Jul 6, 2025
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Sorry not sorry. I couldn’t help myself. I adore his stupid face 🥰
INKTOBER: DAY 29: LESSON - This one pairs up with “Rowdy”, as I chose to depict Tiffany Aching for “Lesson”, Hag o’ The Feegles and apprentice witch. If you haven’t read the books she features in, you absolutely should, as nobody wrote witches and witchcraft as well as Sir Terry Pratchett did. (I still can’t bring myself to read the final one though…)
INKTOBER: DAY 25: INFERNO - This one was running dangerously close to “Blast”, so I tried to make it as different as possible. I looked at a lot of fire-themed characters, and settled on this one from Fate/Grand Order - a female version of Ibaraki Doji, the famous Japanese oni. I put her kimono patterns on her face, because they were so pretty, and now the whole thing reminds me of old CLAMP mangas, which I’m not mad about at all.
So here is “Hummingbird”. I painted another piece between Blossom and this one, and you can see the changes in style as I go (normal for my ADHD brain). One more to go after this.
INKTOBER: DAY 15: RAGGED - Halfway there! My initial thought process for this prompt was “run ragged”, and have it featuring some kind of rabbit. But then I thought… there’s a very fine reference for ragged rabbits, and that’s Watership Down. (Please don’t go and watch it, it’s wretched.) This handsome fellow is General Woundwort and as you can see, I very much embraced the “run ragged’ idea alongside a bit of “Ragdoll”. I very much enjoy the scribbles and textures in this one - it’s the only one so far where I’ve used digital watercolour.
SMASHTOBER DAY 18: DRIVE/NOODLES/FAST
When I saw “noodles”, my brain went straight to Noodle from the Gorillaz. So… I drew her in my own style.
INKTOBER: DAY 26: PUZZLING - I can’t really say I’m the biggest fan of Hellraiser, and yet I seem to reference it every year. After being told off for attempting to draw Pinhead (again) I ended up using the puzzle box itself to inspire a character.
INKTOBER: DAY 12: SHREDDED - Got stuck on this one, a bit. The first thing that came to mind was wee Frederick Krueger, although now I think about it, Edward Scissorhands would also have worked. A tea party with the pair of them would be pretty epic.