INKTOBER: THE DRAWING CHALLENGE

•  I really like to draw, so I decided to devote this post to an interesting drawing flash mob, in which I am taking part now.
• This challenge is called INKTOBER, and it is held every year in the month of October. The author of this flash mob is Jake Parker, who created it in 2009 in order to improve his artistic skills. However, in the end, hundreds, thousands and even millions of people took up his idea, who also wished to join the month of daily drawing in order to develop their skills, instill the habit of drawing every day, become famous or just have a good time. For several years, the challenge took on an incredible scale and not only brought together millions of artists around the world, but also allowed many of them to find friends, like-minded people, and even a soul mate. I wonder if Jake Parker thought that his flash mob would become so popular?

  

  Jake Parker

• So what is the essence of this flash mob? His main task is to draw every day throughout October. But there is a small nuance: initially the challenge was started by J. Parker in order to improve his drawing skills of various kinds of ink, including black markers, liners, pens, etc. That is why the challenge is called INKTOBER, that is, a combination of the words INK and OCTOBER. The creator of the flash mob invited the participants to upload their daily ink work to the network and mark them with the hash tag: #inktober.
• Every year more and more people from different countries, cities, continents and islands joined the challenge. Jake compiled and published a list of topics for the whole month so that everyone could take part in the flash mob. However, a variety of INKTOBER lists appeared on the net, offering a wide variety of topics: from fantastic animals to everyday items. It is not necessary to follow any specific list, you can simply draw what your heart desires, and the most important thing is to do it every day and preferably with ink.

• ANYONE CAN DO INKTOBER, JUST PICK UP A PEN AND START DRAWING. (Jake Parker/https://inktober.com/)

• In addition, it is the lack of color that allows many participants to feel the freedom in creativity and eliminates the pain of choosing a palette. Many people finish the month of ink drawing and find that their perception of color schemes, line art and other types of work has changed significantly for the better. Because for a whole month they were limited (or released) in only two colors: WHITE AND BLACK. This is precisely the whole basic idea of ​​inky October: it’s gallant, strict and free essence.
• Take brushes, feathers, brush pens, black markers! Create, pour out the most secret thoughts on paper and sketch the world around you! Inktober is waiting!