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Sam Douglass

@sdouglass.bsky.social

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Musician, programmer, occasional comic drawer. Current admin of 25+ yr old online songwriting competition and community Song Fight! https://songfight.org/ Senior staff software engineer at Pandora.

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Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 18h

Drawings, night 20! This time I looked at today's #inktober #inktober2025 prompt, "Rivals", and noticed I hadn't used the prompt right above it, "Arctic", so I decided to combine them.

A comic drawn like a screen from the original "Mortal Kombat" game but with a polar bear versus a walrus.

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SONG FIGHT! @songfight.bsky.social · 1d

Next fight: "No Kings" Due: 10/29/2025 09:59AM PDT (Optional challenge: Stick it to the man) yourbandname_nk.mp3 sent to [email protected]

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mo @mzmo.bsky.social · 2d

I wish someone would ask Trump every day in pressers about his social media AI videos, but the gag is that the reporter can't tell they are AI, so it's like "Sir, how are you feeling after all that explosive diarrhea from a fighter jet? Did they have to specially outfit the jet with toilet doors?"

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Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 1d

I assumed you were making that up. Then I Googled it. WTF?! 🤣🤣🤣

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 1d

19th night of drawing silly stuff in October, 2025! I confess I amused myself a lot with this idea for the #botober #botober2025 prompt for today: "grated pan".

A three-panel comic strip.
Panel 1: Peter Pan, standing on the left, says, "Hi! I'm Peter Pan!" Pan, a satyr-like figure holding a flute, stands on the right and replies, "Hi! I'm just Pan." Peter Pan asks, "What are we doing here?" Pan replies with a shrug, "No idea!"
Panel 2: A human hand on the left and a cheese grater on the right rapidly approach Peter Pan and Pan, who both look shocked. Pan says, "What the?!"
Panel 3: The hand on the left is grating Peter Pan with the cheese grater, causing bits to fall out. Pan stands on the right, looking horrified with his arms raised, shouting, "Ahhhhhhhh!!!"
Below the panels, the large caption reads, GRATED PAN.

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Jonathan H. Liu @jonathanhliu.bsky.social · 1d

#Etchtober Day 19

Today's prompt: "a skeleton with one hand holding up head-sized jack-o-lantern with a skull carved into it (a la Hamlet)," requested by Tess.

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Pocket Etch-a-Sketch drawing: a skeleton wearing a striped doublet with puffy sleeves, one hand on its chest, holds up a small pumpkin with a skull-like Jack-o'-lantern face.

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Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 2d

18th night of silly October drawings, 2025 edition! I used one of the fun weird #botober #botober2025 prompts from earlier in the month.

A seven-panel comic. Row 1: A farmer plants a seed, then waters the seed, then a small sprout appears. Row 2: The sprout grows slightly larger, the farmer smiles while looking at it, then the farmer is shown holding a small object. Row 3: A large, glowing jar labeled "GROUND MAYONNAISE" is shown.

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 3d

Night 17, starting the second half of drawing every day in October 2025! Not much gas in the tank tonight so I hastily made this simple drawing for "Spooky Kitty", today's #drawlloween #drawlloween2025 prompt. I'll try to get back to making dumb jokes tomorrow.

A drawing with "SPOOKY" across the top and "KITTY" across the bottom in spooky lettering (with some jagged and some drippy edges) and in the middle a simple line drawing of two cat eyes.

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 4d

Night 16 of silly drawings in October 2025! More than halfway through! I realized there was something I hadn't done yet this month, and tied that in to the #inktober #inktober2025 prompt for today, "blunder".

A hand-drawn comic titled **"SOCIAL BLUNDERS"** split into four panels, illustrating various faux pas:
1. **"WRONG FORK"**: A drawing of a place setting (plate, knife, two forks) with a stick figure arm reaching for the wrong fork.
2. **"IMMODESTY"**: A stick figure with open arms shouting "Look at me!"
3. **"HAT INDOORS"**: A stick figure wearing a top hat standing inside a room.
4. **"RUDE NOISES"**: A stick figure farting ("TOOT!!") in the middle of being introduced to his girlfriend's parents by his girlfriend.

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 5d

Drawing silly stuff in October 2025. Night 15, starting off week 3. Tonight I drew inspiration from the #botober #botober2025 prompt "bear spice" for this pretty random comic.

