Ink drawing of a headless body crawling on all fours. Blood pools and drips around the neck and down the chest on to the floor. The character wears a bralette top with a loose piece of fabric falling just above the stomach attached. They have a short skirt covering the hips. Two severed tentacles lie on the floor next to her.

Ink drawing of a cartoon character being grabbed at by many pairs of arms that are erupting from her body. Two are pulling her eye lids in opposite directions while she cries.

#GoreTober Days 30 & 31!
Decapitation & Hands

CW: Body Horror, Touching Eyes, Strangulation, Blood

Just in time for me to catch a cold & sore throat! 👍
Still, I'm proud of myself for finishing this challenge & got some pieces I'm really happy with!
##crisisgoretober2025 #GoretasticDrawingChallenge

Ink drawing of a cartoon girl with bulbous growths and eyes growing all over her body. Her arms around reaching up above her, thick tentacles cover her head and sprout from her arms and torso around her body. Her eye sockets have been filled with multiple eyeballs and more are visible in her open mouth. Eyes with crosses in place of pupils cover her breasgs and spiral upwards from her right thigh while her legs are growing out of more flesh in the setting around her.

#GoreTober Day 29: Demonic/Possessed

CW: Body Horror, Trypophobia

I decided to go more eldritch with this than the typical depictions of demons or possession & I'm so fucking proud of the result! ☺️☺️😈

#GoretasticDrawingChallenge #Gore #Horror #BodyHorror #EldritchHorror #CartoonGore

Ink drawing of a cartoon character from head to forearm, with chubby tentacles for hair and a goopy liquid dripping down her face from her eyes and mouth. It covers half of her face and most of her chest above her breasts, which are covered with two black crosses.

Ink drawing of a cartoon character's upper torso, head and arms. She has a few chunky tentacles covering her eyes with just her nose and mouth peaking through. Her arms are outstretched and the skin is decaying to reveal bones and blood dripping from the holes. Below her chest is a visible ribcage with innards spilling out and hanging limp from the body.

#GoreTober Days 27 & 28
Bleeding Orifaces and Decay

CW: Blood, Bones & Organs, SA (Not intended, but I can see how it looks while not coloured)

We are so back!!! >)
#GoretasticDrawingChallenge #Gore #Horror #Bodyhorror #CartoonGore

Ink drawing of a cartoon character with a large head and thick tentacles for hair. She is posed with one hand on her knee and the other out by her hip with a third sprouting from the elbow. Her left leg also has a third coming from the calm and all three legs have been chopped off. Her tentacles have also been chopped halfway and parts are floating around her.

#GoreTober Day 26: Deformity

Before this month ends I am determined to draw at least 1 piece I am happy with that illustrates one specific thing:

That squids can gain extra tentacles (or in Squibble's case, limbs) when they regrow 🦑
#GoretasticDrawingChallenge #Horror #CartoonGore

Ink drawing of a cartoon character full body. She has a large head with chunky tentacles for hair and crosses in place of pupils in her eyes. Her body is stylised and pear-shaped, with a large tummy and thick thighs. She wears black shorts, thigh-high socks and a crop top with black crosses over her breasts. Next to her is a repeat of the same silhouette that has been sliced through the middle. Organs and bones are visible with black, slug-like creatures over her insides

#GoreTober Day 24: Virus/Sickness
🤢🤢🤢

Inspired by some art I saw a while ago that I really really wish I could remember. Always prefer giving a shout-out whenever possible..
#GoretasticDrawingChallenge #Crisisgoretober2025 #Horror #Gore #Cartoongore #Creepy #Candygore

Ink drawing of a cartoon girl walking forwards with her right hand reaching out. She has thick tentacles for hair and various marine fungus growing from upwards from her head and out of her left eye and ear. She has a spotted bikini top and more of the fungus growing from her left arm. Her thighs have been sliced open by fan coral and other fungi.

An ink drawing of a cartoon character in a bath. Her legs have been stitched together and badly formed in to a shape loosely reminiscent of a mermaid tail. Her left arm hangs over the side of the bath with a fishing line and hook placed by her hand.

#GoreTober Days 20 & 2
Fungus and Bloodbath! 🍄🩸

CW: Body Horror

Really vibing with the shroom #zombie and the Tusk-style mermaid tail was something I wanted to try since an earlier prompt but I'm still not happy with it really 😅
#Crisisgoretober2025 #GoretasticDrawingChallenge #Horror #Bodyhorror

Ink drawing of a cartoon character wrapped in tentacles and being crushed. Gore is pouring from her eyes and mouth. Her right hand is tensed and reaching out while her left is trapped. On her thighs, neck and arms are suckered marks that have indented in to the skin.

