Project Description

I’m having more fun than I anticipated using a Plunger Monkey theme for these Inktober illustrations. It’s getting me to explore my character in new ways, viewing him from different angles and putting his anatomy through different moves. This is another image that draws inspiration from a Calvin and Hobbes strip. It’s not a particular strip this time, but Bill Watterson had a few recurring activities or themes that he’d use to convey either a gag or some deeper social/cultural observation. There was Hobbes greeting Calvin when he gets home from school, Calvin’s somewhat disturbed snowmen creations, the wagon rides down a steep hill, sled rides down an equally steep hill, playing on a swing, and many more. Watterson definitely made a huge impression on me in my teen years (when I discovered him) that continues to this day.