This is a compilation of Bluesky-hosted drawing events for October 2026 that are NOT Inktober. This list include SFW and NSFW events; please participate at your own discretion.

If you are running a October drawing event on Bluesky with a prompt list and want to be added, pls DM me on Bluesky!

Scratchy_desu's avatar
2mo

It's THAT time of the year! Witchtober: 2026 edition. A few prompts are making a comeback, but most of the list is fresh! Now you have a full month to prepare for the ordeal! As always, if you use my list, feel free to tag me in your stuff ✨ #witchtober #inktober #witchtober2026

🌸 keewee 🥝's avatar
1mo

That moment when you get tired of trying to find a prompt list so you make your own lol My witchtober prompt list for this year!! Anyone can join if they want and you dont have to do witches either! #witchtober2026 #kiwiwitchtober #promptlist #art #inktober

Jimena's avatar
1mo

✨BALDUR’S INK✨ Gather your party artists 🖌️ Happy to share that I’ve decided to make a custom BG3 themed prompt list for Inktober! RT & share the image everywhere on every platform 🫶🏼 Excited to see what everyone creates (any type of art is welcome/no AI) Use #baldursink2026 #bg3 #baldursgate3

🌻Midari🌻's avatar
1mo

Henlo decided to make my own cringetober art prompt list so... Tag me if you decide to join :D #artprompt #cringetober2026 #cringetober #inktober #art #artpromptlist #digitalart #aesthetic #smallartist

Sugar [ #Kinktober + #Witchtober ]'s avatar
2mo

I've created a list of my own Witchtober prompts for this year 🧙‍♀️🎃💜 This time, I'm going to draw 30 original witch characters! Hope you'll like them 👉👈🤍 And yes, you can use this list for yourself ☺️ #witchtober #artpromts #drawtober

Lynxy Cake 🔞's avatar
1mo

Alright, I finished this little thing! If you would like to use this list, go for it! I don't have a tag for this, I need some ideas, but I can't wait to share some art for this! #drawtober #ArtTober

A draw tober prompt list labeled Trick or Treat The prompts are: 1 Bratting/tail butt plug Candy 2 Orgy Pumpkins 3 Suspension bondage Candy corn 4 Master/Slave Vampire 5 Monster/glowing Dildo Jack-o-lantern 6 Held Down Ghosts 7 Cockwarming Ghouls 8 Face sitting Witches/cauldrons 9 Whips Moon 10 Chains Werewolf 11 Breath Play Bats 12 Edge Play Haunted house 13 Caramel/wax drip Potions 14 Strength Kink Spiders/webs 15 Corsets Raven 16 Predator/prey Forest 17 Begging Caramel apples 18 Rope bondage Poison 19 Public Sex / Sneaky Sex Fall leaves 20 Mind Control Gravestones 21 Broom grinding Magic 22 Sharing Lake Monster 23 Vibrators Coffin 24 Drugging Pumpkin Pie 25 Knife play Corn maze 26 Spanking Pumpkin Spice 27 Peek a boo Costume mishap 28 Pet Play Zombie 29 Body painting Mirrors 30 Good boy/girl Black cats 31 Leather/lace/latex Monarch of Halloween
Kim Herbst's avatar
1mo

Some low-stakes drawing prompts for folks that want to do some #darkart in October, I'm posting this up now to come up with ideas in the meantime. Extremely *low stakes,* only 15, meaning *it's not daily.* You can even pick 'n choose which ones you want to do, just get excited for dark stuff 🎃🦇🖤

A drawing prompt low-stakes challenge for 15 days of drawing, the text reads: @kiwifruitbird's #darktober #drawtober prompts 2026. 1. devotion 2. stars 3. corrupt 4. silence 5. light 6. flow 7. blade 8. struck 9. spectre 10. batwings 11. masked 12. broken 13. sacred 14. raven 15. witch not daily, you can even pick 'n choose what you want
🌙 Ranefea ✨'s avatar
2mo

