Day 24: bat eared fox Less than a week to go! I’m honestly going to be a bit glad when it’s over I think. Whilst I love inktober it does take up a heck of a lot of time! Bat eared foxes are small foxes wi...

Day 23: Sea Pen

Is it a quill? Is it a feather? Nope! It’s a sea pen!

In a similar way in which corals live in colonies, the sea pen is a group of invertebrates marine animals that live around a central ...

Day 22: Malagasy Leaf Nosed Snake Into the final stretch!! How’s everyone still going with their inktober prompts? Today’s animal is the Malagasy leaf nosed snake, endemic to Madagascar they are a pretty ...

Day 21; goblin shark A super simplified goblin shark for today. Goblin sharks live in deep water and are the only extant species left in their scientific family which dates back to 125 million years ago, ...

Remember my whale shark illustrations from a couple months ago? Well I sent them to be made into eco friendly stickers so I could check quality and they came back and are so beautiful! I was so sad having...

Day 20; pink fairy armadillo Only 11 days left to go!! I’m definitely finding this challenge to be, well challenging, even though I prepped my sketches in advance! Today’s animal is the pink fairy armadil...

Day 19: Hairy frogfish This was a hard one to do in black and white!! The hairy frogfish, despite its name, is not hairy at all but has thin spines that resemble hair. They use their lure, as all types of...

Day 18; Spoonbill/shoebill When I made my first prompt list for inktober I didn’t proofread it super well and it wasn’t until a couple weeks later that I realised I had written “spoonbill” instead of “sho...

It seems it’s art vs artist time again so here’s my grid. It’s strange to see how much this has changed from the last time I did one of these! Hope you have an excellent Friday, folks! What are you up to ...

Day 17; Vampire squid One of my all the fave animals today! The vampire squid. The webbing between its tentacles gives it a cape like appearance and they’re covered in photo pores which, in deep sea, pro...

Day 16: Chinese Water Deer A day late but honestly I’m surprised I’ve been keeping up this long 😂. The Chinese water deer is quite similar to the tufted deer from earlier in the prompt list - but without ...

Day 15! Halfway through already!! Anyone else feeling like this month is flying by?! Won’t lie - the spider crab is one of my least favourite animals. Spiders freak me out anyways (yes I know they’re good ...