 And it will be our live for the 10th day of October is Pinktober. Let's get this camera set up. There is yesterday's Pinktober painting. And here is yesterday's Pink that I forgot to put the lid on. I forgot everything. Hey Kim! Happy Spooky Season! Good evening Kim! Good evening Narenhainz. How are you? Do you have a good time in Puerto Rico? Very good, sir. Hello there Kim! Hello Alan! As Otonio and Bargain is... Yuvando? Is that rain? What are you all streaming on? What do you mean? What are you all streaming on? I'm streaming on YouTubes. Hey Moona! Okay, time to remove yesterday's. Inktober is Pinktober. The best part of the day is when you have a stream of your paintings. I should say thank you but also that sounds... That doesn't sound all that nice. I meant I was streaming on more than one. I'm not streaming on more than one at the moment. I do love streaming on TikTok because the energy there is kind of insane at times. But this month it is daily YouTube streams. And then hopefully sometime in the future we'll be able to set up a multi-platform streaming. It is at 11.35 in Puerto Rico. Not 11. 11, yes. 11.35 after 11. This time I was sure that... In my mind I said when I say Costa Rica it's the wrong place. So I said Puerto Rico. And I corrected myself to be wrong. Oh and I don't know flags. Okay let's start. Let's start. Flags help me very little except the big ones. But yes Costa Rica is a flag like normal but Puerto Rico is. Like a little American flag because it's territory? I don't think I'm fat. Let's start this thing because I'm kind of energized. But I'm fearing that I might be on my way into a hypomanic episode. And then in order to not crash and burn I have to stop all creative work long before I go to bed. Otherwise my mind is just buzzing with ideas. Hejsan allihopa. Tjena. I don't know how to speak Swedish. Hello. This is number 10 and the word for today is hubris. Greetings from Switzerland. Yes, where are everyone located? Well, I start drawing hubris. Puerto Rico is an island in the Caribbean and Costa Rica is located in Central America. I do know that. I just, yeah, I should know that. Actually, but very unprofessional of me. Ooh, even more unprofessional. I'll be back in a minute. You can watch this. I'll be back. I am back. Okay. Love your work, your inspirational messages and beautiful soul. Thank you. Hi from Ukraine, currently in Rhineland. Due to circumstances. Excessive pride or self-confidence is hubris. What I ran up to get is I have reference material today. An eagle and Prometheus being getting his liver picked out by an eagle. And that is one of the original Greek tales of hubris. And it's a beautiful, beautiful tale because Prometheus is kind of cool and it gives humankind fire and sews a punishment to them to eternal suffering. So that's cool. Well, I don't always use references, but I use them when I need. And the eagle's difficult. And I really liked just the simplicity of this one with the hand going down here and he's sort of tied to this. Just sort of. This is very sloppy tying by Seuss. And then I like the position. So I'm going to try to do something like that. I am not going to have Seuss there, not have the snakes, but the liver and the eagle and the pole. Yeah, I think that sounds good. And I will start by drawing with some pretty, a little bit dirty water and just sketching a basic body position for him. I will change the anatomy slightly from the vase. Hello! How are you doing? It's going pretty well. It's going pretty well. I'm from Norway. Me too. But we don't talk a lot in Norwegian, but because all the parties we see are not in Norway. Dumb question. Are there haunted places in your city town like forests or roads? So the kids think the local principal's house, which has been empty for 20 years or so, is haunted. There are supposedly haunted places, I guess, all over town. It's a European town. We burnt witches and we had the plague and it's a telephone sonoran decedent. Have you ever heard the word sonoran before? Sonoran? I think you said before you like painting wolves. So would you give a shot at the beast of Gjelder as you pronounce it in French? I don't know how to pronounce French. Gouvardin? Yeah, yeah. That should definitely be on my list. And it's kind of strange that I haven't done it so yet. I remember Odd Pride, who is on both TikTok and YouTube, created, made a very nice video about her. I think it was her, or their pet theory, that it wasn't a wolf at all, but a runaway tiger. I'm from America, but I'm Norwegian. Where are the mountains tonight? It's piss-reigned. It blows and piss-reigned in all directions. Sonoran. We're famous for our saguaro cactus that I've never heard of either. Have you ever made a video with detailed walkthrough of your work? I haven't made any sort of in-depth tutorials. I have made some shorter tutorials, but nothing really more substantial. There are reasons for that. And one of them is that I have done a lot of teaching, but with age, I've found that I think I'm a good teacher in terms of engaging the student and stuff like that. I have some qualities that are not great for teaching, such as I dislike doing the same thing over and over. I want to come up with new stuff almost every time. I have also been feeling that because of the way I work, whenever we're talking about technical things, I'm actually a bit out of my depth because I focus on more of the creative things. And I'm better when I don't care about