Some days, it’s hard to decide what to draw. My son suggested a tower for “guarded”; I added the octopus tentacles in the moat. Since I already did a clock for “cruel,” I did a water clock for that prompt. “Weak” became a mouse, and “angular” a detail from one of Escher’s works (the angles aren’t quite right on it, and I may try that again sometime). I couldn’t think of anything for today’s prompt of “swollen,” so I went with the Cooktown orchid witch instead.

I still don’t know if I like my style of drawing, although some of the pieces I’m fond of. I think if I practice more and refine my technique, I’ll probably like it more. That’s what happened with my writing, after all — I don’t beat myself up for not writing descriptions or exposition or characters the way other authors do; I’ve improved the way I use words in my own style (though of course I have more to learn. Doesn’t everybody?) — this insight courtesy of Sahil Lavingia. Continue reading →

Today’s Inktober prompt was “whale,” and I found a lovely picture of a humpback whale. (It is not the hell my whale, nor my picture originally — it was posted on Wikimedia Commons, picture by Christopher Michel, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.) Continue reading →

I was having trouble deciding what to draw today for Inktober. The prompt was “cruel,” and I thought about torture devices, like a rack or stocks. Or pretty much anything separating me from chocolate.

Then my son, on his way to bed, said he’d see me “dark and early” in the morning, and I knew just what to draw. Continue reading →

Actually getting the drawing up the same day I did it! Today’s prompt was “flowing,” and the October garden prompt was “jasmine,” so I put the two together and drew a portion of a jasmine plant from the picture on Wikipedia (original photo by i_am_jim • CC BY-SA 4.0)

Quite the busy three-day weekend — Fall Fest at Moravian College, gaming with friends (Betrayal at Baldur’s Gate!), daughter’s soccer, short story completed, card games with the kids, helping my son start his college application process, and falling behind then catching up on Inktober. Herewith, more drawings. (Yes, Monday’s is bad.) Continue reading →