Inktober Day 23 SLOW

The slow road up the ladder of success...feels like an eternity sometimes, I think.

Inktober Day 8 ROCK

Any Led Zeppelin fans out there?  Then I think you'll get all the subtle, and not so subtle clues.

Inktober Day 3 Collect

There's a lot of buckeyes in those straining pockets!

Mom:    "Well, I know you're not happy to see me.  What were you doing?"

Dad:      "I was collecting buckeyes for good luck!"

Sister:   "I only like chocolate-covered peanut butter buckeyes."

Brother:"Then you'll have good luck getting fat."

Inktober Day 1 FAST

Hello!  Amazingly, it's already October, and for the first time, I'm going to join in with the Inktober movement--an ink drawing a day for 31 days.  Learn more about it and Jake Parker, the creator of it, here!  I hope you join me!

I'm going to try to head the 31 prompts offered from Inktober, although you do not have to do it that way.

Here is FAST:

Body Parts - I Prefer Landscapes

"I Prefer Landscapes."

Mixed Media

Trader Joe's, A Cute Checkout Boy, Humiliation, and a Raspberry Tart

So convinced that he had made a fool of himself with his inane banter in front of the new checkout boy, Greg ate his entire Trader Joe's raspberry tart in humiliation as soon as he got home.

Muhammad Ali

When I first heard Muhammad Ali had passed, I drew a quick pencil sketch of him.  I wanted to reflect his intelligence and sense of humor which I thought were just as brilliant as his boxing.

I started...and then I stopped. I was intimidated by the task and thought I could not do him justice.  Finally yesterday, July 31st, I thought, don't let another month pass without paying tribute to him.  So, I dug deep and finished his portrait.  I hope you like him.

 Ali--the quick sketch where he lingered for nearly 2 months.

Day 24 Dreaded Weekend Delay Due to Paper Cutter Gone Wild

During college, I worked at a Kinko's Copy Shop.  Ah, yes, Kinko's!  I actually had a lot of fun at that job.  I usually worked the late shift, sleeping until 11, going in at 1 p.m. and getting off in 10 p.m.  A friend at the time worked on a school newspaper, and when she would get off, we would drive 2 hours for a piece of pie or to see a band.  Sometimes we'd get home at 6 a.m., but it was all worth it, driving through that midnight air and darkness with the radio blasting!

I digress!  Anyway, the Kinko's gig was good at the time, but that paper cutter always freaked me out! I always thought I would accidentally stop thinking about what I was doing, and then suddenly cut off all of my fingers.  Luckily that never happened, but to this day, those machines seem to be the penultimate of a potential--unintentional--bloodbath!  Not sure what got me thinking on that train of thought, but here you go.

Day 23 Big-Lipped He-Man Underneath the Big Top

Big-Lipped He-Man Underneath the Big Top

I was in the mood for a little humor here, as hopefully you can tell. (-;