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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 21h

Are you sad that #inktober is over! Well, me too! Here's my entry for day 31, 'flex'. I'm pretty chuffed that I did a drawing for every day of the month.... some better than others, to be sure. Let's not be too sad, though. More art is around the corner! Thanks […] [Original post on ohai.social]

A rough sketch of an October calendar, but the month name says Inktober. Every month has a checkmark!

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/10/2026

It’s #inktober day 30, here’s Cookie Monster! I’m already thinking ahead to November. Maybe #johnsingersargeantvember?

A hasty sketch of the Cookie Monster enjoying a chocolate chipper

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/10/2026

It's #inktober day 29, and the word today is "Tusk", so here's a so-so sketch of Polish president Donald Tusk. (The Poles have a Donald T. president, and so do I. Theirs may not be perfect, but mine is worse than gargling thumbtacks.) Behind him is an outline of […] [Original post on ohai.social]

A hasty sketch of Donald Tusk. Behind him is an outline of Poland, filled in with a black-and-white version of the Polish flag.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2026

For #inktober day 28, the word is 'trophy'. For complicated reasons, I'm doing a late version of #portraitchallenge from a few weeks back. Catherine Howard was treated as worse than a trophy wife by Henry VIII. He wanted her to be remembered as a traitor, but […] [Original post on ohai.social]

A digital drawing of Holbein's portrait of Catherine Howard

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2026

It's #inktober day 27, and the word today is 'dumb', so here's Dumbo!

Dumbo is flying! Timothy the mouse is riding in his cap, and his crow buddies are flying with him, too.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2026

For #inktober day 26, the word is 'zip', and I drew a map collage thing of the 97405 zip code (the sweet alfalfa fields of my youth).

On a white background, large bold numbers 97405 are filled in with a map.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

Happy #inktober, day 25! Our word today is 'fracture', and for a reference I used a Norman Rockwell painting of a couple arguing about the 1920 election. normanrockwell.com/asset/man-and-wo…

A young man and woman sit back to back on a footstool, looking upset and distrustful. He holds a newspaper, she holds a pamphlet.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2026

For #inktober day 24, the word is 'bake', and I phoned in this quick sketch of Mel and Sue from the original Great British Bake-Off. Mel in particular looks like a grey zombie, and for that I'm very sorry.

A dastardly sketch of two women in jackets about to yell, "BAKE!"

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

It's #inktober day 23, and for 'dapper' I'm doing a portrait of beloved Armenian/Russian actor Frunzik Mrktchyan, who was part of #PortraitChallenge a few weeks ago. This fella was crazy handsome!

A digital drawing of a handsome young actor with a prominent nose wearing a nice suit.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

Happy #inktober day 22! Our word today is 'beacon', and I was stuck for quite a while. Bacon? Mavis Beacon? Then I thought of Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue, and thought I could do a sort of tessellation. With him. Why? Art for art's sake! I'm not making a […] [Original post on ohai.social]

Christ the Redeemer's bust is arranged in a many-pointed star formation.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

A low-concept sketch for today's #inktober word, 'hero'. On days I'm uninspired, I take the chance to practice something I'm bad at. Today: strange poses!

Two sketches. In one, a soldier is crouched with another military guy slung over his shoulders. In the second, he's standing and holding his unalert coworker.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

It's #inktober day 20, and the word is 'lounge'. Here's a scene from a movie that came out the year before I was born of some characters hanging out in a Hilton in space.

5 people sit around a table in a long hallway that may be part of an orbital space station.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

It's #inktober day 19, and our word today is 'confused'. I drew, or tried to draw, a confused character from a movie I love. It's more of a charcoal sketch than an ink drawing, and he looks more angry than confused, but trust me....he spends a lot of time in the movie being both.

John Turturro looking at the camera uncertainly.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

It's #inktober day 17, and the word is 'contraption'. Are we all making Rube Goldberg machines?

