One Sketch 198) #inktober2018 - prompt Precious

Enjoy these days, 

My son

For he will grow

Before you know. Remember this, and then

In years to come,

You too can say to him

Enjoy these days,

My son.

Today's Inktober prompt is Precious, and so I couldn't resist sketching my son, holding his son. I wish I was skillfulenough to render just how gorgeous my grandson is. 

One Sketch 197) #inktober2018 Prompt - Star

(To the tune of the Robin Hood theme)

Norrin Rad, Norrin Rad,

Riding through the stars,

Norrin Rad, Norrin Rad

Never goes in bars

Well, I don't recall him ever doing so in the comics. If you're not an aficionado, Norrin Rad was the Surfer's name before he became Galactus' herald. Long story. I first encountered the Silver Surfer when Marvel started reprinting American comics from the 60s in the UK in the mid 70s. I was a fan of Mighty World Of Marvel which featured the Hulk in the lead story, Daredevil in the middle story, and Fantastic Four in the third. The Surfer made his debut in a Fantastic Four serial. If I recall correctly.

One Sketch 196) #inktober2018 Prompt 7 - Exhausted

I am not sleeping,
Not exhausted.
And though I may look slumped
Inert
Listless
I am ready for the chase.
I am merely rehearsing
Death is inevitable
And it is in my gift
To you.

Latest Inktober prompt, and that's probably about all I can say about it.

One Sketch 195) #inktober2018 Prompt 6 - Drooling

I really don't want to be cruel
But think I should say, as a rule
That a collie or lab
Is usually fab
Apart from their terrible drool

I once saw a piece of graffiti which said 'Pavlov's dogs drool, ok?!' Well, it made me laugh, but then I was only a kid at the time, I suppose.

One Sketch 194) #inktober2018 Prompt 5 - Chicken

Run, Colonel, run Colonel, run run run
Fetch a semi-automatic gun, gun, gun
That cock's nuts
And boy he hates your guts
Coz you stuck his mum in a bun, bun, bun.
(with apologies to Noel Gay and Ralph Butler)

I just wanted to do something different rather than just drawing a chicken, and this image popped into my head.

One Sketch 193) #inktober2018 day 4 - Prompt - Spell

A wizard, when casting a spell
Just didn't perform very well
He went with a flash
Leaving nothing but ash,
A bang, and a terrible smell.

Yes, it is based on Christopher Lee as Saruman in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 4th Inktober Prompt, and I just noticed a little earlier that we're rapidly approaching the 200 days mark. Yippee!

One Sketch #192) #inktober2018 Day 3 - Roasted - Roasting Chestnuts

I think that you couldn't rebut
The fact that it must take some guts
To stand in the street
And ask folk to eat
Their fill of your steaming hot nuts

The roast chicken route was just too obvious for this prompt. I did a sketch a couple of months back based on a photo of a chestnuts seller from about a century ago, and I did say then that you could still see chestnut sellers with their braziers in the centre of London when I was a young boy in the late 60s. Unless memory fails me, I think that the last time I saw one would possibly have been New Year's Eve 1981.