Well, it's that time of the year when I spam the news feed with #inktober.

#inktober #inktober2021 #penandink #freddymercury #brianmay

Based on a photo from an Easter ramble this year on a very overcast day.

Top tip: don't choose to draw a paisley pattern if you want to go to bed early.

Hey, if you're going to cos-play a mammal, you need mammaries #artisticallyvalid #inktober #inktober2021 #penandink #raven

In 1910, magician William Marriott was commissioned to produce photos that debunked contemporary spirit photography.

Not super happy with how this turned out.

Impossible to find a reference for a scene like this, so this is largely from imagination.

#inktober #inktober2021 #penandink #goya

Hey, why not combine all my ideas in one picture?!

Oops, the muddy background strikes again.

Trying a more graphic style today, no colour wash.

Tomorrow riffing on “tick” 🤔 #inktober #inktober2021 #sumie #chinesebrushpainting #penandink

I'm still trying to work out how to crowbar some Pampas grass into this year's collection.

Helmut Kohl, for all the fans of post-cold war German politics out there—purple ink as requested by @tinyr .

I lose some quality of line when drawing over a pencil sketch so I tried drawing freehand today.

#inktober #inktober2021 #penandink #watercolour #winsorandnewton #khadipaper

The execution got worse as I progressed through this pic 📉 Tomorrow is LOOP and 📈, I hope.

This is the Evolve sculpture at Cuningar Loop, Glasgow, in a Tales from the Loop (Simon Stålenhag) inspired setting.

Some magic realism today.

When I saw FUZZY I knew it would have to be Hobbes.

I rejected this idea at first for being too punny.

After a woodcut print by Adam Schofield, which hangs in my brother's loo.

Spix’s macaw was native to Brazil and was declared “extinct in the wild” in 2018.

This is the first day where I've had ink on my face.

A.K.A. Green today, gone tomorrow.

Shelley's original doesn't really give details on Dr F’s life giving formula.

Only a few days left and I can grab an early night 😴 Walkers — contact me about a sponsorship deal, I have at least ten followers!

#inktober #inktober2021 #penandink #chinesebrushpainting #charlesbabbage

A challenge to combine two styles in one picture.

And rest!