Here are some of the best African artists of Inktober 2016
During the month of October Instagram is all about art. Inktober, a trend started by American illustrator Jake Parker, sees artists make an ink based drawing for the 31 days of the month. What started out as a small idea has taken the world by storm with artists across the globe taking part, and African artists are getting in on the action.
Kortey Samuel Baah
Seni Oyewole believes the hash tag has helped him discover new artists. "With the Inktober hash tag I can check out other artists from all over the world."
Seni Oyewole
Musa Olusola was inspired to participate in Inktober by challenging himself. "I have to forcefully challenge myself and just get better with each inked work," he told CNN.
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Olarinde Olayemi participates in Inktober to improve her artistic skills and expose her to more artists.
Olarinde Olayemi
"The biggest challenge for me is to not overly complicate what I'm trying to draw and get the idea across easily," said artist Karl Schulschenk
One of the biggest challenges of Inktober is keeping the same level of consistency, says Micheal Tommy. "inktober is a 31 day thing, and the biggest challenge is having to have one artwork ready each day," he says/
Micheal Tommy
For artist Ayodeji Afolabi the idea of improving his inking skills made him take part in Inktober
Ayodeji Afolabi
Finding time for his Inktober work is also a challenge "As a freelance artist time is money," he said. "So finding time to partake is a huge challenge."
Ayodeji Afolabi
Inktober has helped Bright Ackwerh improve his inking technique and contribute to a global conversation initiated and pushed 'purely' by artists.
Bright Ackwerh
Olarinde Olayemi sees Inktober as a challenge that ensures she she makes an artwork a day thus aiding her productivity
Olarinde Olayemi
Inktober has helped African artists showcase the best of African art on a global stage
Kortey Samuel Baah
Drawing in ink has helped June Nanini learn more about the process of creating art work. "Ink drawings are hard to erase," she said. "So it helps that you become more creative with the mistakes you make using ink."
June Nanini
For Pipi Ibodje Inktober is the perfect way to help him meet a personal challenge-- to build up 10,000 hours creating fine art.
Pipi Ibodje
Akinwande Ayodeji created an image of the famous Lagos Eyo masquerade
Akinwande Ayodeji
Inktober has made Musa Olusola an illustrator and artist go back to the rudiments of illustration, studying, anatomy, body postures, and even facial expressions.
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There is a prompt list for Inktober but Bright Ackwerh found it hard to stick to ."I didn't find it inspiring -- i just wanted to push my own agenda with my work."
Bright Ackwerh
Using Instagram as a medium has helped artists connect, "My instagram and Facebook feeds are pretty much flooded with so many incredible drawings," said Karl Schulschenk .