The word "CONTRAPTION" is manhandled by various equipment, becoming CONTRACTION and finally CONTRACT'N.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

For #inktober day 16, the word is 'gangly', and I went with trying a caricature of Stephen Merchant. I'm pretty new at portraits, let alone caricatures, but this was fun.

A caricature of Stephen Merchant wearing a nice suit. His head, hands and feet have been drawn larger, emphasizing a certain gawkiness.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

#inktober day 15! We're halfway through! So let's say "HOORAY!" Which is the word of the day. I'm actually saying "Who-ray", because Horton hears a Who. (Did you know the Whos down in Whoville were in both Horton Hears A Who and The Grinch Who Stole Christmas?! I never made that connection.)

Horton the elephant is holding a clover. With a magnifying glass, we can see that on the clover little Cindy Lou Who is shouting WHO-RAY!

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

It's #inktober day 14, and today the word is 'lady'. Here's something based on a Mucha print!

A woman in an exotic headdress is surrounded by leaf and flower motifs.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

For #inktober day 13, I was supposed to do 'flimsy'. I had no ideas. But flimsy is sort of like film-see, and well... here we are.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

For #inktober day 12, the word is 'toss'. I started out wanting to draw a discus thrower, but that felt played out. How about shot put! This is Chasey Jackson, a world champion female shot putter, who has a lot of tattooes and is generally tough and lively as […] [Original post on ohai.social]

A woman is in the midst of throwing a shot put.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

It's #inktober day 11, and the word today is 'rescue'. I was confused about how to draw the ocean, but if I was starting over I wouldn't do it this way 😄

A b/w drawing of a nighttime ocean scene. The moon shines on the water. A lighthouse in the distance. A swimming person in the foreground waves to a small boat coming towards him.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

It's #inktober day 10, the word today is 'mystical'. This is thankfully one of the last Very Grey entries I'll make, the next few days are more old-fashioned and inkylicious.

Two hands are lit by a large central candle. A male winged creature flies up from below, as if summoned.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Today's #inktober day 9, and the word is Ram. Wasn't too interested in drawing four-footers or digital memory, so I drew Ram(a) from a Javanese dance performance of the Ramayana.

A hunter in elaborate clothing is in mid-pose.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

it's #inktober day 8, and the word is 'stinky'. I like this one, but I'm realizing that doing pictures with all these flat shades of grey is kind of dull. What a shocker, eh? So there will be less of that in future days...

In a forested bog, a big slime blob is using a tiny perfume sprayer to freshen up. It's having a great time!

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

#inktober day 6, and the word is “ogre”. Here’s a Dunemaul Skirmisher, live from the shattered world of Outland.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

It's #inktober day 5, and the word is 'smack'. This made me think of Michael Rosen's famous quip about enjoying potatoes.

Michael Rosen smiling. The caption says: SMACK! .....nice

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

It's #inktober day 3, and the prompt today is "miniature".

A black and white drawing of a very small easel being drawn on by a large artist

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

It's #inktober day 2, and the word is 'relic'. This is the Arm Reliquary of Charlemagne, held in Aachen Cathedral since 1481.

A black and white drawing of a hand atop a vertical cylinder. Light shines down from above, creating a flower-shaped pool of light. A black panel in the cylinder vaguely shows the outline of arm bones.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

It's #inktober! I'm aiming to do 20 of the 31 days so I can skip a few days if I can't get into the prompt. Today's word is 'apple'; this is from a detail of a painting of Atalanta by Guido Reni.

A black and white drawing of a woman's hand holding an apple.

A woman bends down to pick up an apple that a man has thrown to distract her

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

This is a polished draft of my version of a photo by Bob Gruen of The Clash playing in Boston in 1979. One of the best rock photos I know of, but maybe that’s cuz I love the band so much. #digitalart #theclash

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

My first try at the #PortraitChallenge is of St. Francis and his bird pals.

