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Anthony Ortega (he/him)
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Naturally curious. Creator of things. Teacher of things. Always listening to music. Open to #art commissions.
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Lunchtime #doodle
December 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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#ink #inkwash #sketch #drawing #bear #bird #house

20 minutes ink wash sketches
A photo of two ink wash drawings on warped paper. The left drawing shows a bear on the left side facing a bird on a stump on the right side. The right drawing shows a house on a tall, rocky cliff, surrounded by some trees with clouds in the background.
December 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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#christmas gift #wip #axolotl #lizard #aquatic #drawing #art
A photo of a pencil drawing of an axolotl
December 3, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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#doodling #axolotl #ink #drawing

Some quick sketches as I plan out a image for a T-shirt as a Christmas gift
A photo of a sketchbook page showing ink sketches of axolotls
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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#cat #gesture #drawings #practice #ink

Practicing cat forms in preparation for a Christmas gift
A photo of a sketchbook page showing line drawings of cats in different poses
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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This was a pleasant surprise. The #illustration I made for this series of books convinced at least one person :)

You can check out the book with my work on it here.

www.amazon.com/Small-Bites-...

#fantasy #horror #scifi #thriller #romance #fiction
A screenshot taken of a review for a book on Amazon. The review reads “The cover art sold this book and the contents didn’t disappoint!”
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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#doodle #cat #ink just messing around and learning how to use a new brush pen
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Practicing deer skulls for a #wendigo Christmas gift for my son. Going with the contemporary interpretation since it’s how he was introduced to it, but will discuss the original #algonqian mythology at some point. It feels disrespectful perpetuating something that wasn’t part of their stories
A photo of deer skull pencil and ink sketches on a sheet of paper that is on top of a book showing deer anatomy
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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#inktober #hallowink #hallowink2025 #ink #inkwash #grayscale #witch #ghost #demon

Day 31 - The Witching Hour
A grayscale ink wash drawing of a witch holding a broom and raising her arm above her head. There is a streak of light emanating from her hand towards the broom, creating a sort of portal that is allowing ghosts and demons to emerge. The witch is winking at the viewer.
November 1, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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#inktober #hallowink #hallowink2025 #ink #inkwash #grayscale #lake

Day 30 - Forgotten Lantern
A grayscale ink wash drawing of a scenic night time view of a lake with a solitary boat and no one inside of it. The glow of a light shines from one end of the boat, suggesting a lantern affixed or hanging from the edge of the boat.
October 31, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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#inktober #hallowink #hallowink2025 #ink #inkwash #grayscale #mask #worship

Day 29 - The Old Mask
A grayscale ink wash drawing of an ambiguous indigenous person bowing down and apparently worshipping an altar with a human skull, vases, bowls, and a large mask affixed to a tall stick. The mask has branches radiating out from the head with vines hanging down from them. There are also vines adorned with trinkets hanging from the jaw of the mask kind of like a beard.
October 30, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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#inktober #hallowink #hallowink2025 #ink #inkwash #grayscale #gargoyle

Day 28 - Gargoyle
A grayscale ink wash drawing of the profile view of a gargoyle statue on the side of a building with a cloudy sky in the background
October 29, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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#inktober #hallowink #hallowink2025 #ink #inkwash #grayscale #tree #worm

Day 27 - Beneath The Roots
A grayscale inkwash drawing of a twisted tree without any leaves against an evening sky and a crescent moon in the background. Coming from the bottom of the tree, within a dark section where thick roots are growing outward from the tree in winding patterns, are skinny white work like creatures, as long as snakes. It is unclear if these skinny, wriggly shapes are individual creatures or all emerging from a single entity
October 28, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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#inktober #hallowink #hallowink2025 #ink #inkwash #grayscale #funeral #corpse #reanimate #zombie

Day 26 - Reanimation
A grayscale inkwash drawing of a corpse in a funeral casket lifting the lid and peering out while an unidentifiable person formally dressed in the foreground is at a podium with a sheet of paper in their hand.
October 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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#inktober #hallowink #hallowink2025 #ink #inkwash #grayscale #spook #stare #alternate

Day 25 - NOT Human
A grayscale inkwash drawing of a creepy, bald human like man peeking around a corner and staring directly at the viewer
October 26, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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#inktober #hallowink #hallowink2025 #ink #grayscale #inkwash #camera #polaroid

Day 24 - The Found Photograph
A grayscale inkwash drawing of a person inside some sort of dark room and they are kneeling down and holding a photo. In the foreground is a Polaroid camera with a new photo sticking out of it showing a skeleton. There is a trail of blood leading from the kneeling person to the Polaroid camera and then into the foreground and out of frame
October 25, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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#inktober #hallowink #hallowink2025 #ink #inkwash #grayscale #ufo #forest

Day 23 - Levitation
A grayscale inkwash drawing of a ufo abducting a person and their camping equipment out of a forest during the night.
October 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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#inktober #hallowink #hallowink2025 #ink #grayscale

Day 22 - Abandoned Architecture
A grayscale ink drawing of some sort of laboratory that has opened up a dimensions rift to outer space. Floating in space are structures, seemingly destroyed, and backlit by a large planet or moon. Inside the laboratory is a scientist trying to pull a lever
October 23, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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#inktober #hallowink #hallowink2025 #ink #grayscale #bird #book #magic #spell

Day 21 - Spell Gone Wrong
A grayscale ink drawing showing a man in a business suit holding some sort of book with an eye on the cover and mystical glyphs on the cover, spine, and back. The man has the head of a pigeon
October 22, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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#inktober #hallowink #hallowink2025 #ink #grayscale #bugs

Day 20 - Infestation
A grayscale inkwash drawing of a person cowering in a corner while hundreds of bugs fly around a light hanging from the ceiling
October 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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#inktober #hallowink #hallowink2025 #ink #grayscale

Day 19 - Hidden Passage
A grayscale ink wash drawing of a giant kneeling beside a house, reaching out to it. Under the ground is a tunnel coming from directly underneath the house and small silhouettes of people are running from the house to a room under the ground
October 20, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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#inktober #hallowink #hallowink2025 #ink #grayscale #forest #inkwash #doorway #light

Day 18 - Strange Light
A grayscale ink wash drawing of a forest scene. There is a bright rectangular light that looks like a doorway hovering in the air and several streaks of light cascading from the bright light as if they were steps.
October 19, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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#inktober #hallowink #hallowink2025 Day 17 - Cursed
A grayscale ink drawing of a man kneeling near the bottom of the frame with his head in his hands, as if sad or tormented by something. Behind him is a large abstract emotionless face
October 18, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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As an aside, whenever I post to my Instagram page, it always duplicates the image in my phone library. Usually I delete the copy, but when I saw it this time I thought it was a unique opportunity to add some character to my photo library (make sure to view the whole image)
A screenshot of the photo library on the user’s phone. In the bottom right hand corner is a photo of the drawing of an eye and it has been duplicated and reversed so that it looks like a pair of eyes staring right at the viewer
October 17, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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#inktober #hallowink #hallowink2025 #ink #grayscale #eye #spook

Day 16 - Unexpected Guest
October 17, 2025 at 4:25 AM