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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#1 Day 4 – Underwater

#2 Day 13 – Teeming

#3 Day 17 – Graceful

#4 Day 19 – Cloud

#5 Day 11 – Run

#6 Day 15 – Mysterious

#7 Day 16 – Fat

#8 Day 12 – Shattered (Inspired By The Works Of Friederikeablang)

#9 Day 6 – Sword

#10 Day 9 – Screech

#11 Day 20 – Deep

#12 Day 1 – Swift

#13 Day 21 – Furious

#14 Day 24 – Blind

#15 Day 25 – Ship

#16 Day 3 – Poison

#17 Day 2 – Divided

#18 Day 14 – Fierce

#19 Day 26 – Squeak (Inspired By The Animation Ernest Et Celestine)

#20 Day 27 – Climb

#21 Day 22 – Trail

#22 Day 29 – United (My Interpretation Of My Favorite Winnie The Pooh Scene)

#23 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!)

#24 Day 7 – Shy

#25 Day 8 – Crooked

#26 Day 5 – Long (Inspired By Wallace & Gromit’s The Wrong Trousers)

#27 Day 18 – Filthy

#28 Day 23 – Juicy (Inspired By Beetlejuice)

#29 Day 28 – Fall

#30 Day 30 – Found

#31 Day 10 – Gigantic

#32 Hitting Pause – Time To Rest My Hand!

#33 Ready To Restart