It's that time again! Are you starting to search for your October prompt? Look no further—we're back with year 9 of #InkOctober #Elves! ✨#InkOctoberElves 2026: Everyday in October, draw an Elf themed with the #masquerade outfit #prompt of the day. #DrawingPrompt

2026 Drawing Prompt for October. The color is yellow-gold and the prompt has an ornate filigree frame. Text: InkOctoberElves: Masquerade Drawing Prompts. Every day in October draw an Elf in the day's masquerade outfit prompt. Roll a D6 for your Elf's element (optional). Combine with the day's prompt. Element Roll 1. Light 2. Fire 3. Water 4. Earth 5. Air 6. Dark Daily Prompts 1. Devil 2. Fairytale 3. Opera 4. Spring 5. Dragon 6. Cat 7. Mushrooms 8. Butterfly/moth 9. Summer 10. Vampire 11. Books 12. Feathers 13. Moon 14. Autumn 15. Witch 16. Steampunk 17. Pirate 18. Stars 19. Flowers 20. Greek Myths 21. Winter 22. Raven 23. Jester 24. Sun 25. Storm 26. Wolf 27. Peacock 28. Unicorn 29. Bat 30. Mermaid 31. Free Draw - Artist's Choice @Ranefea | ©2026 #InkOctoberElves
Joshua T's avatar
1mo

Here is the prompt list for Drawtober 2026!!! I am so excited for another year of Drawtober! I'm feeling so motivated and ready for it! #drawtober

InkKey's avatar
2mo

Welcome Artists to PONYTOBER 2026! A fun art challenge for the month of October. Sketch, draw, write, sculpt, any thing you want based on the word of the day. Remember this is for FUN! No pressure~! Try to remember tag your posts with #Ponytober26 <3 #Mlp #Art #ArtChallenge

stingo's avatar
2mo

Back at it again. My version of the October art challenge, starting 10.1. All are welcome #stingtober2026

Stingtober drawing prompts for the month of October. The list is: Fang Shine Tune Sky Stage Drink Launch Grease Puff Sand Cycle Balloon Tub Blaze Hinge Progress Shred Lamppost Fear Tick Flock Slope Draw Cherish Brick Shear Ash Note Snow Unite Fresh
Viper's avatar
2mo

Wasn’t really vibing with the entire list of October art prompts I found online, so made my own list for the first time! Excited for next month 🥰

Sketch-tober 2026 list of one-word art prompts 1. Surprise 2. Nervous 3. Isolation 4. Fury 5. Bones 6. Horse 7. Storm 8. Hide 9. Moon 10. Horns 11. Chef 12. Guilt 13. Demon 14. Forest 15. Dream 16. Nightmare 17. Transform 18. Shadow 19. Float 20. Crown 21. Childhood 22. Lucky 23. Fast 24. Gift 25. Crawl 26. Opposites 27. Cloud 28. Filthy 29. Relax 30. Box 31. Halloween!

(Note: the following one is from last year but the host says it will be repeating this October)

Macaron (マカロン)'s avatar
1y

I have created an easy #artchallenge prompt list that is suitable for total beginners! I chose simple fall and Halloween objects. You are challenged to draw one each day in any medium you'd like! Hopefully the hashtag #easyautumn will work! 🎃 #art #halloween #fall #autumn

A jack o lantern and vibes surround a prompt list. Text Easy Autumn Challenge 1 Apple 2 sunflower 3 fox 4 mushroom 5 book 6 toad 7 tree 8 mug 9 squash 10 acorn 11 pinecone 12 leaf 13 crow 14 broom 15 spiderweb 16 candle 17 moon 18 owl 19 potion 20 jack o lantern 21 black cat 22 crystal ball 23 witch hat 24 candy 25 mask 26 cauldron 27 gravestone 28 bat 29 coffin 30 skull 31 ghost
doodlemancy's avatar
1mo

