#blacktober 2020

[sailorplutoirl]

Happy Halle-ween! And Blacktober! Halle’s here and she wants to instill a little fear!

She also says to donate to these campaigns!

[mouna-bat]

💐🌹👑🎀 The St. Flora Trio 🎀👑🌹💐

Now that I finished my Blacktober design of Homare, I have the whole trio! Speaking of threes... I hope you like triangles📐

[millenniumcrows]

Prince of the Night 🌙🗡️

[softestsignal]

blacktober powerpuffs

[pianta]

Could you help me understand Blacktober? Because I seen a post you reblogged about it, and I'm just confused and wanna understand because I seen it mentioned with Inktober, which was around much longer than 2020.

Blacktober is a spin on Inktober; a month long art event where Black creatives (artists, writers, cosplayers, streamers, etc) were uplifted and a prompt list was provided to go off of. I had the idea to create Blacktober in 2020 in hopes to celebrate ourselves, nurture the community and create a positive, empowering space for Black creatives.

However, the organizers (Cel and I) are no longer able to keep going with the event. We've had to combat a lot of harassment both on the front lines and behind the scenes, so we decided to sunset the event for our own safety.

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[creatingblackcharacters2]

Did you know that the creator of #Inktober stole his work from a Black artist?

Now you do!

I want to kick off October by talking about #Blacktober, an event for supporting Black and Black biracial artists that ran from 2020 to 2023!

According to the organizers' own website:

In response to the creator of Inktober plagiarizing his art book from Alphonso Dunn, and the antiblack harassment Black cosplayers and artists face for re-imagining their favorite characters as Black in media and an art community where we're underrepresented - we created #Blacktober in 2020 in hopes to celebrate ourselves, nurture the community and create a positive, empowering space for Black creatives.

Any Black creative and/or cosplayer can tell you that creating or cosplaying beloved characters while Black will lead to vitriol. From comments as supposedly "harmless" such as "oh thats the "Black version" of [character]" (instead of acknowledging that they are the character), to more overt antiblackness like "n***er [character]" and "[character] isn't Black!" with the intent to mock both the creator and the character in question. They suggest that the Blackness is an insult to the character, that it's not accurate. Far less normalized is anyone saying "white [character]" or "cracker [character]" about white people cosplaying nonwhite characters.

Virulent antiblack racism towards organizers and participants was amongst the main reasons that the organizers had to let go of hosting Blacktober.

We've had a blast with everyone these past 3 years watching fan art to original creations be born out of a passion for seeing ourselves in media. However, we, the organizers, are no longer able to keep going with this event, especially with the current state of social media. We've had to combat a lot both on the front lines and behind the scenes. Not just the organizers, but also those participating. This, along with time, was two of the few reasons why we've decided to sunset.

While Blacktober itself is unfortunately no longer an organized event, Black and Black biracial artists might still choose to draw something for the month under the #Blacktober tag.

No, this is not for nonblack creatives to participate in themselves. Not for you nor your Black OCs!

It's a shame that racism constantly seeks to destroy what Black people create, and that it's so common to steal, take credit for, and benefit from our work. But you can avoid being a part of that by supporting Black creatives in your space! I am sure they are there, if you put in the effort to look for them! Search the tag- you might find old AND new work! This also includes standing by them when they speak up on mistreatment within your communities. When you don't speak against antiblack racism, it means you tolerate its existence. And when you tolerate antiblackness, guess what it makes you? We can't say fandom is for everyone, and then not act to make it so. Let's do better.

Happy Blacktober!

