Inktober 2025 #8: Reckless

Martin · 147 days (10:44 PM · Oct 8, 2025)
An illustration of a woman in a bathtub using her phone, which is plugged into a nearby outlet for charging. The woman looks slightly concerned. She has her knees tucked up to her chest, with her hands resting on them. The bathtub is filled with water and soapy bubbles are in the woman's hair and obscure her bottom half. The drawing is done in a flat style, with only very basic shading to indicate the dimensions of the tub, faucet, and outlet. A floor mat and a small shelf with soaps and shampoos can be faintly seen in the background, which is a dark gray. A burst of white spray paint is behind the woman, highlighting her head and phone. The drawing is in black and white.

Today's Inktober prompt - and the first drawing of week 2 of this project - was "reckless", and I spent a lot of time thinking about it during the day.

Ultimately, I ended up doing this because I felt like it was a modern, relatable thing. And also because I bet a lot of people have done this without thinking much about how absolutely dangerous it is! 😵

For some reason it felt like this illustration took a long time to create, but when I check the stats in Procreate, it's only an hour and 18 minutes. Maybe it was because it had some many overlapping layers I had to consider?

As always, this was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Syrup brush for linework, and the Burst spray paint brush and Worn 1 Subtle brush for background texture.

That last brush is from the Fast Grit 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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