Posted this on twitter already but uhhh here we go again

PSA to Inktober Artists:

As of August 27th, 2020, it was revealed that Jake Parker (the creator of inktober) had plagiarized the work of black artist Alphonso Dunn in Parker’s upcoming book ‘Inktober All Year Long’.

• Alphonso’s video breakdown of the similarities
• Proof Jake Parker was aware of Dunn’s work beforehand (01-21-20)
• Parker’s publisher puts his book on hold (08-28-20)
• DeviantArt suspends their Inktober Awards (08-28-20)
• Alphonso Dunn’s book: Pen & Ink Drawing

2020 Inktober alternatives:

• Drawtober (6 prompts for 31 days),  OC tober (Original Characters),  goretober,  kinktober, witchtober, drawlloween (spooky), sketchtober (pencil sketches), Dungeons & Inkwells (dnd), whumptober