20 Art Styles Challenge
This is a popular, and quite challenging art challenge, 20 Art Styles requires you to illustrate the same character in 20 different styles! There are blank meme templates available for artists to download, with different styles already specified (like famous fine artists, animation studios, etc), or you can create your own meme with a five box by four row format.


Don't forget to tag your posts with the hashtags: #20stylechallenge and #20styles.
Draw This Again
This challenge requires artists to find an old piece they've drawn, inked, painted, digitally rendered or made in any medium and do it again. This is a great motivator because artists are usually their worst critics, but with this challenge the can see just how much they've improved.

Don't forget to tag your posts with the hashtags: #drawthisagain.
Fauna Focus Art Challenge
The Fauna Focus art challenge asks you to create artwork of, based on or inspired by a different animal each month. You can use any art medium you desire.

Don't forget to tag your posts with the hashtags:  #faunafocus.
Junicorns Art Challenge
Junicorn is a challenge where you have to illustrate a different unicorn every single day for the entire month of June. 

Don't forget to tag your posts with the hashtags: #junicorn
Magical March Art Challenge
Every day in March you draw a magical girl character... or a witch?

There are no set guidelines for style or media, just have fun with it and work your magic. (See what I did there? ;D )

Don't forget to tag your posts with the hashtags: #magicalgirl or #magicalmarch.
Sailor Moon Redraw
This isn't hard to figure out, Sailor Moon Redraw requires you to, well... redraw Sailor Moon in your own style. Draw, paint, sculpt, digitally render in any way the popular manga character Sailor Moon.
Slowvember
Started by Jake Parker, founder of Inktober, Slowvember is about shifting gears. While Inktober is a daily sprint, Slowvember is more of a marathon, it's more about slowing down and focusing on one single work of art. 
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Don't forget to tag your posts with the hashtags: #slowvember.
​The Sketchbook Challenge
Sponsored by the Brooklyn Art Library, The Sketchbook Challenge is a 28-day challenge to fill an entire sketchbook, and is intended to “help you cope with your creativity while you are stuck at home.” 

​The library will send each participant a blank 28 page sketchbook and then give them a different prompt every day for inspiration. 

There's also a 14 day challenge, which is specifically focused on portraits using a different medium than you are comfortable with. 

These challenges are donation-based on a “Pay What You Wish” model, and proceeds help support the Brooklyn Library of Art.

More information at brooklynartlibrary.org.
24-Hour Comics Day
24-Hour Comics Day is an annual international celebration of comics creation. On this day, creative folks take on the 24 hour comics challenge: to create a 24 page comic book story, normally months worth of work, in 24 straight hours.

Usually participants gather at official event sites including comic book stores, schools, and libraries. And others take part in private gatherings, and many work on their own.

​However, this year, due to the novel coronavirus (covid-19), all the official event sites will be online.  (In other words, the venues will host artists online using Zoom, Facebook Rooms, Discord, Google Live, or any other type of video conferencing platform).

100 Heads Challenge
Can you draw 100 heads in 10 days? Crazy I know!
This challenge will help you build your discipline, as well as really honing your skills in portraying human expressions and facial features.

Don't forget to tag your posts with the hashtag: #100headschallenge. 
Doodlewash
This challenge was established by a website with some very cool monthly art challenges. Basically a member of doodlewash will post a prompt list every month, with ideas of what artists can sketch or paint using watercolors. 

Don't forget to tag your posts with the hashtags: #doodlewashjune2021 and #worldwatercolorgroup.
Faerie February
Faerie February is about creating a new fairy every day during the entire month of February. Duh! 

Don't forget to tag your posts with the hashtags: #faeriefeb and/or #faeriefebruary.
February Faces
February Faces is a great way to hone your skills and it'll undoubtedly improve your portraits. 

The Rules:
Draw a different face every day the entire month of February. It doesn't have to be a human face.

Don't forget to tag your posts with the hashtags:
 #FebruaryFaces. 
March Of The Robots
This is pretty on the nose, illustrate a new robot every day for the entire month of March. You can draw them or create them digitally, just have fun with it!

Don't forget to tag your posts with the hashtags:  #marchofrobots or #marchofrobots2021.
Mermay
What is a Mermay? Sounds fishy right? ;D Well, Mermay is an art challenge all about illustrating mermaids. Every day in May you'll illustrate a new mermaid using whichever medium you prefer.

Don't forget to tag your posts with the hashtags:
 #MerMay and #MerMay2021. 
Six Fan Arts
Draw six portraits of popular characters – from any genre – and post them together in a meme using the tags #6fanarts or #sixfanartschallenge. ​
Smaugust
Every day in August, artists are required to illustrate a different dragon. That’s it.

Don't forget to tag your posts with the hashtag:  #smaugust.
Toon Me
Toon Me was created by Marvel Comics artist Rene Cordova. It consists of artists taking a photograph of themselves and then render half of their face in toon style. When completed, their half human-half toon creation can be posted on social media.

Don't forget to tag your posts with the hashtags: 
​#ToonMe.
Movember
This art challenge is really on the nose... LOL! Draw a different mustache for the entire month of November. It can be just a mustache, it can be a portrait or it can be a full body illustration. You can use any medium you desire, just be creative and have fun.

