Art Calendar
Other art tag lists: Art challenges, Fanart Calendar .
January:
Most notably: Lunar new year animals
Lunar new year animal costumes
Creatuanary (making fantasy creatures)
A to Z challenge (drawing to match letters)
30 day sketchbook challenge
Art journal January (journaling your real life)
Public Domain Day (1st)
February:
Most notably: Valentines
Lunar new year animal costumes
Figuary (figure drawing)
Faebruary/Faebuary/Fairyary (fae)
February Faces (faces)
The 100 Day Project (creating for 100 days)
Hourly comics day (1st)
Valentines day (14th) (memes and costumes)
The annual Snow Miku event in Hokkaido (mid to late feb, followed by a design competition some time afterwards)
March:
March of Robots (robots)
Monster March (monsters)
Magical March (Magical girls)
International Women's day (8th)
Pi day (14th)
White Day (14th)
Ides of March, the assassination of Julius Caesar (15th)
International Transgender day of Visibility (31st)
April:
Most notably: April Fool's day
Ludum Dare (online game jam competition)
Japan International Manga Award application period - start (April to June)
PleinAirpril (Plein air practices)
April Fools' Day (1st)
International Children's Book day (2nd)
420 day (20th)
Earth Day (22nd)
World Book Day (23rd)
International Sculpture Day (last Saturday of April)
"It's gonna be May" (recurring meme, last few days of April)
May:
Most notably: Mermay
Mermay (mermaids)
Munchy May (food, and thoughts)
Dracula Daily (May 3rd - November 7th)
Free Comic Book Day (first Saturday in May)
International Workers' day (1st)
World Cartoonist Day (5th)
World Goth Day (22nd)
June:
Most notably: Pride month, general summer themed pieces
Pride month
Japan International Manga Award application period - End (April to June)
Junicorn (unicorns)
Kaijune (kaiju/big monsters)
June in Bloom (flowers)
Junebug (bugs)
World Milk day (1st)
Yuri day (25th)
National Doughnut day (First friday of June)
July:
Most notably: Art Fight
Art Fight (drawing others' OCs)
Kaijuly (kaiju)
Julycanthrophy (wolves and werewolves)
World Watercolor Month (watercolours)
Ice cream day (20th)
August:
Smaugust (Smaug from the Hobbit)
Yaoi day/801 day (1st)
Colouring book day (2nd)
September:
Sketchtember (sketching)
Swordtember (swords)
International Bisexual day of visibility (23rd)
October:
Most notably: Halloween, Inktober and its many alternatives
Inktober (using ink or digitally inking works)
Sketchtober (sketching)
Drawtober (halloween themed subjects)
Drawlloween (halloween themed subjects)
Goretober (gore)
OCtober (ocs)
"It's October 3rd" (Mean Girls day)
24-hour comics day (5th) (create a 24 pages in 24 hours)
International Animation Day (28th)
Halloween (31st), memes and costumes
November:
NaNoWriMo (+alternatives)
Huevember (limited colours)
Slowvember
Dinovember (dinosaurs)
No Nut November
Pocky day/Pepero day/Pretz day (11/11)
International Men's day (19th)
December:
Most notably: Year in rewind collages
Drawcember (daily drawing challenge)
Favcember (drawing your favourites)
Decembird (birds)
DnDcember (dungeons and dragons)
Year in rewind New years collages of art from each month
Pantone of the Year announcement (5th)