October is not just another month for artists and designers all around the world. October means it’s time for the InkTober Initiative.
Not this initiative
It all started in 2009. Jake Parker started the Inktober Initiative to improve his inking skills and develop positive drawing habits. Six years after that, it has now grown to an internet-wide phenomenon, spawning hashtags from social media sites as well as its own subreddit.
“That first year, maybe 10 people did it with me,” said Jake Parker in an interview. “In 2013, I introduced the hashtag #inktober, and that helped it go viral. Over 46,000 posts on Instagram alone that year.”
Artists and graphic designers around the world commit to the same set of rules that Jake Parker set for InkTober: Pick up a pen and start drawing every day for 31 days.
“You can do it daily, or go the half-marathon route and post every other day, or just do the 5K and post once a week. What ever you decide, just be consistent with it. INKtober is about growing and improving and forming positive habits, so the more you’re consistent the better.”
Check out some InkTober 2015 posts below:
By Niño Batitis
By Patrick Ellasos
By phoebe-nyan
By jigokuen
By Gian Bautista
By J. A. W. Cooper
By Koyamori
By forzamentis
By Jeremy Spears
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By Sofie Kampmark
By Rukiye Derdiyok
By Robert Orozco
For more InkTober posts, check out these hashtag quick links:
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