Inktober52 - 2026- One Sketch a Week

[yazeh]

[catbert]

16 critter

 

Purists may quibble that pigs and wolves, especially anthropomorphic ones, aren't critters. Hoop-de-doo. 🙃🐷🐺

 

(Clearly not done with the previous prompt. This might have been 'hoop 4: dark hooptimist'. Who that refers to depends who is running things and the role of chance.)

 

Geha 605 fountain pen/Platinum carbon black ink, Stabilo marker, Atoma paper

[yazeh]

Funny I was imagining a pig in a hoop, with the jaws of the wolf wide open..

 

 

[yazeh]

 

Inktober52, 2026 Prompt 16 - Critter

Welcome to the Wonky Critters association.

 

Robert Oster Smoke Screen, Ban Mi Macaron Rose,, Jinchen fragrance, Talens Mixed Media Sketchbook.

 

[catbert]

@yazeh I love it! 👍👏

 

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16 critter 2 (hoop springs eternal)

 

Wolfie encounters a space critter.

 

(Still not done with the previous prompt. This might have been 'hoop 5: light hooptimist'.)

 

Geha 605 fountain pen/Platinum carbon black ink, Faber-Castell highlighter, Atoma paper

 

[yazeh]

@catbert I feel a bit wonky these days.  Love what you're coming up with.

[knarflj]

@catbert, all the hoop drawings are so much fun!  And @yazeh, that very wonky critter makes me smile, though it doesn't seem to faze Cat and Mouse at all.

[yazeh]

3 hours ago, knarflj said:

 And @yazeh, that very wonky critter makes me smile, though it doesn't seem to faze Cat and Mouse at all.

Glad it make you smile.nBecause they are all wonky too.

 

[catbert]

@knarflj Thank you! They're fun for me too.

 

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16 critter 3

 

'Hoop' is the thing with ... tentacles?

 

(Still not done with the previous prompt.)

 

 

Geha 605 fountain pen/Platinum carbon black ink, Stabilo markers, Atoma paper

[yazeh]

@catbert oh boy. This is a treat. 

[yazeh]

Another spur of the moment Critters: 
Miniature. 
Jacques Herbin Rouille d'ancre

[yazeh]

[catbert]

16 critter 4

 

Abandon all hoop.

 

(Still not done with the previous prompt.)

 

Geha 605 fountain pen/Platinum carbon black ink, Stabilo markers, Atoma paper

[catbert]

17 greasy — greased lightning

 

OR

 

critter5 — the situation is hoopless

 

 

Geha 605 fountain pen/Platinum carbon black ink, Stabilo markers, Atoma paper

[inkstainedruth]

Groan!

This one belongs in the "Bad Jokes" thread!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[catbert]

@inkstainedruth 😄 But wait, there's more ...

 

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17 greasy 2

 

Greaser grease monkey meets greasy critter.

 

 

Geha 605 fountain pen/Platinum carbon black ink, Stabilo and Zebra markers, unknown paper

[yazeh]

Someone is on the roll. :thumb:

Now what about an ear-worm to go with it.

 

 

 

[yazeh]

Inktober 52, prompt 17: Greasy

Inspired by my grandfather, who used paraffin at night to keep his hair smooth and "greasy" in the morning. This piece is inspired by 1930s movies and animation characters, such as Minnie Mouse and Felix the Cat. The title is an homage to James Cagney and the famous line he never said: "You dirty rat, you!"

 

Fountain pens used: Pilot Kakuno EF, Hongdian M2 with a fude nib and an Ahab with an FPR flex nib .

I used the gorgeous Jacques Herbin Cacao du Brésil for the sketch and Rouille d'Ancre for the background. Paper: Talens Mixed Media.

[inkstainedruth]

21 hours ago, catbert said:

@inkstainedruth 😄 But wait, there's more ...

 

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17 greasy 2

 

Greaser grease monkey meets greasy critter.

 

 

Geha 605 fountain pen/Platinum carbon black ink, Stabilo and Zebra markers, unknown paper

That is HILARIOUS!  I love it!  

I've needed a good laugh after the past couple of days, which pretty much just sucked -- including my husband having emergency surgery yesterday afternoon ; I have to pack up some clothes for him, because I don't know how long it will be before he's released.  But at least when I talked to him on the phone about an hour or so ago, he seemed to be in pretty good shape and told me he'd been able to cancel the appointments we had with the eye doctor, which had been scheduled for this afternoon.

But I was just a wreck by last night -- had to go to the bank, then mail a couple of bills, then drive upriver to get allergy shots, then got a call from him asking if I could pick up a friend of ours en route to the hospital (she's a former nurse, so knows the "lingo") and when we finally got to the hospital main part (at first we'd gone back the the ER entrance, which is a completely separate building) he was already in surgery.  Then after we left (around 7:30 PM) we had to find someplace to get food, and then I had to fill up the gas tank and missed the exit I wanted (somehow, I'd ended up in the HOV lane on the highway), and had to double back.  And the gas pump wasn't working right for some reason and then I had to drive her home -- my husband thought that she should just borrow the minivan but I figured that she was having enough trouble driving some big honking SUV rental because her car was in the shop.  So by the time I got home, it was after 10 PM....  And I still had to get the trash together to put out on the curb, and bring in the mail, and also grab my journal because I'd left it in the car....

And now, today?  Have to get clean clothes together for my husband AND attempt to do both yesterday's NaPoWriMo AND today's....  And I think we're supposed to have storms this afternoon and evening; and I'm seriously considering bailing on choir rehearsal tonight anyway, because my sinuses have been going cattywampus ALREADY....  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[catbert]

9 hours ago, yazeh said:

Inktober 52, prompt 17: Greasy

Inspired by my grandfather, who used paraffin at night to keep his hair smooth and "greasy" in the morning. This piece is inspired by 1930s movies and animation characters, such as Minnie Mouse and Felix the Cat. The title is an homage to James Cagney and the famous line he never said: "You dirty rat, you!"

 

Fountain pens used: Pilot Kakuno EF, Hongdian M2 with a fude nib and an Ahab with an FPR flex nib .

I used the gorgeous Jacques Herbin Cacao du Brésil for the sketch and Rouille d'Ancre for the background. Paper: Talens Mixed Media.

 

NOW who is on a roll?! 👏👍 

 

I neglected to say how much I admired K-Drama crash from your Ban Mi Macaron Rose review:

 

Great story-telling, and superb colour work as ever.