all the technical stuff. A friend used to work in a clinic in San Rafael of Heredia, and the main building was an old house where he said the typewriter was. Any advice on where to begin to understand if it's my thing at all? I tried to do a podcast a year or two back, and you find the episodes on YouTube, and there's one called How to Start at Art, where I try to give a general outline of how to start basically any art process. And then I can also tell you how to start with this type of ink drawing is not with ink. I didn't start with ink. There is a whole ton of comic book, like superhero comic style pencil drawing underneath, and I'm always sort of sketching with my mind's eye. So I'm sketching like two steps ahead of wherever the brush is at all times. You're very inspiring. I love your art and your video. Thank you! So what I would do, or I can say not what I would do, but what I did myself was at the same time I was doing comic book penciling and learning that and doing comic book inking and learning that. I was also doing sketches, mostly either silly sketches or very sort of true to life black and white landscape sketches with directly with ink. So at around age 18, I started actively working directly with ink in addition to my comic book style work. So working those two things at the same time I think is beneficial. Because if you only do the comic book inking part, then it is really hard to switch around and use ink as its own medium. Have you ever enjoyed drawing painting architecture? Occasionally, but I like organic things more. But I do at times. At some point I made an entire 300 page comic. It was a disaster, but it taught me a lot. Bad experience at the same time. Good one. I can relate. I can relate. Gave me confidence and inspiration to make art for free. Thank you for being an art dad for many of us. That's a scary proposition, but cool. I'll try to be as good of an art dad as I can. As I tell my kids, you do things your way and if you want advice just ask and I can tell you my way. Just like the fun badigan man that talks about like and makes interesting things with ink. That's a description I can live with. Don't know if I'm liking this composition. I knew I wanted a very stiff composition like in that vase, but I'm thinking it's sort of, at least for now it's lacking something. But we'll get there. Talks about life, yes. That made more sense. Please stick down your recent short. As someone familiar with genetic history of depression, this short is misinformation and harmful. How? I need you to clarify what you mean. And you can clarify that by sending me a message on Instagram or Facebook or TikTok. Or you can comment here. But I am very curious about what is misinformation. Because I think you mean the video I posted just an hour ago about World Mental Health Day and I'm talking about my experience right now in a way. Okay, so Jessica stuck inside. You didn't see the whole video, did you? Or maybe you didn't understand it. First of all, for some people, depressions do go away. And that's important to remember. And that is even true for... Hi, Karolina. Good to see you. Let's get back. That is even true for things like bipolar that is for life. Some people, whether through wrong diagnosis or through other things, lose their bipolar with time. So getting well isn't... is never completely out of the picture. But I said I woke up and my depression was gone. And then what did I say after that? Now I'm pointing with my finger and using my stern art dad voice. You should go back and see the full video. I said the feeling of not being depressed was a sign of my going into a possible hypomanic period, which is a symptom of my bipolar type 2. Some people have chronic depression, meaning they will never get rid of it. And that sucks. Bipolar is generally chronic. But for things with mental health, there's a lot we don't know. So some patients, some people that get diagnosed with chronic conditions do actually get better. But what I was saying in my video wasn't that I was magically getting better, but that my perhaps oncoming hypomanic period was tricking me into thinking that I was suddenly well. And if I hadn't, what used to happen with me was that I would actually think I was well, and then I would go into a full blown hypomanic episode and that would be bad. But you came into this stream, Jessica, and told me that I had to take down my video when you clearly do not understand what that video said. And I urge you to actually sit down and look at it and see if you understand it. And if you don't understand it, come back into the live. We'll be drawing for half an hour more. Oh, I shouldn't be drawing this late. But you know, we'll be drawing for 15 minutes more, I'll say. And then come back within 15 minutes. And if you have any questions, then I'll happily answer them. But you didn't understand the video. So you're making demands based on things that aren't being said in the video. Okay, I need to hurry up because one of the things I have to do when I'm in or on the verge of a hypomanic episode is that I have to stop creative work in the evenings so that my mind can settle down and I hopefully can get some sleep. I noticed that my mind is very agitated now. It's going very quick. I'm trying to remain calm, breathe, but I got a little bit agitated. I'm much easier to agitate when I'm verging on a hypomanic episode. David is fine. Just watch it. Sorry, but you didn't understand what he meant. It