Day 6: “Rodent”
![Black ink drawing of a saddled squirrel at the edge of rocks, mounted by a tiny character wearing a helmet.](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1DDA52F4-5BEA-4D1B-8048-B7F91B808914_1_105_c.jpeg)
No mice or rats, and not even gerbils could rival with the itch to interpret a Moebius piece! And since the prompt that day was not giant lizard, I drew a giant squirrel mounted by a desert traveler, using a 0.05 mm black Graphik line maker from Derwent.
Day 7: “Fancy”
![Black ink drawing of Audrey Hepburn wearing a flowery white dress and black high-heel shoes](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2C0BC624-BD79-469B-B721-C11A9C9A3CE2_1_105_c.jpeg)
Ah, the first prompt that was abstract. I don’t mind them too much but they are a bit of a challenge, giving me a “deer in headlights” feeling. So I looked in my library of saved images and searched something striking my fancy, ha ha. Audrey Hepburn in a fancy dress! I noticed that I drew her head too wide, or her body too small, but couldn’t correct it. Oh well. I used a 0.05 mm black Graphik line maker from Derwent and a black Brushpen by Pentel.
Day 8: “Teeth”
![Black ink drawing of a screaming gorilla](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/5C8DD344-8BF3-4234-BAEC-4FEED899BB58_1_105_c.jpeg)
I initially wanted to draw a laughing horse. Or the smiling shark of “Finding Nemo”. I settled for a roaring gorilla that I did in a few minutes, because I could block only little time, and used once again a 0.05 mm black Graphik line maker from Derwent.
Day 9: “Throw”
![Black ink drawing of two judokas, one in black and the other in white. The one in white is throwing the other one to the ground.](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/0E4C41A2-DB27-476E-8A1B-474E01F21ACD_1_105_c-695x1024.jpeg)
I found a beautiful reference photo of judokas and quickly drew it, straight with ink like the others in the series, and botched the left arm of the judoka being thrown, as a result! I used again a 0.05 mm black Graphik line maker from Derwent, and filled the large black areas with the black Pentel Brushpen.
Day 10: “Hope”
![Black ink drawing of a dandelion shedding its seeds in the wind, which turn into birds the farther they get from the flower.](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/A9D93A2A-E66E-4349-8F99-C5F7E5F4721B_1_105_c.jpeg)
Second abstract prompt! But this time there were several themes I considered: a message in a floating bottle, a plant growing out of dry caked desert soil, people of different races holding hands (although I had no idea how I was going to draw this). Finally I chose to draw dandelion seeds flying away as birds. It was more meaningful to me than the other themes, because a friend of mine once told me this was the tattoo her sister had gotten around the time her eldest daughter left home. Children are our hope.