Inktober ‘26.1-5 (five pack 29 + Amusing Ourselves to Death + Cookbooks)

I wasn’t going to Inktober this year, but then I thought it might be fun to use the sumi ink I bought three years ago. So I had my gimmick—real ink. , This concept came easily, with the “a” in the shape of an apple. Brush cursive is always an old standby as a reasonable default. , I tried using a rustic roman hand for Relic but it didn’t look good at all, so I came back to brush cursive for this piece as well. , I not happy with my metal nib cursive, but stretching out the distance between the letters gave miniature some room to breathe. Even so, I appreciate the nice comments on the Gettysburg Address a couple of months ago. Pointed nib cursive is on the list for a long term practice effort, along with black letter. , Cramming letters together is another go-to move, as with this Cactus. , Same here, but in this case, I “zoomed out” to make the smack feel small. , By the way, I’m also back on Instagram this year. I stopped using IG because I was appalled by some of Meta’s general…