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The last Inktober prompt and illustration for 2019. "Ripe" was a tough one to come up with a decent idea for. I didn't want to go with bananas again.

I knew what PMD was going to be doing for "catch", but I wasn't sure what he was going to be catching. So, I asked my kids, one of

I'm not sure if this reads as "injured" or not, but it's where my brain went. I'm trying to avoid the literal and obvious, and one of the definitions

Maybe someday everyone will be waiting in a line to get on a Plunger Monkey "ride"? I've always entertained the notion that my comic book and fantasy ideas and

I had to go literal again for "coat", I just couldn't resist putting PMD in the wool Tabbard Coat that I made. It was tough to capture the details

I didn't go super creative for "dark", but, I thought it would be fun to draw PMD with some drastically different lighting than anything I've done with him before.

"Tasty" was a difficult one. But, it was an opportunity to draw PMD with yet another new expression so I went with the literal again. I was reluctant to

I've been trying to avoid the literal, but for "dizzy", I couldn't escape another Calvin and Hobbes reference. Have I mentioned how much I loved that strip and Bill

Another prompt that took some thinking to come up with an idea, though I honestly don't remember the flow of thoughts that settled on hieroglyphics for "ancient". This looks

This one was a struggle. I thought of various ways PMD could BE a ghost, but I didn't like the notion of his being dead. Then I thought about

In keeping with not wanting to go obvious (in this case being a treasure chest), I hit upon this idea. I'm having extra fun with these prompts referencing the

These prompts are getting tougher, especially when you're trying NOT to be quite so literal or are trying to avoid the more obvious choices. It took me a day

After how happy I was with my "misfit" idea, it was disheartening how much I struggled with "sling". I figured it would involve a slingshot, and it was initially

Pine. Needles. Do I need to say more? I thought about doing a straight up redrawing of the PMD ornament I made in 2016, but opted for something a

This was another tough one to come up with a PMD-themed idea. When that happens, I usually look up the definition of the word, not because I don't know