2021-10-13 – stuck

“Small stakes
Will kill time
When you’re stuck
In back of the line”

Not going to say much about this effort. Any friends who happen upon this entry will probably get it.

I’m pleased with how this one–actually, these nine–came out. The decision to leave my bulletin board uninked was the right one. I’m glad it’s there (the pattern on the fabric is cool), but it would have overpowered the rest of the scene if I’d darkened it.

There was a fair amount of computer “postproduction” work needed to put this drawing together. The process was particularly fun, which was both gratifying and ironic.

2021-10-11 – sour

Wow, that’s sour!

I used to love sour candy; now it just hurts my mouth. Nevertheless, candy is (probably predictably) the first place this prompt took me. I’d just finished the “pick” drawing, and I liked how that one came out, so Booger Boy gets a curtain call. If you look closely, you can see that he didn’t have the time (or inclination) to clean up between “shoots.”

I actually have no idea what shape Warheads are–they may be individually wrapped. But this ain’t a courtroom, and rules of evidence are looser here.

2021-10-10 – pick

“Hey, Ma, what’s for dinner?”

More highbrow interpretation of the Inktober prompt.

This was the obvious direction to go, though I really tried to come up with something else. I wasn’t jazzed with the idea of the digging tool, and even though (or because) I’ve had cause for recent unscheduled visits to the dentist, the dental tool didn’t do anything for me, either.

2021-10-09 – pressure

“I’m sure you’ll have some cosmic rationale…”

I was leaning toward going my standard baseball-themed route here–probably a pitcher with a one-run lead sweating with the bases loaded–but Maia suggested… more recent events. At first I thought, “too soon.” But it was a great idea.

The stopwatch is supposed to be counting down to zero, but that’s not how stopwatches work, is it? Oops.