the challenge den

an unofficial home of art challenges. feel free to send suggestions!

[lany-art-life]

Has anyone decided to participate yet? 😊Last year I participated in MerMay, where I had to draw mermaids from Russian folk legends and fairy tales.

[rrawrreyes]

Joined a new flashmob and made a color wheel from finished pieces🌿 If anyone wants to join too, png versions of the white and black wheel are below: (I don't know who the original author is)

[blueberry-galaxy-30]

Не знаю, буду ли рисовать Инктобер в этом году, но список тем сохранила

[bweirdart]

✷ #mARTch 2025 prompts!

F.A.Q

✷ do i have to draw every day? nope! the 10 days marked with a star are the main ones! please focus on them and skip any other days you need if you're tired/busy/not interested/falling behind :)

✷ do i have to make polished/finished art? nope! these prompts are just intended for daily warmup/practice, you don't need to make anything fancy :)

✷ event tag? #mARTch or #mARTch2025

✷ can you share/promote my entries? yep! i try to share everything from the tags to @bweirdevents during the event — but tag search sucks sometimes, so if i miss something, sorry! i also can't guarantee i'll share anything on other sites, archiving on tumblr already takes up most of my day!

✷ can i re-upload your prompt list? PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS — i have accounts on most sites, just reblog/retweet/share from me

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for more info, visit my website for a detailed explanation of every prompt, or join the event server to ask a question directly!

[joyouart]

I wasn’t feeling the official inktober list this year so I made my own. I feel a little out of practice lately, so I’m sticking with a theme I feel comfortable with. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be curveballs for each prompt! 😉

This is just my list I made for myself. Feel free to use it if you want! 😛

[hellothisisangle]

I’m gonna totally do this this year, but planning on adding a twist of cats

[owlyjules]

IT IS TIME!!🍂

Here's the list I will be following and try to complete for my October challenge!

Feel free to participate with any medium if you would like to! :D

As for me I will be doing them with watercolours, gouache and a bit of digital media!

[faithschaffer]

The 2024 #Swordtember prompt list is here! To celebrate our fifth year drawing swords all September long I asked over on Instagram for your favorite prompts from previous years and added some of mine to make this year's 'best of' prompt list!

As always this challenge is intended to be low stress! You can start or stop at anytime and do as many or few prompts as you'd like, it's just a good chill time. Looking forward to September already!

Here's the list typed out for your convenience:

wings

floral

cursed relic

divine relic

edible

smoke

moon

sun

ocean

ceremony/ritual

duel

fire

ice

poisonous

liquid

tooth/bone

glass

jester

forest

fragmented

eyes

mechanical

summoned/banished

jeweled

woven

storm

insect

crystal

necromancer

glowing

[regal-bones]

Swordtember is coming up and this year I am going off of my own prompts list, all suggested by my Patrons!

I cannot wait to get to work - this challenge is long and, well, challenging, but it's gonna be a lot of fun!

If you like to join in, tag your posts with #RBSWORDTEMBER to distinguish from the main swordtember tags, and so I can have a look and see what you make!! ⚔️

And, what is swordtember? The challenge is to design one sword a day going off of these prompts! You can draw, write, 3D model, crochet, sculpt - just make something cool and sharp!!!

You can do all month long, you can just do your fave prompts, any sword is a good sword!

The main focus is HAVE FUN! I have met so many awesome artists through this challenge the last 2 years and it is really a lot of fun to join in. But yeah, I'll see you all next week for day 1 - UPGRADE

Good luck! May your forge be hot, and your steel sharp! 🗡️

[faithschaffer]

The 2024 #Swordtember prompt list is here! To celebrate our fifth year drawing swords all September long I asked over on Instagram for your favorite prompts from previous years and added some of mine to make this year's 'best of' prompt list!

As always this challenge is intended to be low stress! You can start or stop at anytime and do as many or few prompts as you'd like, it's just a good chill time. Looking forward to September already!

Here's the list typed out for your convenience:

wings

floral

cursed relic

divine relic

edible

smoke

moon

sun

ocean

ceremony/ritual

duel

fire

ice

poisonous

liquid

tooth/bone

glass

jester

forest

fragmented

eyes

mechanical

summoned/banished

jeweled

woven

storm

insect

crystal

necromancer

glowing

[artfight]

Welcome to Art Fight!

This is the official Tumblr account for Art Fight, an annual, online art trading event that takes place every July!

Read more about the event on our About page and look through our FAQ page for answers to some commonly asked questions. Please feel free to send in an ask for general questions related to Art Fight, though any specific inquiries or concerns should be taken up with a moderator on-site or through our Discord server.

