Inktober 2025 #18: Deal

Martin · 137 days (11:23 PM · Oct 18, 2025)
An illustration of a cartoonishly small, basic house drawn in 3D and at an angle, with a large tag coming off the top left that says "50% OFF" on it. The tag is attached to the house with a large dark gray string. The house is white with a dark gray roof, and a door and window on the front and a single window on the side. The flat end of the two-sided roof is on the side of the house, and there is a small chimney popping up out of the roof on the right side. There is a large burst graphic drawn behind the house and a handful of smaller stars drawn around the house and tag. The drawing is in black and white.

Today's Inktober prompt was "deal", and it was another one where I had a lot of misfires getting started.

First, I thought I might draw someone holding a hand of cards, but I couldn't really get the post right and I just wasn't feeling it. Second, I thought about drawing two hands engaged in a handshake, but again, I just wasn't feeling it. Finally, I settled on drawing something that was a "good deal", but it took me a long time of sitting and thinking to come up with an idea of a thing that would be universally viewed as "good".

In the end, the drawing is a bit basic for my taste, but it conveys the meaning of the prompt and now it's on to the next! 😎

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Smooth Natural Nib brush for linework, and the Soft air brush for some light shading.

The Smooth Natural Nib brush is from the Rusty Nib pack, by True Grit Texture Supply.

If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:

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