'tis the season of art prompt lists. i made my own list for OC-tober this year! 🎨 have fun with it. feel free to do as much or as little as you want, repeat the same prompts multiple times, combine with other lists, whatever is fun for you! #OC-tober #OC-tober2026 #OCsky

TITLE: OC-Tober Art Prompts Description: it's OC-tober, the perfect excuse to spend the whole month drawing your original characters. you can approach these prompts with whatever degree of seriousness and effort you want. this isn't a legally binding list of obligations, it's just ideas to get the gears turning! the list: • finish an unfinished piece (maybe even more than one) • design a new character, or finish an unfinished design • rework a character design that needs some polish • design a movie poster or a magazine cover • draw a single-page comic or short storyboard • draw your OCs in an alternate universe • draw your OCs in another art style • find a blank art meme/challenge to do • draw something you find difficult, using your OC • draw an OC at a different age than you usually do • redraw a scene from a movie or TV show with OCs • draw an OC cosplaying one of the characters that inspired their design • redraw a childhood drawing of an OC • draw two OCs interacting who you haven't before • play with alternate color palettes Footnote: re-interpret however you want or combine with other lists! the only rules are have fun, take care of your wrists, and don't use AI.
Sam's avatar
1mo

✨Official #Washiween2026 prompt list! 🎃 #Washiween is an Oct art challenge combining Halloween & washi tape. Create any kind of art as long as washi tape is used 🍬 Note: Having tapes of the themes is not required, as long as the theme is represented as a whole. Have fun!

Washiween prompt list for 2026: gold, spell, clouds, tree, teeth, knife.
🌻Storm🌻- ⭐Commissions Open⭐'s avatar
2mo

OC-tober 2026 prompt list!!: 'Lore Scenes Edition' (tho you don't have to do full scenes if you don't want to lol) #oc_tober2026 #stormythoc_tober2026 #inktober #promptlist

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1mo

Behold… your #dRAWRtober art prompts! Anyone can participate, in any medium. Do as much or as little as you like! Art tagged #dRAWRtober will be shared on Halloween day for a spooky extravaganza. (New species to assist your artistry are arriving on the site soon!)

An image listing Halloween-themed art prompts. The background of the image is tan with a paper texture. The upper left corner has a string of decorative bunting flags in orange and green. There is a pale starburst decoration in the upper right corner. The top center of this image has a decorative green tag that reads: 2026 Animal Photo Reference Repository #dRAWRtober Under the text is a cartoony vector of a black bat. What follows is the prompt list. All prompts are highlighted in alternating orange and green. The prompts read: 1. Legs! legs! legs! 2. In the deep, deep dark 3. Now you see me… 4. Frankenstein’s Chimera
An image listing Halloween-themed art prompts. The background of the image is tan with a paper texture. The upper left corner has a string of decorative bunting flags in orange and green. There is a pale starburst decoration in the upper right corner. What follows is the prompt list. All prompts are highlighted in alternating orange and green. The prompts read: 5. OM NOM NOM 6. Surprise! 7. Bug’s eye view 8. Gremlin 9. Pumpkin spice anything 10. Slip & Slime 11. Wing’d wonders 12. A coat of a different color 13. So sweet I could eat myself 14. Eldritch At the bottom is the project hashtag, #dRAWRtober
An image listing Halloween-themed art prompts. The background of the image is tan with a paper texture. The upper left corner has a string of decorative bunting flags in orange and green. There is a pale starburst decoration in the upper right corner. What follows is the prompt list. All prompts are highlighted in alternating orange and green. The prompts read: 15. Creepy crawlies 16. Biting you biting you biting you 17. Eepy 18. Unintended consequences 19. Ancestors 20. What’s in a name? 21. Carcinization 22. Horned Horrors 23. Venom 24. Things that go bump in the night At the bottom is the project hashtag, #dRAWRtober
An image listing Halloween-themed art prompts. The background of the image is tan with a paper texture. The upper left corner has a string of decorative bunting flags in orange and green. There is a pale starburst decoration in the upper right corner. What follows is the prompt list. All prompts are highlighted in alternating orange and green. The prompts read: 25. Reanimated 26. I would like to see the baby 27. Watched 28. Double double toil and trouble 29. Swarm 30. Strange company 31. Costume Party At the bottom is the project hashtag, #dRAWRtober
Morgan Denman | Space-Focused Designer & Illustrator's avatar
1mo

