Hello! It's Halloween and I have no real plans for the evening. That may sound kind of sad, but honestly, given the month I've had, it's fine.
My best friend came in for about a week at the beginning of the month, and I spent as much time with him as I could. A lot happened at work. I attended THREE Halloween parties, a friend's high school reunion, and checked out a local con and burlesque show. I also hosted a Halloween themed figure drawing party:
For her birthday, my girlfriend and I went to Charleston last week, where we ate lots of seafood, collected shark teeth by the dozens, saw cool wildlife and skeletons, and kind of snuck through a graveyard at night with a couple friends.
Through it all, I kept up with Inktober, though I admit it probably wasn't my best go at it. With everything else going on, I just couldn't prioritize it the way I've done in previous years. To be frank, I didn't really want to. A lot of days were more or less phoned in because it just didn't feel as important this year. It's my sixth year in a row, what do I have to prove at this point? There are other, better challenges to tackle than drawing witches and monsters for a whole month. I've still got some work I'm proud of, though:
Plus, it still helped me maintain some sense of focus, and got me exercising frequently once again, in a greater capacity than previous attempts at staying fit. The discipline is there, it's just shifted to doing more pushups and crunches now, which is fulfilling in its own way. That said, I do think this is my last Inktober, or I'll at least be taking a break next year. Six straight years is good enough, yeah?
Work on the new webcomic was steady, but dropped off because of everything this month. I'm looking forward to diving back into it now that most everything is done with, and I'd like to sit down and work out a good weekly routine to settle into for it. I've got the next FRAG Holiday Bizarre in early December, plus some other projects with other people, too, but otherwise things should be slowing down for the rest of the year, which is good.
Oh, wait, I guess I DO have some kind of plans now, as my girlfriend is about to head over here soon, so I'll wrap this up. Happy Halloween, stay safe everyone!