Don't Get Et Inked

Doc Quantum is fighting off some sort of ravenous beast! Again!

So this picture is why I started messing around with inking. It practically drew itself, then I thought I wanted to color it--except that every time I tried I couldn't get it to work (in that special way where anybody looking at it can't see what the problem is, but to you it's like banging your head off a wall).

Then my sister showed me what she'd been working on, and I thought, "Oh! I think it wants to be inked!" (because at this point I have conceded that this picture has a mind of its own). I tried and failed miserably three times, but fourth, fifth or sixth time is the charm, right?

If I develop any kind of actual skill at this, I expect I'll look back at this and cringe, but for the moment it works for me! And now the coloring is working, too, so hooray!