#inktober Day 5 • Oof, this one has been especially emotional for me today! I have been sketching rat skulls lately after my oldest rat & soulmate Willow passed away earlier this year. A friend of a friend is cleaning up her bones to return to us, and I’ve been drawing skulls from photo refs in the meantime as a means of soothing the ache of missing her; it’s hard, being in this state of limbo before I can really put her to rest. Then, in a touch of unpleasant irony, one of our other rats Hermione was at the vet for surgery today to remove a mammary tumor - which should have been easy! we’ve done this a half dozen times before! - and ended up having to be anesthetized THREE TIMES because she kept yanking her stitches back out!! So most of my energy today has been dedicated to that little #ratmergency but fortunately she is doing alright now, and I was able to finish this up while she was sleeping. ✌🏻🐁 ••• #inktober2017 #gendergems #inkdrawing #pendrawing #penandink #blackandwhite #tattooflash #tattooart #flashsheet #sketchbook #sketch #linework #micronpens #illustration #illustrator #woodcut #linocut #skull #animalskull #bones #crystals #crystalart #esoteric #spiritualart #transartist #lgbtartist #queerartist #artistsoninstagram