Inktober 2026

I came back for another Inktober (my eleventh go)! For the uninitiated, Inktober is a project where artists around the world create a new piece of art every day for the entire month of October. Once again, this year I am followed the “official” prompt list.

A black and white illustration of a witch conjuring a poisoned apple. The witch has white skin and black hair and has her head thrown back in a big cackle. She is wearing a dark gray robe and witch hat and has one hand out with palm upward. An apple with a sad face is floating over it. The other hand is hovering over the top of the apple. A poison cloud is wisping off of the apple. The background is a grungy gray.
A black and white illustration of a skull sitting on a small pedestal. The skull is wrapped around the top with two bands covered in runes, and a necklace with geometric beads on it is draped over the top, with the beads resting on the ground next to the pedestal. The eye sockets of the skull are filled with shiny beads and a melted candle is on top of the skull. The candle is lit, and it is casting a dim light around the skull. The background is black.
A black and white illustration of a large monster standing over some houses in the countryside. The monster is top-heavy and about 5 times taller than the houses. He has stubby legs, large feet, hands hanging slack by his sides, horns, and a tiny face. He is covered in fur that is lit by the moon behind him. He is making a sad, disgruntled face. The houses have glowing windows, and the background is a cloudy, starry night with a full moon almost behind the monster.
A black and white illustration of a cactus arm bent into an infinity symbol and floating over the background. The symbol is tilted to the left slightly, so that the bottom curve looks like it is hovering just above the ground. The same curve is a little smaller than the other. The cactus has ridges and is covered with tufts of spikes. The background is a grainy gray with a light glow on the left side.
A black and white illustration of Batman smacking Robin, like the well-known meme. Batman and Robin both look stylized and slightly weird, with Batman's head drawn wide, and smiling instead of frowning. Robin's head has flown off his neck in a comical way, and his flying head is in profile, with wide eyes, mouth in an 'O' shape, and spit flying out of his mouth. The drawing is in the style of an old comic with uneven inking lines, halftone shading, and a distressed look.
A black and white illustration of a large ogre drinking from a tiny teacup. The ogre is pictured from the chest up, but the part of his body that's visible implies that he is rather large. He has a large jaw, chin, and nose, a smaller cranium, and long dark hair slightly spiked at the top. A small tusk-like tooth is sticking out from his lower lip. He has small, pointy ears. The ogre has a light complexion and is wearing a white shirt and dark vest. The word "sip" is popping up from the teacup.
A black and white illustration of a chicken squawking after being bonked on the head by a fallen acorn. The chicken's mouth is wide open in panic, and its single visible eye is bugging out. It is white with a gray comb. Its wings are spread out, and its tail can be seen at the bottom of the image. An acorn has lines tracing its path from above the chicken, to hitting the chicken, to flying off to the right side. White lines and two stars are emanating from the top of the chicken's head, where the acorn hit it. A thick vertical stripe of gray background goes from behind the chicken to the top of the image, with jagged edged white strips on either side.
A black and white illustration of an old sneaker with a visible odor wisping out of it. A skunk is standing behind it making a disgusted face. The sneaker is dirty and looks like an old skating shoe with the laces undone. The skunk's mouth is hanging open with his tongue out, and his eyes are clenched shut. The background is a nondescript gray that gets a bit lighter behind the skunk and fades a little darker at the bottom.
A black and white illustration of an open bag of chips laying down, with computer memory chips coming out the end. The back is light colored with a generic logo that has "chips" written over a darker oval. There are four RAM chips coming out the end, strewn about as if the bag fell over. They look like small rectangular circuit boards with a series of black rectangles attached to them and pins on one long end. They have notches and holes in various places, and a scant amount of circuitry is visible. The background is a dark gray.
A black and white illustration of an otherworldly portal opened above candles. In the portal, a human-like figure can be seen looking over its shoulder at the viewer. The portal is floating in darkness above a number of lit candles. It is made of six glowing points and circled by a wavy line. The view in the portal is hazy. The figure in the portal has pale skin, a long neck, an alien-like head, and long black hair. It has an expressionless face with large empty eyes, small holes for nostrils, and a straight, closed mouth.
A black and white illustration of a dog riding in the back of a car. The car appears to be a hatchback with a large window that has a bumper sticker on it. The sticker reads "who rescued who?" and has a paw print on it. The dog is looking at the viewer with a mildly annoyed look and is pointing at himself with a thumb. The background is somewhat nondescript but is meant to look like the car is in motion.
