“Every day I become a better user." “Thank you for your continued participation." Building a better tomorrow… We marched into the future, singing our own liquidation notices. #AI #AGI #promptengineering #darkart #dystopian

“Something followed me home. I let it stay.” #lovecraftian #cosmichorror #darkart #penandinkart

In the park this afternoon, taking in the sunshine and neighbors passing by, a welcome respite from unemployment and life’s challenges. #art #beauty #love #trust #faith

Inspired by the poem “Peace Proposal”, by Shel Silverstein, which I happened to come across today (and read) at a poetry reading.

“little fluffy clouds” ☁️ — a personal tribute to the classic by The Orb #littlefluffyclouds #theorb #90spsychedelia #ambienthouse #theorbsadventuresbeyondtheultraworld

#beammeupscotty 👽

“we can never go home again” — micron / bimoji brush pen, white gel pen; digital coloring.

“memento mori” 3/29/26 💀 #mementomori #penandink #inkart #skullart #death

Some complimentary art in commemoration of today. Good turnout at the No Kings rally here. Hopefully in your neighborhood as well. Refuse to accept this as normal. It is anything but. Fight back, with your voice and your vote. #nokings #nokingsday #nokingsinamerica

The reactor was damaged in the crash, and with it the emergency beacon. With no hope of rescue, he leaned against the tree, listened to the soft wind, noticed the blooming flowers bathed in the lunar glow of twin moons above. There were worse ways to go, he thought, and he was profoundly grateful.

“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead.” — Ernest Hemingway “I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Is it PET SMART? or PETS MART? — in celebration of Ben Lapidus for asking THE question — and brightening these dark days with a little humor. 😺 youtube.com/shorts/lyeFM... #petsmart #isitpetsmartorpetsmart #benlapidus

“Our opponents join with warmongers and neocons to wage endless wars, these wars that never end.” 💀 “I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars.” 💀 “I am the first president in modern times to start no new wars.” 💀 — Donald Trump (2024) #notrump #nobullshit #nowar

Spooky art done. Catharsis achieved. Maybe something pretty next … 🤔

Reposting in light of today’s environmental news. 💀 #climatechangeisreal #theclockisticking

we live in scary times 💀

So it’s #portfolioday — I don’t have much of a portfolio to speak of. Wish I could do this for a living but 🤷‍♂️ … big fan of horror, sci-fi, Tolkien, Lovecraft, and heavy metal. Usually don’t get too political but, such are the times. Enjoy. ✍️

“As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood.” — Jim Henson #art #creativity #imagination #persistence #hope

“shelter” - micron pen / ink, white gel pen, brush pen

2025 is looking a little worse for wear, but hey, if you’re reading this, we’re here and we’re alive. Wishing everyone a better and brighter, and (maybe, hopefully?) happier 2026. 🙂✌️❤️ #newyear #happynewyear #wemadeit #bye2025 #hello2026

“sunset” (last weekly prompt of the year from @inktober) #inktobersunset2025 #inktober

“Elves of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!” 💣💀🔥 #theelvesareunionizing

"Another world is possible; another world is necessary; another world is happening” “the only way for us to survive is by taking care of one another" — Grace Lee Boggs #life #art #love #beauty #hope #resist

“ramen break” - micron pen, white gel pen, ohuhu alcohol markers, waterbrush — 8.5x11” #penandink #scifiart #ramen #ramenlover #mechs

“portal” - micron pens + colored pencil #penandink #inkart #tapintothereal

Last page / drawing in my sketchbook, started in 2022(!) — ending on a quiet, contemplative note… ✍️ #books #reading #justreading #tolkien #fantasy #dragons #penandink #inkdrawing

“skullfarmacology” - 💀 - Micron 005 + 01 pens #darkart #skullart #lovecraftian #arachnophobic

In addition to everything else, he loves cats, and our new FIrst Lady is an artist. 🙂

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🎃 #halloween #happyhalloween #trickortreat #scary #spooky #pumpkin #pumpkinseason

Inktober 2025 - 10/31 - “Award” #inktober #inktober2025 #inktoberday31 #inktoberaward #inktoberchallenge #proverbs16v18

Inktober 2025 - 10/30 - “Vacant” #inktober #inktober2025 #inktoberday30 #inktobervacant #inktoberchallenge #sexpistols #prettyvacant #johnnyrotten #sidvicious #nevermindthebollocks

Inktober 2025 - 10/29 - “Lesson” #inktober #inktober2025 #inktoberday29 #inktoberlesson #inktoberchallenge

Inktober 2025 - 10/28 - “Skeletal” #inktober #inktober2025 #inktoberday28 #inktoberskeletal

Inktober 2025 - 10/27 - “Onion” #inktober #inktober2025 #inktoberday27 #inktoberonion #inktoberchallenge

Inktober 2025 - 10/26 - “Puzzling” #inktober #inktober2025 #inktoberday26 #inktoberpuzzling #inktoberchallenge

Inktober 2025 - 10/25 - “Inferno” #inktober #inktober2025 #inktoberday25 #inktoberinferno #inktoberchallenge

Inktober 2025 - 10/24 - “Rowdy #inktober #inktober2025 #inktoberday24 #inktoberrowdy #inktoberchallenge

Last month I had the opportunity to visit and make street photography in Chicago for the first time.

Inktober 2025 - 10/23 - “Firefly” #inktober #inktober2025 #inktoberfirefly #inktoberchallenge #firefly #fireflies #lightningbugs #summer #childhood

Inktober 2025 - 10/22 - “Button” If this appears rushed, it’s because I mistook tomorrow’s prompt for today’s and ended up knocking out both in one evening. #inktober #inktober2025 #inktoberbutton #inktoberchallenge #buttonyourlip

Inktober 2025 - 10/21 - “Blast” Before Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” (2023), there was a movie called ‘Fat Man and Little Boy’ (1989), directed by Roland Joffe. This memorable image of Oppenheimer comes from the latter. #inktober #inktober2025 #inktober21 #inktoberblast #oppenheimer #trinity

Inktober 2025 - 10/20 - “Rivals” #inktober #inktober2025 #inktoberrivals #inktoberchallenge #batman #joker

Inktober 2025 - 10/19 - “Arctic” “An arctic expedition discovers something under the ice … something BIG. Something very, VERY PISSED OFF.” #inktober #inktober2025 #inktober19 #inktoberarctic #lovecraftian #horror

“No Kings in Queens” was fantastic!

Inktober 2025 - 10/18 - “Deal” #inktober #inktober2025 #inktober18 #inktoberdeal