We challenge you to:

Draw a Clock.

If you are new to Inkscape, feel free to keep it simple.

Multiple entries are welcome, and please do stick around for the chat!

All abilities are invited to get involved. The complexity of your entry is down to you.

Please post your finished artwork below. 

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Please see CHALLENGE RULES before submitting your artwork

Instructions/Information

• To submit your artwork, scroll to the bottom of the page and while logged in, click the paperclip (bottom-left) to upload your image, add a description in the text box (optional) and click "Submit Reply".
• If you'd like to post work-in-progress artwork, create a thread in the "Work in Progress" section of the forum, and post your images there, with the title "[Month] [Year] [Challenge Title] WIP - [your artwork title]" (you are welcome to ask for help there if you get stuck). When finished, post the final graphic to this thread.
• There are no winners (HOWEVER, WE MAY SHARE ARTWORK WHICH STANDS OUT WITH THE INKSCAPE COMMUNITY). These challenges are intended to inspire, to encourage you to share your work and to build a supportive community.
• If you post your artwork here, you agree for us to share your artwork and use your artwork to create a banner for social media - to opt out, add "Please don't share" to your post.
• Please don't post artwork containing AI generated graphics or 3rd party images. as it can be hard to see what you (the artist) has produced using Inkscape.
• You're encouraged to discuss and offer feedback/constructive criticism to others, but please be respectful.
• Most importantly, be creative, give your best, and have fun!

We look forward to seeing your entries!

Challenge entries (so far)

As other times, what I have achieved in Inkscape and what I have retouched in Gimp.

@mrks9 Cool images; what‘s the rectangular shape in the center?

Thank you @Polygon  If you mean the one above the icon, I tried to make a kind of optical illusion by merging layers. The idea was that the square, although it belongs to the background, would seem to go through the clock. 

That´s what I`ve guessed. But find it kinda distracting as I´m not expecting a transparent centre: where is the drive? 😉

@Polygon If you think about it realistically, I know it doesn't work. But hey, it's all about playing 😊

I was replicating a tutorial for the center optical illusion image and ended up with a clock for the challenge 😄 In blues and creams in Inkscape, but when I moved it to Gimp it became black and silver.

water clock

The always 'Happy Hour' alarm clock

@inkonic Nice clock! You are very talented.

sand clock

candle clock

Hi everyone, this is my first illustration in Inkscape, I just hope to improve over time and get back to where I started.

@hacebaltazar Nice work, I like it. It has character.

@hacebaltazar   Welcome! Beautiful work, beautiful color combination!👍

@pacer Thank you so much, Pacer! I just try and always learning...

@mrks9 I'm looking forward to see your next entry ☺

Hi,

I made it 2 years ago for a school project. At this time the book "The Art of Computer Designing" by Osamu Sato was my first source of inspiration.

>Boho'Clock<
Filters used
-Clock Arms & Numerals: Image Effects > Film Grain
-Wall: Overlays > Cross Noise B
Font
For Boho'Clock & Inkonic-24: Leafy Font by Anindita Ahmed https://www.dafont.com/leafy-font.charmap?text=Leafy+font&psize=l

Funny fact: Do you know why clocks and watches in ads almost always show about 10:10 or 1:50?
For one simple reason: aesthetics! It’s all about composition! Imagine if a displayed clock showed, let’s say, 9:35 or 3:05 or 8:25… not as appealing, right?
The funny thing is that when digital clocks and watches came out, many advertisers kept displaying that 10:10 hour, even though it didn’t make any sense anymore.
They could easily display 12:00, and it wouldn’t matter. Nowadays, you don’t see it as often, but it still happens.😉

Hi @Neutronzoo and welcome!

Welcome @Neutronzoo. Thank you for sharing your artwork.

I have moved your upload to gallery mode so it can be seen in the showcase at the top of the page.

Pacer
Challenge Coordinator

Here is my clock.

I recycled the Origami figure from another challenge 😊

@mrks9 I was wondering where did I see that origami before?🤪 Yes, it always remains beautiful!
Your clock seems like from a parallel universe☺ If it worked counter clockwise, it could have been a time machime to the past🧐

Hey @Gaillycool . Nice to see you back in action🙂

Sunclock
Once again I made use of the Film Grain filter. For the sun's inner body I used the Chalk & Sponge filter above an object with a "golden" gradient.
The original sun design is not mine. I just reworked (with the use of power strokes), the design I found HERE . Although it's an excellent piece of work, my guess is that this not an original design either,
because the face doesn't look very Aztec to me -they call it "Aztec Sun Face".

Donuts, jelly beans and cylindrical wafers. Yum 😋

@Inkonic thank you, good to be back

@mrks9 mmh, yum! Can I have the pink dish, please?😁

Inkscape1.4-Yama (mount) Alarm Clock
How to 3D the flat design alarm clock + the meaning of the Japanese scripture according to Google Translate

@Inkonic That looks really beautiful 👏

Hey!!!

@kayleejjohnson First and last request to stop flooding this forum with unnecessary comments.

Almost too late for this month, but not yet ;).

Here's a remix of Dali's classic “Persistance de la Mémoire” (or "melting watches").
The main golden clock - entirely redrawn from scratch - is inspired by a bronze sculpture "2 Montres Molles" (Foundry GUSTIN, Paris, 1968-1974), itself based upon an original Dali's drawing.

I overused clipped blurred technique to obtain irregular but cutting edge gradients. The broken hourglass was a little challenge in itself and I had to try many things to obtain the desired result : combination of various blending modes, mainly Product and Superposition + highlights.

Time spent : between 20 and 30 hours.