I drew this one today, the day I’m uploading all of these. It’s a quicky sketch of a mountain ridge near a water feature with some rocks. Not nearly the same time taken in this one as some of the other Inktobers from this set, but also done way past the deadline.

Likenesses are really hard to draw. I felt like I didn’t catch Simone Biles’ likeness close enough for me to get away with just her, so I cheated and added the Olympic rings on her leotard. They weren’t in the original reference photo but I feel like they help “sell” the likeness.

It’s weird. Whenever I think I did a really bad job on something, I’ll get a like out of nowhere on a social media platform or a comment where someone will say they like something I was worried about. In this case, it was “the texture of the leather,” I did a few passes with a couple of different brushes to try and get that “bumpy” look some old leather gets. I guess it worked out. 🙂

Kurt Cobain was a young rock star who dies at 27 at the top of his game. He fought substance abuse issues, had the worst taste in women, and was so much smarter than people ever gave him credit for. Sensitive in his journal writings and lyrics. My brother admired him.

The original Hitchhikers’ Guide in the book itself is described as an oversized calculator looking thing with the words “Don’t Panic,” inscribed on the outside cover, but I wanted to show the calculator part, so I put the “Don’t Panic,” on the inside cover. The effect of the white paint against the black looks cool too.

The sheep blend in too much with the landscape, and I’m not too fond of some of the sloppy markings in the far background, but people really responded to this one. it got a lot of likes of Cara and Bluesky.

The cacti ended up looking weird, but I played around with a really loose brush in CSP with this one to try and get a “realish” quick sketch vibe. I like how the sky turned out and the overall composition.

What I like about the prompt list this year is a lot of the words chosen can be taken into a variety of directions. I thought of the remote worker, others thought of remote control cars or TV remotes. It was cool to see the variations this year.

Food is always so hard to draw to make it both look like food, and food you want to eat that is appetizing. Ask any artist how hard it is to draw food.

When I showed this to my friend Chuck, he said it looked like a Biblical art piece when I drew it of a modern refugee.