Happy Halloween featuring Inktober illustrations and student application images from our first year students (IDEA Grad 2024)

October 29, 2020 James Neufeld

Happy Halloween & Inktober!

Every October, artists all over the world take on the Inktober drawing challenge by doing one ink drawing a day the entire month. We’re thrilled to feature some of the work from IDEA School of Design first-year students! Shown above: “Shriek” by Ethan Woronko (IDEA Grad 2024) (fountain pen and an ink wash).

Early Applications for IDEA School of Design Fall 2021 begin Friday, November 6, 2020 on SlideRoom. See Application Details for more and check out samples from first-year student application portfolios below. See Student Applications on our blog for more samples.

‘Pie Anyone’ by Celina Zhong

This is my interpretation of Halloween Pie, drawn with black micron pens. Ingredients include eyeballs, Tootsie Rolls, slime, spider webs, and candy corn. In my opinion, this recipe beats pumpkin pie.

‘Memento Mori’ by Ethan Woronko (IDEA Grad 2024) (ink and digital) as part of his application to IDEA School of Design

Memento Mori was a piece I did with the title in mind before the idea for the piece came to mind. It was done with pointillism then imported into photoshop to make the 3D effect.

‘Inktober Days 1-8’ (acrylic ink on watercolor paper) by Natasha Lee

To create these 4x4" illustrations, I followed Jake Parker's official 2020 Inktober list but put my spin on the prompts by adding social commentary into the pictures. From the double-edged effects of social media and technology to the injustices between social classes, I thoroughly enjoyed expressing my observations on current events and phenomenons through these pieces.

‘Skeletal’ by Anais Bayle (IDEA Grad 2024)

Inktober 2020 day 1: Fish. Ink on mixed-media.

‘Two watercolour pieces of witches’ by Aibhlin Fowlie as part of her application to IDEA

They are two different versions of the concept of a witch. One more modern, covered in tattoos and the other one more ethereal and derived from fantasy. No reference was used.

Fanart and Inktober illustrations by Ash Seraji (IDEA Grad 2024)

Chainsaw Man — Fanart for an awesome new manga that I discovered recently; Inktober Day 3: Bulky - Another Zelda drawing, featuring the Demon King Ganon; Inktober Day 8: Teeth - Playing with scale and composition in this drawing of two of my favourite Marvel characters and Inktober Day 10: Hope - the symbol of hope himself, Superman.

‘Spider-Man Noir’ by Ash Seraji as part of his application to IDEA School of Design

I did this drawing with the intent of drawing a scene, rather than simply drawing a figure. I established this scene to be a split of extreme lights and shadows, and I enjoyed the effect with the Spider-Sense.

‘Chopping Block’ by Ethan Woronko (IDEA Grad 2024)

Chopping Block is a two-page graphic novel inspired by classic slasher horror films. I used ink on Bristol board then imported it into photoshop to make the blacks deep as possible and added red to make it pop!

‘Surrounded’ by Tina J. Ganguly (IDEA Grad 2024)

Ink on paper

About Inktober

Jake Parker created Inktober in 2009 as a challenge to improve his inking skills and develop positive drawing habits. It has since grown into a worldwide endeavor with thousands of artists taking on the challenge every year.