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Inktober 2021 Day #22: OPEN (mic). Here's another prompt that took me awhile to arrive at something. When I get stuck, I usually Google the definition of the word and do some image searches. Somewhere in my Googling I saw a single, off-hand comment about "open mic nights" and knew that's where I was

Inktober 2021 Day #21: FUZZY. Generally speaking, I try to avoid being totally literal with the prompts, or I try at least to find a fun twist on them to make them more unique. I couldn't get away from PMD being fuzzy, though. I'm not entirely sure he reads as extra fuzzy in this.

Inktober 2021 Day #20: SPROUT. I'm not sure I captured Baby Groot's likeness as well as I could have. I was working off of a still shot from one of the Marvel movies, while also trying to reference some of the comics, and there's a fair amount of difference between the two. I wanted

Inktober Day #19: (MONKEY) LOOP(S). Who wouldn't buy a box of these? This was another one of those "no idea where to take this one" prompts. This was the first solid idea I had, and I thought I could have some fun with it. I probably could have spent a ton more time squeezing

Inktober Day #18: MOON. It took a while to come up with this one. It's another Calvin and Hobbes reference, this time to one of Calvin's alter egos: the intrepid Spaceman Spiff. The spaceship is pretty much Spiff's, but PMD's costume is just loosely based on Spiff's. I'll call him Spacemonkey Spiff, or something.

Inktober Day #17: Collide. I can't believe I've made it this far into Inktober withtout a Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson homage. This is my twist on one of the classic interactions between Calvin and Hobbes: Calvin comes home from school, Hobbes tackles him because he's so overjoyed he's back home and they can go

Inktober 2021 Day #16: COMPASS. It took a while to decide to go this route. I couldn't come up with anything else clever, but I wasn't sure how well I could pull this off. I have had a video game idea for over a decade that involves the use of art tools in the

Inktober 2021 Day #15: (SQUID) HELMET. I was a little unsure of this one at the outset, but I decided to go back to one of last year's prompts for some inspiration. For "armor", I designed a set of squid armor and weapons for PMD. The helm was originally much simpler, so I decided

Inktober 2021 Day #14: (the) TICK. When I scanned the prompt list before Inktober started and I saw that one of the words was "tick", I knew exactly what I had to do. Growing up, going to New England Comics, I was familiar with The Tick, but I never read the comics until more

Inktober 2021 Day #13: ROOF. I don't have a strong connection to the Peanuts or Charles Shultz beyond the fond memories of the animated specials around the holidays. I never really read The Peanuts comic strip much. But, I do respect Mr. Shultz's impact and longevity in the field. Something to aspire to. This

Inktober Day #12: STUCK. Ironically, I was stuck on this prompt for a while. When I was on my way to pick my kids up from school, I randomly envisioned PMD in carbonite, but I found this idea a bit funnier. I probably could have spent a day on Han in carbonite, there's a

Inktober 2021 Day #11: SOUR (Patch Kids). This was another tough one for me. I eventually landed on Sour Patch Kids. I used to love them as a kid. Now, I think I could eat maybe two before feeling ill. I don't remember when that weird ad campaign started with the giant Sour Patch