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Drawtober 2025 No.31 Balls!
Content Notes: A lighter view of the guard dog of Hades. It's always the way, there are balls lying around everywhere, but which one does your typical doggo want? The one that someone else has. Fortunately in this case the serpent headed tail of the hellhound is willing the throw it for the rest of itself.

I like putting as much monster as I can - so I'm going with the descriptions of Kerberos as having the serpent headed tail, and the fur made up of snakes, I don't think it's done enough.

Various inks, including Diamine's Glacier, Bliss, Cocoa Shimmer and Sugar Snap and Robert Oster's Red Orange.

This was a great bunch of prompts and I hope that everyone else has had as much fun as me, whether drawing, viewing, or both!

Super fun Drawtober, thank you Drawesome community on Dreamwidth for the organisation!

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The serpent tail of a Cerberus play bowing teasingly shakes a ball which gets the attention of the three dog heads. Other balls lie scattered about ignored.

We can see one and a half heads craving the ball, while the shine on the ink is showing up silver.

A list of 1-31 Drawtober drawing prompts decorated with an image of coloured pencils. The list reads Drawtober 2025
1. Through a window
2. Molten
3. Friendship
4. Pool
5. Mushroom procession
6. Ignite
7. Fluffy
8. Under the bed
9. Captain’s favourite
10. Recipe
11. Dragons
12. Wisp
13. Ice
14. Propped up
15. Glitter
16. Flat
17. Squashed
18. Daydream
19. Flutter
20. Desert ruin
21. Rhythm
22. Celestial
23. Undersea
24. Forgotten things
25. Map
26. Noise
27. Fire
28. Bridge of stars
29. Bell
30. Mask
31. Balls!

Drawtober Prompt No.30 'Mask'

I was thinking about the Owl Service by Alan Garner (not anything in the book like this), and the Welsh legend of the woman of flowers, and thinking about a masquerade and vaguely wondering whether it's a good thing or a bad thing putting on a mask sometimes...

Diamine's wonderful Grotto ink, in my wonderful Diplomat, such a lovely pen to write and draw with. I probably should have grabbed a mask as a model but I think it turned out reasonably well without any references. Also I walked 9.5 kilometres today, so I was a bit tuckered when I drew this.

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Two hands are holding up a mask, perhaps in preparation to put it on, the little we see of the outside of the mask is covered with small flowers. These are reflected on the nail art on the thumbs. Two strings dangle from the mask, one on either side.

A close up of the shining flower nail art on the thumb near the eyehole of the mask, a shiny green-gold against russet.

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Got these special #inkvent #diamine inks from @cultpens
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Three boxes of fountain pen ink in holiday-themed packaging are displayed. The inks are labeled as "Black Ivy," "All the best," and "Stargazer," each featuring descriptions related to sheen and shimmer. A blue decorative card with wave patterns and “cultpens” sits in the foreground

Two glass ink bottles are shown on a table. The left bottle features a dark blue-green shade labeled "Black Ivy" with a sheen finish, while the right bottle contains a purple shade labeled "All the Best," noted for its shimmer and sheen effects

Dreamwidth Drawesome Community Drawtober Drawing Challenge Prompt No.29 Bell
Content Notes: Vaguely inspired by stories of hearing about mermaids ringing the bells of submerged churches to warn of storms.

Diamine's Sugar Snap ink, with the bell using Pelikan's Golden Lapis. Touches of another ink which I don't know what it was.

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A green with shimmer of silver long tailed merperson, scaled and holding a blue and shimmery gold bell. Illustrated with pen and ink.

The head and torso of a merperson holding a blue bell

Drawtober Prompt No. 28 Bridge of Stars.

This is based on one of my husband's short fictions, which you can read here https://aus.social/@rdm/115356792160095459 if you like. The ink is Cosmic Glow from Diamine and the line work is done with my beloved Rotring Art Pen.

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A bridge over a river, it's not a very high bridge. To the background, the sky is patchy dark blue with moon and stars, and on the bridge a dragon lands next to a seated figure contemplating the water.

