#hardtober2026
Welcome to the #hardtober challenge of 2026!
#Hardtober 2026 is all about Tarot. Your task is to design one tarot card each week, and you can submit only one entry per card. One of your cards can win, but we won’t stop you from designing all four, as this will increase your chances of winning. As always, every level of (explicit)nudity is allowed, as long as the image would likely get you into trouble on social media (which is the entire point of #hardcover as you know). Keep in mind our rules on consent and legality in your Art. And don’t be a Bigot.
Week 1: Ace of Wands (starting Oct 5)
Week 2: The Devil (starting Oct 12)
Week 3: The Lovers (starting Oct 19)
Week 4: The Empress (starting Oct 26)
Use #hardtober2026 and #hardcover2026 in your posts on Bluesky and Instagram, and feel free to tag us on Bluesky so we can share your posts on our profile: https://bsky.app/profile/hardcoverart.com
- Please do not send us artwork depicting non-consent, underage characters, or gore.
- Please do not send us fan art of IPs and characters you don't own.
- Don’t join if your personal views and art marginalize other fellow humans. We have no space for homophobes, sexists, racists, xenophobes, or any prejudiced individuals and their bigoted ideas.
- Complete, partial, or overpainted: Absolutely no AI slop is allowed!
Please use the A4 format (210 mm x 297 mm / 8.3 in x 11.7 in) at 300 dpi. We are looking forward to your entries! You can share your process on our Discord server and join our artist community there. Please do not upload files larger than 10MB or in formats other than JPG. Thanks!
⚠️ Please name your files like this: your-name-or-alias_title-of-artwork_week1/2/3/4.jpg
⚠️ Please name your files like this: your-name-or-alias_title-of-artwork_week1/2/3/4.jpg
The four winners are invited to join #hardcover2026 and win a copy of the #hardcover Folklore Edition.
Credits
Art: Paul Stavroulakis
Logo: Viktor Pushkarev