THIS MONTH’S ART CHALLENGE DETAILS

Next Monthly Art Challenge | Anime Art Academy

All submitted artworks will be featured on the Student Art page, in our email newsletter (100,000+ subscribers), and across our social media — including our Facebook page with over 300,000 followers. Your work will also be seen by manga industry professionals in Japan.

⭐ Paid course students: Your submission will be shared individually with manga editors at Japanese publishing houses. Don't miss this chance to get your art in front of real industry eyes.

Details

This Month's Theme

Halloween

October is the one month when an ordinary school hallway can become a haunted mansion, a quiet classmate can show up with fangs, and the comic-relief character can wear the most terrifying costume in the episode. Halloween fits anime and manga almost too well: dramatic silhouettes, strange creatures, glowing magic, and just enough darkness to make every color hit harder.

Maybe your character is a vampire carrying a grudge older than the town they haunt, a witch whose familiar causes more trouble than her spells, or a yokai buying candy at a convenience store after midnight. They could be a battle-worn hero dressed as a ghost because their friends made them join the party, or an OC whose everyday outfit already looks suspiciously perfect for October. Creepy, cute, funny, elegant, or completely unhinged — Halloween has room for all of it.

Choose a character you love or bring one of your own into the night. Give them a costume, turn them into a monster, place them somewhere haunted, or build the whole piece around that sharp orange-and-purple glow. I want to see the kind of Halloween illustration you would stop scrolling for.

Deadline

November 10th, 2026

How to Submit

You can submit your artwork in one of the following ways:

When submitting, please include:

  • Your artwork (JPG or PNG file)
  • Your name
  • Title of your artwork (optional)

Your name (and title, if provided) will be displayed along with your image here on the Student Art page.

Guidelines

  • Format: JPG or PNG
  • Maximum width: 1500px
  • Keep it family-friendly (PG-13) – no NSFW content
  • Must be original work only – No AI-generated images
  • Fan art is welcome if it fits the theme
  • Do not submit direct copies of anime/manga scenes (no tracing or panel reproductions)
  • All skill levels are welcome – from beginners to pros!
  • One submission per participant