Drawtober No.27 Fire

Content Notes: Drawn with a Kaweco Sport, mainly. I'm not sure what the ink in the Kaweco Sport was, that I used for the dragon. It's got a sheen, and also seems to have a shimmer, so maybe I can track it down, but it's closest to Sleigh Ride from Diamine so let's go with that for now.

NEWSFLASH it's not Sleigh Ride, it's Spiced Apple, ignore what's written on the artwork it's *wrong*, I scrolled back and found what I had loaded it with in Mermay!

The new Pelikan ink helped with the orange bits, and the rest is just some brush markers.

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To the right a finely scaled dragon spits fire into the night sky, which blossoms into a chrysanthemum like firework effect.

Just a detail of the drawing with the light at a different angle showing sheen and shimmer.

A Kaweco Sport, with a pearl like sheen is sitting on a stand. More Sport pens and a 3d printed pen can also be seen to the top of the picture.

Drawtober Day 25. Prompt was 'Map'.

It's the last day of my Inkvent Calendar from 2023 and it has given me one of my favourite combinations in an ink, purple and shiny! This is Diamine's "Raise a Glass" Ah, who doesn't love a map! Great prompt. I guess Raise A Glass started me thinking about wine dark seas and I just started with the little dragon being the North arrow and drew from there.

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A fantastical map showing treacherous ice, dragons and humorous elements such as Delta Badrem, No Trouble Atoll and various other features such as No Dragons Here and Ramsar site.

Zooming in and putting it in the sunlight the ink has a pleasing dark gold, almost bronze shimmer.

The pen and ink stand has a bottle of 'Raise A Glass' ink and a dip pen on it. In front a Lego minifig of a lighthouse captain holds a compass and telescope with a Lego element that could be a map on the tablecloth next to him.

Drawesome Drawtober on Dreamwidth No.24 Forgotten Things

Content Notes: Well a bit of a bonus today. Firstly thanks to @Steveg58 for the suggestion of a dragon settling down for so long it became part of the landscape and forgotten by people, because I needed inspiration. And it's a special day, we have two inks, because today was the Pelikan Hub event, and Pelikan kindly gave registered attendees a bottle of the year's ink, which you can see below. It's a bright one!

It's Apricot Achat in the Eidelstone range. The other ink is the 24th ink the inkvent calendar that I'm nearly at the end of, Sugar Snap - it was the 2023 calendar and I think there were some beauties in it!

So without further Ado, here we are, not wonderful photos tonight but I'm a bit tuckered now.

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A person is enjoying a snack, whilst being unaware that the hillside upon which they are sitting is a dragon, who has just been woken by the scent of the black forest cake. Drawn in green and orange.

Just a change of light angle to show the silvery glint in the green.

An inkstand carries two 3d printed pens and a bottle of Sugar Snap from Diamine. To the right a big bottle of Apricot Achat from Pelikan

Looking forward to #PelikanHub2025 in #Fremantle tonight!

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Drawtober Prompt No.23 Undersea
And in what is starting to be in the grand tradition of using an Inkvent Calendar during one of these challenges Diamine has presented me with the standard ink "Fireside Snug" which I think is about as far as you can get from an Undersea prompt.

However this thing just started drawing itself with the dip pen, and when you think about the colour of some of the kelp you get around here it all falls into place, so, my friends, let me present to you the:

"Giant Kelpy Seadragon. This large and cryptically adapted dragon is no relation to the Leafy Seadragon being much bigger and no relation to the pipefish at all. They can be found anywhere there are large stands of kelp, particularly favouring the larger species like Giant Kelp.

Their cryptic colouration and fronds lets them ambush their prey, usually fish. There is no evidence that the resident Giant Kelpy Seadragon took Prime Minister Harold Holt although residents say that the creature was 'unusually agitated at the time' for reasons unknown.

Calls to destroy the beast were shouted down by locals and conservationists, and Finnigan, as the beast was affectionately known, was a popular attraction for many years before starting a migration to the Sargasso Sea in 1973 where the species is believed to spawn. What happened to Finnigan after this is unknown."

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A massive seeming water dragon, its back festooned with camouflaging kelp like growths line art, drawn in reddish brown ink.

A bottle of Fireside Snug ink which is a reddish orange, with a dip pen, and a Lego navigation marker.

