GOTHTOBER

[gothtober2025]

WELCOME TO GOTHTOBER!

a 31 day art challenge featuring prompts related to the goth subculture.

it is not required to do every single day, participate as much or as little as you would like. you also don't just have to draw. photography, creating outfits, writing, and any other forms of art would be great as well! be as creative as you want; i tried to be vague with a lot of the prompts so y'all would be free to do a lot of different stuff. most importantly, just have fun!

if you do participate, please tag this blog or use #gothtober2025 because i would love to see and reblog your work!

askbox is open, feel free to ask questions or suggest future prompts! this is the first year i'm doing this so if this ends up being a fun time and people wanna do more then that would be great!

hosted by @feelingzombiefied

PROMPT LIST:

day 1: favorite band day 2: 1980s day 3: bats day 4: movie day 5: vampire day 6: night day 7: community day 8: album cover day 9: victorian day 10: comic day 11: ghost day 12: nature day 13: your style day 14: industrial day 15: music video day 16: deathrock day 17: cartoon character day 18: gothic horror day 19: gothabilly day 20: love day 21: cemetery day 22: song/song inspired day 23: romantic day 24: physical media day 25: concert/goth night day 26: instrument day 27: colorful day 28: death day 29: expression day 30: poetry day 31: halloween

[draculiza]

@gothtober2025 day 23: romantic

couldn't think of anything else but our beloved morticia and gomez <3

[draculiza]

@gothtober2025 day 21: cemetery

really enjoyed drawing this one. gravestones are so fun!!

[draculiza]

@gothtober2025 day 20: love

I didn't have much inspiration so I took the opportunity to draw this anatomical heart ^^

[draculiza]

@gothtober2025 day 18: gothic horror

wanted to draw thing being murderous ^^

[draculiza]

@gothtober2025 day 17: cartoon character

I present to you sam manson c:

[draculiza]

@gothtober2025 day 16: deathrock

[draculiza]

@gothtober2025 day 14: industrial

drew some shoes again, shoes are fun

[triangleguy]

gothtober day 13: your style!

i just did a simple collage for this one. this doesnt fully cover what i usually wear but its the stuff i have decent photos of. yipee

[rincewindsapprentice]

Gothtober Day 14! The prompt was "industrial" so I decided to do a collage of some of the instruments that Einstürzende Neubauten have used at various points to help with creating their music.

[draculiza]

@gothtober2025 day 13: your style

I had such a hard time with this promt!! took me so long to figure out how the hell to depict my style and I'm still not sure I succeeded, but I like the way this came out c:

[draculiza]

@gothtober2025 day 12: nature

decided to go for a wee skeleton discovering some curious moths

[rincewindsapprentice]

It's Gothtober day 12! Today's prompt was "Nature," so I decided to draw my favorite (and most goth) succulent the Black rose succulent (Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop')! They are such cool plants and I wish we had the space to have one.

[draculiza]

@gothtober2025 day 11: ghost

sad little ghost lost in the hallway for today c:

[rincewindsapprentice]

Day 11 of Gothtober! This is a riff on Louie Zong's ghost waltzes for the prompt of "ghost," but in this case, it is Ghost Walz! This was a fun little one to draw.

[triangleguy]

gothtober day 10: comic!

i decided to draw devi & tenna from i feel sick!! jthm is one of my favorite comics and i feel sick is probably my favorite of the two spin-offs. yipee

[rincewindsapprentice]

Today's Gothtober prompt is "Comic" and I decided to do an interpretation of the lyrics in "Clown" by Switchblade Symphony, which is one of my top songs! Instead of a literal baby, I decided to depict a fur baby!