It’s almost #SpacetoberChallenge time! Here’s the official 2026 prompt list. Post your art for the prompt each day during the month of October. Your art can either be brand new, or something you’ve previously created that fits the prompt. What's important is that YOU made it (No Gen-AI)! #sciart

Spacetober challenge 2026 official prompt list: 1 liftoff, 2 Galaxy, 3 Artemis II/Moon Joy, 4 Mercury, 5 space station, 6 rover/robotic explorer, 7 Venus, 8 supernova, 9 landing, 10 earth, 11 crew or cargo spacecraft, 12 Roman space telescope, 13 mars, 14 space history, 15 crew/astronaut, 16 Jupiter, 17 moon, 18 launch vehicle/rocket, 19 Saturn, 20 aeronautics, 21 Artemis III, 22 Uranus, 23 Nebula, 24 dragonfly (mission to Titan), 25 Neptune, 26 star/sun, 27 engine(s), 28 Pluto, 29 mission(s), 30 eclipse, 31 future
Gilly ❤️🪽's avatar
1mo

🔪 HORRORTOBER 2026 🔪 Made a list of horrortastic prompts for October! If you participate be sure to use #Horrortober26 so I can see what yall create! 🖤💚🖤

Taran Fiddler's avatar
1mo

Weretober2026 approaches… 🐺🌕

SCBWI's avatar
1mo

Join the SCBWI Illustration Community in October for 31 days of illustration prompts under the hashtag #scbwiArtober2026!

Nen the pigeon's avatar
1mo

I've been cooking up some art challenge for October and I would like to present you OC-tober! We're designing new characters based on the prompts in this one, you can keep them or sell them out, have fun creating! 💖 #artchallenge #OCsky #OCchallenge2026

OC-tober 2026 Design new characters based on the prompts! Pick one or combine them, have fun with the challenge I bestow upon you! Each set of prompts is meant for a 4-day challenge, with 3 free days in between to do any catching up or rest from the game. You can interpret the prompts and challenge however you see fit. Do as many or as little characters as you have time and energy for. First and foremost - have fun creating! Oct 1-4 - watch, guidance, capricious Oct 5-8 - rapid, fishing, tea Oct 9 - free day Oct 10-13 - courage, path, imaginary Oct 14-17 - moon, pray, doll Oct 18 - free day Oct 19-22 - king, rose, gruesome Oct 23-26 - billowy, flight, revolution Oct 27 - free day Oct 28-31 - chemistry, funeral, rhythm You can use this challenge to make adoptables based on the prompts. It was made with that purpose in mind and you may do the same if you want! I take no credit for any of your creations, I just wish to share a fun community activity, nor do I claim the ownership over OCtober name or concept. Have fun, take care of yourself and screw AI. Use #OCchallenge2026 so I can find you and share your work!
Kasey Gifford's avatar
1mo

Here is my personal/official prompt list for Drawtober. Everyone is welcome to use it however they like!

⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie)'s avatar
1mo

🎃🎨 #hARToween26 Prompt List for anyone who wants to peruse it &/or start early. Will repost it on the 25th & 30th. We start Oct 1 Anyone is welcome to draw using all or any of the prompts, w one rule: *ABSOLUTELY NO AI* Use the hashtag for your art to pop up in the feed (link is in comments)

#hARToween Drawing Challenge Prompt List
Sapling 🌱's avatar
2mo

As promised, I made an art challenge all about diversity for #Inktober (and beyond)! I hope this inspires you to challenge yourself, break out of your comfort zone, and diversify your art! Maybe some new fun characters will come from it too. ✨ #Inktober2026 #DiversifyArt #OCSky #Drawtober

