Challenge (27 October - 3 November) | Invoke | Page 1

quick turret Oct 27, 2025, 2:25 PM

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🎃 Hey Invokers!

🕸️ This week is Halloween, and we’re celebrating with a Haunting Week! 💀✨

Challenge: Childhood Fears! 🧸🌒

Step back into those sleepless nights — the shadows that moved, the whispers in the dark, the toys that seemed a little too alive... 👁️🪆

🕯️ What scared you then, and how does it look through your artist’s eyes today?
🎨 Focus on mood, atmosphere, and storytelling — from eerie nostalgia to surreal nightmares or hauntingly beautiful visions.
🌍 Every style is welcome — fantasy, gothic, horror, surrealism, or even a darkly playful twist.

🛠️ Use Invoke’s tools to play with dim lights, misty textures, ghostly hues, or dreamlike contrasts — and bring those fears to life. 👻

How to Participate:
📌 Post your artwork in the Challenge Thread
👍 React to your favorite entries with emojis
✨ One entry per person per day
🚀 One reaction (emoji) per image
🚫 No self-likes — celebrate others instead! 😉

🏆 The winner will be announced here on Discord and featured on Invoke’s Instagram!
👉 https://www.instagram.com/invoke.ai

We can’t wait to see how you turn your childhood fears into haunting art! 💀🧸🌙

Happy Invoking & Happy Halloween! 🎃🕸️🖤

foggy rover Oct 27, 2025, 2:48 PM

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(Inspired by this nightmare cartoon that haunted me as a child: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigs_Is_Pigs_(1937_film))

quick turret Oct 27, 2025, 5:08 PM

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foggy rover (Inspired by this nightmare cartoon that haunted me as a child: https://en.wikip...

Just checked this episode, hadn’t seen it before, and it’s really disturbing 🐷

foggy rover Oct 27, 2025, 5:17 PM

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quick turret Just checked this episode, hadn’t seen it before, and it’s really disturbing 🐷

Childhood nightmare fuel. Terrifying TV shows and movies are pretty much where I'll be getting inspo this week.

crimson nexus Oct 27, 2025, 6:28 PM

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quick turret Oct 27, 2025, 7:31 PM

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foggy rover Childhood nightmare fuel. Terrifying TV shows and movies are pretty much where I...

You can really find cool inspirations in them!
I remember "Tales from the Crypt", so creepy! A few years ago I rewatched all of it with my husband 😅😂

foggy rover Oct 27, 2025, 7:36 PM

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I think a really creepy source of inspiration is anything written by Thomas Ligotti. It's all unsettling.

quick turret Oct 27, 2025, 7:42 PM

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foggy rover I think a really creepy source of inspiration is anything written by Thomas Ligo...

Can’t believe I’ve never heard of him! Definitely adding to my reading list!

olive vine Oct 27, 2025, 8:32 PM

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spring brook Oct 27, 2025, 9:22 PM

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crimson nexus Oct 28, 2025, 12:21 AM

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rancid needle Oct 28, 2025, 1:04 AM

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stoic quiver Oct 28, 2025, 4:06 AM

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dusky flax Oct 28, 2025, 8:55 AM

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spring brook Oct 28, 2025, 9:26 AM

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foggy rover Oct 28, 2025, 10:49 AM

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Inspired by another childhood nightmare, Special Bulletin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Bulletin)

soft depot Oct 28, 2025, 4:35 PM

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I am not remembering on specific shapes or figures, from what I was afraid, but basically all deformed human stuff was terrifying for me.
There is no focus on mood and storytelling here - but the picture works (at least for me).

foggy rover Oct 28, 2025, 5:01 PM

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soft depot I am not remembering on specific shapes or figures, from what I was afraid, but ...

DAD?! Is that you?

stoic quiver Oct 28, 2025, 6:36 PM

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rancid needle Oct 28, 2025, 10:14 PM

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tawny willow Oct 28, 2025, 10:54 PM

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EEK!!

crimson nexus Oct 29, 2025, 3:27 AM

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rancid needle Oct 29, 2025, 6:06 AM

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foggy rover Oct 29, 2025, 11:32 AM

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soft depot Oct 29, 2025, 4:51 PM

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I shared that once - so thats kind of a lazy post because it already existed 🙂

crimson nexus Oct 30, 2025, 12:20 AM

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foggy rover Oct 30, 2025, 11:39 AM

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heady rover Oct 30, 2025, 3:39 PM

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I am probably older than a ,lot of people here but my childhood horror was nuclear war as it felt like there were continual threats and warnings on TV all the time. Now this is mixed with a bit of Trump and Putin as a Horror Clowns playing with their NUKE buttons.

foggy rover Oct 30, 2025, 3:40 PM

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heady rover I am probably older than a ,lot of people here but my childhood horror was nucle...

