Inktober is a thing where anyone interested attempts to make an ink drawing every day of October, or at least a once a week, or anything else in line with the main goal of making good habits. I’m more of the pixeling persuasion, so this year I did indeed produce an assortment of monochromatic pixels for all 31 days, using the Official set of prompts. Observe, should you desire.

Lots of words in here that aren’t exactly legible. Fortunately, by way of exclusive access to the original, full-resolution and layered image, I can offer this insight for third-party remaster:

WARNING TO BE USED ONLY AS DIRECTED!

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

Serviceable only by authorised personnel

CRUSHING HAZARD

Ensure unit is switched off and obstructions are clear

140 kW MOBILE GENERATOR UNIT ref no. KA217-OR

Provided under warranty by PRO-GEN® Electric Generators and Inverters Pty. Ltd. Warranty void if operated contrary to provided directions and safety procedures Do not operate in an enclosed space. Ensure adequate ventillation at all …

This was an attempt to do the thing where you draw the whole thing in greyscale and then slap colour on at the end. It was supposed to make it easier to focus on shadows and texture and all that. But after investing however much effort, I found right at the end that Krita’s idea of how the ‘colour’ blending mode should operate was at extreme odds with common sense. I managed to rescue it in the end, but the ultimate result is that there’s no variation in colour beyond shade.

That’s what experimentation is for but …