Inktober 2024, Part Two

With Inktober 2025 merrily chugging along, I am following up my last post to show you more of what I did for Inktober 2024 (I mean, it's hard to do a retrospective of current events, right?) Without further ado, here is more art from exactly (or so) a year ago: 

Inktober 2024, Day Four, "exotic" - this one is a bit more detailed, so it's where I bogged down slightly; I think I posted my pencil sketch on the correct day, but I posted the finished inks a few days later.

Inktober 2024, Day Five, "binoculars" - this was a pretty simple design that I thought came out very well. Another favorite. I just like the vibe!

Something I didn't mention before, but you may have noticed when you saw the prompt list in my previous post, is that the 2024 prompt list was mostly made of obviously related words, as though someone lazily opened a book on travel for, uh, "inspiration" when deciding on the prompts. I mean, 30 of the 31 prompts are obviously travel-related, and I'm sure you could fit "violin" in there with not much extra effort. I'd contemplated making an actual story out of these...but then I thought I should probably leave that to people who can finish things. 

So anyway, Inktober 2024, Day Six, "trek", is my attempt to derail the narrative, because art lets you do that. My portrait of Counselor Deanna Troi came out very nicely, I think. Of course I posted it late, but these things can't be rushed. One thing I have a slight issue with is that her hair looks oddly two-toned due to my using a Sharpie to fill in the bulk of the dark area rather than drain my beloved Micron pen with non-precision work. Sacrifices must be mad for great art, so this is not great art. Hee! Oh, and since I was late getting this done, I sneakily threw in Day Seven, "passport", tucked into her hand. I'm a rascal! 

Inktober 2024, Day Eight, "hike", and Day Nine, "sun" - at this point, I decided to fling myself into combined prompts. I also got a little experimental with decorative patterns, turning out this semi-psychedelic drawing on a piece of bright-pink cardstock rather than in my dedicated Inktober sketch book. I subsequently placed it, and another doodle, in the local FLAG (free little art gallery) for anyone to take and enjoy. 

And that, my friends, is my output for Inktober 2024, both in drawings and blog posts. I have produced artwork for Inktober 2025, so I'll be covering that at some point. 

For my previous Inktober posts: 

https://allsortsartbyali.blogspot.com/2019/12/a-little-backstory-on-inktober.html 

https://allsortsartbyali.blogspot.com/2020/10/inktober-2020-is-under-way.html

https://allsortsartbyali.blogspot.com/2020/11/more-fun-with-inktober.html

https://allsortsartbyali.blogspot.com/2021/03/another-shot-of-inktober-so-what-if-its.html

https://allsortsartbyali.blogspot.com/2022/04/inktober-restrospective-2020-part-two.html

https://allsortsartbyali.blogspot.com/2022/08/inktober-2021-starting-off-with-bang.html

https://allsortsartbyali.blogspot.com/2022/09/inktober-2021-did-i-start-unraveling.html

https://allsortsartbyali.blogspot.com/2024/10/inktober-2024-prompt-list-and-some.html

https://allsortsartbyali.blogspot.com/2025/10/inktober-2025-is-under-wayand-i.html

For more shenanigans, you can follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/allsortsofart 

Inktober 2025 Is Under Way...and I Completely Forgot to Write about What I Did for Inktober 2024

The reason for that was, of course, that in October of 2024, I was writing about things I had done for Inktober 2023, 2022, and Inktober 2021. Hey, folks...art never gets old, although occasionally it does age poorly. 

First things first: again I am providing this year's prompt list a bit late (but in the first week, this time), but those of you who are cool enough to follow my Facebook page will again note that I did provide it last month. (This is basically a plug for my Facebook page. Thank you.) 

Inktober 2024, Day One: This is actually an inside joke, so I need to set it up. Back in 2023 around Halloween, my friend Tre invited me to draw, in my style, his picture of Cthulhu trick-or-treating as a human kid (whom he'd slain for the, uh, "costume"). Tre's cartoony style made it cute. My style is...a little creepier. Anyway, here is the original side-by-side:

and after I added color to mine:

Now, the prompt for Day One of Inktober 2024 was "backpack", and so I created this drawing I call "Ricky's Revenge": 

Inktober 2024 Day Two, "discover"- Because I won't be denied a good 'dad joke', this one is called "Waiter, There's a Fly in My Soup": 

Inktober 2024 Day Three, "boots" - this gave me the opportunity to indulge my inner Richard Scarry/and or Shrek animator. One of my favorite Inktober drawings! 

Don't worry, I did more, but this post is getting longer than my attention span, so I will let you go and hopefully cover the remainder before too many more Inktobers have passed. For prior years, please check out: 

https://allsortsartbyali.blogspot.com/2019/12/a-little-backstory-on-inktober.html 

https://allsortsartbyali.blogspot.com/2020/10/inktober-2020-is-under-way.html

https://allsortsartbyali.blogspot.com/2020/11/more-fun-with-inktober.html

https://allsortsartbyali.blogspot.com/2021/03/another-shot-of-inktober-so-what-if-its.html

https://allsortsartbyali.blogspot.com/2022/04/inktober-restrospective-2020-part-two.html

https://allsortsartbyali.blogspot.com/2022/08/inktober-2021-starting-off-with-bang.html

https://allsortsartbyali.blogspot.com/2022/09/inktober-2021-did-i-start-unraveling.html

https://allsortsartbyali.blogspot.com/2024/10/inktober-2024-prompt-list-and-some.html