Look!! My new book!! :artaww: More preview photos and thoughts at https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/6785241

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Hand holding the haiku ink book, showing off the cover with colourful ink splashes and ink brush hand-written cover text with many illustrated drops of ink raining down: "haiku ink - poetry & art by Maiji/Mary Huang".

Drawtober Prompt No.22 Celestial

Content Notes: I went back to the nib that gave me no trouble and it was such a relief. Today's ink is Diamine's 'Tinsel' and a fine ink it is indeed, even sparkling for the camera in the late afternoon sunshine.

A Celestial Dragon of some sort is making some galaxies and stuff, as you do.

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Line art in red ink, of a dragon swimming through the cosmos, puffing galaxies into existence. The dragon is drawn more in the Eastern tradition, and around it there are planets and galaxies and swirling gases.

A close up of the line art, done in a rich red ink, with a silvery gold sparkle.

A bottle of Diamine Tinsel ink sits on a stand, and beside it sits a Lego minifriend Aliya with a star chart showing Orion. Some Lego accessories of a star, comet and Galaxy are also present, and Aliya is holding binoculars.

Drawtober 2025 No.21 Rhythm

Content notes: I got so, so frustrated with the nib that I was using, it just wouldn't flow properly, I had to keep dipping and tapping and it would pool in the nib but not at the tip and threaten to get all over everything at once and I'm still really grumpy about it.

But. The ink is really pretty, it's Tranquility from Diamine and it's a lovely purple, and as if to try to make up for the nib it showed off some of its Chameleon sparkle for the camera.

I'm so grumpy though, I need cheering up. *So, I need a caption for this picture.*

If you're not familiar with why it is this Rhythm Band is in such peril ask in the comments.

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#Dune #Sandworm

Line and wash art in a beautiful purple ink a rhythm and blues band traverse Dune, Arrakis, the Desert Planet. Unfortunately for them, they are a Rhythm and Blues band, and Sietch Tabr where they have the gig, is some way away. A giant sandworm is about to be their audience.

A closeup of where the sandworm is erupting from the sand, catching a little chameleonic shine amongst the purple.

All the focus is on Animal from the Muppet band and his drum kit, standing on the rear corner of the ink stand. The Tranquility Ink and a dip pen are featured, also Janice minifig with a guitar, a minifig unicorn saxophonist completes the trio, and a lute and guitar lego instruments are lying about.

I love the evocative prompt so thank you to whoever had that idea! The ink is a chameleon shimmer from Diamine called Astral, and I even managed to get you a hint of its sparkle. As is usual drawn straight ink to paper so any mistakes we all just have to live with.

This page turned out to be more writing than drawing but I thought it was in keeping with being the diary entry of some off-planet amateur archaeologist surveying an intriguing site with a helpful local guide.

Here's a transcript in case you can't read my writing.

***
Desert Ruin.

There was not a lot to see.

My guide gestured. "Here we are."
Amongst the sand there were a few scattered stones, probably parts of some walls. But the main item was a dark stone statue half buried in the sand. Upright, large eyed and winged, although one was broken, the tip lying next to the sculpture.

"Thank you." I said to the guide. "Did the ancients look like this, do you think?"

A snort was my reply. "No one know what they looked like. They made us what we are, gave us intelligence and language but didn't deign to leave us with thumbs. All we have is an oral tradition of powerful beings."

I put down a survey marker. "Do you mind helping me?"

My guide flicked an ear. "You're paying me. And you made sure I can get the saddle off if I need to."

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This is a line art drawing, to the left is a large, saddled Kangaroo Mouse like creature, gesturing. It doesn't have bridle or reins, and is not restrained. Attached to its saddle is a large gourd presumably full of water.

In front of it a human is walking among the stone and bricks that are scattered in the sand, looking at a statue about twice their height. The statue has both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic properties, and a broken wing.

Beneath the drawing is some writing, but you can read that in the body of the main post. Any problems, let me know.

A crumpled tissue with a splodge of Astral ink, which looks black, with a shimmer of mostly gold, that can catch the light with other colours.

