Every October, a lot of artists sign up for the same challenge: one ink drawing a day, for 31 days. It’s called Inktober, and we’re four days in. If you like scrolling through art, this is the best month of the year to do it.
What Inktober Is
Artist Jake Parker started Inktober in 2009 as a way to build his own drawing habit. It grew into a worldwide challenge. Every September an official list comes out with 31 prompts, one word per day, and anyone who wants to play draws something for each one and posts it.
Nobody wins anything. The point is showing up every day, and that’s what makes the feed so good. You’re not just seeing finished, polished pieces. You see people getting better over the month, trying a new style on day 12, and occasionally posting a rushed sketch at 11:58 p.m. because they refuse to miss a day.
Where to Find It on Reddit
r/Inktober is the main hub. It’s a fan-run community (not affiliated with the official challenge) that collects daily drawings all month. It also keeps a megathread of alternative and custom prompt lists, so you’ll see artists working from lists other than the official one.
Fandom and hobby subs run their own versions. This is the part I like best. Communities built around one subject, like dragons, a specific game, or a specific show, run their own Inktober threads with prompts that fit what they’re into. If there’s a sub you already follow, check whether it’s doing one this year.
General art subs get a wave of it, too. Drawing and illustration communities fill up with Inktober posts in October, mixed in with everything else.
How I’d Scroll It
Sort by new at least once a day. Top posts are great, but new is where you find the smaller artists who are actually doing the daily grind. A lot of them only get a handful of upvotes and deserve more.
Follow one artist through the month. Find someone on day 4 and check back on day 20. Watching one person work through 31 prompts is more interesting than any single drawing.
Leave a comment. Doing a drawing every day is hard. A real comment matters a lot to someone who’s on day 17 and running out of steam.
Why It Fits Redinfinite
Inktober is almost all images. One drawing, one post, one prompt. That’s exactly the kind of feed Redinfinite was built for: open a sub, swipe, and look at one thing at a time without a cluttered page fighting for your attention. Add a few Inktober subs and you’ve got 31 days of new art.
The Bottom Line
Inktober runs through October 31, and the feed only gets better as artists warm up. Start with r/Inktober, check whether your favorite subs are doing their own version, and spend a few minutes a day swiping through it. It’s one of the nicer corners of the internet this month.