is, in no way, meant that I woke up and was cured of depression, even though that would be sweet. I'm not putting my dollars on it. Props to you, Kim, for knowing yourself and your needs and catering to what you need. And now I just need to... You shouldn't really hurry these Inktober pieces, but I need to hurry this Inktober piece and play a video game or do some dishes or do something else that will read a book. And hopefully I'll be ready to sleep in a little while. Hopefully Jessica comes back and asks questions if she's wondering about anything. Didn't know you were into gaming. I'm super into gaming, but I don't get as much time as I would like to game. I'm playing through a short hike again now. I had been playing Starfield and actually love it. But now that I have very little time, I don't get into the groove of it again. That's the problem with massive games. So I need to find something a little bit less involved. I've been playing some Uncharted in Spanish to learn Spanish. I didn't get far into Titanfall 2. I really wanted to because it was said that some of the level design was the most creative since half-life or something. But I didn't get past the first few levels. Now I'm hurrying with this one. I don't know if I like hurrying with it, but let's actually do an old comic book trick. When in doubt, black it out. So when things aren't quite working as you wish they would, black everything out and work in silhouettes. Just these tiny gaps of light and then that's a good trick. Because now I'm getting stressed over the clock being later than I thought. Paint it black and take it back. I see a red door and I want to paint it black. I see a pink pole and I want to paint it black. Prometheus is bound to hit it. He wants his liver back. That's the song. I will switch the brush so it goes a little bit faster. Let's be very rough to lose. It's only 10 days of October. I don't understand what people are saying. I notice that still agitated from having to explain my last video. That agitation is another sign of getting closer to hypomania. I get more angry, I get more... Things are very important for me when I'm in that mood. And this is not Jessica's fault. Have a good evening and don't worry about it. Don't worry about me. I'll turn it around sometime. But thank you very much. That was supposed to be a super chat but it somehow deleted. I think there's a super chat here. Isn't there? Number one and a heart. Yes, that is a super chat. I need to relax while also finishing this one quickly. Accidentally deleted the message when you added the heart. That sounds like something I would do. Why the eagle is pecking through this guy's chest to get to the liver? I don't know. I'm not an eagle logist. I'm not an eagle logist. Dammit Jim. I'm an artist. Not an eagle logist. I eventually get agitated and angry with hypomania or mania. I don't have true mania so I don't experience that. Yet, and everything suggests that I do have bipolar type 2 where true mania doesn't really happen. So, but yeah, it is... This live has been a lesson for me in hubris. Actually, because I thought, no, no, I can do this first and I can do this first. I'll be done with the live before eight o'clock. I should have been done with the live before like six o'clock. And I need to be careful with these lives now because I do get agitated. Because I do. I am very much in control of my head, but I'm not in control of my feelings as much. Love your in-depth folklore stories. Thank you so much. Thank you for the super chest. I've forgotten to do my advertising spiel. So, so I'll do that now. The advertising spiel is that if you like my art, you can get it at 20% off in my web store, den ungeherholm.com, as long as you use the code Inktober 23. If you like my art and want to support but not buy my art, then you can go to patreon.com slash Kim Holm and join the patron for $1 month and you get access to an awesome little discord community. And if you want to support but don't have money or don't want to use money, that is quite okay as well. Then you can share my art. All my art is made for free use, so you can download it. You can change it, copy it. You can even sell it and you don't owe me anything because sharing my art and sharing my name is supporting me. I'm broke as a beginner homestead, so I can't afford it yet. But I often share to as many people as I can. And that is incredibly important. Do you have a favorite color? Yes, shock green. Really, really garish like plastic green. I love that. I bought one of your paintings. It's part of my reading corner. I'm going to wait for the chair now. Yeah, I'm not going to start producing chairs. Just now we're going to wait a year or two before we start our chair manufacturing. Chair manufacturing. Oh, another super chat. That is great. This is more super chats than I usually get. So thank you so very much for that. And I need to... Yeah, free chairs. Free chairs. It means anyone can sit on them. Sit on my chair and tell me that you love me. Okay. I think that with this, if the gods accept this painting and they do, I think I'm done. Do you have a chair on you? Not a chair on anyone. Not a chair on anyone thing. A chair in a living day. Did you notice when you didn't draw in a long time and finally did, it's nothing like something retired. Back like your heart went back. I don't think I've stopped drawing for that long ever. But I have stopped drawing and it is... But only for shorter periods. I