Every October, Sean Thorenson makes time for a special daily sketch. It’s part of “Inktober,” a worldwide challenge for artists to create and post an ink drawing every day this month.

This year, it’s the spooky, scary Halloween-themed Inktober pieces that we’re most excited about. These pieces are wonderfully weird, magnificently macabre, spectacularly spooky, and even more ...

When Libby McArthur, an Evergreen Park Community High School art teacher, first heard about Inktober, the challenge proved too daunting. But that initial effort to finish 31 consecutive drawings — one ...

Each year, October brings pumpkins, witches and candy. But for artists, it also brings the annual tradition of Inktober. Illustrator and writer Jake Parker created the drawing challenge 10 years ago ...

It’s October, and for artists, that means one thing: challenge season is officially here. Sure, Halloween gets the spotlight with pumpkins, ghosts, and creepy costumes, but the real magic is happening ...

Let your mind, heart, and art tools wander, with the Drawtober 2025 Challenge, which brings daily prompts under the theme of ‘Dark Fairytale’, evoking fairies, goblins, and everything in between. Get ...