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Eric Orchard

@inkybat.bsky.social

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Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 10h

Inks.

Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 11h

There’s a real temptation to just cover this with hatching but I’m holding back.

Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 12h

Working on the pitch again

Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 13h

Inks for a personal story

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · Jan 8

noseyferatu

6 panel comic, black & white with a *slight* touch of sepia

P1: A window set in a brick wall, its angles all Dutch. Stood before it on the inside of the building --hands against the pane-- is everyone's favourite absolute goblin of a dracula: Nosferatu!

He is staring at us, his lizard-like eyes wide, while his frowning mouth --slightly ajar-- displays a single sharp buck tooth

P2: Nose's eyes open wider, taking on a tall squished oval shape. His mouth bunches up --but does not close-- in horror. His clawed hands move to his right; the left held limply over his chest, while the right is held up and to the top right of his head.

He thinks to himself "ACK! Those neighbours think I'm staring at them..."

P3: In the same position as the previous panel, Nose begins to move to this right, his right hand now slightly out of the frame of the window, and obscured by the outside wall. He thinks "act casual"

P4: Moving further to his right --his right arm now completely out of view-- he continues "Act. Casual."

P5: the window is now empty--

P6: --only for Nose to peek up from the bottom left (our bottom left, mind) of the window, only his wide eyes visible.

Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 16h

I should be drawing my pitch but I’m drawing a personal story instead.

Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 16h

Sketchbook

Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 19h

Working on a comic

Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 19h

Sketchbook

Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you so much Nicole!

Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 22h

Character for a comic.

Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 23h

Thanks so much Amelia!!

Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 23h

Morning!

Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 1d

Sketchbook

Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 1d

Sketchbook

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 1d

10/07/2025

a crude drawing of a trash bin with a large human face sticking out of the top of it, surrounded by trash, with the caption "early testing for the public trash bins with human faces that beg to be fed garbage indicated that most found them too unsettling to use. However, the small number of participants, including some investors, who said they found the bins deeply erotic, and attempted to form romantic relationships with the bins was considered promising enough to continue funding the project."

Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 1d

Hurray! I’m excited

Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna do a complete reread of TinTin now that I’ve finally collected them all.

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 1d

Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay from October 7, 1906.

Nemo and the Princess have gone for a ride on a large elephant. They switch to a car and ride a giant loop and then off a ramp into the sky, while the moon looks on smiling. Before they land, Nemo wakes up in his bed.

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David Melling @mellingart.bsky.social · 1d

Passed someone this morning that prompted this quick warm up. (To be fair she looked nothing like this).
#warmupsketch

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1d

Toad stayed in the bed, and Frog stayed in the closet.

They stayed there for a long time, just feeling very brave together.

Toad hides under his covers and Frog hides in the closet.

From "Dragons and Giants"
In *Frog and Toad Together*

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Pringl @pringl-draws.bsky.social · 1d

#hardtober2025 week one #dance 🖤

Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning! First I want to thumbnail a few pages of my comic.

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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 2d

[David Lynch looking awesome in sunglasses] i hope you all are having a lot of fun working on your favorite projects

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 2d

Studio Ghibli fell in love with this film and gave its director a movie deal. Master animators like Yuri Norstein call it a favorite.

Its name is Father and Daughter, and we've explored its story:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...