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Courtistry
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Courtney L. They/them

Art, so much art. Courtistry is the brand and business. I am a traditional artist with a BFA, hoping to go live with the business in the future. Here you will find dreams, horror, ink, paintings, stories

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Day 31: Award

Ey! Final day! I made it!
This is a drawing of the very first medal and physical award I won. It was for getting 100 AR reading points in elementary school.

Title: What the Heck is an AR Point?

#inkart #octoberart #artchallenge #award #medal #arreading #indiaink
An ink drawing of a medal. On the metal is a depiction of a genie lamp on two books, one book says literature.
October 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Day 30: Vacant

It's my studio space ❤️

Title: A Creative Place

#artchallenge #inkart #octoberart #vacant #studio #studiospace #artstudio #indiaink
It's an ink drawing of my studio space. It's very messy, cluttered, full of art supplies and goodies. It would take me ages to describe everything, so I'll just say I have a drafting desk, an easel, various storage caddies, a bookshelf, and a bright window depicted in this piece.
October 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Day 29: Lesson

Title: Catch and Release

#inkart #artchallenge #octoberart #lesson #fishing #catchandrelease #monsterart #monster #indiaink
An ink drawing of a man and a boy fishing in the bog during a sunset. There's a multi-legged and many eyed monster looking at the worm on the hook.
October 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Day 28: Skeletal

Title: I Think it was Something I Ate

#artchallenge #inkart #indiaink #octoberart #skeletal #monsterart #macabre
An ink drawing of a bald muscular male human being held and ripped apart from the inside by skeletal fingers. His torso seems to be melding into a twisted snakelike tendril.
October 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Day 27: Onion

Title: 100% Done with Being Forgotten in the Cupboard

#inkart #octoberart #artchallenge #onion #cupboard #onionmonster #monster #indiaink
An ink drawing of an onion monster with an open sharp toothed maw. It's legs are the outer layers of the onion.
October 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Day 26: Puzzling

Title: Thoughts Carved in Cardboard

#inkart #octoberart #puzzling #jigsawpuzzle #mask #indiaink #artchallenge
An ink drawing of a femanine looking figure made out of jigsaw puzzle pieces. It has long fingernails, no eyes, half a mask on its face, and large horn like shapes on its head almost like hair.
October 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Day 25: Inferno

I wanted to design some fire armor based off old iron furnaces. I do think this one would have looked better in color, but I still had fun!

Title: Charcoal Eater

#inkart #artchallenge #octoberart #inferno #armor #indiaink
An ink drawing of ornate fire armor based off of old iron furnaces.
October 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Day 24: Rowdy

Borf

Title: Borf

#inkart #doodle #artchallenge #octoberart #rowdy #borf
A very simple and cartoon childish ink drawing of an excited dog flinging a bone around.
October 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Day 23: Firefly

Fireflies, up close when flying, look like they are going for a hug. So that's a fun fact you can keep in your brain at night.

Title: You're Not Alone, I'm Here Now

#inkart #artchallenge #octoberart #lostsoul #firefly #fireflies #indiaink
An ink drawing of fireflies at night, dancing around and illuminating a skeleton of a lost corpse.
October 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Day 22: Button

I used to sift through my mother's button bottles as a child. They intrigued me. This drawing is the inside of a button tin I received after one of my grandmothers passed away.

Title: Nostalgia Sweets

#button #buttontin #inkart #octoberart #artchallenge #indiaink #nostalgia
A drawing of a tin full of different kinds of buttons.
October 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Day 21: Blast

Ok....so. I couldn't draw and post what I ACTUALLY wanted to draw for this theme lol. So I'll just leave this creeper face here, to uh... Invoke the imagination.

Title: Dude, Stop

#inkart #octoberart #artchallenge #blast #creep #creeperface #freak #indiaink
A detailed ink drawing of the face of some being an absolute creep.
October 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Day 20: Rivals

Title: You're a Trope, no YOU'RE a Trope.

#artchallenge #inkart #octoberart #trope #rivals #indiaink #pointingfingers
An ink drawing of two detailed people pointing at each other as rivals in disgust. They are both closing one eye and keeping the other open, staring at each other.
October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Day 19: Arctic

When I saw this theme, I thought of the artist joke of turning in just a blank piece of paper and saying it's a polar bear in a snowstorm. So I made this little puff while thinking of that lol.

