Inktober — a challenge to draw every day through the month of October.
With 31 days in October, that leaves artists with 31 drawings they did throughout the month.
You may have noticed these illustrations, drawings or whatever on your timeline, newsfeed or anywhere you live socially.
The #inktober and #inktober2019 hashtags have taken social media by storm and have delighted our feeds with beautiful artwork from the professional artists to new beginners.
In 2009 an artist who is known as Mr. Jake Parker started the concept of Inktober when he realized he wanted to challenge himself, according to Uni-Ball’s website on what Inktober is.
That in the heart of it is what Inktober is, a challenge to artists to make.
A collection of Inktober drawings by our staff
While most Inktober series, fall primarily to where the challenge started — ink and pen drawings.
It doesn’t mean it’s only for those in inking mediums. While you may want to challenge yourself to learn ink and pen drawings don’t feel like that is all you can do.
A variety of my fellow artistically inclined peers have used Inktober as month to just make, whether it be a logo a day, drawings or conceptual work.
As an artist, people make this grand assumption that our lives our easy, and all we do is draw to make a living.
But loosing motivation is easy, especially with the pressure of work, school and whatever you else you have going on in life.
So use Inktober to guide you in whatever your favorite medium is and just make.
You’ve still got eight days.
Make. Make. Make.
And don’t let spooky season’s ending be the reason your artistic abilities die out.
Alex Brizee can be reached at [email protected]