St. Francis, in a brown robe, surrounded by blue birds

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Siiiiick burn from "A Well-willer" in 1674, slamming men who lazed around uselessly in coffee shops. archive.org/details/bim_early-engli…

Never did Men wear greater Breeches, or carry less in them of any Mettle whatsoever.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

Squeaking in a drawing for August. I fell in love with this engraving, and wanted to remake it for a birthday card I’m working on. Crazy to imagine how much work is involved in carving all those lines….! piaille.fr/@S_ONE/117061132502535850

A futuristic tower emerges from a rock pillar into an orange sky. Birds circle it, and clouds swirl about.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

A question for @andrewreed, but all y'all are welcome to answer!

IDENTIFY THE ACTOR BASED ON THEIR
3 MOST POPULAR MOVIES ON LETTERBOXD
Alien, Avengers, The Godfather Part II.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Cats I saw while out on a walk. Two were shy and ran away, the one in front bravely ignored my entreaties to snuggle.

An empty grassy residential lot, with three black cats sitting in a row.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

Working on a birthday card for a friend, and these are the basically-finished drawings. (Alt text: 3 ballerinas and a ballarino!)

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026

Would this LJB book title surprise you, really?

An altered cover of a Lillian Jackson Braun book: The Cat who Smelt it, Dealt it

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

Making a mess of a portrait of Flannery O’Connor as a young woman. More importantly, it’s one of the few pictures I’ve ever seen of her looking stern, not warm and happy. I’m glad she was happy in real life, but hooooooboooy her short stories are grim (read […] [Original post on ohai.social]

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

The ambassador to England from Spain, writing home in 1583, baffled, about a gender-fluid situation. www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state…

I cannot help mentioning a very strange thing that has happened in this country, as I am assured by very trustworthy persons. In a place called Beaumaris, in the province of Chester, there is a hermaphrodite, who has hitherto chosen to dress as a man, and, as such, was married and had children. A few months ago, however, he changed his functions and is now pregnant. It seems contrary to nature that he should both conceive and engender as well.— London, 4th June 1583.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

I'm crazy about the open ocean, and all the patterns that the waves get up to when nobody's interfering with them. This is based on a photo I found online. I also had to take a big chill pill and accept that this was going to take me forever, and I had to slow […] [Original post on ohai.social]

We are far out to sea. Ocean waves take up 2/3rds of the frame, and puffy clouds can be seen poking over the top.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

This is based on a 1977 photo from @roadside of maybe ...a retirement home? ohai.social/@roadside@tech.intersec… It was obviously going to be a challenge, and I was super impatient at first. But once I calmed down, did some better […] [Original post on ohai.social]

The dusky interior of a retirement home. Light floods in via a window two rooms away, but is absorbed by the old furniture.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

Here’s a jolly little duck, who is for some reason averse to getting wet. Unlike everything else I draw, this was done with no references at all, which is why it has the artistic depth of a bent 1/4 teaspoon! #illustration #digitalart

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026

This is one of my favorite drawings of the year so far. I learned a lot from it, mostly about what a genius John Singer Sargent was. #art #illustration #digitalart

Same picture as before, but with more jewels on her robes, and less deathly skin tones.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026

Work in Progress, based on a John Singer Sargent portrait of Lady Macbeth.

A woman in green, blue and purple robes holds a crown above her head

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

My version of a Hasui Kawase woodblock print. I’ll post the original in a sec, it’s amazing.

Mt Fuji dominates the image. In the foreground, foothills and farms spread out.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026

A copy of a photo of a ceramic tile by an artist I follow, Nagihan Seymour.

A drawing of a ceramic tile with red and blue flowers on it. In the background are brushes and tiles in progress.

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Uncle Vinny @uncle-vinny.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026

I saw this amazing photo from @wabisabimind the other day, and like a maniac I wanted to draw it. This is about half done, but I dunno if I’ll keep working on it more. I learned a lot from what I did so far, but it’s kind of disorienting. 😄 mastodon.social/@wabisabimind/11655…

A foggy mountain scape in cool blues, with a radiant orange and yellow and purple sky. The sun is peeping through the clouds.

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