrl+z (my ass could never - i often find myself memory-muscling ctrl+z when I draw non-digital, haha.)
Great inking, too! :)
Thank you for your input, too. It was also taken into consideration. :)
Hello! Thank you for your input and well-reasoned perspective; I really do value and appreciate it.
After discussing this with @sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works we expressed that we'd like to err on the side of inclusivity. While the idea of keeping true to the origin of Inktober and keeping things pen and ink is somewhat appealing, the exclusion that is the flipside of that mantra does leave a bad taste in the mouth. Though this community did start as strictly pen and paper only, we have, along the way, started accepting digital equivalents, which has blurred that boundary, somewhat.
I agree with your point that Inktober has grown beyond its pen-and-paper origins, into a general prompt meant to inspire creativity in any artist, regardless of medium, and perhaps it's time to accept changes to our community's guidelines to reflect that. So, thank you for making this post and prompting us to take another look at what our guiding principles should be.
The rules will be changed to accommodate this new perspective. As you've mentioned, AI will still be forbidden - art created by human hands and minds only. The only other rule will be that the submission be based on an Inktober prompt. All mediums (3D, knitting, sculpting, papercraft, drawing, painting, etc.) are welcome, provided that those first two rules are observed.
Thank you for taking the time to make this post and making this community a more inclusive one. :)