Inktober 2023 Wrap Up
As of November 16, 2023, I finally finished Inktober 2023...only two weeks behind schedule this year. I found this year to be much more challenging, and I think it's because I've been doing Inktober 52 all year long for the first time. I can't quite classify it as burnout, but definitely a strain on the creative faculties. I struggled with ideas for many of the prompts this year, but in the end, I always managed to come up with something that met my general, self-imposed guidelines: it has to feature Plunger Monkey or something from his universe (the PMDverse?),
Lee’s Dragons: Elephant Dragon
It's September, which means it's time, once again, for this: For my wife's annual birthday dragon 2023, I kind of knew what I wanted to do well ahead of time. Given that the whole concept of these illustrations is that there's a planet basically terraformed by dragons, that eventually evolve and speciate to occupy all the different biotic zones, I try to think of an environment first, then figure out what would live there. Right now, everything is heavily influenced by life and ecology on earth, but I hope to deviate from that eventually. With these illustrations, I'm
Just read through all the PMD strips in sequence…a fun ride to be sure…can’t wait to see what happens in the labyrinth!
Hey, did you sell another PM Ninja to somebody else???
Yes! A friend’s wife (who is also a friend. I realized it might be a gift, so I’ll avoid posting names for the time being) ordered one! (Thank you, by the way, Tami. I expect pictures…)
A beautiful, touching tribute to our parents, grandparents, great grandparents (great-great grandparents?). Thanks ever so much for that.