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heady rover Oct 30, 2025, 3:42 PM

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foggy rover https://discord.com/channels/1020123559063990373/1432374697860796566/14326826356...

Have you ever seen the BBC public service films from the 80s they were their own form of horror no matter what the message was supposed to be.

foggy rover Oct 30, 2025, 3:42 PM

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heady rover Have you ever seen the BBC public service films from the 80s they were their own...

Thankfully no, but that show I referenced obviously had a long-lasting impact on me. I saw it as a kid and thought it was real.

heady rover Oct 30, 2025, 3:45 PM

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foggy rover Thankfully no, but that show I referenced obviously had a long-lasting impact on...

"When the Wind Blows" film 1986 left a big impression on me as a child.

foggy rover Oct 30, 2025, 3:45 PM

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Nope, not going to watch it. #triggered

soft depot Oct 30, 2025, 4:50 PM

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rancid needle Oct 30, 2025, 7:20 PM

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crimson nexus Oct 31, 2025, 2:43 AM

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soft depot Oct 31, 2025, 9:31 AM

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foggy rover Oct 31, 2025, 10:58 AM

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heady rover Oct 31, 2025, 12:50 PM

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rancid needle Oct 31, 2025, 9:24 PM

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dusky flax Nov 1, 2025, 3:20 AM

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spring brook Nov 1, 2025, 3:28 AM

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Day after Halloween.

crimson nexus Nov 1, 2025, 4:11 AM

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soft depot Nov 1, 2025, 8:48 AM

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foggy rover Nov 1, 2025, 10:52 AM

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quick turret Nov 1, 2025, 2:51 PM

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soft depot I am not remembering on specific shapes or figures, from what I was afraid, but ...

Totally understand! It’s definitely a nightmare image. Thanks for sharing your thoughts behind the image! 🖤

quick turret Nov 1, 2025, 2:54 PM

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soft depot I shared that once - so thats kind of a lazy post because it already existed 🙂

No worries at all 😉

quick turret Nov 1, 2025, 2:59 PM

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heady rover I am probably older than a ,lot of people here but my childhood horror was nucle...

Crazy how the past just has a bad habit of repeating itself

quick turret Nov 1, 2025, 3:13 PM

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tawny willow EEK!!

Hey, this is cool! 🤔 How did you make it?

rancid needle Nov 1, 2025, 7:36 PM

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tropic cobalt Nov 1, 2025, 7:41 PM

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Hope this is not to dark or to political.... I'm from the other side of the ocean but I worry about this beautiful country.... It does feel like some Stephen King nightmare... Only it's real...

heady rover Nov 1, 2025, 8:32 PM

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crimson nexus Nov 2, 2025, 12:35 AM

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soft depot Nov 2, 2025, 9:30 AM

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foggy rover Nov 2, 2025, 2:58 PM

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heady rover Nov 2, 2025, 4:37 PM

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soft depot Nov 2, 2025, 9:08 PM

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Please allow me to add this drawing here for the 03.11. and as a last picture. topic is my actual preference, that's what I am doing the most 🙂

crimson nexus Nov 3, 2025, 1:23 AM

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spring brook Nov 3, 2025, 6:53 AM

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heady rover Nov 3, 2025, 5:26 PM

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quick turret Nov 3, 2025, 5:30 PM

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Hey everyone! 👋

That’s a wrap for this week’s Challenge!
What a horrific–fantastic week! Your horror and creativity were next level! 🕸️💀🎃

🏆 Congratulations to this week’s winner: @soft depot
🙌 Shoutout to our runner-ups: @heady rover @dusky flax @tropic cobalt

📣 The winning artwork will also be featured on Instagram! 🥳
If you’d like to be tagged, drop your username below so I can give you a shoutout!

👉 Stay tuned and keep supporting your fellow creators:
https://www.instagram.com/invoke.ai

💬 P.S. No Instagram? No worries — your art still gets full credit! 😉

💥 I’ll also start posting winners from previous Challenges (starting with The Fruit Challenge, May 26 – June 2) — if you were one of them, drop your name and challenge below! 🍓✨