October can be challenging for artists with the 31 daily prompts of InkTober.

In 2009, Jake Parker created InkTober to help improve his creative skills with ink and positive drawing habits. Since then, the challenge has been accepted by artists worldwide. Only a few rules apply to the challenge — just pick up a pen and start drawing.

“It’s all based on your own interpretation,” junior Brianna Santillan said. “Since I designed the horizon (prompt), where there’s a god in the sky, and it’s kind of seen by passing cars, and I designed the sun one kind of similarly.”

The prompts are created to be fun, but some can be challenging for artists —such as the word ‘remote.’

“I couldn’t think of any other ideas besides a remote controller because it’s kind of like an object prompt,” Santillan said.

“Until I got ideas from my other friend where they thought remote as in a static place, but I never really got to cover that prompt, and I wasn’t really eager to because it was an object.”

While some people participate in InkTober every year, others have struggled to find time to participate.

“I’ve been on and off with InkTober for the last four or five years,” senior Lilith Rourke said.

“I thought it was cool when it started because I was in middle school, but now I have a job.”

Finding time to draw isn’t the artist’s only problem with doing InkTober.

“I feel like this year I wasn’t able to find the prompts early enough to get everything situated.

“I also don’t have a good space to draw; the only thing I have is digital art, but that’s kind of finicky,” junior Jasper Pappan said.

Though roadblocks can get in the way of enjoying InkTober, drawing is rewarding enough.

“It can be a little overwhelming with studies…” Santillan said.

“But it’s still kind of like more an enjoyment thing, so I don’t really press myself to do it as much, but I still want to get it done.”