Hooray – it is October!
It is my favourite month of the year for many reasons.
It is the best time of the year where I live in Brisbane, the weather is terrific and my garden is flourishing. It is early spring, so it means long warm days perfect for getting out being out riding!
Another great reason is that it is Inktober time again!
Every October, artists all over the world take on the Inktober challenge to produce a piece of work each day for the entire month.
Inktober was first created by artist Jake Parker in 2009. He set it as a challenge to improve his inking skills and develop positive drawing habits. It has since caught on and other creatives now use Inktober as a stimulus to get inspired and get productive: drawers, painters, visual artists, designers, writers, poets, illustrators and more. It has grown into a worldwide event that has thousands of artists taking the challenge every year.
Each year, Jake sets a one-word prompt for each day in the month. This is used to produce a piece of work for each day for 31 days. Many people upload their work online using the official #Inktober or some
Here is the Inktober 2019 prompt list:
Inktober reiterations
Previously, I’ve posted about Walt Cahill’s beautiful Inktober collection of bicycle inspired illustrations.
And it is not just artists that use Inktober. There are other month-long ‘output’ challenges. For example, as a PhD researcher and creative, last year, I used National Novel Writing Month as inspiration to make a modified academic writing challenge I called NiAcaWriMo, which went very well.
2019 Bicycle-themed Inktober artwork
Of course, being bicycle-obsessed, I am always most interested in the artwork that features bicycles. I love how many artist work bikes into their designs.
So, to get us off to a great start this