​Don't forget to tag your posts with the hashtags: #Movember, #MovemberArtChallenge or #Movember2021
12 Hour Comic Book Day
12 Hour Comics Day is a Worldwide event dedicated to creating a short story from beginning to end in 12 hours or less. Usually participants meet at local comic book shops, schools, and/or libraries however this year (due to Covid-19); the challenge will be online.  

The Rules: 
Participants can use any medium they desire and the story can be four 12 pages or more, just as long as it's a finished story. 

Don't forget to tag your posts with the hashtags: #12hourcomicday #12hourcomicday2021 #12hourcomicdayonline #12hrcomicbookday #12hourcomicbookday2021 #12hourcomicdayonline2021

Isolation Art Challenge
The Isolation Art Challenge is a 30 day art challenge for people in quarantine because of Coronavirus, so... each and every one of us. You can work in whichever medium you prefer, except digital art or photography pieces.

The Rules:
You can only post artwork that you create during isolation, you must follow the themes they provide, you must be kind and positive in your feedback of others’ work and that you do NOT talk about the virus.
Drawcember
Drawcember was originally created by Disney Creates. It has a huge following, and is well worth your time and effort.

The Rules:
Make a new drawing every day for the entire month of December, using the prompt list posted online in the weeks before December. Many of the prompts are winter/holiday/Christmas related, but much like Inktober or Drawlloween; you can let your imagination run wild. And that's it! 

Don't forget to tag your posts with #Drawcember and #drawcember.

​Draw 50 Things
Professional illustrator Will Terry created the Draw 50 Things Art Challenge to help people with drawing complex illustrations. The idea is to draw a picture which tells a story, has at least one character, and also has at least fifty other identifiable objects!  
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You can post your completed artwork on social media – just make sure that all fifty objects are identifiable, and that you tag it #draw50things.

Draw This in Your Own Style
Draw This in Your Own Style is an art challenge where an artist posts artworks, often OC (original characters), and asks you to redo them in your medium of choice. Then, post it on Twitter with the hashtag #drawthisinyourownstyle and enjoy reading the comments.
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Note: You may also recreate an existing art piece from any source and post it with the same tag.

Face Your Art Challenge
An art challenge that requires you to analyze and describe your own work. 

The Rules:
Draw 9 different faces (though you can draw different things) and collage them into a 3×3 grid of squares. Then, look closely at your work. Identify mistakes and weaknesses, as well as strengths, interesting aspects of your style or craft, anything at all. Write a summary of your analysis and post it with the meme, and don't forget to use the hashtag #faceyourartchallenge. 

​​Fox and Hazel 30 Day
Watercolor Challenge
An art challenge created specifically for people who use watercolors or the ones who want to start.

The Rules:
This challenge is about quick watercolor sketches more than complex, fully realized pieces, and so is a great way for new watercolorists to show their work without worrying too much about criticism . It also allows advanced watercolor painters to do a bunch of quick paintings, get back to the basics.

This challenge is meant for the Instagram community, and you should tag your paintings with #foxandwatercolour.

Kaijune
The name of this art challenge, Kaijune, is a combination of Kaiju – a genre of Japanese monster movies like Godzilla – and runs thorughout the month of June. Created by Riley Phillips of Warner Brothers, this challenge is about drawing a different monster every day of the entire month. 
You can recreate an existing monster or image, or create a new beast, and you can work in whatever medium you’d like. Just use the #kaijune hashtag.
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.

The Rules:
Make a drawing in ink (you can do a pencil under-drawing if you want). Post it*. Hashtag it with #inktober and #inktober2021. Repeat.
Note: you can do it daily, or go the half-marathon route and post every other day, or just do the 5K and post once a week. What ever you decide, just be consistent with it. Inktober is about growing and improving and forming positive habits, so the more you’re consistent the better.
That's it! Now go make something beautiful.
*Post it on any social media account you want or just post it on your refrigerator. The point is to share your art with someone. :)
Drawlloween
Drawlloween is one of the most popular art challenges in the United States.

The Rules:
Using the prompts on the website, or your own spooky imagination, just create a new Halloween image every day for the entire month of October. Any medium is acceptable.

Don't forget to tag your posts with #drawlloween2021 (with the current year) or @drawlloween. More information can be found at drawlloween.blogspot.com.

Drawtober
Basically Drawtober is a challenge for those that want to participate in Inktober without supporting the creator of it. Inktober is an art challenge that takes place every October, where participants follow a prompt list in order to create a drawing every day. Generally artists use only with black ink, however; many people have created their own versions of the challenge as well as their own prompt lists. For the most part, there are no official rules: Just have fun!

Don't forget to tag your posts with #Drawtober or #Drawtober2021

3 Marker Challenge
The 3 Marker Challenge is huge nowadays. As much a fun party game or activity for kids as a social media challenge, it has super simple rules.

The Rules:
Choose a black and white drawing, select three color markers at random and color it in. Some people prefer very simple images to color in, but using extremely complex pictures is a great exercise and can teach you a lot about colors and about your own techniques.
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Don't forget to tag your posts with #3markerchallenge. 
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6 Minute Daily Sketch Challenge
This challenge consists on you drawing one skatch every day, then post your dailies on social media for the art world to see; that's it! 
The Rules: There are no rules, so just draw every day for 100 days, and every day post that day’s work with the hashtag #6minutesketch.