[starrysola]

Starting my repostober with some old blacktobers I did back in 2020 💖

[lovemailexpress]

🌠(old piece from blacktober 2020)

[magzanilla]

choose what magz redraw first

option 1: starfire blacktober (october 2020)

(image: drawing of brown skin Star Fire from teen titans, DC Comics)

option 2: ...gay nun collection (april 2020)

(image 1: cartoony drawing of nun with an apple, sitting on a pulpit, with leg exposed, smug expression. Image 2: cartoony drawing with graphical design, of a different nun biting onto an apple. she is wet from the rain and red splatters her face.)

option 3: Angel 1 (october 2021)

(Image: dark skin ["transmasc bigender"] angel with long green hair, stubble, a glowing halo atop his head, venus and mars symbols on their torso, and a glowing eye. he points upwards with his finger, a pink magnolia tree is behind him, with petals flowing in the wind.)

[annie-manga]

I posted 519 times in 2022

That's 226 more posts than 2021!

47 posts created (9%)

472 posts reblogged (91%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@annie-manga

@strangeauthor

@littlestpersimmon

@rockybloo

@exodus-illustrations

I tagged 260 of my posts in 2022

Only 50% of my posts had no tags

#anniemanga - 54 posts

#annie-manga - 53 posts

#property of anniemanga - 42 posts

#strangeauthor - 31 posts

#other people's art - 31 posts

#my art - 26 posts

#sierra's art = instant serotonin - 25 posts

#chaos(2020) - 23 posts

#rockybloo - 22 posts

#littlestpersimmon - 16 posts

Longest Tag: 109 characters

#the only thing that i like about that fucking elf is all the memes and parodies it has spawned over the years

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

I drew my OC Luci for day 9 of Blacktober! 

Check it out here: https://blacktober.carrd.co/#prompt 

42 notes - Posted October 9, 2022

#4

45 notes - Posted November 7, 2022

#3

55 notes - Posted February 6, 2022

#2

My OCs Forest & Liana, throughout their years!!

Made this for Blacktober 2022 

56 notes - Posted October 14, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

59 notes - Posted October 23, 2022

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[teacakecutie]

Pretty Witchi Doremi-chi~!!

From Blacktober!!

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[star-girlzz]

BRATZ CHARACTER DESIGN!

[mouna-bat]

The wildly eccentric poet of Mankai Company's Winter Troupe, Homare Arisugawa from A3!

Originally sketched for Blacktober 2020, but I finished it for this year~

Check out my other A3! Blacktober designs, and see my patreon for my Ensemble Stars, Hypnosis Mic, Charisma House, and Honeyworks designs for Blacktober 2023!

[softestsignal]

yume nikkis for blacktober a while back

[pianta]

Hello friends! In light of the creator of Inktober shamelessly plagiarizing his newest artbook from Black artist and art instructor Alphonso Dunn, and the constant harassment of Black cosplayers and artists for re-imagining their favourite characters as black (i.e. Kiana Mai’s drawing of Princess Peach) in media where we are underrepresented, I’ve teamed up with my friends over at the Black Card Members community and created #Blacktober! Let’s create a positive space for Black creatives, by Black creatives. ❤️ 

Blacktober 2020 is a month long exclusive event where Black creators get to turn their favorite characters into something that looks like them or draw their Black OCs using the official prompt list or their own! The event is meant to overall have fun by putting a fun, representative twist on their faves be it from anime, western cartoons, video games, and more!

If you are nonblack and would like to participate, you can do so by sharing, uplifting and commenting on the work of Black creators and protecting them from the possible backlash they might receive. Alternatively, you can join OC-tober, where you will be drawing the OCs of Black people while continuing to spread Black joy and overall promoting Black artists! There will be an OC bank where Black creators can submit their Black OCs, for anyone (nonblack & black) to draw! We are currently accepting submissions from Black creators HERE!

The event is meant to overall have fun by putting a fun, representative twist on their faves be it from anime, western cartoons, video games, and more! It includes creatives, cosplayers and artists of any medium and its for anyone Black or mixed with Black. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 Fun fact, October is Black History Month over here! 💕

Have fun being unapologetically Black!

[michaels-reality]

Blacktober Day 2: Black Joy

Wanted to redraw @kianamaiart 's design of the princesses since i did Rosalina and Daisy last year, so I just drew them having fun (and in love)

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