Make a Thing Month(s)!
There’s a chill in the air tinted by the ever-increasing energy of spooky season starting. Which means for those of us in the northern hemisphere, sweater season, warm drinks, and falling leaves. It also means that rolling around the corner are the months of creating things, of making and sharing (or not sharing!) art and writing and whatever else you might have in mind. Whether you’re an artist, a writer, or just a creative looking for inspiration from prompts, October and November are excellent times to come together, find a spot in the community among other creatives, and encourage each other to make things.
The goal of these challenges isn’t to gain popularity, or to compete with each other. You could go the entire next few months quietly creating away, supported by the community, and never share a thing. The important part is the process! Let the creative juices flow!
Under the cut is a collection of art challenges/prompts. Most of these are intended for use for art, but the creators are quite flexible – tag them so they can see (if that’s your sort of thing) or keep them to yourselves, they can even make great prompts for poetry or short fiction.
And, as NaNoWriMo peeks around the corner, be sure to pop by the Dream Foundry Discord server (discord.gg/dreamfoundry) and join the community of writers there for support, sprints, helpful advice, and more! Not a writer? Come by anyway – the Dream Foundry server is a space for all creatives, artists, game devs, comics makers, and more!
Wild October by zoekellerart
Wisptober by Owlyjules
Conceptober by melosprout
Monster Mania by odnatamyara & soniategemann
Midnightober by dokirosi
Faetober by luiscorrea.art
Mintober by mcmintea
Moontoberweekends by moonchildillustrations
Drawtober 2020
Slowtember by megaelod
hey everyone!!!! this year i didn’t want to participate to inktober but i needed a challenge to make some illustrations with my gouache so, here is for you, my prompt list for september, the ✨#SLOWTEMBER✨: pic.twitter.com/31fKVtQoPw
— élod 🐕 (@megaelod) August 28, 2020
Artober hosted by kumoriluna
🎃Happy Halloween!!🎃 I am SO excited to finally post that I will be hosting my own #artober this year as an inktober alternative. Please use the tag #KumorilunaArtober if you wish to participate. Good luck to anyone who wishes to join, I am so excited to see everyone’s art!! 👻 pic.twitter.com/BAvRBhSqEc
— julia // じゅりあ ☁️ Art Giveaway! (@kumoriluna) September 1, 2020
AWOOOTOBER by EvilViergacht
If you don’t want to participate in inktober, may I offer an alternate month-long list of #werewolf prompts? pic.twitter.com/Yluy1p7hNP
— Dr. Werewolf, PhD (@EvilViergacht) August 30, 2020
Creamtober by creamsherryart
I made some cute prompts for October! (≧◡≦)🍦✨
To join just include #creamtober2020 @creamsherryart in your post! ♡ I’ll RT a few each day! Any medium is fine, and no need to draw daily. Details here↓https://t.co/TX6x9uniBxSay no to inktober! RTs appreciated! (≧◡≦)💖 pic.twitter.com/w29LENfJgX
— しぇりー🍦デザフェス52両日(C-132) (@creamsherryart) September 1, 2020
Sleeprann’s cringetober
Cringetober 2020 prompt list. Kiss all the catgirls, or make the catgirls kiss each other if you’re inclined. I won’t tell you how to live your life. pic.twitter.com/EImeZV4THp
— K° (@sleeprann) September 1, 2020
Another Artober!
Artober prompts 2020! created as an alternative for inktober for people who still likes unnecessary stress pic.twitter.com/5SrW6L8rDb
— artober (@artoberprompts) September 1, 2020
Open Sketchtober by Alex de Campi
If anyone is interested in an open, use whatever media you like, no pressure prompt list for October drawing fun, I made you a choice of Spooky or Sweet! pic.twitter.com/oTMIXpVO5K
— Alex de Campi (@alexdecampi) September 1, 2020