I Didn’t Let An Injured Hand Stop Me From Completing Inktober

My name is Vanessa, and I’m a self-taught illustrator from the US (and China, and Germany, and, well, all over the place really!). I currently live in Lithuania with my husband and a plant called Spikey (which isn’t actually spikey at all…don’t ask).

I’m hopping mad about bunnies, so when I heard about Inktober, an awesome art challenge where thousands of people around the world spend the month of October making a new ink drawing every day, I already knew exactly what I wanted to draw for it! But shortly before the challenge began, I learned during a late-night trip to the hospital that I had a serious repetitive strain injury in my drawing hand. I'd literally painted myself into a plaster cast!

Still, unable to sit on the sidelines while Inktober continued without me, I cautiously embarked upon the challenge regardless. It wasn't easy, and it probably wasn't smart. I even had to take a break in the middle to rest my hand, but I finally got there in the end! I hope you like the results of my first Inktober, and if you'd like to see more of my work, then feel free to follow me @hoppingmadproductions on Instagram and Facebook!

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Day 4 - Underwater

Final score:

51points

I Didn’t Let An Injured Hand Stop Me From Completing Inktober

Day 4 - Underwater

Day 13 - Teeming

Day 17 - Graceful

Day 19 - Cloud

Day 11 - Run

Day 15 - Mysterious

Day 16 - Fat

Day 12 - Shattered (Inspired By The Works Of Friederikeablang)

Day 6 - Sword

Day 9 - Screech

Day 20 - Deep

Day 1 - Swift

Day 21 - Furious

Day 24 - Blind

Day 25 - Ship

Day 3 - Poison

Day 2 - Divided

Day 14 - Fierce

Day 26 - Squeak (Inspired By The Animation Ernest Et Celestine)

Day 27 - Climb

Day 22 - Trail

Day 29 - United (My Interpretation Of My Favorite Winnie The Pooh Scene)

Day 31 - Mask (Being Chinese, Panda Put On His Trusty Air Mask...not Realizing That This Wasn’t What We Meant When We Told Him Not To Forget His Halloween Mask!)

Day 7 - Shy

Day 8 - Crooked

Day 5 - Long (Inspired By Wallace & Gromit's The Wrong Trousers)

Day 18 - Filthy

Day 23 - Juicy (Inspired By Beetlejuice)

Day 28 - Fall

Day 30 - Found

Day 10 - Gigantic

Hitting Pause - Time To Rest My Hand!

Ready To Restart

Games

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