A black and white illustration of a garbage can full of wadded-up paper. The can is a shiny dark gray with a black garbage bag inside. The balls of paper are coming out of the top, and there is one laying on the floor and one flying through the air, bouncing off the pile in the can. A dashed line traces its path. The background is a pale gray that fades to white at the bottom.
A black and white illustration of a robot standing idle. The robot's top half is very large and chunky, with a wide torso covered in bolts and with openings for the robot's head and shoulders, and long, ape-like arms. The robot's head juts out of the dark neck hole, and has two empty, lit bulbs for eyes. The robot has a round antenna on top of its head and has a slight smile on its face. The robot's legs are slightly stubby and very thin, with slightly larger feet at the end. The background is a noisy gray that fades to near white at the bottom.
A black and white illustration of a stylized, cartoonish woman in a form-fitting retro space suit, sitting on a tiny crescent moon and holding her hand out, with a star hovering over her open palm. The woman has a pale complexion and short black hair. She is leaning back slightly and is smiling with her eyes closed. One of her legs is bent and the other is kicking out away from her. She is wearing a space suit with a fish-bowl helmet that has an antenna on top, along with gloves, boots, and belt. The small moon she is sitting on is pocked with craters. Behind the woman is a dark, tilted ellipse with lighter gray paint splatters and a number of stars over it and coming off the edges. The background is white.
A black and white illustration of a cartoon vampire with his fangs in someone's neck. The vampire is smiling broadly and giving a thumbs up to the side of the victim's neck/shoulder area. He has a pale complexion, sunken eyes, pointy ears, and a widow's peak. He is dressed in all black, and his outfit is mostly obscured. The victim is mostly nondescript. They have a slightly darker complexion than the vampire, and you can see two lines indicating their neck and clavicle. The background is dark gray.
A black and white illustration of a moose with very long legs. The moose is standing angled mostly to the side, but somewhat towards the viewer, to the left. He is looking at the viewer with squinted eyes, and he looks like he has some misgivings. The moose is gray, fading to black from top to bottom. He has large, light gray antlers with many points on them. The background is a fade from light gray to near-white at the bottom, with white blades of grass drawn near the bottom.
A black and white illustration of a giant, intricate machine. The machine towers over the ground and has a large water tank and tree grinder at the top. In the middle is a conveyor belt moving unknown objects and an exhaust pipe pumping out smoke. Near the bottom is a screen showing binary numbers and at the end of the machine on the bottom right is a mechanical hand drawing a stick figure on a piece of paper. The machine is tinted gray and the background is white.
A black and white illustration of a penguin, kiwi, and emu standing together, wearing sunglasses. The penguin is in front on the left. It is an emperor penguin, and it is facing to the left. The kiwi is behind the penguin to the lower right. It is looking up into the air, but not toward the viewer. The emu is behind both other birds, above and to the center. It is facing slightly left of the viewer, and part of its body can be seeing behind the kiwi. All birds are wearing black, shiny sunglasses that are reflecting rays of light. The background is gray with a glow behind the birds.
A black and white line drawing of a confused IKEA guy from the building instruction manuals. He is holding a hammer in one hand and a manual in the other and looking at it with a puzzled look on his face. A thought bubble with a question mark in it is coming away from his head to the right. A partly built coffin is in pieces at his feet. Like the official IKEA art, the lines are black and uniform in width. The background is white.
A black and white illustration of an air tube wave arm guy laying down on a lounge chair. The chair is long and flat, with the back up at an angle. It is dark with a light-colored cushion on top. The wavy arm guy is coming out of its fan base at the foot of the chair and laying back against the chair with the top of its head, the hair streamers, going over the edge. Its arms are laying limp to the sides, and its head is turned towards the back of the chair. It is dark gray and has a goofy smile on its face. The background is gray with a light glow in the top left.
A black and white illustration of a broad, disproportionate, muscley man wearing a superhero costume. The man is standing in a typical superhero pose, with feet apart, hands on hips, and chest out. The costume is a sheer, light colored material and includes a darker bottom, boots, and a cape. The man has a pale complexion, a very large cleft chin, and a coil of black hair on his head. He is smiling broadly, and his eyes are squinted shut. The costume has a large 'R' on the front, with a tiny syringe stuck in the top curve of the letter. The background is dark gray with a faint glow behind the man.
