Summer and Fall 2025

After doing it for 6 years in a row, I decided to not do Inktober this year. Although I love doing it, I wanted to get some of my life back. Other than some serious FOMO, it was a good decision to make.

I have worked on some art, since March of Robots 2025. 

Let me start with April, which ended up being a bad month because my mother passed away.

She was a taylor for as long as I could remember. Starting with altering our neighbor’s clothes in the corner of our basement in Ohio, she eventually started making a lot of our outfits. I still remember the bell bottom, Cub Scout pants that she made for me. Even though she worked so much, she managed to raise three kids and took care of our household. She went on to work for dozens of different clothing retailers throughout her life, until she retired at the age of 86. 

Even in retirement, she continued to sew to keep her mind busy. Last month, on April 9, she passed away. She was 88. 

Her dedication to her craft and to her family, inspired me to make this drawing of a taylor ’bot as a small tribute to her. I miss you, mom.

I also did an Easter Bunny Bot.

Then I took a small break, which turned into a long break. To return, I decided to participate in the @drawmearobot DTIYS challenge. 

For July, they partnered with @burn353, and asked participants to draw our own pet as a robot, OR their cool cat robot in our own style. As much as I would love to turn our old dog as a robot, I wasn’t sure if I could capture his personality quite right. So, I opted to draw their prompt in my style.

Taking inspiration from Bill Watterson’s “Calvin and Hobbes,” who captured the vivid imagination of a boy and his stuffed tiger, I tried to show what a kitten might be imagining when playing with a plush toy. 



Life was busy so I took another break from art. This is when I decided to not do #inktober this year.

I did, however, get asked to do a commission for a local bike advocacy group, BikeDFW, to do the art for their upcoming Full Moon Ride. It took a while, finding time to squeeze this one out, but I really enjoy it—even if it doesn’t have a robot in it.

Which I digitally converted to this.

Then it was time to get back to the @drawmearobot DTIYS challenge. Not participating in #inktober2025 I had no excuse. 

For October, they partnered with @majorcrimesdivision, and asked participants to draw a Mecha Jack-o-Lantern.

As usual, the submissions have raised the bar of the challenge. Here is mine. 

There’s nothing better than going trick or treating with your own mech. There’s safety from monsters and you have something to carry around your extra loot.

For the fourth year, I was asked by a friend to donate a drawing for a silent auction. As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t typically have time to do commissions, however I’m a fan of what Best Buddies (Texas chapter) is doing. I’m happy to show my support — even if it’s just in the form of ink and paper.

This year’s event has a #candyland theme. It’s been years since I’ve played that game with my kids so I had to do a Google search for characters related to the game. I decided to make a Mr. Mint ‘bot.

Here’s another submission to the @drawmearobot DTIYS challenge. 

For November, they partnered with @braindeef, and asked participants to draw a robot reclaimed by nature, or a functional floral machine. Life finds a way.

As usual, the submissions, have raised the bar of the challenge. Here is mine. 

This bot stopped functioning decades ago. Since it was built with such a resilient alloy, nature could only reclaim it by growing on and around it.