will talk a little bit to you guys after I'm done with this. I will not do an ink monster because it's too late o'clock for me in my state right now. But yes, I will call this one finished. Finished. Okay, let's cut a little bit. Here you can see the details. So all art is unfinished. It's just a matter of being happy with... No, you need to finish art. You don't need... I mean, you do you. But you don't necessarily need to be happy with all the art you need to. Know that it says more or less what you wanted it to say. And then you can go on to the next one and be finished with it. And it can live on for other people, but it doesn't have to live on for you. I think. I think. I feel like drawing something tonight now. Thanks for inspiration. Have fun. You made it so quick. This one was longer than I... In my heuris, you could say, I expected to draw an inktober piece and an ink monster in 30 minutes. I didn't do that. I used 45 minutes on a single inktober piece and that's cool. But I was... I was... Not planning, clearly. And I... And that's also something that usually happens when I get towards a hypomanic period. So... But I don't know. I might wake up tomorrow and be just my old depressed self again. And you never know with these things. But it looks like I need to be careful in order to avoid a hypomanic episode. But there was a question here. May I ask you to say your name slowly? I always struggle to say it out when mentioning you. Yes. So it can be difficult, especially for people who don't speak Norwegian. But if you say my name slowly, it sounds like this. Kim. Sorry, that was a joke. If you say my name slowly, it would be Are you Norway? Yes. I never really had much jobs besides freelance art. I did a few, like, stray jobs here and there. And then I've been poor and an artist ever since. Is it okay if I just call you young Mr Holm? Yes, you can do that. But the thing is, I chose to name the unge Had Holm when I was 24. Back in 2004. And I thought it was really funny. And now I'm 43. And it's not as funny anymore. But I think that when I get to around 80, 90, it will be hilarious. I'm ambidextrous and can't decide which hand to use. Can you give me a tip? Use both. If you have a dominant hand, use that. If you're ambidextrous, then remember to train both of them. I have not watched Oppenheimer. Your short for mental health awareness appeared at a very coincidental time on my short scrolling. I was second guessing something I did for my mental health. That sounds familiar. It's a great, it's a great pleasure to watch you at your creative work. Totally pleasant and interesting. Thank you. Let's see, there was another question. What topics do you enjoy making content about most? Or what creatures do you enjoy painting the most? The creature I enjoy painting the most are the creatures I paint the most. Trolls, zombies, dragons, Cthulhu and weird monsters. I enjoy that. Topics I like making videos about. I can give you a pretty easy answer. I like doing a lot of different types of videos. But the one that has made me the happiest in a long while and that I'm most satisfied with, that's the Marilyn Monroe video. I think that's hilarious and I just, mm, that was fun. When I got to, when I got that idea, I chuckled so much. So yeah, do you have any books you think everyone should read? I don't read that much books. When I read, it's mostly nonfiction because my mind carries away with me and makes stories of its own and that's more okay with nonfiction than fiction. But yes, a book that everyone should read. I think The Dawn of Everything by David Graber and David Wengrove. It's sort of a reworking of world history based on actual archaeology and not on 200 year old mythology. So I would recommend reading that. It's very interesting. It is very thought provoking. And I had read a lot of the, at least the popular books of the bookstay used for reference. So a lot of it was sort of known to me, but the way they connect the dots and tell of the diversity of human history. That human history isn't just a straight path towards civilization, but it's a series of choices where neighboring peoples often make the completely opposite choices of the other and fun and sews. You have been a great inspiration to me and I have very much stolen and applied Inclos better into my work. Thank you for being an inspiration. I stole it from so many artists. I mean, we all, the Croatian High, I put the one counting down on Time Out because that was just a little silly. Okay, this live is going great. So I should just draw 10 more drawings and entertain you guys for hours. But if I did that, that would be listening to my hypomania and that wouldn't be good. So instead, I'll be back tomorrow with another stream that's a little bit earlier and I'll do my advertising spiel one more time. If you like my art, go to denungehardform.com and use the promo code Inktober23 for 20% off all October. Everything, I mean, Originals, Prints, Merch, whatever. If you want to support but don't want to buy stuff, go to patreon.com. Patreon.com slash Kim Holm. And if you don't want to support with money but still want to support, you can use my art for free. You can download it. You can print it. You can change it. You can even sell it as long as you put my name on it. You're supporting me. Thank you so much and have a great night. Bye-bye. We'll show the Inktober picture first. And there'll be another Inktober is Pinktober tomorrow. Take care. Bye.