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I Challenged Myself To Create One Cute And Spooky Painting Every Day For A Whole Month (31 Pics)
Every year at the end of summer, I get quite melancholic because it's the end of the warm, sunny days, but absolutely excited because it's the start of the spooky season.
And with that season always comes the Inktober challenge, an annual event in which participants create one drawing per day throughout the month of October. The goal of the challenge is to improve drawing skills and develop positive drawing habits.
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Day 14 - Mushroom
A dabble in Watercolor a bit so I knew I had to come and see your work! Your imagination is absolutely amazing!
awwwwwwWWWWWW! da wittle cutie pwie mushroom playing de gitaaaaarr!!!!!!
this is cute Edit: WHY IS NO ONE UPVOTING ME EVERYONE ELSE IS GETTING UPVOTES 🤬
The challenge typically involves using prompts to inspire the daily drawings, and participants are encouraged to share their work online and engage with other artists taking part in the challenge.
I've been participating in this challenge for five years now, starting with Japanese-style Sumi-e paintings, witchy themes, and tarot cards.
Day 06 - Spell Jar
This year, I decided to create my own prompt list, based on magical and mystical themes: The Magiktober. I posted the list on my Instagram, and to my great surprise, a lot of people participated!
The prompt list is available at the end of this post, and you are welcome to use it any time!
I can't wait for next year's challenge already!
Day 04 - Creature
I enjoyed creating pieces of art every day and seeing what everybody came up with! It allowed me to improve my skills, explore a variety of themes, and most importantly, discover a lot of amazing artists who participated in my challenge!
For these 31 illustrations, I used my favorite medium: watercolor with fineliners for the line art and white ink for the finishing touches. I planned carefully for each illustration a color theme and contrast, so it took a lot of time to make! This is why I chose to work on A6 format, allowing me to create detailed illustrations every day of the month. On average, I would say I spent between 2 hours to 4 hours on these illustrations, depending on their complexity.
I'm very happy with how they turned out, as well as all the amazing artists that I discovered during this month of October that inspire me.
Day 28 - Standing Stones
Day 18 - Mandrake
Day 11 - Crow
Day 19 - Potion
Day 05 - Insect
Day 08 - Legend
Day 16 - Moth
Day 15 - Old Ruins
Day 17 - Fairy
Day 21 - Garden
Day 03 - Guardian
He looks a bit like the two guardians in the new season of the Dragon Prince
Day 20 - Demon
Day 24 - Cabin
Day 13 - Poltergeist
Day 27 - Stars
Day 22 - Deity
Day 25 - Druid
That’s so coooool! I love the way the end of the stick is moose horn, it’s creative
Day 26 - Seer
These are all sooo magical and amazing! I LOVE them. If you put them in a book I would buy so many copies!
Magiktober prompt list
These are absolutely stunning!! I wish I could draw like this :O
Beautiful! I swear you need to illustrate for a fantasy book one day, you draw mythical places and creatures so wonderfully!
Not very spooky but very beautiful artworks, presented with fitting themes. Nice work.
Awwww, these are adorable! The stone frog with the ._. expression is my favorite tho!
Wow, you are so talented! I both love the subjects and the execution, well done!!
These are absolutely stunning!! I wish I could draw like this :O
Beautiful! I swear you need to illustrate for a fantasy book one day, you draw mythical places and creatures so wonderfully!
Not very spooky but very beautiful artworks, presented with fitting themes. Nice work.
Awwww, these are adorable! The stone frog with the ._. expression is my favorite tho!
Wow, you are so talented! I both love the subjects and the execution, well done!!
