knew about this challenge a few years back but always chanced upon articles on inktober, saw others' artworks based on its prompts or suddenly recalled about it on the 364 days that did not entice me enough to start the daily ink-ing challenge in the month of October...
yup, i'm that particular about dates that the only date that i will be inspired and motivated enough to join the inktober bangwagon has to be 1st October, the first day the event starts every year... =P
And the miracle coincidence happened this year... but i really don't like to make art only to have them lying around to collect dust or to take up unnecessary storage space @ home sweet home...
so i added a criteria 2 to the challenge... the drawings must be able to be gifted out as hatchday / appreciation card for people who love me... 😍 ...
well, i realised that it wasn't that viable to meet criteria 2 for all the prompts as i drew on... so some of the drawings became an extension of things related to me; things i saw, things i like, things i used etc...
inktober #1. Fish - 1st Oct
inspiration from my P3 art lesson on zentangle fish...
(Dec 2025) 'found' this card in my art crate while looking for bullet journaling material and decided it shall be Ai Rin's hatchday card for Jan 2026... 😅😅
inktober #2. Wisp (of smoke) - 2nd Oct
didnt even know the meaning of 'wisp' until i googled it... =P
(5 Jan 2021) to Ai Rin for being the nicest and most supportive colleague to everyone in school... =)
inktober #3. Bulky - 3rd Oct
(1 Nov 2020) our youngest A is a quarter century this year... all the best in all that's to come... =)
inktober #4. Radio - 4th Oct
(26 May 2021) to Cherandy on her hatchday
inktober #5. (Leaf) Blade - 5th Oct
(18 Oct 2020) hatchday card for the lady with the greenest fingers i know... =)
inktober #6. Rodent - 6th Oct
inktober #7. Fancy (ball theme cupcakes) - 7th Oct
used up the first ink pen on this card... =P
(8 Nov 2020) Happi Hatchday Gal... stay fancy, stay unique always...
inktober #8. Teeth - 8th Oct
keeping today's drawing much much simpler and using cheat code (teeth are cut from white paper) cos it was a super busy & tiring day yet i didnt want to stop the routine of completing the daily challenge on the day itself...
inktober #9. Throw - 10th Oct
from my memory of accompanying the As to watch pokemon cartoon when they were little, jigglypuff has always been my favourite cos it puts every one to sleep with its singing... today i found out that it has a pre-evolution, Igglybuff, which evolves when it reaches a certain point of happiness...
jigglypuff = sleep + happiness
jigglypuff is me in pokemon form !!! 😂😂😂
(29 May 2021) to Julia on her hatchday
inktober #10. Hope - 12th Oct
even bothered to set up props for this... wahahaha... i HOPE to 胡 a 大三元 in our next game.... "hint hint"
(8 Dec 2020) Happi Hatchday to the lady who got 'bao-toe' to have played mahjong thrice this birthday week....
inktober #11. Disgusting - 12th Oct
this drawing took the least time to complete cos i was disgusted at the pic that i had to look at for reference...
inktober #12. Slippery - 14th Oct
from memories of ice-skating days back in secondary school... nah, not that professional to be in fancy attire... were in t-shirt, jacket & jeans all the time cos it was so so so very cold la...
inktober #13. (Sand) Dune - 15th Oct
used up the 2nd ink pen...
inktober #14. Armor - 17th Oct
inktober #15. Outpost - 18th Oct
the only outpost image i could relate to... the only k-drama that i watched the whole series thrice... by weekly installment, marathon and then with him... then they had to split and we split too... haiz...
(3 Dec 2020) gave Mdm Zakiah this card because i remembered we had a fan squeal discussion about our desire / dream of visiting the film's many filming locations in South Korea & Greece... =) ... Sending you lots of love & health blessings... hugs hugs...
"lead"-tober #16. Rocket (& baby Groot) - 19th Oct
chose this "Rocket" just because i like baby groot... =)
"lead"-tober #17. Storm (from the 90s) - 20th Oct
from my memory of cartoon watching with the As again...
Storm has to be WHITE... =P
more and more deviations from the intent of inktober and also from criteria 2 which i set for myself at the beginning of the challenge... wahahaha....
inktober #18. Trap - 21st Oct
my heart in the love till death trap that you set on I.II.MMXI
inktober #19. Dizzy - 21st Oct
inktober #20. Coral - 22nd Oct
i miss seeing corals... i miss diving... so this card went to the person whom i think i have the highest chance of luring to go diving with me... =)
(2021) Happi 27th 蔡三宝... 😘😘😘
inktober #21. Sleep - 23rd Oct
has been relying on these to sleep since March...
sticker + inktober #22. Chef - 27th Oct
more time was spent conceptualizing, trial & error than the actual drawing... =S
(2020) hatchday present for the man who always cook for us, jio us out for food, help me send things here there everywhere... =D
chocolate-tober #23. RIP - 31 October
home-made halloween tiramisu cake @ the chuas'
lost steam 2/3 into the challenge... that's it... completed 23 out of 31 prompts = 74% achievement for my first inktober attempt... "Good Job" i say... =P
inspiration from my P3 art lesson on zentangle fish... 
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