#Goretober Day 18: Animal-made wounds

CW: Cartoon Gore, Being crushed/constricted

Not my best and not my worst 🤷‍♀️
Kind of a darker spin on what you usually see from tentacles...
#GoretasticDrawingChallenge #Gore #Horror #Tentacles

An ink drawing of a cartoon squid girl chewing on her own arm. She has thick tentacles tied up and falling over her right shoulder. A piece of flesh from that arm is being pulled by her teeth and one eye is closed as she strains. Her other hand is braced against the floor in a loose fist. She's resting the chosen limb on her right knee while her other thigh is severed and swollen. A chopped tentacle lays next to her on the floor.

#Goretober Day 16: Cannibalism

CW: Severed limb, open wounds

Still getting used to my new pens. I keep telling my husband I don't like them (I think really I just need to get used to them 🥲)

They just feel... blotchy? Compared to what I'm used to.
#GoretasticDrawingChallenge #Gore #Horror #Zombie

An ink drawing of a cartoon character floating with her body chipped in to slices. She was a large chubby face and thick tentacles for hair. Her neck is dripping blood on to a short croptop with a heart. Her torso has been chopped just above the stomach. Her thighs have been sliced four times, as have her forearms. Her tentacle hair follows a different gorey design. Hearts spill from between the slices.

An ink drawing of a cartoon character crying. She's knelt down and clutching at intestines that have spilled out from below a visible ribcage. A ripped tank top hides the break in skin. Her stomach is on tje floor to her left and one other organ is just visible behind her thigh on her right.

An ink drawing of a cartoom head. The character has thick tentacles for hair, large eyes with crosses in place of pupils, a large nose and thick lip. Blood spills from a gunshot wound in her forehead and from her mouth. Around a thin neck, she wears a gelly blood drop choker.

#GoreTober Days 13, 14 & 15
#CandyGore, Spilled Innards & Shot

CW: Intestines, Organs, Gunshot, Blood

Still in the game! I'm actually a bit ahead now, I've just been kinda busy lately.

Think I'm getting better at drawing Squib 🐙🦑
#crisisgoretober2025 #goretasticdrawingchallenge #gore #horror

Ink drawing of a cartoon face melting off and revealing the teeth, gums and bone beneath. The left eye has a large X in place of a pupil and is melting whilst the right has fallen back in its socket.

#Goretober Day 10: Oozing Liquid
CW: Cartoon Gore, Eyeball Horror

My fave that's come from this month so far & has convinced me I should definiteley do some digital prints based on the best of these!
🫠🫠🫠
(I was on the fence already)

#GoretasticDrawingChallenge #Gore #Horror

An ink drawing of a cartoon character's head. Her eyes are covered by tentacles and one hand is laying above her head limp. Maggots are visible crawling out of one eye sockets and on her right cheek. Around her neck is a loose collar with a padlock

#Goretober Day 9: Maggots

CW: What it says on the tin 🪰
#GoretasticDrawingChallenge #Gore #Horror

Ink drawing of a cartoon character with tentacles for hair. She has a black eye and is crying. Her arms are out in front of her on a chopping board and taped together. They've been severed at the forearm.

A pencil sketch of a cartoon character covered in loose bandages. There are holes in parts of her skin: between her breasts and her left cheek, showing small hints of the gore and bone beneath.

An ink drawing of a cartoon character with a large head and tentacles for hair she has unfocused eyes with crosses for pupils and a cartoon blush. Her arms have been severed above the elbow. She wears a striped bikini. She has four legs and a black heel by her right knee.

#Goretober Days 6, 7 & 8:
Amputation, Bandages & Unnantural body 🦑🐙

CW: Cartoon Gore, Bruising, Torture

Finally up to date! The last few days don't have the same finesse (despite wasting 4 pages on the bandage prompt)..
It is what it is ^^;
#CrisisGoretober2025 #GoretasticDrawingChallenge #Horror

Traditional ink drawing. A cartoon character with tentacles for hair and crosses in her eyes, attempting to catch flower petals as they spill out of her mouth.

#GoreTober Day 5: Internal Plant Growth / Hanahaki Disease

Since days 4 & 5 of the two prompt lists I'm following were so similar, I just decided to combine them for today! 🥀

##crisisgoretober2025 #Goretasticdrawingchallenge #Gore #Horror #Hanahakidisease