[Weekly challenge #100] All Hallows’ Eve

Theme

This week’s theme is: All Hallows’ Eve

Since it’s just about that time of the year, capture the eerie spirit of Halloween—whether it’s haunted houses, ghostly figures, glowing jack-o’-lanterns, or mysterious creatures lurking in the shadows. The goal is to create an image that feels chilling, atmospheric, and unmistakably tied to the season.

Halloween may have its roots in certain traditions, but the spirit of spookiness is a universal phenomenon. Feel free to incorporate elements inspired by your own culture’s folklore, myths, or seasonal celebrations—just keep the focus eerie, haunting, and Halloween-ready.

Voting process

Everyone can submit their image to this post. At the end of the week, all images will be collected and shared in a new voting post wherein people can vote on their favorite image. This will be up for at least 24 hours before a winner is made. There are no extra points to be earned; OP will decide on a winner in case of a tie.

Rules

  • Follow the community’s rules above all else
  • One comment and image per user
  • Embed image directly in the post (no external link)
  • Workflow/Prompt sharing encouraged but not required (we’re all here for fun and learning)
  • OP will declare winner in case of a tie
  • The challenge runs for about a week.
  • Downvotes will not be counted
  • Voting and final scoring will be done in a separate post.

Scores

At the end of the challenge the image with the most votes, wins! The winner gets to pick the next theme. As always, have fun everyone!

Previous entries

13 points · 6 comments · view on lemmy.world

6 Comments

allo@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 345d

Haunted Sandwich

UpUpAndAway@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 345d

merde@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 344d

20250930

swelter_spark@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 343d

thelsim@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 342d

Giving thanks for the harvest.

Prompt: a color photograph of a sinister harvest festival, A group of ecstatic townsfolk dance in a circle, around a horned spirit with outstretched arms, floating above a pyre, the spirit is on fire, the townsfolk dance in erratic movements with an unnatural frenzy their hands thrown up in wild abandon, the pyre and torches cast stark shadows, dramatic lighting --ar 3:2 --exp 5 --quality 2

hotdogcharmer@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 343d

Oh my god you guys have a weekly art challenge just like people who actually make art? That's so funny