2025 Inktober 52 - One sketch per week

[yazeh]

31 minutes ago, catbert said:

 

This explains how João's alligators became Lobo's caimans became Bond's crocodiles. 

 

31 minutes ago, catbert said:

I would need more than six takes if I hadn't resorted to digital (and there's still stuff I want to rework) ...

I understand that. That happens when I write. I'm guessing Procreate is like a word processor that makes life easier.

 

[Scriptitans]

Your Favorite Villain

INKTOBER52 PROMPT NO.50 IS “VILLAIN”
This week’s prompt is your excuse to unleash your wonderfully wicked side! Think of all the directions you can go: a classic cape-wearing mastermind with an over-the-top monologue, a misunderstood antihero just trying their best, or a tiny, adorable villain whose evil plan is something like… stealing everyone’s snacks. You can dive into fantasy and create a shadowy sorcerer, design a stylish comic-book nemesis, or sketch a villain who looks terrifying but is actually just having a very dramatic Thursday. Lean into tropes, flip them upside down, or invent something totally unexpected. This prompt is ripe for personality!

Play with silhouettes, sharp angles, expressive eyes, dramatic poses. Villains are all about presence. And don’t forget, Inktober is about getting back to the basics: simple tools, strong ideas, and letting your imagination run the show. You don’t need flashy tricks to create someone deliciously devious. Just your pen, your creativity, and a spark of mischief. So go big, go bold, go dastardly… and have a blast bringing your villain to life!

See the latest drawings here: #Inktober52 #Inktober52VILLAIN

[yazeh]

Who's the Greatest Now?

 

INKTOBER52 PROMPT NO.50 IS "VILLAIN".

 

Ego and villain are siblings.

 

Tintenlabor Encre Royal, Basalt iron gall inks, Jacques Herbin Rouge Amarante, Van Dieman's Here Kitty Kitty, Talens Mixed Media Notebook.

 

 

[catbert]

For the next prompt, @yazeh's masterful use of white inspired me to try a new tool:

 

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50 villain? (6. Incidental judgments)

 

... or victim? Dom Lobo struggled to decide.

 

Geha 605/Platinum carbon black, Lamy black, Uni-ball white gel pen, Atoma

 

As above plus digital colour

 

To be continued ...

[Scriptitans]

46 minutes ago, catbert said:

For the next prompt, @yazeh's masterful use of white inspired me to try a new tool:

 

—

 

50 villain? (6. Incidental judgments)

 

... or victim? Dom Lobo struggled to decide.

 

Geha 605/Platinum carbon black, Lamy black, Uni-ball white gel pen, Atoma

 

As above plus digital colour

 

To be continued ...

Génial, comme d'habitude...

[catbert]

42 minutes ago, Scriptitans said:

Génial, comme d'habitude...

 

Merci! 🙏

[yazeh]

@catbert I learn from the best, present in this thread.  Lovely work and gorgeous white-work. 🙏😊

[Scriptitans]

#Inktober52 2025 # Villain
Haïku made with :
Moonman M800 Nib Kanwrite ultra-flex ; Platinum Peppy ; Pinceau ;
Encre : Ostrich Dark Blue ; Red , Green  ;  Karkos Brown ;
Papier Action DrawingPad A4.

[christof]

 

 

Inktober52

"VILLAIN"

 

[yazeh]

Brilliant work both of you: 

Here's another take inspired by a photo I took of Miz Kitty: 

 

INKTOBER52 PROMPT NO.50 IS "VILLAIN"

 

Who was the villain : the off-key singer or the one with the perfect pitch?

 

Diamine Earl Grey, Jacques Herbin Rouge Amarante, Vert Cactus, Van Dieman's Here Kitty Kitty, Tintenlabor Basalt, Uniball Signo white gel, Talens Mixed Media Notebook.

[inkstainedruth]

 

Guess it depends on the point of view.  Kitty certainly seems to feel, from the cranky expression on her (?) face, that "off-key" Mouse is the "villain"....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Scriptitans]

18 hours ago, yazeh said:

Brilliant work both of you: 

Here's another take inspired by a photo I took of Miz Kitty: 

 

INKTOBER52 PROMPT NO.50 IS "VILLAIN"

 

Who was the villain : the off-key singer or the one with the perfect pitch?

 

Diamine Earl Grey, Jacques Herbin Rouge Amarante, Vert Cactus, Van Dieman's Here Kitty Kitty, Tintenlabor Basalt, Uniball Signo white gel, Talens Mixed Media Notebook.

Ce matou à l'air matois. (Sorry, but not very translatable into English.)

[Scriptitans]

#Inktober52 2025 #51 Capricorn

Haïku made with :
Jinhao 9019 nib Zebra G ;
Ink :  Karkos Black ;
Paper Action DrawingPad A4.

[yazeh]

Lovely it's simplicity and how you captured the original Sumerian/ Babylonian imagery.

[Scriptitans]

38 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Lovely it's simplicity and how you captured the original Sumerian/ Babylonian imagery.

Thanks @yazeh 🙏🏻

[yazeh]

33 minutes ago, Scriptitans said:

Thanks @yazeh 🙏🏻

 

[catbert]

As ever, going to great lengths to not draw the prompt, and featuring a long walk to a terrible pun.

 

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51 capricorn (7. Incidental absences)

 

The disappearance of the minor functionary Gonçalves in the aftermath of the incident proved controversial among later historians. 

 

Textualists took the cryptic entry capri-corn in a ledger of court personnel as a straightforward reference to his anachronistic fondness for Capri pants and tricorn hats*. More imaginative accounts sent him to that Mediterranean island in search of maize contracts. The conspiracy-minded discerned a mangled abbreviation of CApitão PRovIsório do COmércio Rural do iNterior — an office of uncertain scope, doubtful necessity, and undocumented existence. Pragmatists, meanwhile, concluded that he had simply got the king’s goat.

 

Dom Lobo’s personal confidences, and the identity of his 'neutral intermediary', remain to be discovered.

 

*Or, as some insisted, playing the cornet.

 

Geha 605/Platinum carbon black, Atoma, digital colour

 

To be continued?

[yazeh]

INKTOBER52 PROMPT NO.51  “CAPRICORN”

It was the longest night of the year. Gazing into the fire, Cat & Mouse recalled the moment their ancestors first met. When the Sumero-Babylonian Suḫurmāšu (the goat-fish) kept the balance at the threshold, so that water would neither flood the land nor abandon it. As long as the flame kept burning, they would be alright; whether the goat lost its tail or not was irrelevant.

Tintenlabor Iron gall inks, Azur Noir, Basalt and an un-released Brown, Noodler's Apache Sunent, Jacques Herbin rue de la Verrerie + De Atramentis Document Cyan, Lennon Tool Bar Cat General, Uniball  Signo White Gel, Silver marker, Canson Mixed Media Notebook. 

 

[Misfit]

Back to see the drawings. I’m glad it’s gone on for a longer time. It’s cool to see the different perspectives on the prompts. 

[inkstainedruth]

It certainly is!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth