Pirate Santa

"Avast, me hearties, we need to get this booty under the trees before the light o' dawn! But woes to them that be on the naughty list, arrrr!"

Once I realized that "Ho ho ho" and "Yo ho, yo ho" weren't all that different, this drawing was inevitable.

On an unrelated note, one thing I've noticed in Christmas decorations and ads this year is the "buff Santa." No round belly, often not even a white beard. Lookin' burly. That fact didn't influence the illustration, but drawing him this way certainly fits in with the times!

Penguin, James Penguin

A sketch inspired by one of my favorite Christmas songs, "Penguin, James Penguin" by #bradpaisley.

This is from the part where the lyrics say "Then a knight in shining polyester waddled through his door."

Merry Christ(lla)mas!

Llamas!!!!

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Inktober Chapter 31: Ripe

Okay, Mr. Judgy Wizard, you’d smell pretty ripe too if you were covered in monster goo!

That brings the Inktober story to an end. Thanks for reading! And thanks to #jakeparker for Inktober and the prompt list.

Happy Halloween everyone!

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Inktober Chapter 30: Catch

Fortunately for him, that happened to be the word of the day. Had it been something like "eat," this story would have had quite a different ending.

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Inktober Chaoter 29: Injured

Not good. For multiple reasons.

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Inktober Chapter 28: Ride

Worst ride ever. There's no wait time for the line, though, so that's something.

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Artist Process, or Georgia Sun

I always start in pencil, then do the final inking via light box. But the Georgia sunlight shone through the closed blinds so strongly that I couldn’t see the light from the box! Fortunately, I had a dark (and holiday-appropriate) blanket to help out.

Inktober Chapter 27: Coat

On the plus side, the surface has a coat of something to cushion his fall.

On the other hand, since he was swallowed by a demon treasure box, he's probably thining more along the lines of "I AM NOW COATED IN MONSTER GOO AAAAGHHHH"

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Inktober Chapter 26: Dark

Daughter: “Why are you using a paintbrush for this one instead of a pen?”

Me: “The word for the day is ‘dark.’”

Daughter: “Well, I think you kinda nailed it.”

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Inktober Chapter 25: Tasty

His first clue should have been that the big box full of treasure didn't have a lock on it.

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Inktober Chapter 24: Dizzy

That kind of money would make anyone dizzy and now he can OH MY GOSH DO NOT TURN YOUR BACK ON THE GHOST DO YOU THINK FALLING NEXT TO THE TREASURE WAS A COINCIDENCE IT’S A TRAAAAAP

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Inktober Chapter 23: Ancient

See? Spiderwebs. Means it's ancient. He can totally trust the nice ghost on this one.

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Inktober Chapter 22: Ghost

And now there's a ghost showing him the treasure. But, considering he's been attacked by monsters and had his house burned down by a dragon, I'm going to have to quote Con Air here: "On any other day that might seem strange."

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