Inktober Challenge Pushes Artists To Flex Their Creative Muscles : The Picture Show The annual drawing challenge began a decade ago as a way for one artist to strengthen his ink-drawing skills.

So he announced the first Inktober challenge on his blog in 2009. “Social media wasn’t ubiquitous quite yet,” Parker said. “People basically showed up to watch my blog, the posting every day.

What I think is cool about this challenge is that it is a reminder to just spend time drawing even if I'm busy,' said Barger. Inktober first started in 2009 and continues to gain traction every year.

Inktober Challenges Artists — Aficionados And Amateurs Alike — To Create Daily Sketches. October 29, 2016. Lisa Creamer; Megumi Kibi uses a Japanese brush pen to draw her Inktober post inside ...

#InkTober has been a growing trend since 2009. HiRes diwat26/Flickr Six years ago, artist Jake Parker decided to challenge himself by completing a new ink drawing every day in October.

Students Kimberly Parker, 15, and Larissa Siswanto, 15, create drawings with the theme “weak” at Providence High School on Monday. Inktober is an annual drawing challenge in which students ...

Every October, artists from around the world take part in a viral social media drawing challenge invented in 2009 called #Inktober. The mission of Inktober is for artists to create one ink drawing ...

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 ...