Title: Snowball

#inkart #artchallenge #octoberart #arctic #snowball #indiaink
A very minimal effort drawing of a VERY fluffy white bear. Drawn on handmade paper
October 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Day 18: Deal

Title: Wanna Buy a Watch?
Size: 7.5" x 11"

#inkart #artchallenge #octoberart #deal #wannabuyawatch #organs #indiaink
A drawing of a typical shady looking cartoon character in a trenchcoat, opening it's trenchcoat to show you what it's selling. It's selling human looking organs, possibly it's own organs.
October 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Day 17: Ornate

I collect music boxes and this is one of my favorite ornate music boxes so far. It's a 1974 Sankyo brand music box made in Japan and it plays Evergreen by Barbara Streisand.

Title: Jōryoku

#artchallenge #inkart #octoberart #musicbox #ornate #indiaink #sankyo
An ink drawing of a detailed ornate Japanese music box. It depicts sakura (cherry) blossems, a bird singing, as well as leaves and roses around the box walls.
October 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Day 16: Blunder

So, pumpkin toadlets. They kinda got pretty popular for a bit there.
They don't have an ability to balance. So uh... They have a close relationship with the floor.

Title: LUL Pumpkin Toadlet

#pumpkintoadlet #blunder #evolution #inkart #artchallenge #octoberart #indiaink
An ink drawing of the words "But it can't land" along with a pumpkin toadlet drawn three times to depict it jumping, and landing head first into the ground, as pumpkin toadlets often do.
October 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Day 15: Ragged

Title: Have You Tried Losing Weight?

Size: 7.5" x11"

#artchallenge #inkart #octoberart #indiaink #ragged #ragdoll #torn #buttoneyes
An ink drawing of a depressed burlap doll covered in tattered clothing and surrounded by ripped curtains
October 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Day 14: Trunk

Title: Woodwalker
Size: 7.5" x 11"

#inkart #artchallenge #octoberart #indiaink #trunk #tree #sap
An ink drawing of torn up tree trunks and a large tree creature up close. The tree creature looks drunk off sap after eating all the other trees. In the distance you can see a desert.
October 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Day 13: Drink

Title: Who Needs Evaporation When You Have Friends.

Size: 7.5" x 11"

#inkart #octoberart #artchallenge #drink #summertime #soda #whimsy #indiaink
An ink drawing of three drinks and three small shadow people in or around the drinks. One drink is fizzy soda and another is empty. The three people seem to be having fun. The piece is made with dramatic lighting.
October 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Day 12: Shredded
Another homemade paper piece. I wanted to do a more basic but abstract fleshy feel for this one. Consider this piece the one that gave me a break from the others lol.

Title: Mmmm, Fleshy

#inkart #artchallenge #octoberart #shredded #fleshy #indiaink
An abstract and surreal ink drawing of shredded fleshy looking tendrils.
October 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Day 11: Sting

Title: Inkjected
Size: 7.5" x11"

#inkart #octoberart #artchallenge #wasp #sting #indiaink
An ink drawing of a surreal looking bio-mechanical wasp. It has a third eye in the center of it's head and is stinger is full of ink.
October 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Day 10: Sweep

I did end up recording a video of creating the bulk of this one. I'm still editing it which will take time with this busy month. It's my first time doing a video. Oh boy! Lol

Title: Overseer
Size: 7.5" x 11"

#inkart #octoberart #artchallenge #indiaink #sweep #scifiart
A large tentacle like robotic creature with a camera for a head scanning a building. The scanning lines are depicted with an opposite negative effect (black is white, white is black). The robotic creature is melding with the building.
October 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Day 9: Heavy

Title: That's a Boopable Snoot
Size: 7.5" x11"

I mean, come on. That's a boopable snoot. 🦭

#inkart #octoberart #artchallenge #greyseal #seal #snoot #boopablesnoot #indiaink
An ink drawing of a large grey seal with many spots and long whiskers. It has a boopable snoot
October 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Day 8: Reckless

It's fogu! I always thought the concept of eating something that is deadly unless you perfectly prepare it is wild.

Title: A Dare or a Delicacy
Size: 7.5"x11"

#inkart #octoberart #artchallenge #fogu #reckless #indiaink
An ink drawing of a artfully plated dish of Fogu (pufferfish sashimi). Next to the plate there are chopsticks, a pufferfish keychain, and a condensation covered glass of water with a cartoon pufferfish decal on the glass.
October 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Day 7: Starfish

I always liked starfish as a kid until I turned over a dried one and saw it's millions of little feet, like worms. It grossed me out. So I decided to make a starfish monster based off that feeling lol.

Title: Eugh

#inkart #artchallenge #octoberart #starfish #monsterart #indiaink
A detailed starfish monster drawn with ink.
October 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM