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Inktober 2025, Day 19:Arctic

Frozen moments don’t mean failure. Sometimes, it’s life’s way of teaching us to pause, breathe, and wait for the melt. Ballpoint pen on sketchbook, A4. © 2025 Stephen

Commissioned Portrait

Commissioned Portrait I did in between my Inktober 2025 series. Ballpoint Pen on gloss card, 16 x 20inches, 2025, Stephen Ezike

Inktober 2025, Day 13: Drink

Sip, chill, and let the world pause. Even your worries deserve a coffee break. ☕✨ If your weekend had a flavor, what would it taste like? Ballpoint pen on sketchbook,

Inktober 2025, Day 9: Heavy

The weight is unbearable, yet the mouth remains sealed, yearning to speak. Ballpoint pen on sketchbook, A4. © 2025 Stephen Ezike.

Inktober 2025 – Day 8: Reckless 1

Reckless lifestyles breed a lifetime of regret. Ballpoint pen on sketchbook, A4. © 2025 Stephen Ezike.

Inktober 2025, Day 7:Starfish

Fear is an illusion magnified by the mind. Stabilize your mind to stay balanced under pressure. Ballpoint pen on sketchbook, A4. © 2025 Stephen Ezike.

Inktober 2025, Day 6:Pierce

Surreal dialogue between Nok Art and Benin Art Ballpoint pen on sketchbook, A4. © 2025 Stephen Ezike.

Inktober 2025, Day 5: Deer

Carry your craft with pride, the way deer bears it's antlers. Ballpoint pen on sketchbook, A4. © 2025 Stephen Ezike.

Inktober 2025, Day 2: Weaving

Weave your thoughts towards positive ideas that can yield income. Ballpoint Pen on sketch book, A4, 2025 Stephen Ezike.

Keep Standing Tall

Don't let doubt and life's expectations shift the course of your direction. keep standing tall. . Ballpoint Pen on sketch book, A3 , 2025 , Stephen Ezike.

Bus Shelter Drawing.

Captured ticket seller at the Bus Shelter. . Ballpoint Pen on sketch book, A4, 2025, Stephen Ezike.

Credit Alert vs Bills

Alert drops, bills waiting by the side sharpening their teeth. Ballpoint Pen on sketch book, A5, 2025, Stephen Ezike.

Drawing on black embossed paper using white pencil.

My personal study of the female model Introducing my students to bringing out forms on a black paper using white pencil or chalk pastel.

Quest for power

In the scramble for power, bodies twist, knot, and collide, each climbing over the other, yet all bound in the same struggle. Ballpoint Pen on sketch book, A4, 2025,

Quick sketches during drawing class with my students.

Simple lines carry the truest expression.

Bloom Thoughts

When the mind feels heavy, hope finds a way in, turning burden into light, blooming thoughts into love and peace. Sometimes, all it takes is little lift. Ballpoint

Backup Plan.

When romance feels like a game of musical chairs, someone is always left waiting. Nobody wants to go home empty-handed. The heart creates room for options, and loyalty

Hustling without emotions.

Fighting for money without seeking true happiness in human relationships, yet it slips through our hands like smoke, leaving us unsure where it truly went. Ballpoint

Manifesting dream to reality

May the visions of your dreams weave themselves into life. Ballpoint Pen on sketch book, 21.0 x 29. 7, 2025, Stephen Ezike

Transforming thoughts into visuals

"Transforming thoughts into visuals" Ideas are conceived and processed like solving a Rubik's cube, twisting thoughts to recreate what the mind has imagined.