Tag: Inktober

Inktober 2022: Week 1

Here’s the first week of Inktober! I am having so much fun with the prompts, and am discovering lots of great artists on Instagram.

You can follow my Inktober posts daily on Instagram or Facebook.

1. Gargoyle
2. Scurry
3. Bat
4. Scallop
5. Flame

This is a re-draw of a parody from 2008, based on “An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump” by John Wright of Derby, 1768. My original parody from 2008 is below.
Parody from 2008.
6. Bouquet

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” ~Albert Camus
7. Trip

October

October starts tomorrow, which means that it is also the beginning of:

1) Inktober

2) Dysautonomia Awareness Month

I’ve wanted to participate in Inktober with Lab Mice for years, and finally decided to go for it. I have a goal to complete all 31 prompts, one each day. Doing this on the heels of finishing Q is for Quarantine probably means that I will be very tired by November 1 (so, probably not doing NaNoWriMo this year).

I will be posting photos of each day’s drawings on Lab Mice’s Facebook and Instagram pages, and will do a weekly post here on the blog.

It’s also Dysautonomia Awareness Month, which will be inspiring a few of my cartoons for the Inktober prompts (like #17, “salty”). I was diagnosed with POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome–a form of dysautonomia) a year-and-a-half ago, and cartooning has helped me keep my spirits up and see the funny side of things while I learn to manage it.

It’s going to be a very busy month!