I've been rather busy and haven't had time to labor over
Inktober, and in a way, I'm happy about that.
I've scribbled little sketches and released them into the wild instead
of fussing over them. It's kind of
liberating and I like the responses I've gotten especially the Rorschach
responses to the one above for "dark" -- black hole, sea anemone,
porcupine, Trump's stomach... I don't
have perfect attendance on this challenge, but I'm counting it as a success to
have done about half of the word list.
I know I'm not the only one to struggle with
perfectionism. I try to remind myself
of a past creative director's advice, "Don't make it perfect. People don't like perfect!" So true, but it kind of feels like having a
wardrobe misfunction when we let people see our flaws. Yet as I told that CD, "But I'm so much
better than I used to be!" I want
points for personal growth!
In any case, since I have too many words from Inktober, and no new words from IF, I'll just let you look at my month of scribbles...
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| Bait |
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| Ring |
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| Swing |
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| Snow |
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| Dragon |
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| Ash |
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| Ornament |
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| Misfit |
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| Dizzy |
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| Pattern |
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| Ripe |
I sent this bit of minimalism to my fellow cheesecake loving friend for "tasty"...
She requested chocolate sauce.
See, it's all fun. You can play too. Go to I
nktober's site here for more info.
Ah, love your Inktober submissions - they're perfect! ;)
ReplyDeleteReally, I think part of the purpose of Inktober is to help us get over perfectionism.
Thanks! I think at least part of the challenge is to get us into better habits. Drawing begets drawing :)
ReplyDeleteWhat can I say? Just love those scribbles.
ReplyDeleteAw thanks Otto!
ReplyDeleteAh! Love your inktobers, Linda!! Love the tasty and the chocolate sauce..such fun. I think that's the key to this whole art thing too..having fun!
ReplyDeleteSO, you won the paperback of my book! Please send me an email at shirley@shirleyngbenitez.com and I'll send it in the mail to you - and please let me know if you want me to sign it..I can just add my name, or dedicate it to someone if you'd like. All my best Linda! :)
I'm cracking up about "Trump's stomach"! HA!
I actually won something?! Woo hoo and yay! I will treasure it :) I love your art Shirley.
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ReplyDeletelove scribbles.
Thanks Tanza! I love making scribbles :)
DeleteI've always been a perfectionist too. I think that's why I love photography so much. I see perfection in nature but not my art or creations.
ReplyDeleteI tend to be self critical of my photos, so maybe a lot of this is our comfort with our medium? And in either medium, we can always strive to get better, and that's a big part of the fun.
DeleteI love these doodles Linda xx
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