2025 Inktober 52 - One sketch per week

[yazeh]

As people seemed to enjoy the Inktober 2025 thread, here’s the yearlong Inktober 52 continuation for November and December.

Prompts are posted once a week, every Thursday.

Feel free to join in, whether you sketch, doodle, or experiment, everyone’s welcome.

This was the last prompt from September 25: 

 

 

 

Diamine Grey, Karas Vertex with FPnibs ultraflexible nib.

 

Talens Mixed Media

 

 

[Misfit]

Thank you for continuing the drawing with cues. 

[yazeh]

6 minutes ago, Misfit said:

Thank you for continuing the drawing with cues. 

Welcome. 🙏

[knarflj]

Oh, hooray!  I was getting sad thinking that all the fun drawings would be stopping after tomorrow.  Thank you!

[yazeh]

5 minutes ago, knarflj said:

Oh, hooray!  I was getting sad thinking that all the fun drawings would be stopping after tomorrow.  Thank you!

I'm glad you liked it. Now, why not, take your fountain pens and start drawing.  

 

[knarflj]

6 minutes ago, yazeh said:

I'm glad you liked it. Now, why not, take your fountain pens and start drawing.  

 

 

If I can find some time, I might. I'm behind on a couple things that probably should take precedence (you know, stuff like paying bills...).

[yazeh]

2 minutes ago, knarflj said:

 

If I can find some time, I might.

 

2 minutes ago, knarflj said:

I'm behind on a couple things that probably should take precedence (you know, stuff like paying bills...).

 

[catbert]

I'm in.

[yazeh]

15 minutes ago, catbert said:

I'm in.

 

[yazeh]

We are still doing Inktober52! A creative challenge that keeps the ink flowing all year long. Each week, there’s one new prompt to inspire you to keep drawing, painting, or creating in whatever way you love most. It’s a slower pace, but the same creative spark, perfect for keeping your artistic momentum going strong.

And speaking of sparks… the Inktober52 prompt of the week is: SCORPIO

Let that inspire something bold, mysterious, or maybe even a little intense, whatever “Scorpio” means to you. Share your work using #Inktober52Scorpio and connect with others who are keeping the creative energy alive week after week.

[yazeh]

 

Scorpio

I appropriated and combined the ancient Egyptian goddesses of Bastet (the feline goddess of home, fertility, music, and joyful protection) and Selket (

goddess of protection, healing, and the breath of life in death.).

 

With apologies to the long-gone hardworking Egyptian scribes, the hieroglyphs, created by ChatGPT, read: “Protects the mouse the cat from evil scorpion.”

 

Diamine Earl Grey, Karas Customs Vertex with an FPnibs full flex nib, Talens Mixed Media Notebook.

[yazeh]

Another take: 

 

Mouse didn’t like it when Kitty braided a scorpion. 
He felt it was passive-aggressive. Kitty thought she was embracing her astrological sign, and frankly didn’t give a damn about Mouse’s feelings.

Tintenlabor Basalt (Iron gall), Kaweco Sport EF, Vintage Sailor F 

Talens Mixed Media 

 

 

[inkstainedruth]

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Scriptitans]

#Inktober52 2025 #45 Scorpio

Haïku made with :FPR Ashoka nib ultra-flex , Jinhao x159 nib Kanwrite ultra-flex;
Ink Karkos Blue, Brown ;
Paper Action DrawingPad A4.

[Misfit]

Hurray! More great drawings!

[yazeh]

31 minutes ago, Misfit said:

Hurray! More great drawings!

Thx!

[catbert]

45 scorpio

 

The Portuguese saying ter um escorpião no bolso — to have a scorpion in one’s pocket — means to be miserly.

Some said the stingy king feared a sting. 

 

Dom Lobo saw vanity, not thrift.

Had the coinage been handsomer, João might have been more open-handed.

 

Parker 75/Lamy black, Kokuyo

[Scriptitans]

13 hours ago, catbert said:

45 scorpio

 

The Portuguese saying ter um escorpião no bolso — to have a scorpion in one’s pocket — means to be miserly.

Some said the stingy king feared a sting. 

 

Dom Lobo saw vanity, not thrift.

Had the coinage been handsomer, João might have been more open-handed.

 

Parker 75/Lamy black, Kokuyo

🤣

[yazeh]

This is another of the many discarded drafts. 

 

Scorpio

 

Mouse was outraged at Kitty's scorpion braids; Kitty told her the moon is in Scorpio and that he's just over reacting. 

 

Tintenlabor Basalt iron gall ink, Octopus Write and Draw Orange Bunny, Talens Mixed Media.

 

[RedPie]

@yazeh I love the story and the picture! Nice. 😁