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These #InkToberMalaysia Sketches Are TOO COOL, We Hope They Never Smudge!

Malaysians are joining thousands of people from around the world to make one ink drawing a day throughout the month of October.

Cover image via Muhammad Faisal Kassim/Jean Lynn

It's October! An artsy movement has gotten Malaysians grabbing their pens to create ink drawings for the rest of the month, one day at a time.

How did this all start?

Jake Parker

Image via Colin Grist

That nib, as it began, belonged to Jake Parker, a Utah-based artist who said he “created InkTober in 2009 as a challenge to improve his and develop better professional habits."

That first InkTober didn’t attract a swath of participants, but artists did express support for his effort. And in the six years since, InkTober certainly took hold — as a shared experience in which many artists around the world follow Parker’s same committed schedule.

The results are now widely shared on social media, with such hashtags as #InkTober and #INKtober2015.

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One week into the InkTober challenge, Malaysians are going strong and consistently posting their artwork online using the hashtags #InkToberMalaysia and #InkToberMalaysia2015.

Here are some of our favourites:

Some portraits of famous people...

Image via Norida Mohd Ali
Image via iwasisz
Image via lufiaysirhab
Image via roger_quilatan
Image via mona kv
Image via Firdaus Yusof

Look at the amount of detail in these mech robot drawings!

Image via Emerson Tung
Image via thecomiclog
Image via qaleq
Image via amykamen555
Image via W. Amirul Adlan

Spot any of your favourite cartoon characters?

These drawings of animals are absolutely amazing!

Image via asylumfire
Image via Zee Arts
Image via Wany
Image via Hamdy Abdullah
Image via Jean Lynn

We have also spotted quite a number of artworks dedicated to Batman too...

Image via Kit Ho
Image via bophairy
Image via 136Sid
Image via Muhammad Shakir
Image via Matto

There are just so MANY local talented artists out there and we're so proud of them!

Do share with us which are your favourite Inktober Challenge drawings that you've stumbled upon.

Meanwhile, do check out InkTober Malaysia's Facebook page if you're an artist because they are running a giveaway for InkTober! If you're not an artist, you can still stalk the page to look out for awesome artworks by our fellow Malaysians.

P.S.: InkTober Malaysia is also supported by the very first person who started InkTober, Jake Parker himself!

Also, remember to follow these Malaysian cartoonists for awesome webcomics:

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