Each year during the month of October, artists around the world get excited for the popular art prompt list called Inktober. The goal is for artists to build consistency and community by using a common prompt each day to inspire an image no matter how small or sketchy. The central premise was to share a goal and to have freedom to interpret the prompt in any way.
However, over the past year the creator of Inktober, Jake Parker, has taken that sense of freedom away. Parker has bashed on artists for using digital ink tools instead of traditional ones on multiple occasions. Recently he has been attempting to brand Inktober, which has taken away the sense of a shared community from many artists. He has also allegedly plagiarized another artist’s book for his own Inktober book, an action that has cut into Inktober’s popularity.
The VOICE’s Senior Artist, Kristina Hontz, is providing an alternative, a spooky prompt list to inspire the many artists in our community. There are no rules and no pressure, just take a word off the list and make art in any way you desire.
