INKTOBER 52

A portable drawing journal filled with inspirational tips and ideas from the artist behind #Inktober--an annual drawing-a-day challenge that has dominated social media each October since 2009. Extend your artistic practice beyond Inktober with 52 drawing prompts from Inktober creator, Jake Parker.

In 2009, the Inktober drawing challenge began as a simple list of 31 prompts for artists' experimentation. The concept was simple: Draw one piece of art following the daily prompt for each of the 31 days of October. Post and share online using the #Inktober hashtag. With the rise of social media, Inktober exploded into a global sensation, building a community of thousands of artists and art lovers who upload and and hashtag their interpretations of Jake Parker's simple prompts for an online audience of millions.

This journal turns the 31-day challenge into a regular creative practice. Parker provides 52 words and phrases for artists, illustrators and doodlers to flex their creative muscles in the weeks and months leading up to Inktober each year. Draw one prompt a day, one a week, or dip in and out of the journal at a slower pace--it's up to you! Prompts range from spooky (claw) to magical (elixir) to everyday (lock and key). For Instagram artists and the fans who love them, the movement has become a twenty-first century creative practice for fans of the classic guide, The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron.

Fans of Inktober and newcomers to the brand alike will delight in this content-rich journal created expressly for doodling, experimenting, and celebrating the art of ink and illustration.

Jake Parker is a New York Times bestselling illustrator, cartoonist, and author of several graphic novels and picture books. He has worked on animated films, graphic novels and picture books. His film credits include the animated films Titan A.E., Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Horton Hears a Who, Rio, and Epic. Jake is the creator of Inktober, which he founded in 2009. He is the co-founder of The Society of Visual Storytelling (also known as SVSLearn), where he teaches drawing classes online.