Inktober 2026 Day 29: Tusk

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Today's Inktober word prompt is Tusk. 

 

Inktober 2026 Day 21: Hero

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Today's Inktober word prompt is Hero. 

 

Inktober 2026 Day 20: Lounge

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Today's Inktober word prompt is Lounge. As in Lounge Lizard. You know the type. 

 

Inktober 2026 Day 19: Confusion

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Today's Inktober word prompt is Confusion. I was going to have Grandpa Simpson here yelling at clouds, but I guess he's confused enough as it is. 

 

Inktober 2026 Day 18: Flightless

 

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Today's Inktober word prompt is Flightless. You don't get a more apt description of flightless than a penguin. Well, maybe a skeletal penguin could be even more flightless.

Inktobers

My latest Substack is now up and is a review of some past Inktobers. You can get there by clicking HERE.

 

Inktober 2026 Day 9: Ram

 

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Today's Inktober word prompt is Ram. Cutting it close.

Inktober 2026 Day 6: Ogre

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I've had computer problems since Monday afternoon, so I haven't been able to post much and I missed Day 6 of the Inktober challenge. That seems to be solved for now. So, the word prompt for that day was Ogre. And now you have it.

 

Inktober 2026 Day 4: Cactus

 

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Today's Inktober word prompt is: Cactus. 

Inktober 2026 Day 1: Apple

 

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So, another Inktober is upon us. As with the last few years, maybe longer, I haven't done one everyday. Believe it, or not, I'm kind busy and let's face it, the word prompts haven't exactly been inspiring. That's part of the challenge, I guess. Anyways, I'll be hit or miss with these this year, I'm sure.

Today's word prompt is Apple. Since it is October, I try to make these spooky to go with the season.

Inktober, Day 28: Skeletal

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Today's Inktober word prompt is Skeletal. This guy is giving a little peep.

 

Inktober, Day 27: Onion

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Today's Inktober word prompt is Onion, as in Onion the Hunter! Oh wait, that's Orion. the Hunter. Oops.

 

Inktober, Day 23: Firefly

 

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Today's Inktober word prompt is Firefly. Do I go bug or do I go sci-fi series? I went with the bug.

Inktober, Day 16: Blunder

 

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Today's Inktober word prompt is Blunder. For this...BLUNDERbuss!

And that would be an Uncle Fester looking chap holding a blunderbuss.

Inktober, Day 15: Ragged

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Today's Inktober word prompt is Ragged. I kind of liked the idea of a mummy with ragged rags.

 

Inktober 2025, Day 14: Trunk

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I've missed a few days of this here Inktober thing. I've been kind of busy, and add in that some of these word prompts are less than thrilling. Although, I have seen some folks do some imaginative stuff with those words. 

Today's word prompt is Trunk. 

 

Inktober, Day 7: Starfish

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Today's Inktober word prompt is Starfish. I'll bet that you didn't know that starfish, or sea stars as we in the scientific community call them now, have skeletons. Well, the skull is a dead giveaway. 

Science!

 

Inktober, Day 6: Pierce

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Today's Inktober word prompt: Pierce. Via le Revolution!

 

Inktober, Day 5: Deer

 

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Today's Inktober word prompt is 'deer.' Spooky deer skull.

Inktober, Day 3: Crown

 

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I'm a day late with this one, but as today's word prompt (murky) is 'eh,' I'll skip that one and do this instead. I was originally going to go with a zombie Jesus with a crown of thorns, but thought of this. I went with the word play of the other day and you have a crow with a crown. I crack myself up.

Then again, I could have done Max from Where the Wild Things Are, Jughead (as someone else did), a sloppy orange asshole who thinks he's a king...

I like the crow. What's not to like about crows?