J. L. Barnes
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fishwithatophat.com
J. L. Barnes
@fishwithatophat.com
I draw gentlemen animals. I write sci-fi and fantasy. And when I'm not preparing for the zombie apocalypse, I run DragonCrest Studios, 'cause it pays for kibble.

www.fishwithatophat.com
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Day 31: Award. Here's your trophy--you made it to Halloween!

Congrats to all who made it through (or even did some of) Inktober, too! You rocked it!
#Inktober #dragons #art
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Day 30: Vacant. How's this for a vacant stare?

(Side note: She got a little drippy and I went with it. 😅 )
#Inktober #dragons #art #cats
October 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Day 29: Lesson. Today's guest speaker will be lecturing on the art of telekinesis.
#Inktober #dragons #art #magic
October 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Day 28: Skeletal. When you're dead but still festive!
#Inktober #dragons #art
October 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Day 27: Onion. An ogre dragon.
#Inktober #art #dragons
October 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Day 26: Puzzling. This fellow is very confused as to why someone's made a stuffed version of his best friend.
#Inktober #art #dragons #puzzling
October 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Day 25: Inferno. I need to stop doing fire in ink. It takes sooo long!
#Inktober #art #dragons #inferno
October 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Day 24: Rowdy. Look, you might not know what the fox says... but fox dragons say "LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!"

(They talk in all caps, clearly. They have to make up for their cousins' silence.)
#Inktober #art #dragons #foxes
October 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Day 23: Firefly. Just a lil fren doin' their best!

I love how this one turned out--it kind of looks like part of an animation, almost.
#Inktober #art #dragons #firefly
October 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Day 22: Button. A little button mushroom dragon! He is as confused about your appearance as you are about his.
#Inktober #art #dragons #mushrooms
October 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Day 21: Blast. Energy blast? Snow blast? Look, I'm not sure, but I don't want to be on the other end of it...
#Inktober #art #dragons
October 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Day 20: Rivals. Who do we think's winning this fight?
#Inktober #art #dragons #fantasyart
October 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Day 19: Arctic. I had D&D today and still decided it would be a good idea to do a complicated blizzard dragon. 😅

No regrets.
#Inktober #art #dragons #blizzard #DnD
October 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Day 18: Deal. He's kind of a big deal.
#Inktober #art #dragons #cards
October 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Day 17: Ornate. A little prince- or princessling dragon. They're very certain you've never had a fancier friend.
#Inktober #art #dragons #ornate
October 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Day 16: Blunder. Just a little moment of inattention while flying through the trees...
#Inktober #art #dragons #blunder
October 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Day 15: Ragged. A tattered little fren.
#Inktober #art #dragons #stuffies
October 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Day 14: Trunk. Today I discovered one of my pens is apparently a knockoff, because it's not waterproof. 😭 Anyway, *that* was a lot of lines to get to redo...
#Inktober #art #dragons #moon
October 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Day 13: Drink. Does this make him a Scottish dragon?
#Inktober #art #dragons #scotch
October 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Day 12: Shredded. I love me an undead dragon!
#Inktober #art #dragons #fantasyart
October 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Day 11: Sting. As often happens when I search around for the prompt and my theme (dragons), I found a new thing! This is the stinging blue dragon (colloquially), another real critter of the sea. Check out the details and learn things here:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucus...
#Inktober #art #dragons
October 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Day 10: Sweep. Not a good day for the town.

#Inktober #art #dragons #sweep
October 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Day 9: Heavy. Turns out uranium is the heaviest visible element, so this is my very happy uranium dragon!

Dragons have a lot of cat in them, it turns out.
#Inktober #art #dragons #heavy
October 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Day 8: Reckless. I'm not holding out a lot of hope for that tiny knight. Good luck, though, friend.
#Inktober #art #dragons #reckless
October 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Day 7: Starfish. Meet the Red Dragon Starfish Cactus (which is a REAL THING, hurrah) and its guardian! He is fierce!

...He's also six inches tall.
#Inktober #art #dragons #flowers
October 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM