Preparing for inktober

I planned to do inktober last year,I just never got past the thinking about it stage. This year, I am determined. Who needs sleep? I am planning out my prompts now, and although I may not have time to do one each day, I will have moments where I can catch up. (For instance, the first week of inktober is work, work, work with a couple of hours to get my stuff turned around, for work, personal hygiene and food.)

The reason why I am going to push myself to take part is I really want to get out of my comfort zone. I want to draw better people and houses. I always want to use colours. I struggle to do notan sketches because i think of tone as being three things. My typography/writing never looks as good as i want it. I also want to fill a sketch book. Something i have rarely ever done, and yet I have loads of sketch books. (I am shopping my stash for this challenge!)

My personal rules:

black/white
do 31 drawings in October

What I’m using.

Inks:

Platinum Carbon Ink
Speedry Magic Colour Acrylic Ink
Higgins Eternal
Noodlers Ink Black

Pens:

Kuratake zig mangaka flexible. fine
Tombow Calligraphy pen
Pilot Vpen (disposable fountain pen)
Tombow ABT. N15
Promarker lamp. black
Lamy Safari foundation pen (currently with noodlers black ink)

Dip Pens:

Various pen holder
Various nibs

Note: I taught a couple of sessions on calligraphy and my mum decided she didn’t want her nibs anymore which is why I have such an excess.. I needed. enough for 25 people to have one each.

Cheats:

Schmincke Aqua-glaze
QOR Synthetic Ox Gal
Frisk Artists Pink Mask
Windsor and Newton black watercolor. (It’s so old its not labeled with the exact colour)
Fine Tech. Pearl Colours The original
Wax candles. – for resist