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‘Is it Inktober Yet?’: A hockey drawing for every day in October

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October is here, and it’s the most wonderful time of year: The leaves are changing, the pumpkin is spiced, and best of all: hockey is back! And for artists worldwide, October brings about another thing: Inktober.

The Inktober Initiative was started in 2009 by illustrator Jake Parker, “as a challenge to improve my inking skills and develop positive drawing habits.” Since then, the project has grown exponentially. On Instagram alone, there are currently almost 1.4 million photos using the Inktober hashtag. According to Parker’s website, the rules are very simple:

1) Make a drawing in ink.

2) Post it online

3) Hashtag it with #inktober and #inktober2016

4) Repeat

Some artists choose to set up a theme for their sketchbooks, some just draw whatever they want, with no theme at all. Last year was my first foray into the Inktober challenge. I chose to go the route of “no real theme,” and just sketched something quickly every day, mostly characters from my favorite movies, anime, video games, etc. Though three Capitals made it into my sketchbook: Alex Ovechkin, TJ Oshie, and Evgeny Kuznetsov. It was a lot of fun!

inktober-caps

This year, I decided to take things in a different direction. October has 31 days, and there are 30 NHL teams. So every day starting October 1st I’ll be drawing a player from each NHL team, starting with Anaheim and working my way down to Winnipeg. The finished drawings will be posted daily on my Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr, and here on RMNB! We’ll be continuously updating this post daily.

Feel free to join in the fun and share your hockey-themed Inktober drawings with us, or throw a suggestion for a player my way. Who knows, I may end up choosing your suggestion as my Inktober drawing for that team!

Happy inking, everyone!

October 1: Ryan Kesler, Anaheim Ducks

(I even got approval of the sketch from the man himself!)

October 2: Shane Doan, Arizona Coyotes

October 3: Tuukka Rask, Boston Bruins

October 4: Jack Eichel, Buffalo Sabres

October 5: Mark Giordano, Calgary Flames

October 6: Eddie Lack, Carolina Hurricanes

October 7: Artemi Panarin, Chicago Blackhawks

October 8: Jarome Iginla, Colorado Avalanche

The Avs seemed to enjoy the sketch as well!

October 9: Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus Blue Jackets

October 10: Johnny Oduya, Dallas Stars

October 11: Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit Red Wings

October 12: Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers

October 13: Jaromir Jagr, Florida Panthers

October 14: Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings

October 15: Zach Parise, Minnesota Wild

October 16: Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens

October 17: PK Subban, Nashville Predators

October 18: Adam Henrique, New Jersey Devils

October 19: John Tavares, New York Islanders

October 20: Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers

October 21: Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators

October 22: Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers

October 24: Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins

October 25: Brent Burns, San Jose Sharks

October 26: Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues

October 27: Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning

October 28: Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs

October 29: Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Canucks

October 30: Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Capitals

October 31: Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg Jets

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