A black and white illustration of an anthropomorphic lighthouse creeping across some terrain. The lighthouse is tall with large, alternating stripes and a circular railing at the top. It is bent backwards and has thin black arms and legs. Its light is shining ahead, and it is illuminating its front and the terrain in front of it. In the background is a large bay, with a chunk of land peeking in from the right. Another normal lighthouse can be seen near the edge, with its own light pointing in the opposite direction of the main lighthouse. Beyond the bay is a dark sky filled with ominous clouds.
A black and white illustration of a lizard wearing a suit. The outfit consists of a dark suit jacket with the collar popped, a light gray, pin-striped vest, a white, collared dress shirt, and a black tie. The lizard has his head up and to the right and is looking at the viewer with his right eye, which is almost completely black. The background is gray with a light glow behind the lizard.
A black and white illustration of a pie cooling on a windowsill on the corner of a house. The window is open and the house is dark inside. The house has horizontal wood siding and a dark roof hangs over the top. The bottom half of the house has rocks set in concrete, and a slab of concrete goes around the house. A hose rests on the concrete on the left side of the image. On the right, the concrete meets grass, and a fence, tree, and sky can be seen in the background. A wisp of sweet pie smell wafts from the pie, disappearing off the right edge of the image. The drawing is done in the style of a cartoon background painting.
A black and white drawing of an x-ray of a skull with a giant crack on the top/back. The skull is facing to the left and you can see the neck vertebrae below it. It is drawn in white over a black background with white shading here and there to make it look like an x-ray. It is not anatomically correct, and the skull appears to be grimacing, with downturned mouth and worried eye sockets. On the upper right at the top/back of the head is a fracture with many branches coming off of it. The background fades a little at the edges and there is an arrow drawn on top pointing to the crack and labelling it with "F.". At the bottom right, the number "25" has been written on the corner.
A black and white illustration of a zombie riding on a zip line. The zombie and zip line are coming towards the viewer, from the left to the right. The zombie looks frightened with wide eyes and open mouth. He has a light complexion, a tuft of dark hair, and is wearing a light gray shirt, dark gray pants, and only one shoe. He is holding the handles of the zip line with both hands, and his legs are pulled up. The zombie's clothes are covered in rips and scratches, and his skin is open and loose on his forehead. The background is gray with a glow in the upper right.
A black and white illustration of a dopey-looking ghost. The ghost is white and has a simple form: a cylinder rounded at the top, with a jagged bottom. He has two stubby arms hanging at his sides. His eyes are bugged out and walleyed. He has a goofy grin on his face with two big buck teeth sticking out on either side. He is glowing, and hovering over a dark background.
A black and white illustration of a mouse standing proudly, holding a large rifle at his side, with a cat's head mounted on a plaque to the side. The mouse is white and is standing with one hand on his hip and the other hand holding the barrel of the rifle, with the butt of the gun resting on the ground by his feet. He is smiling broadly, his chin is up, and his eyes are shut. The cat head is also white and has its tongue hanging out and X's for eyes. The plaque is a dark, beveled, shield shape poking out from behind the cat's head. The background is a wall with wooden baseboard and wallpaper with a faint design on it.
A black and white illustration of a broken tusk, a Polaroid photograph, and a candle. The tusk is resting on its middle and curved upward on both ends. The far end appears to be broken, and the closer end is the tip. It has grooves going down its length. The Polaroid photo is leaning up against the tusk in the middle and is of a walrus with a broken tusk. The candle is medium-length and is behind the tusk, to the left. It is on a basic candle holder, and there are beads of melted wax running down it. It is lit and giving off a soft glow. The background is dark gray.
A black and white illustration of Cookie Monster, from Sesame Street, throwing a cookie into his mouth. Cookie Monster has his mouth wide open and hand up. The cookie looks like a chocolate chip cookie and is in mid-air. In front of Cookie Monster at the bottom of the illustration is a white rectangle popup with an illustration of a cookie with a bite out of it, the text "Your privacy is important to us", and three buttons that are labeled "customize, "reject", and "accept all". The first two buttons are white with a black outline. The "accept all" button is black and larger than the others. The background is gray that fades to a lighter gray towards the bottom.
A black and white illustration of Popeye the Sailor Man. Popeye is standing with his back to the viewer and looking to the right, over his shoulder. He is flexing his right arm, and a tiny bulge is pupping up from his bicep. Popeye has his characteristic squinted eye and pipe, and he is wearing his normal sailor outfit and cap. The background is light gray with a slightly lighter streak going diagonally across. The image has a worn look to it to make it look like an old print.
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