We challenge you to:

Draw your favorite animal

Let's see what you come up with!

While we know we are going to get some stunning artwork, we also want to encourage beginners. 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, YOUR ARTWORK SUBMISSIONS ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENTERED INTO THE INKSCAPE ARTIST OF THE MONTH CONTEST). 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 (in the event that you win Artist of the Month) - to opt out, add "Please don't share" to your post.
• Please don't post artwork containing AI generated graphics. 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)

Minimalist animals, which are comprised of only circles and rectangles in a grayscale.

@shekspir55
Welcome to the challenge

I like these a lot. Thank you for sharing.
(I changed your attachments to gallery mode so they appear in the showcase at the top of the page).

Pacer
Challenge Coordinator

Sad Rabbit.

I like  many animals. Here's one.A coy fish.

Nice challenge. I drew this penguin for some project involving Linux. Penguins are nice animals to draw.  Oh, Pacer, last year you mode some really nice comments (in November?). I didn't answer, but it was very appreciate.

And another penguin that was my greetings card for this year.

I am working on an American Avocet. Here is the head and neck. It is a large shorebird. I have seen these birds as they have migrated through Ohio the past few years. I am working off one of my own photos as well as using other photos I have found online to fill in some details. 

His name is "Zeus"!

I have too many favorite animals. One of these is dolphins🐬

Two more - Pazzo Coniglietto and his consigliere Dobe

I like everyone's entries very much :) They are sooo cute :) Here is my entry: a butterfly from circles. (The circles contains the center of the body and the right hand side, since I mirrored the right hand side.)

I'm doing something, but I don't know if I'll be able to finish it. In the meantime, I'm sharing this Koi and this Phoenix from a previous challenge.

Black Panther in its habitat.

@mrks9 Beautiful work, Marcos! I think, I like more the second version.

Thanks, @Inkonic The first version is what I get in Inkscape. The second one is retouched in Gimp in terms of color.

@mrks9 Your work is amazing. I like all of them :)

Thanks @devviktoria Glad you like it.

Sorry I have been quiet... lots going on right now. However, I am seeing the artwork flooding in and there are some lovely pieces on here.

@sandpiper I love the bird, very tidy, good shading.

@razr Beautiful dog, great work!

@pjschleitwilerfcm Nice fish, good use of transparency. Dog looks good too.

@Caradjine Those are some cute penguins. Thanks for sharing.

@Ianp5a Love your family of bunnies :)

@devviktoria good use of clones. Very neat.

@Inkonic lovely work, seamless composition and consistent style.

@mrks9 Wow, that panther is stunning. That is one to frame and put on your wall. What was your process?

Thanks @Pacer The process was the usual, first pen tool or pencil tool depending on what I was doing. Then I used already made paths to create new paths, it's a technique that speeds up the process and creates shapes according to the existing. For the texture of the trunks, they are just lines with roughen of LPE applied. I also like to use Power stroke for details, it makes it all faster. As it is difficult for me to explain it, I leave a small video about the process, just as an example, for the final shapes it takes time and a lot of retouching 😊  https://youtu.be/2vGktAZE1K4?si=cEaWS_8fZr-iQGfS

Finally having a proper computer back and the office set up, all tools installed, most tested, and running... I thought I would give Inkscape a spin on the new machine and have some fun with the monthly challenge. Here's my entry using all of my favorites - power strokes, taper strokes, clip groups, blurs, offset, pattern along path, and various blend modes.

@SpriteAttack Beautiful. Great work, as always. Thanks for sharing it 💯

@mrks9 Thanks... It was a lot of fun. :) 

Hello everybody, here's my last entry for this month🐵🚀🙂

I found a beautiful moth a while ago, here is a tribute to it <3

Too late... Again.

I drew in 2023 a "subatomic" cow, accidentally obtained using metaball tutorial.

PNG version available here : https://www.deviantart.com/m-1981/art/Subatomic-cow-978082773

Just a heads up. I'm out of town at to moment, so this month's challenge banner may be a few days late. The next challenge topic, if you want to get started, is creating 'texture' patterns and using them in your artwork. Basically, design a seamless pattern (convert to a pattern with Object > Pattern > "Objects to Pattern" ) and use it as a texture for something. An example of this is the giraffe in the January challenge. Banner to come soon. :)

@Andchan @Caradjine @devviktoria @Ianp5a @Inkonic @m1981 @mrks9 @pjschleitwilerfcm @razr @sandpiper @shekspir55 @SpriteAttack

Wow ! That's something on which I planned to work this year @Pacer thank you!

Sounds like fun