Since it's October, I'm doing what lots of other artists online are doing, and drawing from a daily prompt list.

Like previous years, I'm following Stanley 'Artgerm' Lau's #Arttrober list, which covers characters from anime, games and comics. This year has a 'retro' theme, which for me merely means I might have heard of more of the characters than usual.

Day 1 is Cynthia, of Pokemon fame.

Let's see if I can keep this up.

#Drawtober #Inktober #Arttrober2025 #MastoArt #FediArt #Gaming #Pokemon

Day 2 of #Arttrober is Barbie, primarily of doll fame, but more recently a surprisingly popular film starring Margot Robbie—so I basically decided to draw Margot, rather than Astronaut Barbie or Dentist Barbie.

I never owned a barbie myself. I was more a He-Man and Transformers kid.

#Drawtober #Inktober #Arttrober2025 #MastoArt #FediArt #Film #Barbie #MargotRobbie

Day 3 of #Arttrober is Nakoruru, from the SNK fighting game series Samurai Shodown.

Nakoruru is often portrayed with her hawk Mamahaha, so it seemed appropriate to draw them together... but this is a daily drawing challenge and my time is limited, so no hawk today (sorry Mamahaha!).

I tried for an 'in-motion' pose, but I think I may have just made her look all tangled up in invisible rope. Oh well.

#Drawtober #Inktober #Arttrober2025 #MastoArt #FediArt #Gaming #SNK #SamuraiShodown #Nakoruru

Day 4 of #Arttrober is Kusanagi Motoko from Ghost in the Shell.

Ghost in the Shell is an old favourite of mine, specifically the Stand Alone Complex anime series, so that's the version of Motoko I decided to draw.

#Drawtober #Inktober #Arttrober2025 #MastoArt #FediArt #Anime #Manga #GhostInTheShell #KusanagiMotoko

Day 5 of #Arttrober is Velma Dinkley from the cartoon series Scooby Doo.

I recall watching a lot of Scooby Doo when I was a kid, too long ago. I didn't see the 2023 'Velma' series, only some of the online commentary, so I can't possibly comment on it.

#Drawtober #Inktober #Arttrober2025 #MastoArt #FediArt #Cartoon #ScoobyDoo #Velma

Day 6 of #Arttrober is Terra Branford from Final Fantasy 6.

Man, I remember when I was really into Final Fantasy. The modern iterations of the series don't seem to do anything for me though. I did enjoy and recently finish Octopath Traveler, and maybe one day I'll try and get back into Bravely Default.

Where was I? Oh yes, Terra.

#Drawtober #Inktober #Arttrober2025 #MastoArt #FediArt #Gaming #FinalFantasy #FinalFantasy6 #TerraBranford

Day 7 of #Arttrober is Maetel of the manga/anime Galaxy Express 999.

This is a real oldie compared to most of the character prompts I've encountered on Arttrober's anime track over the years. Are there any old-school manga/anime fans who want to tell me about Galaxy Express 999? Is it a classic?

#Drawtober #Inktober #Arttrober2025 #MastoArt #FediArt #Manga #Anime #GalaxyExpress999 #Maetel

Day 8 of #Arttrober is...the Powerpuff Girls!

This is definitely quite far from my usual artistic wheelhouse, but I decided not to try anything too clever (or time-consuming...) and just kept it simple and slightly silly for today.

1/4 of the way through the month!

#Drawtober #Inktober #Arttrober2025 #MastoArt #FediArt #Cartoon #PowerpuffGirls

Day 9 of #Arttrober is Sarah Kerrigan, from the Starcraft duology of videogames.

I was a fan of Starcraft (and the Warcraft RTS trilogy) back in the day, though I never played Starcraft 2. I understand Kerrigan went through some de-infestation and re-infestation, so I had a bit of a choice as to 'version' of her I could draw. I went for Primal Zerg (I think).

Maybe I should pick up Starcraft 2 sometime.

#Drawtober #Inktober #Arttrober2025 #MastoArt #FediArt #Gaming #Starcraft #Kerrigan #Zerg

Day 10 of #Arttrober is Ayanami Rei of the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion.

A simpler one than yesterday's effort; not sure I quite captured Rei's look though.

Regarding Evangelion, it's one of those higher profile animes that I've absorbed a fair amount of knowledge about without ever actually getting around to watching it. Possibly because it was recommended to me a bit too hard.

#Drawtober #Inktober #Arttrober2025 #MastoArt #FediArt #Anime #NeonGenesisEvangelion #ReiAyanami

Day 11 of #Arttrober is Penelope Pitstop from the cartoon Wacky Races.

Another old Hanna-Barbera character who I vaguely remember from my childhood. I remember a number of other Hanna-Barbera characters (Yogi Bear, Top Cat, etc.), but I can't say they left much of an impression on me.

Oh well. Onto the next prompt.

#Drawtober #Inktober #Arttrober2025 #MastoArt #FediArt #Cartoon #HannaBarbera #WackyRaces #PenelopePitstop

Day 12 of #Arttrober is Zero from the Mega Man videogames (specifically the X and Zero subseries).

I remember Zero from Mega Man X, where he rescues X in the prologue and generally acts like a cooler and haughtier version of X—but red and with a ponytail. There's probably more to his character than that. I only played a couple of Mega Man games, and wasn't especially good at them.

#Drawtober #Inktober #Arttrober2025 #MastoArt #FediArt #Gaming #MegaMan #MegaManZero #Zero

Day 13 of #Arttrober is Nadia from the anime Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water.

The Secret of Blue Water is one of those animes I'd heard of but never gotten around to watching, though what I've heard about it is intriguing, taking inspiration it appears from Jules Verne. Another one to add to the potential watch-list?

#Drawtober #Inktober #Arttrober2025 #MastoArt #FediArt #Anime #Nadia #SecretOfBlueWater

@ravanon I was just a bit too old to watch it when it arrived in Italy, but I stumbled over a bunch of episodes at the time and it looked to have a good story (within the usual "kids against a universe of bad adults" framework).