This is a remake of that CASTLE prompt word inktober drawing I made back in 2023.
I have also updated the original SHORT STORY for it, you can find it here (I hope you like it.):
https://roding.substack.com/p/grounded-things
Grounded Things
Ground Under Repair (1990) – VILLAGER
“…an echo of that music has stayed in my head ever since, an echo that has blossomed and has grown coloured petals, and I have countless times wished I could go back and hear it again in the flesh…“
Extract from the book VILLAGER by Tom Cox
Continue reading “Ground Under Repair (1990) – VILLAGER”The Bravery of Joe Ice – A short story
Here’s my final illustration for my original short story, “The Bravery of Joe Ice.” This illustration had more explorations and work sketches than I expected, but sometimes, it is important to iterate to find the right tone for the scene.
Continue reading “The Bravery of Joe Ice – A short story”Inktober 2024 – “JOURNAL”
Dear Journal, you won’t believe what happened under the old bakery today. This girl is Sally, an original character I made up to star in an original short story I wrote for my daughter. This scene would be perfect for book 2.
Continue reading “Inktober 2024 – “JOURNAL””The Ishume Day – Final Illustration
This is an illustration I’d been running away from for a long time. I usually don’t draw sceneries and landscapes, but I have to admit I really enjoyed this one. Here, Aurelio briefly reveals to Stella where that thing escaped in my short story “The Ishume Day”.
You can read it online via WATTPAD in English and Spanish versions.
You can also download both on your mobile device via GUMROAD.
Check the process of creating the illustration below.
Continue reading “The Ishume Day – Final Illustration”“THE FIRE GUITAR” – A Short Story
Written and Illustrated by Luis Roding
Reading time: 8 minutes
We made sure the six of us gathered around the fire. Only Mary’s closest friends. The sun was set, the tide was low, and now, thanks to Melanie and Rita, who fooled the other guys away from this part of the beach, we were ready to begin.
Continue reading ““THE FIRE GUITAR” – A Short Story”“FORTUNE” An Inktober Short Story
Written and Illustrated by Luis Roding
Reading time: 10 minutes
Purple was the color the lady chose to wear that evening. She needed to maximize her theatrical impression, considering such a customer had decided to pay her a visit at last.
She looked at herself in the mirror and thought she’d never been so pretty and young.
– And now, for the show. Which one should we use? – She asked, opening a wooden vault where four beautiful crystal balls lay.
Continue reading ““FORTUNE” An Inktober Short Story”“TOAD” An Inktober Short Story
Written and Illustrated by Luis Roding
Reading time: 12 minutes.
Was it yesterday? Or the day before? I could not know when I started feeling it, a “pulse” from within myself, from my center. I just knew what it meant: I needed to set her free.
Continue reading ““TOAD” An Inktober Short Story”“GOLDEN” An Inktober Short Story
Written and Illustrated by Luis Roding
Reading Time: 4 minutes
As a kid, I only heard stories about this place; now, I am here. I have left my hometown, crossed the sea, and came to the land I’d dreamt to see, but to do something terrible, not only to these people but to myself.
We managed to unlock the temple doors without trouble, which was very unexpected given the resistance we had faced until then. I was in the front group, so as the tall doors opened, I was among the first to look inside.
Continue reading ““GOLDEN” An Inktober Short Story”“MAP” An Inktober Short Story
Written and Illustrated by Luis Roding
Reading Time: 6 minutes.
Our sweaty clothes started to cool us down at last after eight hours of walking. Even Joe, who had been complaining during the whole trip, became silent and began to smile more often. The cherry on top was hearing Mike say, “I found it. It should be this way.”
Continue reading ““MAP” An Inktober Short Story”
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