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INKTOBER 52 2023 Day #26: CUDDLE. “Little known fact of the animal kingdom: squids are the best cuddlers around. Even the stuffed ones. It’s because they have so many arms. And they’re squishy. Those are the two most important metrics when determining cuddle-ability: number of limbs and squishiness quotient. I went a little ambitious

INKTOBER 52 2023 Day #25: KABOOM. I had to take several days before landing on this idea. It was hard to escape the obvious explosion with giant comic letters, which still would have been appropriate given my history with and love of comics. It just felt too obvious, though. It wasn’t “clever”. In my

INKTOBER 52 2023 Day #24: KETTLE (BELL). In addition to drawing a monkey with a plunger on his head (and occasionally other things), I’m a martial artist and all around workout nerd. I began working out when I was around 12 years old by doing pushups and sit-ups in secret in my bedroom (those

INKTOBER 52 2023 Day #23: POWER. Monkey math? Once upon a time, I was pretty good at math. Good enough to advance ahead of my classmates at one point. My teacher gave me different assignments, and when one or two of my peers started catching up, my teacher tasked me with teaching them what

INKTOBER 52 2023 Day #22: MASK. This one is a bit of a childhood deep cut, referencing another favorite cartoon/toy franchise from the 1980s: M.A.S.K. It was a standard team of good guys vs. team of bad guys, but with two unique “hooks”. The first was each character drove or piloted a common vehicle

INKTOBER 52 2023 Day #21: SCRATCH. Chainmail is tough to draw without committing to drawing every little ring. It’s definitely another thing I need to practice. The absurdity of the black knight scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail always resonated with me, as it has for so many. The movie is a

INKTOBER 52 2023 Day #20: SKATE. So, I don’t have a connection to skating or skateboarding at all, other than briefly playing that Tony Hawk game in my youth, and that one time I went rollerblading with my cousin and sanded off a few layers of skin because I didn’t know how to slow

INKTOBER 52 2023 Day #19: BEARD. Mmmm…textures…Not gonna lie, there were definitely moments of “what did I get myself into?” on this one. It took a very long time, but I enjoyed every minute of it. And for those who might not figure it out, that is supposed to be Treebeard from The Lord

INKTOBER 52 2023 Day #18: DOCTOR. As a comics nerd, it was hard to avoid the comic connection to this prompt. There’s a heck of a lot of highly educated folks in spandex trying either to save or take over the world. Dr. Banner, Dr. Strange, Dr. Fate, Dr. Doom, and of course, Dr.

INKTOBER 52 2023 Day #17: MELT. Fun fact: I’m actually related to the actress who played the wicked witch in The Wizard of Oz, Margaret Hamilton. Obviously I never met her, but, still a cool bit of family trivia. The only thing my Brain did when I saw the prompt “melt” was shout “I’m

INKTOBER 52 2023 Day #16: GRIMM. Little Red Riding Monkey? While it seems like I frequently say “I struggled with this prompt”, I seriously did struggle with an idea for this prompt. Grim would have been easier, but Grimm? I had to dive into the list of fairy tales, of which there are some