I had some big plans for my eighth Inktober illustration, following the prompt "watch".

First, I thought I'd create a bug, being spied through a magnifying glass from above by a giant child. Next, I thought I might do an explorer using a telescope to plot the next leg of his journey.

But then the day got busy and I decided to just give in and draw a watch. So here it is!

Time-lapse of this drawing's creation below:

I closed out the first week of Inktober 2021 out with this illustration, following the prompt "fan". It's a polar bear on vacation!

It's a small thing, but I like how the weight of the bear's arms and legs look, with the thicker parts at the end. Bears do sort of look like that, but it's very counter to my normal drawing style, and so I'm happy it was a success.

As always, there's also a time-lapse of the drawing's creation below. Enjoy!

The prompt for my sixth Inktober illustration is "spirit", but it should be "spirits".

Like yesterday's drawing, I didn't want to do the obvious and draw a ghost, so I got a little creative and drew booze instead.

This one took me a lot longer than I thought it would. I think all the layering (and my perfectionist tendencies with the bottle shapes) added a lot of time to the process. I'm happy with how it turned out, though.

Time-lapse of my process below!

My fifth illustration for Inktober, this one for the prompt "raven".

I probably would've liked it if this had turned out a little more "goth", but I don't hate it. I really just wanted to do today's prompt without drawing a bird.

Time-lapse video below!

Here's my fourth drawing for Inktober 2021, this one following the prompt "knot".

Originally, I set out to just do a drawing of some string or rope tied in a knot, but I started looking at reference images and nothing was really jumping out at me. The idea felt kind of generic.

Then I started thinking about doing a drawing where a worm, or some other cartoon character had their whole body tied in a knot. Then I started thinking about those old Looney Tunes cartoons, where Bugs Bunny (or was it Daffy Duck?) would tie Elmer Fudd's shotgun barrel into a knot.

I don't know how I ended up with this monkey. He looks a little dopey, but I like him.

Time laps video below!

I'm a little disappointed that it only took three days of Inktober for me to be posting somewhat late, but I had a lot of things going on today, so I've got excuses.

This one's for the prompt "vessel", and features an ominous man in a cryogenic chamber. Spooky!

You can watch the time-lapse of this one being created here:

My second illustration for Inktober 2021, this one for the prompt, "suit".

I wanted this one to be a close-up of the zipper, with some other details visible, but not very descriptive, to give it a little bit of mystery. I am enjoying working in black and white again for my digital inking.

You can watch the time-lapse of this one being made here:

My first Inktober illustration for 2021. I'm following the official prompts this year, so here's a crystal!

If you'd like to watch this drawing get done, here's the time-lapse: