Peachtober 2025
1. ACORN // I spent a lot of time on this drawing because it was the first day and I was scared to draw traditionally.
2. KITE // For this drawing I thought about how kites and other things get stuck in trees and how firemen go and save them. I was traveling to Michigan this weekend, so I could only bring a handful of supplies. While packing, I forgot to pack a brown pencil so I mixed all the colors I had together and loved the multicolored messy look of the branches.
3. SLUG // I was too busy having fun in Michigan to really dive into Peachtober so I rushed these next couple drawings. The idea here was cute, a slug slugging a snail in a boxing match, but the execution could be better.
4. GINGHAM // We had charcuterie the night before I drew Gingham, so I wanted to have a romantic dinner by Rat Husband and Mouse Wife at the dining table.
5. POPPY // I drew Poppy in an Ann Arbor coffee shop where the bees were going crazy around us and serendipitously we were sat next to poppy flowers.
6. RING // I drew Ring on the flight back home to Texas! I’ve always wanted to do an homage to Matisse’s “Dance” I wish I had done more diverse colors or different animals, but I did like the different mediums I tried here!
7. STRAWBERRY // I was struggling for a Strawberry concept so I just drew the prettiest picture of strawberries I could find! I love the minimal palette I used here
8. LEAF // At the time I drew Leaf I had just read Trung Le Nguyen’s new book, Angelica and the Bear Prince, and was obsessed with the intricate frames he used for his panels. While I like the colors I used, the linework and details could be better.
9. ROPE // I couldn’t get my drawings in my final drawing to be as nice as the sketch, so my lazy ass just colored on top of the sketch and uploaded that.
10. CRITTER // For Critter, I just started mindlessly doodling while watching South Park and this drawing came about. I wish I had planned the composition better, but ti twas nice drawing on the fly.
11. SEAGULL // I LOVED drawing Seagull- I remembered family beach trips and seagulls circling around our food. I thought it would be cheeky to draw their shadows looming over the food spread.
12. BARK // I thought of the idea for Bark during dinner, hence the notes app doodle. Dogs bark, why not have a baker dog make chocolate bark?
13. MARBLE // This year I’ve been obsessed with warped perspectives, like extreme foreshortening or fisheye lens. I thought it would be cool to capture this on a teeny tiny scale of a marble.
14. BRUSH // This drawing was super fun because I just let the lines be rough and the colors bright, just like what I imagine this little girl would paint in art class.
15. AQUARIUM // I wanted to draw a mother and daughter visiting the aquarium and gawking at all the different sea creatures- it ended up looking like sisters so I had to make the older one rep my alma mater UT Austin
16. HATCH // I had never really drawn dragons before, or any mystical creatures, so I was scared to draw Hatch.
17. WHISTLE // I knew ghost was coming up later in the prompt list but I couldn’t resist drawing a ghost whistling while walking their dog for Whistle- an homage to Louie Zong’s annual ghost songs + animations.
18. TOAD // I couldn’t think of a concept so I drew the first picture I saw on google LOL I really took my time rendering this page while I was talking with friends and this may be one of my favorite pieces technically- the blending was so smooth hehe
19. MELON // Not much backstory to Melon, I just like slapping watermelons at the store. I wish I had drawn her actually smacking the watermelon but next time!
20. TRUCK // The Truck drawing was really nostalgic for me, I miss this carefree feeling, driving back home all sweaty from playing tennis to eating a home-cooked meal by my mom.
21. SNOWFLAKE // The girl from the prompt, Brush, makes a reappearance! I knew for sure I wanted to incorporate paper snowflakes into this drawing, and I’m happy with how cozy this one turned out.
24. SPOTS // I took inspiration from different artists also doing peachtober and loved the idea of drawing something in the SPOTlight hehehe
25. STRIPES // Stripes was a simple drawing, for some reason it reminds me of the Morton salt girl? Maybe because of the simple color palette.
26. BEAR // For Bear, I thought it would be cute to draw a bear cuddling with a comically large plush fish.
27. AXE // I’ve been to too many concerts lately, so I made a concept for a fake kpop lightstick in the shape of an axe! :D
28. BUTTON // I used to decorate my backpack top to bottom in high school so I thought it would be cute to make buttons for a backpack.
30. WHISKER // I was so so excited to draw Whisker! I thought it would be so cute to draw a cat obsessed girl putting on her whiskers for her halloween costume so she can look like her cat!
31. GHOST // On the last day of Peachtober at 1AM, I was inspired to draw a ghost exploring within the delicate fan shaped leaves of a gingko tree.
I’ve been doing Peachtober for FIVE years now and it’s been so fun each time. I love seeing everyone’s unique spins on the prompt list, and the challenge of drawing everyday helps me to see that I can make art regularly. Last year, I challenged myself to post publicly, as previous years I posted on a private account. This year, I challenged myself to draw traditionally, something I hadn’t tried before. I didn’t really have a choice though, because my iPad was dying on me and running critically low on storage.
I’m happy to say, this year was the most fun I’ve had attempting Peachtober! Here are some things I learned along the way:
Main Takeaways
I <3 Traditional
One fallback to drawing traditionally was learning how to capture each piece. It seems this year Texas is speedrunning the fall and the sun went down wayy faster than I remember around this time of the year- meaning less natural daylight to take pictures of my drawings. As proud as I am of these drawings, I am totally lacking in the documentation part of my practice.
For next year I wanna plan more. Every day I complete the prompt from ideation to execution and it brings some unnecessary stress. If I get the planning work done a day before, I have the whole next day to draw and capture it during daytime.
Social Media = Connection
I struggled a lot with social media this year. I do think the pictures I ended up uploading were super rushed and unsightly, and the pressures of seeing everyone’s posts with 700+ likes made me feel really small. But then it made me really grateful for the people who have stuck by me and support my work, and to think I have so much artwork that nobody’s seen but me, but now I have a couple of folks seeing it everyday, which is pretty neat! I also loved looking at everyone’s posts and seeing how differently everyone interpreted the prompts.
HAVE FUN!
Near the end of the challenge, I hit a slump where I didn’t feel motivated to draw, I felt like the quality of my work was going up and down and I was getting burnt out trying to think of out-of-this-world concepts to draw. Or I had all these big ideas that I was scared I wasn’t going to be able to execute well. At the end of the day, I realized I am just drawing for myself, not for work or for a client. The drawings I made could be as simple or complex as I wanted. The whole point of the challenge is to create everyday, so naturally some of the pieces are going to be weaker than others. Once I let go of the unattainable idea of perfection, I let loose and the process was so much more enjoyable.
Conclusion
This year had some ups and downs. Needless to say, I’m thrilled to do it all again next year. Below are some process pictures of some of my favorite prompts. ‘Til next time Peachtober!
02. KITE Process
27. AXE Process
11. SEAGULL & 31. GHOST - other favorites!