How to prepare for a 30-day drawing challenge like Inktober or Mermay

Part 1 of 3 about my experiences with drawing challenges, specifically 30-day drawing challenges like Inktober and Mermay. In this part I'm talking about setting goals for the challenge, whatto think about before starting and what supplies to prepare. Time stamps: 00:00 - start of the video 00:13 - short introduction 00:47 - disclaimer 01:35 - what I'm drawing in the background 02:32 - don't decide last minute 03:25 - there's nothing wrong with failing 04:00 - what is your goal? 05:16 - example 1: you want to experiment with ink 06:16 - example 2: you want to excersise your imagination 07:09 - tip on excersising imagination 08:32 - thumbnail sketches instead of illustrations 09:14 - one thing at a time 10:05 - lots of talk about time 12:28 - example 1: preparation and why I like to do things in bulk 15:55 - example 2: preparation 16:45 - nothing wrong with doing things slow 17:36 - what if you don't fit in example 1 or 2? 18:54 - size it depending on time 20:28 - my Inktober example (traditional prep) 22:33 - my Mermay example (digital prep) 23:55 - TL;DR 26:17 - end notes ------------------------------------------------------------ If you want to know why I stopped making videos, I told the entire story in a podcast I publish on Patreon. That episode is public and you can access it through this link if you are interested :)   / 53334100   ------------------------------------------------------------ You can follow me on Instagram for Daily Updates:   / anitagadzinska   You can buy my art at Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/anit... You can support me at Patreon:   / anitagadzinskaart