By Jessica Lu
Staff Writer
Art Club’s Inktober’s month-long art event challenged their club members to create art pieces
based on given prompts issued every other day.
Throughout October, members submitted their completed pieces by posting them on Instagram
with the hashtag #acink21 or through the Art Club’s Discord channel. For every five completed
works, artists received stickers and a goodie bag.
Polly Huynh
Sophomore Polly Huynh focused intently on the piece of artwork in front of her, the music in the
background slowly fading away as she slid her stylus across her screen, color blossoming
underneath the tip.
As time flew by, the monochrome drawing burst to life with vibrant colors, resulting in an
eye-catching masterpiece.
“I enjoy art because I’m able to use it as a way to express my thoughts and display my
emotions,” Huynh said. “I like being able to share my ideas with others and relate to them in a
way.”
Inspired by the artwork in her favorite anime and mangas, Huynh plans to pursue a career in
designing art for video games.
“Inktober was really fun, enjoyable and it helped motivate me to improve my art skills,” Huynh
said. “It made me think in unique ways to illustrate artwork that people could understand.”
Ashley Chen
Freshman Ashley Chen looked across the blank canvas, her mind swirling with different ideas.
Settled on one, she pressed her marker onto the paper. Immediately, the ink bled onto the
canvas in shades of black, red and gray.
Stroke by stroke, the blank paper transformed into a work of emotion and color .
“It was really fun drawing ‘shadow’,” Chen said. “I had the most fun making the girl’s hair look
shiny, and I’m very pleased with how she turned out.”
At an early age, Chen discovered her passion for creative freedom that comes with creating art.
Chen started to approach art more seriously in the fourth grade as her interest grew.
While she favors digital art, she also enjoys oil paints, watercolors and markers.
“Inktober helped me improve and draw better traditional art,” Chen said. “I also feel like I can
ink pieces better.”