A hand-drawn four-panel comic titled "SPICE GIRLS REBOOT AUDITIONS."
* **Panel 1:** **PUMPKIN SPICE** is a female stick figure with a pumpkin for a head, wearing a simple dress and high-heeled boots.
* **Panel 2:** **OLD SPICE** is a female stick figure with messy hair and glasses, wearing a simple dress and high-heeled boots.
* **Panel 3:** **THE SPICE** is a large cartoony, tooth-filled sandworm from *Dune*, emerging from the ground.
* **Panel 4:** **BEAR SPICE** is a large, growling bear standing on its hind legs.

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 6d

October 2025 silly drawings, night 14! I may be in a mid-month slump. This is what I came up with for today's #spooktober #spooktober2025 prompt "pits".

Comic titled "PITS" with a flower on the left and a flying fly on the right. The comic shows two axes, a vertical axis ranging from "BARE" at the top and "HAIRY" at the bottom, and a horizontal axis ranging from "FRESH" on the left to "FUNKY" on the right. In the upper left is a simple drawing of a person's neck, shoulder, upper arm, armpit, and side of their torso. In the upper right is the same drawing but with a few stink lines emanating from the armpit and a couple flies drifting near it. Lower left is the same drawing but with lots of very long curly hairs coming out of the armpit, with flowers growing out of the hair. Bottom right is the same drawing but with even more longer curly hairs, with long wavy stink lines all over and lots of flies drifting around.

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 7d

Silly drawings of October 2025! For night 13 I was inspired by the prompt "drink" from #inktober #inktober2025. This is a rare case where I actually spent way too _much_ time on this, especially considering I didn't really land the joke as well as I'd hoped.

Comic titled "DRINK." Three stick-figure friends are shown in a single narrative about a night of drinking. It begins with two friends pressuring the other to drink. The two friends chant "Drink! Drink!" a long time. Eventually they stop and look concerned that their friend is still drinking. One of them says "Um, dude..." The comic ends with the two friends screaming as the drinking friend's every orifice starts spraying out beer.

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 8d

Making silly drawings in October 2025. Night 12! Not my finest work here for the #inktober #inktober2025 prompt "Shredded" but that's just how it goes sometimes. At least it's done!

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 9d

Night 11 of silly drawings October 2025! Tonight I went for today's #spooktober #spooktober2025 prompt "torment" and some autobiographical content.

A comic captioned "Every night in October" across the top. 1) A drawing of a stick figure with baggy eyes saying "So tired!" 2) A drawing of the stick figure looking frustrated holding a pen and a piece of paper saying "Must draw!" 3) A drawing of the stick figure throwing its hands up in frustration saying "No ideas!" Bottom caption is the word "Torment" in a large spooky blood dripping font

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 10d

Hey, it's "silly drawings every day in October 2025" night 10 tonight! Joy! Tonight I was inspired by today's #spooktober #spooktober2025 prompt "remote". I've been a remote worker for nearly fie years at this point. I don't love it!

A comic titled "Remote Work". First section titled "What it is like" 1) A stick figured holding a mug 2) The stick figure walking up a staircase 3) The stick figure standing at a standing desk with a laptop on it 4) A laptop with a Zoom meeting on its screen. Second section titled "What it feels like" 1) A stick figure holding a helmet under one arm 2) The stick figured walking up a staircase to board a rocketship 3) The rocketship flying away from the earth 4) The stick figure in a space helmet standing at a floating laptop 5) A laptop with a Zoom meeting on its screen.

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 11d

Night 9 of silly drawings for October 2025! I drove 8 hours today and I'm pretty tapped out so here's a hasty drawing for #inktober #inktober2025 day 1 prompt "Mustache".

Drawing titled "Mustaches" 1) stick figure face with a normal mustache 2) stick figure face with a handlebar mustache 3) stick figure face with a wide zigzagging mustache 4) stick figure face with a handlebar mustache that turns up and goes way up the face 5) stick figure face with a fu manchu mustache 6) stick figured face with a normal mustache except it goes across their whole face 7) stick figure with the full face width mustache it's made up of a bunch of small separate mustaches 8) stick figure with a mustache that goes up and connects with their eyebrows, which also grow together 9) stick figure with giant handlebar mustache that goes out past the sides of their face and look like flexing muscular arms with fists

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 12d

Night 8 of silly October 2025 silly drawings. Since last night I accidentally used today's #inktober #inktober2025 prompt, tonight I used yesterday's prompt, "Starfish".

