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INKTOBER 2024 Day #29: NAVIGATOR. “This marks the second time I’ve referenced Disney’s ‘Flight of the Navigator’ for an Inktober prompt (the first time was during Inktober 52 for the prompt ‘flight’. Maybe the next one will be ‘of the’…). It’s one of those things that’s part of my Brain gumbo that is the

INKTOBER 2024 Day #28: JUMBO. “When in doubt, put a plunger on something. As I’ve mentioned before, that’s my default when I don’t have a stronger idea. Elephants are big. There was a famous elephant named Jumbo, even. He eventually wound up in P.T. Barnum’s circus and later died after being hit by a

INKTOBER 2024 Day #27: ROAD. “Like many (probably mostly male) children of the 80s, I was a fan of wrestling. There has always been a dark side to the industry and a lot of unsavory people running things and performing in the ring, but I was ignorant of all that back then. As a

INKTOBER 2024 Day #26: CAMERA. “I think there are a lot of pictures of me from my youth making this and other similar faces. I don’t know what inspired that reaction every time a camera came out and was pointed at me. There was probably some discomfort with who I was and how I

INKTOBER 2024 Day #25: SCARECROW. “I probably find this funnier than I should. I’ve mentioned before that I’m somehow related to the actress that played the Wicked Witch of the West, which is an interesting bit of family trivia, but I didn’t know that when I was a kid and ‘The Wizard of Oz’

INKTOBER 2024 Day #24: EXPEDITION. “This prompt made me think of Calvin and Hobbes adventuring through the woods, so I had to pay homage to the great Bill Watterson once again. There are so many things I love about ‘Calvin and Hobbes’, so many things that resonate with me. Beyond the superficiality (I don’t

INKTOBER 2024 Day #23: RUST. “To say I went out on a limb on this one might be an understatement. Most likely the only people who will get this are fans of 90s grunge music pioneers Soundgarden. Basically, the only thing my Brain did when I read the prompt ‘rust’ was to play the

INKTOBER 2024 Day #22: CAMP. “I love hammock camping (and camping in general). I don’t mind sleeping on the ground, either in or out of a tent, but gently swaying between two trees is just such a different experience. I also like that it can be a much more compact set up to carry

INKTOBER 2024 Day #21: RHINOCEROS. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Monkey! Hero in a…fur (?)…shell? Monkey power! I enjoyed the ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ back in the day. I think my first exposure was the cartoon, not the comic. The original line of toys was pretty epic. I seem to recall creators Eastman and Laird originally

INKTOBER 2024 Day #20: UNCHARTED. “I struggled with the idea for this one for a while. I’m not even sure what my train of thought was that lead me to this, but I’m pretty pleased with it. I came up with a few of the famous monkeys off the top of my head before

INKTOBER 2024 Day #19: RIDGE (hand). “Beware the ridge hand of the monkey. Or something. I don’t know what to say about this one. I suppose I could have gone with the probably implied take on the prompt and had PMD hiking along a ridge. Maybe I could have gone with the big ridge

INKTOBER 2024 Day #18: DRIVE. “When Inktober rolls around each year, it consumes all of my studio time. My other projects fall to the back burner as I attempt to complete the challenge in the 31 days, or as close to it as possible. Over the last few years, I’ve tried to find ways