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Inktober Day 22 – Ghost

October 22, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

BOO! Oh yeah, ghost in Ireland, this is probably the easiest one to do. I mean, the Irish believe there are ghost everywhere. And why not, this country has a […]

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Inktober, Ireland, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel

Inktober Day 21 – Treasure

October 21, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

A daring late-night break in, millions of dollars of art stolen, one of the biggest art heists in all of Ireland. Who could be responsible for such a daring and […]

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Inktober, Ireland, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel

Inktober Day 20 – Tread

October 20, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

You would be hard pressed to be in Ireland and not see a farm. You see one when you leave the airport, or go to Ikea, or to the beach. […]

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Europe, Food, Inktober, Ireland, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook

Inktober Day 19 – Sling

October 19, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

  sling nouna flexible strap or belt used in the form of a loop to support or raise a hanging weight. “the horse had to be supported by a sling […]

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Art, Inktober, Ireland, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook

Inktober Day 18 – Misfit

October 18, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

Well, I can think of no greater misfit then the famed Pirate Queen of Ireland, Gráinne Mhaol or Grace O’Malley. The O’Malley’s ruled a large part of the west coast for over […]

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Castle, Inktober, Ireland, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel

Inktober Day 17 – Ornament

October 17, 2019by michaelbencik 7 Comments

Perhaps a fancy ornamental building possibly, or maybe a nice Celtic carving, something that screams ornamentation. Yeah, that would be nice. But what popped in my head was a Christmas […]

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Inktober, Ireland, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel

Inktober Day 16 – Wild

October 16, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

Nothing wilder in Ireland then the Wild Atlantic Way. The coastal route going up the west coast for 1553 miles featuring some of Ireland finest natural features, including the Cliffs […]

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Art, Inktober, Ireland, Sketch, Travel

Inktober – Half Way There

October 15, 2019by michaelbencik 4 Comments

At this point it’s starting to get pretty hard to hide the fact that this is a combination piece, so I figured why not let it all out there. Instead […]

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Art, Castle, Europe, Ireland, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook

Inktober Day 15 – Legend

October 15, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

As far as Ireland goes, nothing could be more legendary then Finn McCool, or Fionn Mac Cumhaill. An Irish giant that decided to expand his territory by going across the […]

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Inktober, Ireland, Sketch, Sketchbook

Inktober Day 14 – Overgrown

October 14, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

As I have mentioned before, there are lots of houses in Ireland that are just abandoned. It really does not take long for nature to reclaim anything human has created. […]

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Inktober, Ireland, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel

Inktober Day 13 – Ash

October 13, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

You can’t have ash without fire, and Duckett’s Grove had two major fires in one week back in the 1930’s. There are rumors aplenty on how the fires were set, […]

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Adventure, Castle, Ireland, SketchADay, Travel

Inktober Day 12 – Dragon

October 13, 2019by michaelbencik 3 Comments

You would think there would be a million dragon things in Irish mythology to tie into this theme, but there are not. I searched high and wide, but very few […]

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Art, Ireland, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel

Inktober Day 11 – Snow

October 11, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

Snow in Ireland, haha, that is a funny one. They really don’t get too much snow out here unless it’s high up in the mountains. When I first started dating […]

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Adventure, Inktober, Ireland, Naked, Nature, SketchADay, Travel

Inktober DAY 10 – Pattern

October 10, 2019by michaelbencik 2 Comments

When it came to patterns, the first thing that popped into my head was old Celtic carvings. They have been part or Irish culture for as far back as can […]

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Ireland, Peru, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel, Web Comic

Inktober Day 9 – Swing

October 9, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

Hey, I don’t know of anybody who has a kid that does not instantly think about playgrounds when it comes to the word swing. If I was single, I am […]

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Inktober, Ireland, Sketch, SketchADay

Inktober Day 8 – Frail

October 8, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

For Frail I chose a Ballyknocken church in Leighlinbridge that has a pretty funny story to it. Back in the 60s or 70s, it was decided to tear the whole […]

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Europe, Inktober, Ireland, Sketch, Travel

Inktober Day 7 – Enchanted

October 7, 2019by michaelbencik 3 Comments

This was an easy one for me, as soon as I heard enchanted this house popped in my brain. It’s called the Doll House, but Skylar called it the Fairy […]

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Inktober Day 6 – Husky

October 7, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

Well, I know most people probably are thinking of a cute dog for Husky, but I went a different route. I wanted to find one of the most sturdy, solid, […]

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Art, Inktober, Ireland, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook

Inktober Day 5 – Build

October 7, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

This drawing is of one of my favorite buildings in Kilkenny, right at the historic John Street bridge, in the shadow of Kilkenny Castle. The reason I thought of this […]

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Art, Inktober, Ireland, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel

Inktober Day 4 – Freeze

October 4, 2019by michaelbencik 3 Comments

Well this was a tough one again. Mainly because I had an image in my head of one of the very common images around here, of an old stone house […]

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