In the social media art world, October is basically the month of #Inktober, an art challenge begun by artist Jake Parker back in 2009 where people challenge themselves to draw at least one drawing a day using ink for all 31 days of October. This trend somehow became a craze that even professional artists set aside work to take part in and encourage hobbyists and students to participate.

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Recently I had been thinking of buying Paint Tool SAI again even though I use FireAlpaca, a popular free alternative which, to my knowledge, does most of the same stuff. Even then, I wanted some change, so I found yet another free digital program called Medibang Paint Pro. To my delight, it's comparable to the other two programs I mentioned with some extra features that some may find makes it better than both.

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