For this year's festival, I made zendoodle notecards (see my last post). And although they didn't do too well, they got the attention of a high school student. Normally kids that age don't approach adults, especially carry on lengthy conversations, but not Gabby. She was the most delightful young lady I'd ever met. She first asked me if they were zentangles. My mouth dropped open because most kids don't know that word, what it means, or are even interested in learning about it, "You actually know what a zentangle is?!?!" I exclaimed. She proceeded to pull out her notebook and show me what she had drawn. Her dad was somewhere else at the festival so she sat down (yes right in my booth) and we chatted for quite a while.
She asked if I had heard of Inktober. I thought maybe I had but I had her explain it to me... Why didn't I know about this!!! The long and short of it is that you draw 31 pictures (in your own style of drawing) in 31 days and the official list/themes for each day is on their website:
I am still trying to catch up but today is only the 11th. Here are my first four:
1. Poisonous
Now I know that Day of the Dead isn't "Poisonous" but my first reaction when I read this word I thought of a skull and crossbones which led me to the sugar skulls of Dia de los muertos, hence my first inktober drawing.
2. Tranquil
3. Roasted
4. Spell
Thank you Gabby for telling me about Inktober and hopefully I'll see you at next years festival!
I am on Instagram as October Cat Studios if you'd like to follow my daily drawings but I will also be posting them here when I get a few more done.