I recently finished my side of a “sketch swap” with the incredible Bob Q after he had already completed his end. Bob and I have very different styles and I think he would agree that it was a difficult task trying to ink and color over the other person’s sketch. From his report, it sounds like he was probably more outside his comfort zone than I was. I grew up wanting to be a comic book artist like Bob is, but I was only good enough to be a cartoonist. So here are the results of our Acquisitions Inc. sketch swap!
Here is Bob’s piece. He works traditionally much more than I do so he actually printed out my sketch and went over it with real pen and ink! He was kind enough afterwards to send me the original in order to place it in the Child’s Play charity auction at the end of the year.
I did one as well! I had literally 3 false starts on it while I tried to find an inking style that fit @cwgabriel.bsky.social ‘s lineart… my normal approach did NOT work… nor did an abnormal approach lol. Really pleased with where I ended up.
— Bob Q! (@robotjq.bsky.social) April 10, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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And here is my take on Bob’s sketch. Mine is all digital but I will still have a nice print of it available at the charity auction as well. Bob’s anatomy and framing are so good that inking this was like taking a fucking class!
Here are my inks and colors over @robotjq.bsky.social 's amazing sketch! This was so much fun to do and I learned a shit ton 🤣
— Gabe (@cwgabriel.bsky.social) April 10, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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Thanks to Bob for agreeing to these shenanigans and for doing it all for a good cause!
-Gabe Out