A bottle of Diamine Astral ink sits on a holder, with a couple of Lego stars and a dip pen with a purple handle.

Back here again from #Dreamwidth and the #Drawesome community's take on artistic October with their Drawtober prompts. These are suggested by the community and they are a lot of fun.
If you click on https://drawesome.dreamwidth.org/tag/drawing+challenge+74+-+drawtober+2025 you'll be able to see the other members' works as well.

Today's prompt is No.19 - Flutter.
Dip pen and nib, the ink is Diamine's Cinnabun which is warm and very good to work with - smooth and rich. Usual, no pencil, no rubbing out. These psuedodragons are inspired by the real life Draco volans that has extended rib structures that enable it to glide.
One of the creatures has caught a dragonfly, and is unwilling to share with its companion.

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A small dragon like creature flips its head up, it's caught a dragon fly on its tongue and another creature of the same species is showing interest. Long and scaled, and with protruding ribs ala Draco volans a bit.

Against the back drop of a shell themed tablecloth a Cinnabun ink bottle sits upon an inkstand, with a dip pen, and a tiny Lego butterfly in blue.

Drawtober Day 18 and the prompt is Daydream.

Dip pen, usual, just straight pen to paper. An exercise in doodling and daydreaming, I don't know what other people daydream about but my mind took me to the sun and the moon, to rainbows and opinicus and unicorns and dragons and dinosaurs and numbats and sailboats, just sketching away in Diamine's Buck's Fizz chameleon ink. The photo doesn't do the tangerine hue justice, and the sparkle isn't picked up either. Huh, tangerine dream...

Anyway, a fun one, and pretty much just daydreaming on paper.

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The Sun is smiling, there's a brachiosaur, the moon, a sailboat,a rainbow, a numbat, stars and unicorn, dragon, opinicus and flowers and butterflies all in a tangerine coloured ink. Tangerine dream I guess?

Dark blue Lego panel, with stars in background, in the foreground the bottle of Buck'sFizz ink dominates on the stand, while the dip pen leans in the midground.

Content Notes: Dip pen and nib, the ink is Diamine's Lavender Frost, a dark grey purple with a nice silver sparkle, which miracle, I managed to capture a little of. Meanwhile, a few type 61's get squashed by the squash, in the finest tradition of TOHO's SDF ,and Tokyo tower which I had to truncate a bit is awaiting its fate. We've been watching a lot of TOHO lately, does it show?

The giant mutated squash couldn't help it if it woke up feeling seedy.

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A few type 61 tanks are squashed in finest Toho SDF tradition as a giant marrow rampages across Tokyo.

Close up of text No.17 'Squashed' showing the sparkle in the ink.

Diamine's Lavender Frost ink sits on a stand with a dip pen.

Drawtober Prompt No.16

Dip pen and nib, the ink is Diamine's Merry and Bright shimmer, which I couldn't get to shimmer for you. The bits that do shimmer are gold against the green but it's a subtle one. Usual, no pencil, no rubbing out, and just something that vaguely came out of my head. I probably should've looked at some references. But why start now?

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A blue enamelled crab ornament in front of a stand with a dip pen, with Diamine's Merry and Bright ink on it.

A ray like creature is buried in the sand, its eyes visible, there's seagrass around and a tiny crab crawling on the ray.

Week one of Platinum Carbon Black in my new Pelikan M405 has gone exceedingly well, even with the extra fine nib. It is such a lovely pen!

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Drawtober 2025 Prompt 15. Glitter.

Dip pen and nib, the ink is Diamine's Walnut. Usual ink straight to paper. And while it is a perfectly servicable drawing ink, a dark sepia - it is an unfortunate ink to come up in the inkvent calendar on the day that Glitter is the prompt. *sigh* So it's the first prompt that I feel I have not really stepped up to the plate properly in execution. The deadly glitter I was imagining in this basilisk's eye I don't think really comes across. Maybe if I put a wash over everything except the eye? But I wasn't brave enough to do it.

Well maybe it doesn't really mean it. My basilisk/cockatrice usually wear sunglasses anyway because they tend to be friendly types.
The people at my Community Shed's art group burst into laughter when I referred to it as a killer chook.

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