A cyan and white graphic with text written on notebook paper, with a pink and turquoise header reading 'Diversity your art challenge.' It instructs to draw or reshare existing art of someone... 1. with very curly hair. 2. transgender. 3. fat/plus-size. 4. Indigenous. 5. with scars. 6. with body hair. 7. using a mobility aid. 8. wearing cultural attire. 9. elderly. 10. with unique skin pigmentation. 11. with dwarfism. 12. with a cultural headdress. 13. with a hearing aid. 14. Blind with a dog or cane. 15. Black with a natural or protective hair style. 16. with facial difference. 17. mixed race. 18. using sign language. 19. eating their culture's food. 20. third gender. 21. with Down Syndrome. 22. with an ostomy bag. 23. in hijab. 24. balding or losing hair. 25. with a limb difference. 26. in cultural festival clothing. 27. from a country you aren't familiar with. 28. with a medical implant. 29. with cultural tattoos. 30. doing a cultural dance. 31. Combine 3+ prompts.
Void🔞 | VGen's avatar
1mo

Rolling up late to drawtober with a trans masc/man version Trying to foster good vibes + solidarity so lets have a fun month together~ Asking that either the character you draw is trans masc/trans man or You are trans masc/trans man/etc #TMTober #TMTober2026 #TMToberSFW

Trans Masc/Man-Tober SFW Version. 1) Confession 2) Binder 3) Scars 4) Healing 5) Safe 6) Hunger 7) Celebration 8) Walking 9) T 10) Strength 11) Pride 12) Visibility 13) Hair/fur 14) Rest 15) Ink 16) Soft 17) Transformation 18) Cargo pants 19) Joy 20) Community 21) Voice 22) Affirmation 23) Packing 24) Tummy 25) Mirror 26) Breathe 27) Euphoria 28) Boots 29) Home 30) Shopping 31) Egg @VoidDebris #TMTober #TMTober2026 #TMToberSFW .
Void🔞 | VGen's avatar
1mo

Annnnd here's the NSFW version of the trans masc/man drawtober! Did my best to try and make things comfy but ofc triggers are different for everyone Same as the SFW pls either draw or be trans masc/man~ #TMTober #TMTober2026 #TMToberNSFW #Drawtober

Trans Masc/Man-Tober NSFW Version 1) Confession 2) TDick 3) Scars 4) Edging 5) Frotting 6) Prosthetic 7) Penetration 8) Pet 9) Nipples 10) Growth 11) T4T 12) Scent 13) Hair/fur 14) Chest 15) Voice 16) Desperate 17) Transformation 18) Clothes on 19) Lube 20) Dark 21) Vibrator 22) Affirmation 23) Aftercare 24) Tummy 25) Mirror 26) Nervous 27) Euphoria 28) Solo 29) Fantasy 30) Blindfold 31) Worship @VoidDebris #TMTober #TMTober2026 #TMToberNSFW .
tonnerre comics's avatar
1mo

🧙‍♀️it's time for the unnamed elemental witch challenge!🧙‍♀️ this month i'll be posting a simple drawing of a different type of witch every-day (in the quotes from this)! feel free to join in if any of the prompts spark an idea!

a purple image decorated w/ stars & a traditional looking witch & a cat. it's mostly a list of different witches. 1 Moon witch 2 Cola witch 3 Fire witch 4 Ice witch 5 Rainbow witch 6 Blood witch 7 Demon witch 8 Armored witch 9 Tech witch 10 Holy witch 11 Frog witch 12 Toadstool witch 13 Sea witch 14 Tornado witch 15 Pumpkin witch 16 Rot witch 17 Traditional wizard 18 Traditional witch 19 Maximalist witch 20 Minimalist witch 21 Love witch 22 Bone witch 23 Swamp witch 24 Sun witch 25 Wax witch 26 Slime witch 27 Pizza witch 28 Space witch 29 Electric witch 30 Crystal witch 31 Kink witch