OFF THE BEATEN TRACK Comic

Day 15 Single panel comic. Black and white. A Noctowl flying through the sky. In its talons is a old and weathered book with a couple of loose pages.

Photograph of the same single panel comic, which was drawn traditionally on bristol board.

OTBTober 2024 (cont. in 2025)
Day 15: Guidebook

#InkTober #OTBTober #Pokemon #Comic

Day 14 Single panel comic. Black and white. A Bramblin rolls through a dry, wilderness plain.

Photograph of the same single panel comic, which was drawn traditionally on bristol board.

OTBTober 2024 (cont. in 2025)
Day 14: Roam

#InkTober #OTBTober #Pokemon #Comic

Day 13 Single panel comic. Black and white. A Mantine leaps out of the water. The horizon can be seen in the distance, with far off islands silhouetted by the setting sun.

Photograph of the same single panel comic, which was drawn traditionally on bristol board.

OTBTober 2024 (cont. in 2025)
Day 13: Horizon

Are we back?
#InkTober #OTBTober #Pokemon #Comic

Cheers bud. Let's see if I can get all the way to the end eh?

Day 14 Single panel comic. Black and white. A Bramblin rolls through a dry, wilderness plain.

Photograph of the same single panel comic, which was drawn traditionally on bristol board.

OTBTober 2024 (cont. in 2025)
Day 14: Roam

#InkTober #OTBTober #Pokemon #Comic

Yeaaah. I actually had a bunch pencilled from last year. They just needed inking. And only a small batch left to pencil and then ink. Hopefully we can finish!

Day 13 Single panel comic. Black and white. A Mantine leaps out of the water. The horizon can be seen in the distance, with far off islands silhouetted by the setting sun.

Photograph of the same single panel comic, which was drawn traditionally on bristol board.

OTBTober 2024 (cont. in 2025)
Day 13: Horizon

Are we back?
#InkTober #OTBTober #Pokemon #Comic

Hello?

Sorry. Things have been… less than ideal. I still intend to pick things back up again, I just don't know when that'll be possible yet. Hope everyone has been well!

Thank you!

Hey, so you may have noticed that things have gotten a lil quiet here… sorry. I still intend to see OTBT to the end; I just have been able to set the time aside for each one.

I will finish them all though.

Day 12 Single panel comic. A Medicham is meditating in a remote, mountainous area, floating on the very edge of a precarious looking pointed cliff edge. 


Photograph of the same single panel comic, which was drawn traditionally on bristol board.

OTBTober 2024
Day 12: Remote

Peace and quiet.
#InkTober #OTBTober #Pokemon #Comic

Single panel comic. A Tropius, with a Pikachu on its head, reaches down in order to give other Pikachu the fruit around its neck.

Photograph of the same single panel comic, which was drawn traditionally on bristol board.

OTBTober 2024
Day 11: Snacks

Omnomnom…?
#InkTober #OTBTober #Pokemon #Comic

Single panel comic. A herd of Sawsbuck and Deerling are on the move, lead by a Sawsbuck who can be seen gradually changing into its Autumn form, saying, “Come now, Autumn is upon us.”

Photograph of the same single panel comic, which was drawn traditionally on bristol board.

OTBTober 2024
Day 10: Nomadic

Nuuuu, please bring back the summer!
#InkTober #OTBTober #Pokemon #Comic

Single panel comic. CLOVER the Bulbasaur is seen, sprawled out on the grassy ground and amongst a group of Sunflora as they all enjoying the sun and its rays.

Photograph of the same single panel comic, which was drawn traditionally on bristol board.

OTBTober 2024
Day 09: Sun

Just lovely.
#InkTober #OTBTober #Pokemon #Comic

Single panel comic. CLOVER the Bulbasaur is hiking through some grassy hills. He passes by a herd of Gogoat and Skiddo who are grazing.

Photograph of the same single panel comic, which was drawn traditionally on bristol board.

OTBTober 2024
Day 08: Hike

The hills are a live with the sound of Gogoat and Skiddo grazing.
#Inktober #OTBTober #Pokemon #Comic

Sorry it's so late. I'm under the weather so progress on these have been slow going.

Singe panel comic. A Munchlax holds up what looks like a Trainer passport and worryingly asks a nearby Palpitoad and Clefairy, “Sorry, excuse me. I seem to have lost my trainer. This is she looks like. Have you seen her around?” The Munchlax points to the passport. A Scraggy is walking by in the background.

