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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 18h

#inktober 2025 Day 20: Rivals!

So much for working together! Things are getting feisty as I don't think the frost giant is very happy to see them...

#inktober2025 #inktober2025rivals #drawing #illustration #comicpage #comicfights

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 1d

#inktober Day 19: Arctic!

What's more arctic than a frost giant? Nothing, I say! Also, they should look behind them...

#inktober2025 #inktober2025arctic #illustration #drawing

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 3d

#inktober Day 18: Deal!

Someone's not happy about being jerked around, but makes another deal because of the ... road ahead. A good idea? We'll see!

#inktober2025 #inktober2025deal #drawing #illustration #comicpage #comics

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 3d

#inktober 2025 Day 17: Ornate!

That is one ornate door, I wonder what is on the other side? Hmmm... surely not more hijinks??

More than halfway! Some fun stuff coming up in the next few pages.

#inktober2025 #inktober2025ornate #drawing #illustration #comics #comicpages

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 4d

#inktober 2025 Day 16: Blunder!

This is one of my favorite pages of the entire story. Apparently trusting the witch was a bad idea!

Halfway through #inktober2025 and here is where it starts getting hard... But can't stop!

#inktober2025blunder #comicbookart #comics #drawing #illustration

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 5d

#inktober 2025 Day 15: Ragged!

Feeling pretty ragged after being trapped in that trunk there. Should she trust the witch? Seems like a bad idea...

#inktober2025 #inktober2025ragged #comicpage #comicart #drawing #illustrationoftheday

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 6d

#inktober Day 14: Trunk!

Trapped in a trunk, and rescued by a very unexpected person. Is this good or...

I don't usually do a lot of heavy blacks but this one as just too good to resist.

#inktober2025 #inktober2025trunk #comicpage #comicart #originalart

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 8d

#inktober Day 13: Drink!

Time to whip out the squirt guns to fire some vinegar at those zombie muffins! Drink that!

I find drawing liquids to be hard, especially in black and white. It'll look a lot more fluid when I color it.

#inktober2025 #inktober2025drink #comicartist #comicart #comicpage

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 8d

#inktober 2025 Day 12: Shredded!

It's the Wizard of Wheat Flour! The Sultan of Shredded Wheat! The Brilliant, Mad Baker! And his army of zombie muffins.

As you do.

Things start to get really crazy!

#inktober2025 #inktober2025shredded #comicartist #comicart #originalart

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 10d

#inktober Day 11: Sting!

Ouch, that stings! And are those breadsticks flying by, and destroying the bike? What is going on??

#inktober2025 #inktober2025sting #comicpage #comicart #originalart

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 10d

#inktober Day 10: Sweep!

Well, the witch got soaked and the engineer is getting away with the crown. On a sweet motorcycle! Must be smooth sailing from here right??

Hahaha, no.

#inktober2025 #inktober2025sweep #comicartist #comicart #originalart

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 11d

#inktober Day 9: Heavy!

Falllliiiinnnng.... That seems pretty heavy to me. So the witch did not get away with the crown, and broomsticks can't hold up to a flurry of arrows. Who knew?

More hijinks coming up tomorrow...

#inktober2025 #inktober2025heavy #comicart #comicartist #originalart

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 13d

#inktober Day 8: Reckless!

Now we're cooking! That's a lot of arrows, pretty reckless if you ask me. Doesn't look like the witch is going to get away...

So much fun to do these pages!

#inktober2025 #inktober2025reckless #comicart #comicartist #originalart #comicpage

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 13d

#inktober Day 7: Starfish!

Darn that witch, she took the crown!

This is a page where I know I can do a lot better but the constraint of Inktober (one piece everyday) meant I had to rush it. Oh well!

#inktoberday7 #inktober2025 #inktober2025starfish #comicart #originalart

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 14d

#inktober Day 6: Pierce!

Well, it turns out that she wasn't looking to hurt the Prince. Just relieve him of some... kingly treasure. But where did it go??!!

Things are getting fun! Some of my favorite pages are coming up..

#inktober2025 #inktober2025pierce #inktober2025day6 #comicart #originalart

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 15d

#inktober Day 5: Deer!

Honestly, it was tricky to integrate deer into the story but then I realized it worked as a joke! Yes, the joke works better if you can see what he's saying.

Tomorrow we find out who lurks in the shadows...

#ComicArt #Inktober2025 #inktober2025day5

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 16d

#Inktober2025 Day 4: Murky!

What's murkier than a swamp! Our daring prince is running through a swamp holding something that looks important...

This is one that will look a lot better with color. That'll have to wait, onto the next!

#Inktober #inktober2025day4 #ComicArt

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 18d

Inktober Day 3: Crown!

Whoops, she wasn't as tied up as she seemed! Seems bad for the mustache man...

I always find it hard to draw faces from below, but this one came out pretty well! Making progress everyday.

#inktober #inktober2025 #inktober2025crown

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 19d

Inktober 2025 Day 2: Weave!

Our mustachioed man has someone all tied up... or does he? Yes, he does.

Hey, ropes are woven! Or weaved! It fits.

Having a ton of fun with this! Telling an entire story through Inktober is a really interesting challenge.

#inktober #inktober2025 #inktober2025weave

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 20d

And a shout out to @jakeparker.bsky.social who did a similar Inktober themed story a few years ago and inspired this one!

Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 20d

I'm also trying out a new art style, inspired by
@matthewdowsmith.bsky.social
, that is much faster. I can do a few pages a day instead of just one or two, hopefully it helps.

It feels good to work so fast, we'll see if it works?

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 20d

It's #inktober day 1: MUSTACHE!

This year I have an entire 31 page story where each page is based on the prompt. It's ambitious, but YOLO! Here we go.

The colors/dialogue will come in November, in the meantime enjoy the art!

#inktoberday1 #inktober2025 #inktober2025mustache

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · 20d

October starts tomorrow! I have some ambitious plans for this #inktober so get ready to see daily posts. I wrote a 31 page story where each page follows the prompts... so it's a lot of art in not a lot of time.

Let's goooooo!!

In the meantime, here's a robot pirate!

Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · Aug 23

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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸 @sbyrnes.bsky.social · Aug 22

I feel you. Been there, done that.

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