Today I actually had time to make a somewhat decent pen drawing! The official Inktober prompt is “exhausted”, which was very fitting because this week has been very tiring what with all the work I have to do.


Today I actually had time to make a somewhat decent pen drawing! The official Inktober prompt is “exhausted”, which was very fitting because this week has been very tiring what with all the work I have to do.


It’s not the best drawing, but I actually did the prompt today! I also edited the drawing in Adobe Illustrator again because I have already done it everyday for Inktober so far. It is definitely a more abstract interpretation of the word “drooling”.


I spent most of my day in class, and then I went to the painting studio at 6:00 and I ended up staying until 10:30. Now I’m back in my dorm, and really tired (yet again) so for Inktober I have another pen doodle I did during class (the left picture) . It is just a sketch of an idea I have, so it’s not very detailed.
I drew the image on the right a few months ago so it doesn’t really count for Inktober, but the prompt for Inktober today is the word chicken so I decided to include the drawing anyways.

I really ran out of time today, and all I have for Inktober is a bad doodle I did during class. Alas, I am unsure if I will be able to continue with Inktober because I have so much going on right now, but I’m gonna try. I will probably not be able to do the word prompts anymore, but I will see how my schedule works out.
Here is my very bad doodle (and a failed attempt to make it look better in Illustrator):


Sadly, I ran out of time today and didn’t have time to do the prompted drawing. However, I still made a drawing, although it is from my visual journal for one of my classes. I was feeling quite unmotivated to come up with an ink drawing for today, so this is all I have. It’s not the best drawing, but at least I did something! I am hoping to make up today’s prompt another day.

And then, because I couldn’t help it, I put this image into Illustrator and did something with it. It’s not anything spectacular, but it was fun to experiment with.

I was planning on doing a more detailed pen drawing, but I had class all day and by the time I got back to my room, I was so tired. (My hand also really hurt due to all the writing I did for my art history exam.) I did manage to do a quick pen drawing inspired by the word “tranquil”, and then I colored it in Illustrator to save my hand from further pain.


I like experimenting with Illustrator, but I also much prefer drawing things by hand. Hopefully tomorrow I will have more time to do a better pen drawing.
Oops, I forgot to add a little explanation about this drawing. I chose to draw a road with the open sky ahead because I find traveling in a car to be a very tranquil experience. There is something peaceful about being a passenger in a car, and I like to watch the world go by outside the window.