Photograph of the same single panel comic, which was drawn traditionally on bristol board.

OTBTober 2024
Day 07: Passport

I hope he can find her soon!
#InkTober #OTBTober #Pokemon #Comic

Sorry, I've fallen a bit behind on OTBTober. Will catch up this week!

Single panel comic. CLOVER the Bulbasaur is crawling through a dry and arid desert; he looks like he is struggling. Near him is a single, dried up tree. In the far distance we see more sand dunes.

Photograph of the same single panel comic, which was drawn traditionally on bristol board.

OTBTober 2024
Day 06: Trek

Someone get him some water!
#InkTober #OTBTober #Pokemon #Comic

Single panel comic. CLOVER the Bulbasaur and a Patrat are amongst some tall grass looking for something. Clover is looking to the left and has a vine stretched out above his eyes, as if to shade his eyes and help him search better. The Patrat has cupped both eyes as if it is holding a pair of invisible binoculars and is looking to the right, declaring, "Please don't move, sir. I'll find it in a jiffy."

Photograph of the same single panel comic, which was drawn traditionally on bristol board.

OTBTober 2024
Day 05: Binoculars

How effective are those "binoculars" though?
#InkTober #OTBTober #Pokemon #Comic

Single panel comic. CLOVER the Bulbasaur walks along a tropical seaside beside some palm trees. An Alolan Exeggutor has bent down to greet him. Clover is a little startled.

Photograph of the same single panel comic, which was drawn traditionally on bristol board.

OTBTober 2024
Day 04: Exotic

Weird!
#InkTober #OTBTober #Pokemon #Comic

Single panel comic. A Tsareena has pinned a Greedent down to the ground, under one of its feet, saying, "Begone, Redoent!" Behind her are a couple of scared looking Bounsweet. Scattered around on the ground are a bunch of Oran berries; Greedent is stretching out trying to grab the nearest one to add to the ones it has greedily grabbed for itself and won't let go. Clover witnesses all of this from a distance.

Photograph of the same single panel comic, which was drawn traditionally on bristol board.

OTBTober 2024
Day 03: Boots

Boots made for stomping. Best not get involved, Clover.
#InkTober #OTBTober #Pokemon #Comic

Single panel comic. CLOVER the Bulbasaur stumbles across a Darmanitan in Zen Mode hidden amongst some bushes.

Photograph of the same single panel comic, which was drawn traditionally on bristol board.

OTBTober 2024
Day 02: Discover

Woah!
#InkTober #OTBTober #Pokemon #Comic

Single panel comic. A Machop carrying a big backpack full of a mix of junk and items, walks beside CLOVER the Bulbasaur. The Machop points at Clover's bulb and says, "Hey, nice backpack!" Clover is not impressed.

Photograph of the same single panel comic, which was drawn traditionally on bristol board.

OTBTober 2024
Day 01: Backpack

Poor Clover 😅
#InkTober #OTBTober #Pokemon #Comic

Single panel comic. A Machop carrying a big backpack full of a mix of junk and items, walks beside CLOVER the Bulbasaur. The Machop points at Clover's bulb and says, "Hey, nice backpack!" Clover is not impressed.

Photograph of the same single panel comic, which was drawn traditionally on bristol board.

OTBTober 2024
Day 01: Backpack

Poor Clover 😅
#InkTober #OTBTober #Pokemon #Comic

Okay, so… No new OTBT strips just yet. Gonna need some more time still. However, for the whole month of October I'll be doing InkTober, or should I say, OTBTober! Keep your eyes peeled for daily single panel strips—think of them like snapshots—based on the official prompt list.

HIATUS EXTENSION ANNOUNCEMENT
September came by A LOT faster than we anticipated and we didn't get as much preparation work done as plan. So yeah, sorry, but we're going to have to extend our break a bit.

We'll be back soon!

Really considering this idea for InkTober. Probably won't be doing daily strips but maybe a "single panel" illustration or something like that? Whether they are all in sequence or not, I'm not sure. Could just be a single snapshot or something.

Yeah, still working things out.

SUMMER HAITUS ANNOUNCEMENT

We've come to the end of our first block of strips so I'll be taking a short break to prepare more strips. I'm hoping to be back in September and plan to post a new strip every two weeks.

Have a great summer and I'll see you soon.

Winston

(Ignore the typo, ta 😅)