31
Days, 31 Drawings
It is very
hard to keep a pen, isn’t it? Well, you better not losing your pen for this, in
fact you will need a lot of pens. As we know, October has many unique and
important events and one of them happened to be INKtober.
INKtober is a drawing event where
everyone is welcome. According to the official website http://inktober.com, it
is basically a drawing challenge by doing one ink drawing a day the entire
month. This event was created by artist Jake Parker in 2009, as he wrote on his
official website the actual purpose was “a challenge to improve my inking
skills and develop positive drawing habits”. Now, it has been viral and
celebrated as a worldwide event, not only amongst professional but also
aspiring artists.
On its official facebook page,
INKtober declared itself as a community with 51.462
likers. It also has its official instagram, twitter, tumblr, and other social
medias, because social medias are one of the most crucial part of INKtober. There
are four rules which are written on its official website:
1. Make a drawing in ink (you can do a
pencil under-drawing if you want).
2. Post it on tumblr (or Instagram, twitter,
facebook, flickr, Pinterest or just pin it on your wall.)
3. Hashtag it with #inktober
4.
Repeat (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.
Automatically, #inktober has been a
trending topic on every social media every October. On instagram itself, there
has been 1.425.818 posts of #inktober.
Bottom line,
it is such a great event, especially for aspiring artists. By this event,
everyone can share their drawings openly so they can communicate with others who have the same
interests and it may even help them to improve their skills. That’s why, you
better keep your pen on October next year!
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sources: INKtober official facebook page
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