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Inktober 2024

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What is Inktober?

Inktober is a yearly art event intended to improve your inking skills. Every day, there's a prompt which everyone will draw with either ink on paper or digital inking

From the main site:

Jake Parker created Inktober in 2009 as a challenge to improve his inking skills and develop positive drawing habits. It has since grown into a worldwide endeavor with thousands of artists taking on the challenge every year.

What to do

The main two ways to participate are to draw daily like a marathon or every second day like a semi-marathon. The operative word being marathon. It doesn't have to be your best piece of art or even something you're proud of in any way. As the creator of this community, I know quite a bit of what I create will be absolute trash. I'm ok with this though.

This community

A daily post will be pinned at the top to round up each days work. One may either make a post to the community, or comment on the pinned post.

Want to mod?

Feel free to contact me if you're up to help mod this community.

Rules

  1. Be kind Constructive criticism at most. This is a strictly positive community meant to keep a habit for a period of time. If you don't enjoy someones art and can't phrase any advice in a supportive way don't speak up. This will be strongly enforced with bans if need be. A dictatorship of kindness. You may, however, ignore this rule for any post made by @sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works. Please, feel free to insult me so terribly that I'll think about your takedown on my deathbed

  2. No AI-Generated work

  3. Submissions must meet the theme of this community Whether on paper or digital the creation must be inked. This means black and white with an ink pen or ink pen digital brush

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"This week’s prompt is Cancer—and before your brain scuttles off in the wrong direction, let’s be clear: we’re talking stars, claws, and cosmic crustaceans. This is your cue to dive into the zodiac seas, where moody moon vibes meet pincers sharp enough to slice through even the densest art block. Think constellation charts, lunar tides, and that one crab at the beach who walks sideways like it’s a runway strut.

CANCER is all about duality: tough on the outside, soft watercolor feelings on the inside. A little guarded, a little nostalgic, and probably hoarding all your Micron pens under a rock somewhere. Whether you interpret it as the astrological sign, a celestial symbol, or a literal shell-dweller with trust issues, this is your invitation to get ink-deep in creativity.

So grab your pen. Your paper. And maybe a touch of moonlight. Whether your crab is magical, moody, monstrous, or magnificent—it’s time to let your lines wander sideways and your imagination click into high gear. Don’t be shy. Be crabby.

Happy inking!"

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As always, you’re free to create a separate post for your own stuff if you wish, or you can post it as a comment in this weekly prompt post. I will corral any individual posts and post them here as a comment.

Rules:

  1. Please remember to be kind. All skill levels are welcome here.
  2. AI art is not allowed.
  3. Submissions must be based on the given prompt, but either traditional or digital mediums are welcome.

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If following the Inktober prompt isn't your style but you would still like to do a weekly prompt with a community here on Lemmy, please check out and support !52WeeksofArt@lemmy.world by @Okokimup@lemmy.world

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