Today Inktober prompt was "mystical" and I had a really hard time with this one. Initially I wanted to just draw a picture of Goemon, the "mystical ninja", but when it came time to actually draw, I just didn't feel like I'd do the guy justice.
After a lot of sitting and thinking, I came up with the idea of a portal over some spooky candles. I wasn't feeling particularly inspired though, and I feel like it shows, but it's done now and sometimes that's just how these things go.
This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching and some linework, the Inka brush for linework, and the Gouache brush and Soft air brush for shading.
If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below: