Today’s prompt word for #Inktober is #gift. I drew something a bit more serious for this prompt. Ever since my marriage abruptly collapsed in late 2011 I had to deal with financial struggle while I had a series of jobs that were either short-lived, poorly paid, or both. I read Melody Beattie’s book The Language of Letting Go where she had one suggestion of writing your deepest wish on a piece of paper or just saying it out loud. The idea is to put your message out in the universe. She said that doing this can get results. When I was doing rough drawings in pencil a few weeks ago, I decided to write down my biggest wish in the hopes that it will come true. I’m currently doing freelance work for a therapist on an upcoming webinar series that will probably end next month and I’m currently helping someone else with her eBay sales but the latter is through the Greenbelt Timebank so I’m only going to get time banking hours, not paid hours. (You can learn more about timebanking in general at https://timebanks.org/what-is-timebanking/.) For me having my wish come true would be a gift for me. #drawing #Inktober2018
Today’s prompt word for #Inktober is #thunder. I have to admit that this prompt was a bit of a challenge mainly because thunder is a noise that’s not visible. But then I thought about an ancient #god of thunder and I did a Google search. One of the suggestions was #Thor, the ancient #Norse thunder god. In addition some of the searches brought up the #Marvel Comics version of Thor. I remember reading that #comicbook when I was a kid and there have been a few movies released in recent years featuring him. (Although I must confess that I have never seen any of them.) I based this #drawing on a comic book cover from the late 1970s since this Thor is close to my memory of the Thor from my childhood. #MarvelComics #Inktober2018
Today’s prompt word for #Inktober is #stretch. The only thing I could think of was #drawing #StretchArmstrong, which was a rubber #toy #actionfigure that kids could stretch as far as they possibly could without ripping the toy in half. I never had a Stretch Armstrong toy myself but I saw kids in my neighborhood playing with this, especially the boys. #Inktober2018
Today’s prompt word for #Inktober is #prickly. I came up with an idea of doing a #drawing based on a photograph I took of my late pet #hedgehog Spike sniffing a #rose that had thorns. I had purchased the rose from Wegmans around Easter and I decided to try putting it in Spike’s outdoor playpen to see how he would react to it. He initially moved the rose with his head a few times but then I managed to shoot a photo of Spike sniffing that #rose. (He only sniffed that rose for a few seconds before he decided to move on to sniffing the dirt, the fallen leaves, and the grass that was in the process of growing from the ground.) #Inktober2018
Today’s prompt word for #Inktober is #chop. It was yet another prompt word that I struggled with until I remembered a character from my childhood. #LambChop was a #puppet that was operated and voiced by #ShariLewis. #Lamb Chop had a childlike voice and she was pretty cute. I used to see her and Shari Lewis guest star on various TV shows. Shari Lewis died in 1998 but I learned through the Wikipedia that Shari’s daughter, Mallory Lewis, now operates and provides the voice for the puppet. She has the performing rights to Lamb Chop while DreamWorks have the main legal rights now. #Inktober2018 #drawing
Today’s prompt word for #Inktober is #muddy. It was yet another prompt word that I struggled with until I hit upon the idea of drawing #MuddyWaters. #Inktober2018 #drawing #blues #guitar #singer
Today’s prompt word for #Inktober is #expensive. I initially struggled with that word until I had to go to a nearby #gasstation so I could fill my #car up with more #gas. I experienced sticker shock at how expensive gas has gotten per gallon and, in the process, I got my inspiration for how I was going to deal with today’s prompt word. #petrol #drawing #servicestation #Inktober2018
Today’s prompt word for #Inktober is #drain. The only thing I could think of was this classic #1980s era #arcade #game called #Bubbles, where you had to guide a #bubble around a sink while cleaning up dirty spots and ants. The more dirty spots and ants it picked up, the larger your bubble will grow and it will eventually get a face as well. Meanwhile you had to make sure that your bubble dodges cockroaches, scrubbing brushes, and a razor blade because if you touch any of them, your bubble would burst and you would lose a life. Once your bubble reaches a certain size, you can guide it towards the drain where you would go down the drain and onto the next level. It’s definitely one of the wackier games I’ve played. I vaguely remember playing this game back in the arcades but I’m not 100% sure. (I’ve played so many arcade #videogames back in the 1980s that it can be a bit challenging trying to remember them all.) I currently have this game on the Midway Arcade Treasures compilation disc for the Playstation 2 and it’s definitely a hoot playing it. #Inktober2018 #drawing
Today’s prompt word for #Inktober is #breakable. This was yet another prompt that I struggled with and, in some ways, I struggled with this one the most. It wasn’t until I had a mishap in my kitchen that I finally came up with something that I could use to illustrate that prompt word—a broken #egg. (I accidentally dropped a few eggs on the floor, which created a gooey mess that I had to immediately clean up.) #Inktober2018 #drawing
Today’s prompt word for #Inktober is #scorched. The only thing I could think of #drawing was a fire-breathing #dragon setting a #house on #fire, thus #scorching it. #Inktober2018