Welcome to Inktober 2025 – TangleAddicts Style!!

Let’s start where we should… at the beginning. It’s good to understand the premise.

Jake Parker created Inktober in 2009 as a challenge to improve his inking skills and develop positive drawing habits. It has since grown into a worldwide endeavor with thousands of artists taking on the challenge every year. See Inktober Rules and Prompts for great information.

“Inktober is about growing and improving and forming positive habits, so the more you’re consistent, the better.”
-inktober.com/rules

“The challenge is to see how much you can improve your art in a month, to be inspired, and to help inspire other artists to do the same.” -https://inktober.com/faq  (Sounds familiar!)

Now, for our TangleAddicts spin…

Reading information on the Inktober website, it was so inspiring as it aligns with a lot of the mindset that we have, like “No Right, No Wrong”, #idowhatiwant, etc. 
Zentangle is about: not planning, being surprised at the outcomes, thwarting perfectionism, and genuinely enjoying the process as well as the outcome, and you doing you at the same time. The idea behind the TangleAddicts spin or style is to embody and be true to all of that and to the premise of Inktober, which in turn empowers you!

Here is how to play:

1. Using the tangle of your choice, or from a tangle list, find a way to incorporate the prompt I share each day on my daily tangle post, into your work.
   1. How you interpret the prompt is up to you.
   2. Take it to your next level!
2. Post it to your social media, email it, share it!
3. Use #Inktober2025TA, InktoberTangles2025, #inktober2025 along with the other #s if you are following another list.
4. Encourage and support others.

How you decide to collect your works for the month, is also up to you. Some use a sketchbook and make notes about the tangle. Some do the tangles on separate tiles and create a framed mosaic celebrating Inktober. Others, like to create one large string and do each day’s tangle in each space. Click HERE for some neat template ideas. You can probably enlarge them and print them OR trace them, OR maybe it sparks another idea!

Note: As Inktober also runs a more continuous challenge, you can do the same with Tangle Addicts. Follow the Daily Tangle posts and keep going!

Enjoy!!
CZT Heather
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