OTHER LINKS — Discord Server — Twitter — Instagram

Site, event, & server updates will be posted here. Please reach out if you have a concern with the blog.

[artfight]

Can you believe it guys? Art Fight, just a week away! Art Fight is in a week! Woo-hoo!

We've assembled some prompts to help you prepare for the fight. You don't have to complete all prompts, or do them in order. Do what you're able to do and have fun! Feel free to show off your prepwork and tag it under #AFPrepPrompts2024

You can view the transcript here

Special thanks to Scribe, Spirit, Hanuh, Percy, Lycan, Mori, Ara, and Jaywing for the graphic & doodles!

[pseudonymjones]

Happy Make A Terrible Comic Day 2024!!! I hope you enjoy participating in this annual tradition which we’ve all done for ages!!! You must participate so you might as well enjoy it!!!

If you make a comic (again, it’s mandatory) and you want to share it, post it on the tag #makeaterriblecomicday2024! Or don’t, I’m not a fucking cop.

Remember, the goal is to make something terrible! So if you can’t draw or have never made a comic, or if it’s just been ages since you made something just for fun — that’s perfect! You’re all set! If you fuck up and make something that’s NOT terrible… well, some might say there’s a joy to that too.

Ok stop reading this and go make something!!!

[adorkastock]

Have you signed up for Draw Everything June? Participating is easy - just sign up right on my site and you'll get the daily pose right in your email! I'll see you there!

[thechallengeden]

Brushwarriors did a very nice summary of art challenges for 2024 over here

I'll try to get some of them copied over but here is a calendar overview of the month challenges available (non exhaustive list)

[art-and-drawing-prompts]

Alternative Inktober Promptlist Collection 2022

yearly disclaimer that this is absolutely not all of them, and this doesn't include lists based around specific fandoms. [find 2021's collection here]

Generally Unthemed: [link 1], [intended for a fandom but unthemed and open to general use], [link 3], [link 4], [choice of 2 prompts a day], [10 prompts], [link 7], [link 8], [link 9], [link 10], [link 11], [link 12], [link 13]

Halloween / Autumn / Fun Spooky: [plague doctors], [16 prompts]. [link 3], [link 4], [link 5], [link 6], [link 7]

Horror / Gore / Scary Spooky: [gore 1], [creepy], [vaguely spooky but kinda unthemed], [gore 2], [link 5], [link 6], [10 prompts], [link 8], [vaguely spooky list 2]

Witchy : [unthemed + witch lists], [vaguely witchy], [14 prompts], [intended for a fandom but open for general use], [list 5]

Relationships / Shipping : [fluff], [hurt/distress], [link 3]

Original Characters: [1 oc list + 1 general fandom list], [link 2], [link 3]

Other Fantasy / Magic: [fantasy 1], [several themed lists for elves]

Nature: [goats], [plants + plant symbolism], [link 3], [sea creatures], [isopods]

Other: [spiritual], [kinds of doctors], [colour palettes], ["tiny tattoo ideas"], [icons], [icons 2], [3 words a day 'to make a dreamlike illustration'], [dystopia]

[art-and-drawing-prompts]

Inktober alternatives prompt lists 2023

some alternative lists for inktober. This is absolutely not all of them, and I don't include fandom specific lists. [last years collection]

Unthemed: [link1], [link2], [link3], [link4], [link5], [link6], [choice of 2 prompts each day], [link8], [15 prompts]

Halloween / Autumnal / Fun Spooky: [link1], [link2], [link3], [link4], [link5], [link6], [link7], [link8], [15 prompts], [link10], [weekly prompts], [link11], [draw all prompts as one image], [scary/cute], [13 prompts], [link15]

Horror / Scary Spooky / Gore: [gore1], [20 vaguely spooky prompts],[gore2], [gore3], [gore4], [2 gore lists], ["cringe + gore combination"], [spooky1], [mostly horror], [vaguely spooky], [gore6], [gore7], [gore8], [gore9], [zombie themed gore], [gore11]

Witches: [swamp witch], [link2], [link3], [link4], [link5]

Fantasy: [link1], [fashion elves], [link3], [link4], [12 cursed relics], [chimeras]

Original Characters: [60 prompts], [link2], [link3], [link4], [link5], [1 oc list 1 fandom list], [link7], [link8], [link9]

Creatures / Nature: [plants+animals], [autumnal frogs], [scifi isopods?], [cats], [unicorns/ponies], [new zealand birds]

Other: ["cringe"], [desserts], [cute things], [textures], ['lost kingdoms'], [medieval], [a comic, 1 panel a day], [robots]