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drawtober

Drawtober is a daily drawing challenge occuring every October. Prior to , I partook in Inktober, a similar event.

2025

For this year, I want to do portrait studies with an emphasis on improving shading skin tones.

Check out the other participants’ works on this thread.

mediadigital, animation
toolsKrita, Bamboo
completion🌱 🎃
a portrait of a woman in black and white
the streak has been broken, but we carry on
2 sessions
an animation of an orange-haired girl in a yellow-and-blue longsleeved shirt lighting matches and dropping them on the ground
Oriana
a study of light, fire, and hand movements
– 7 sessionsover

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a portrait of a bespectacled man
bespectacled
3 sessions
a portrait of a white-haired person wearing a black robe over a yellow shirt
yellow
3 sessions

2024

This was the first time I finished a month-long daily drawing challenge. Check out the other participants’ works on this thread.

mediablack-and-white (and orange), digital, animation
toolsKrita, Bamboo
completion🌱 🎃
characters from Drawtober 2024 aboard a train carriage as the sunset light casts an orange glow on them. from left to right: Heartworms listening to music, ghost cat on her lap, the white-haired witch, Watashi from The Tatami Galaxy learning multiset rewriting, Josh (me) asleep, an android also asleep and petting a black cat, the Merveilles persona, a person with a shark cap, Avanier reading Wiktopher
Departure
See you next Drawtober!
4 sessions
two people on jet-powered vehicles racing towards a light beam shooting up into the cloudy night sky on the horizon
Final Lap
Light Up The Night!
a witch conjuring a glowing sphere
Witch-orb
a portrait of woman surrounded by roses, illuminated by light from above
Roses
2 sessions
Ozu, Watashi, Akashi, and a moguchiman from The Tatami Galaxy
Tatami Galaxy
I found a copy of the novel at a bookstore today and so I’m reminiscing
2 sessions
an abstract portrait of a figure wearing a puffy dinosaur armour coat?
Tardigrade
renamed as @tendigits says it looks like a tardigrade costume
2 sessions
a self-portrait
Avanier
2 sessions
Pomme playing her autoharp
Pomme and Her Autoharp
listening to Les Oiseaux by Pomme
6 sessions
a person with a shark cap
Shark
two people standing inside a candlelit crypt; one of them holds a candle as they ponder whether or not to explore further
Crypt
a full moon
Moon
a faceless ghost woman in a pale dress
Ghost
I’ve officially beaten my previous Inktober streak of 19 days!
2 sessions
a white-haired girl
Yulia
a reimagining of Devine Lu Linvega's Paradichlorisse: a black ribbon emerges from a crevice in an arena-like facility as fog and snow pour in from the surroundings
Paradichlorisse
Heartworms standing surrounded by swirling clouds, arms outstretched like airplane wings; two planes are approaching in the background
Warplane
listening to Warplane by Heartworms
2 sessions
a portrait of Wilhelm Dafoe's character in The Lighthouse (but holding a pencil instead of a pipe)
How long have we been in Drawtober? 5 weeks? 2 days? Help me to recollect.
3 sessions
a robot hand holding a dark spherical object
Hand II
silhouettes of a person with a handheld device and a potted plant within the arched stone frame of a window
14
autumn leaves, mushrooms, ghosts, and black cats around a carved pumpkin
Hallowe'en
a portrait of an entity wearing a robe and adorned with coral-like ornaments, inspired by the works of Georgian sculptor and artist Nino Samadashvili
Samadashvili
inspired by Nino’s sculptures
2 sessions
an illustration of two people drinking coffee together; the whitespace forms a skull
Coffee
a silhouette of someone slightly crouched with their hand up
Silhouette
an animation of a ghost cat
Ghost Cat
listening to Ghost Duet by Louie Zong
3 sessions

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a faceless girl wearing a conical hat stands outside in the dark, partially illuminated by a bright light coming from an open door
Party
a person in a spacesuit is floating outside of a large structure; several beings spectate from a window
GRAVITY
a hand
Hand
an animation of a black cat on a windowsill and a tiny ghost flying through some tree branches under the light of a full moon
Cat & Ghost
a redo and animation of Inktober 2023's Plump
4 sessions

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a portrait of a woman with a white crow perched on her shoulder
Crow
2 sessions
a portrait of a hooded man with a moth flying over his outstretched hand
Moth
2 sessions
a portrait of Ellen with Nosferatu's hand on her shoulder
Ellen
I’m waiting for Nosferatu ()
8 sessions
a person with hair rolled up like balls of yarn on either side of the head and wearing some kind of headgear with a rabbit ornament, à la Merveilles logo
Merveilles
the community logo personified