Announcing Plastober 2024
The prompts, and just some greetings from abroad!
Hey everyone!
I’m sitting on a ferry between the Greek islands of Naxos and Santorini just now, so I’ve got some time to write you guys a newsletter. Extending the summer on the Cyklades for a couple days was a great decision, and I can already feel some inspiration coming my way from frying my idle brain in the sun! 😄 That’s well needed, fall will be busy!
If your fall isn’t looking to be busy enough yet, you could consider taking part in my Plastober challenge! For the fifth time, I’m releasing my own prompt list, piggybacking on the legendary Inktober creative event. Here is this year’s prompt list:
The Rules
The most important rule is: just have fun! Start making art, no matter what tools you use: digital, traditional, photography, etc.!
Do as many days as you can and like! Try to make each of them, or do one every second or third day. You can also just draw the weekly prompts. You don’t have to stick to the prompts too close and can interpret them freely. Please use the hashtags #plastober & #plastober24 if you want your drawings to be shared.
I also have a video sharing tips about how to survive Inktober over here. It’s a bit older, but the tips are still valid:
The Weekly Prompts
You can choose to use these as a main theme for the weeks. You don’t need to, the weekly topics are meant to give you a bit more input, ideas and inspiration.
Another thing you can do is connecting the prompts of each week to a story (like each day is a comic panel, there’s a reoccuring element, etc.). I find this very helpful for increasing your storytelling skills.
Week 1: Contrast Club
Let‘s start with some nice color contrasts, to spice up your artworks! For each of this week‘s prompts, use a color palette that‘s based on a contrast. This can be a complementary, cold-warm, or anything you like.
It‘s up to you if you keep the same palette for the whole week, or pick a new one for each day!
Week 2: The Quest
It‘s story time! Connect the prompts of this week to a hero‘s quest! You could add a reoccurring element or character to connect the days. Make them
somehow part of the same world!
You can also come up with a whole story, where all the prompts somehow come together from start to finish!
Week 3: Lost & Found
Explore forgotten places, abandoned objects or rediscovered treasures. You can work with themes of decay or rebirth, or try to find meaning in things left behind.
Or once again turn this into a quest, and connect the prompts to a treasure hunt storyline!
Week 4: Houses & Homes
Architecture can be a great inspiration for artists. This week will be all about in- and exteriors of buildings.
Interpret this prompt in any way you like - could be classic architectural concepts, but also about things happening inside houses, with or to the people living inside them.
The goal of this event is to give you inspiration and spark ideas. It’s meant to motivate everyone to create, even if it’s just a small scribble every couple days. Of course, you can save the prompts for later as well - you don’t need to do them within October.
I’m happy to help with any questions, and I hope you like the prompts!
Cheers
Stefan