Here are the rest of my Inktober drawings for 2019.

During the month, though I never seemed to have much time for contemplation, I was repeatedly asking myself, where is the essence of what I do? How can I connect with that mysterious flow of creativity, when things seem to just come together, almost by themselves, without me having to think too deeply - let the rhythm flow.

That is the goal of all our art of course, and one of the attractions of Inktober. Another reason why I didn't want to prepare anything in advance, it's all about responding to the prompts in a short space of time. Immediacy is paramount.

Ironically, it was often the most last minute drawings, squeezed in before going out, or racing the last minutes before midnight, that produced the most satisfactory drawings.

It's that time of year again, and once more I entered the maelstrom of feverish scribbling that is Inktober. Here are the first fifteen of my daily drawings (Days 16-31 to follow).

If you've not heard of Inktober before, it's a social media challenge, where participants create and post online a drawing made in ink (of whatever kind), one a day throughout the month of October, using the hashtags "Inktober" and "Inktober2019".
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I'm approaching the end of our current month-long visit to Japan, so here are some more train sketches.

For me it's been a month basically looking up old contacts, finding the current buzz of what's going on for illustrators, and peering through the busy noise of central Tokyo, where I'm staying.

Usually nowadays I stay in areas outside the circle of the Yamanote line, though I was based within it for over half the 21 years I was "permanently" living here.
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Some more train sketches from my current sojourn in Tokyo.

I've been here over two weeks now and it's been a remarkably wet and cool July until now, the rainy season just carried on and on, with some significant downpours adding to the general drizzle. The cooler than expected weather meant getting about town was more efficient (if you could avoid being poked in the eye by umbrellas) but the general gloom was definitely sense in the mood of train passengers....

I'm back in Tokyo throughout this month, and, as is my habit, have been drawing people on trains again.

As I'm staying in a central part of the city this time there are not so many long commuter train journeys, so sketching has been sporadic, on short journeys with bustling trains, when people move, get on and off more frequently, and (in many cases) block my view of my drawing model. So I'm getting a lot of false starts like this!

You've just got to get on with it....
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To all my followers,

Wishing you all the very best for a whale of a summer!

In the Chinese zodiac the pig (or wild boar as it’s celebrated in Japan) is known for being compassionate, artistic and jovial.
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