Mimi's Illustration Club! October Prompt and First Activity (Patreon)

Hello my lovelies!

It's spooky season and although I'm not that big on Halloween I do enjoy illustrating some things for October that are a bit more spooky themed (but still cute of course 🦇🎃🕸️

So let's jump into a new prompt for the illustration club!

If you're new here, here's how the club works (you can skip this if you already know):

At the start of the month I'll share with you a prompt phrase and the goal is for each of us to make an illustration from that prompt by the end of the month (joining is totally optional though!)

There are three creative activities each month that will lead us to the final illustration, and they reflect my normal illustration process but split into more manageable chunks

I'll share what I've created for each of the activities to give you some ideas and tips, and then you can complete the activity for yourself with your own ideas

Join me over on Discord to be able to share what you've created for each of the activities so we can all admire your work (or just join in privately at home if you prefer)!

You can complete the three activities at your own pace at any time during the month (or just skip straight to the final illustration), but I'll be sharing what I've done for them once a week over the first three weeks of the month.

Every Patron is welcome to join, and so are all mediums and experience levels!

The three activities each month are:

Activity 1 - Filling A Sketchbook Page

Activity 2 - Exploring Compositions

Activity 3 - Final Illustration

So the prompt for this month is 'Costume Party!' because I love seeing creative dress-up ideas!

The first activity is 'filling a sketchbook page' and the aim of this activity is to have a pressure-free space to draw all kinds of ideas that come to mind when you think of the prompt, and see if you can fill a whole sketchbook page with them.

Here are my ideas for a costume party, and I love the idea of little animals dressing up as different things! I was thinking of dressing up as things like ghosts, skeletons, wizards or just regular characteres like Little Red Riding Hood too.

I'm not sure if I'll draw a full party scene or just one character dressed up - what do you think?

Now it's your turn! Grab your sketchbook and pencils (or iPad) and sketch out your own ideas for 'Costume Party' and if you like you can take a photo of your page and share it with us in the #filling-a-sketchbook-page channel on Discord.

If you're not sure where to begin with your own sketchbook page for this prompt you could think about the following questions to get started:

What are some classic costumes you love?

What characters might be dressing up for a party?

What kind of decorations would you see at a costume party?

I hope you enjoy this prompt, I'm looking forward to seeing what you draw! 🎃💖