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 13d

October silly drawings 2025. Night 7! Since I started this drawing after midnight I got confused and used #inktober #inktober2025 prompt "Reckless" for the 8th. I had the idea right away and immediately drew this ink version on the first try because it's late and I need to go to sleep!

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 14d

October 2025 silly drawings night 6!!! Tonight I liked the #inktober #inktober2025 prompt "pierce". This is just a little one tonight.

A comic titled "New ways to PIERCE your face!" 1) A stick figure with an arrow through his head captioned "The Wild & Crazy Guy" 2) A stick figure with its mouth open making its head look like an olive, with a giant cocktail skewer through its head, captioned 'The Martini" 3) A stick figure with a sword in his head captioned "The King Arthur"

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 15d

Night 5 of quick silly October drawings in 2025. I made this for the #drawlloween2025 #drawlloween prompt "Gummy Werebear".

A 6 panel comic. 1) Under a full moon in a cloudy night sky a stick figure exclaims "Oh no! A gummy full moon!" 2) Stick figure alarmed saying "I'm ... changing!" 3) Stick figure screaming with one foot turning into a round soft foot 4) Stick figure screaming with its whole bottom half turned into a round lower half with two round soft feet 5) Stick figure screaming with its torso and arms turned round and soft 6) Stick figure now completely transformed ... into a gummy bear. Bottom caption: "HARIBO Werebears"

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 16d

October drawings 2025 night 4! Tonight I had this goofy idea for the #drawlloween #drawlloween2025 prompt "Creature Teacher".

A 7-panel comic titled "Creature Teacher" (written as if made of drippy slime) 1) A drawing of a stick figure of a teacher wearing glasses holding a ruler pointing at "2 + 2 = __" written on blackboard asking "Who knows this one?" 2) Close of up the teacher asking "Anyone...?" 3) Teacher asking "Wolfboy?" over a drawing of a stick figure wolfman saying "Awoo?" 4) Teacher asking "Kid Mummy?" over a drawing of a stick figure with a mummy head saying "Mmph?" 5) Teacher asking "Young Frankenstein's Monster?" over a drawing of a stick figure Frankenstein's Monster saying "Grrr?" 6) Teacher asking "Tadpole from the Black Lagoon?" over a drawing of a fishbowl with a tadpole in water in the fishbowl saying "Blurp?" 7) Close up of the teacher looking very irritated

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 17d

October daily drawing night 3! Tonight I used the prompt "DOOM" from #spooktober #spooktober2025

A comic titled "DOOM", 8 panels, 2x4 layout 1) Stick figure with head and body made from letters "DOOM" (top to bottom) waving saying "Hi! I'm doom" 2) Same stick figure, not waving, saying "You've probably felt me lurking..." 3) The DOOM stick figure standing to the left with a normal stick figure to the right walking quickly to the right smiling 4) Close up of the normal stick figure frowning and looking over its shoulder with an exclamation mark over its head 5) Just the normal stick figure standing looking back frowning captioned "You turn around..." 6) Close up of the normal stick figure confused with a question mark over its head captioned "... I'm not there" 7) The normal stick figure walking forward smiling again captioned "That's because..." 8) The DOOM stick figure again waving and smiling and saying "... I'm ahead of you"

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 18d

October 2025 drawing silliness, night 2! Tonight I used the #catober #catober2025 prompt "Kelp". Had some quality assurance issues unfortunately but no time to fix them. Doh!

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 19d

Excellent work!

Sam Douglass @sdouglass.bsky.social · 19d

I'm going to attempt to make dumb drawings every day this month! Tonight I used the #botober #botober25 prompt "noodle juice" to make this fake ad for Campbell's Noodle Juice. Thanks Noodle Juice!

An 8-panel comic in a 2x4 grid. 1) Stick figure holding up their phone and staring at it confused, thinking "Hmmmm..." 2) Close up of phone, showing a game called "Mathl" prompting the person to enter the result of the equation "2 + 2" 3) Caption "Stumped?" above stick figure person with motion lines indicating they are nodding their head 4) Caption "You need..." above a metal soup can with the label "Campbell's Noodle Juice" with a spiky polygon around the can 5) Caption "Just pour in ear..." above the stick figure person pouring juice out of the can into a funnel into their ear 6) Caption "And voila!" above a close up of the stick person's face looking incredibly enlightened 7) Close up of phone, showing the person has entered "5" as the result of "2 + 2" with a big X underneath and the worrd "FAIL" 8) Stick figure person smiling and giving a thumbs up saying "Thanks Noodle Juice!"

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