Answers to the Guess Movie from the Drawing Game INKtober 2025 edition! // comments, explanations, and running the numbers

I don't have the skills to make my drawings come to life...yet.

Hi, friends!

As promised, here are the answers to my Guess the Movie from the Drawing Game! If you want to quickly go see the original drawings for yourself before you see the comparisons, click HERE.

Thank you so much to everyone who guessed! Scores will be at the bottom, but for now drawings guessed correctly by everyone have an asterisk next to them.

 

Day 1: 

Prompt: Mustache. Film: Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

Blue got a half point for this for knowing that it was Hercule Poirot! Who else would have such an excellent mustache? 

Day 2*: 

Prompt: Weave. Film: Tangled (2010)

Day 3: 

Prompt: Crown. TV Show: Merlin (2008-12)

    

This one reminds me a bit of Napoleon Dynamite, because the hair took me an embarrassingly long time. So I've been going around saying:

Day 4: 

Prompt: Murky. Film: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

After this I realized I could just write the prompt on the page a different way. I talked about this scene HERE.

Day 5: 

Prompt: Deer. Film: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

This is from Doric's scouting mission where she had to escape quickly. And it's set up earlier HERE, continued HERE, then it's paid off HERE.

Holga: "So she did become a deer!"

Edgin: "Only at the very end!" 

I just find it a great running gag so that's what I decided to draw.

Day 6: 

Prompt: Pierce. Film: The Parent Trap (1998)

This is a very strange way to fill this prompt, but I didn't want to draw anyone dying.

Day 7*: 

Prompt: Starfish. Film: Finding Nemo (2003)

Day 8: 

Prompt: Reckless. Film: The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)

Well done to Phyl for figuring this one out with my clue!

What happened here is for some reason I decided to start with the wheels, and I drew it in the middle of the page. Then I realized that I was not going to have enough room for Waldo actually doing the reckless act, so everything got a little smushed.

Day 9: 

Prompt: Heavy. Film: Les Miserables (2012)

I couldn't get the facial expression quite right, but then I also realized I wasn't using my magic pen, so I'll blame it on that.

This was the first in a pattern I got stuck in, dubbed "guys holding stuff."

Day 10*: 

Prompt: Sweep. Film: Mary Poppins (1964)

Guys holding stuff #2.

Day 11*: 

Prompt: Sting. Films: The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003)

Guys holding stuff #3.

Does it look like Frodo? No. But I still think he looks cute, haha! Even my sister who hasn't seen the series knew it was him, so I'm calling that a win.

Day 12*: 

Prompt: Shredded. Film: Back to the Future (1985)

Guys holding stuff #4. But people did a really good job of guessing "guys holding stuff" so maybe I should continue the theme!

This one is my favorite! <3 I just had so much fun drawing Marty's jacket. And face.

Day 13: 

Prompt: Drink. Film: Barbie (2023)

I finally was able to break out of the "guys holding stuff" and make it "dolls holding stuff!" ...So does that make this Guys and Dolls...?

Day 14: 

Prompt: Trunk. TV Show: A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017-19)

This is immediately what I thought of, which tells you how much of a grasp Lemony Snicket has on my life. I apologize heartily to Hugo for giving him such a long arm. And to Collette for whatever happened when I was drawing her face. And to Kevin, for not really giving him a face...

Day 15: 

Prompt: Ragged. Film: Cinderella (2015)

This one had a few things going on. First, I was annoyed that it was so close to the "shredded" prompt because it took me FOREVER to think of that one. So I decided to go with my original idea for that one, and then when I was rewatching the scene I realized the word "ragged" actually is used to describe the character. However, in the reference picture I used the character looked so happy, it made everything ironic. Then I remembered the line "No one's ever painted my portrait" and decided it was about time. XD

It reminds me of another scene in the movie itself:

Honestly I think Anastasia's drawing skills are better than mine.

Day 16*: 

Prompt: Blunder. Films: Pirates of the Caribbean (2003-17)

Has there ever been a bad picture of Captain Jack Sparrow?

This is probably one of my strangest answers to a prompt, but I believe that type of gun is called a blunderbuss? 

Day 17: 

Prompt: Ornate. Film: The Princess Bride (1987)

By the time I actually got to the "ornate" part, I was a little tired of drawing, hence the squiggly lines.

Day 18: 

Prompt: Deal. TV Show: Doom at Your Service (2021)

What's better than making a deal with the devil? Making a deal with Doom himself.

I fully admit that I am obsessed with K-Dramas. This one is fourth in my ranking so far.

Day 19: 

Prompt: Arctic. Film: The Golden Compass (2008)

Should we talk about the nose? I don't know what happened, but it's like Flynn Rider.

Day 20: 

Prompt: Rivals. Film: Descendants 2 (2017).

Even though I drew Uma twice, I just can't get the angle of her head right. One would think I'd never studied angles even though that's far from the truth...

Day 21: 

Prompt: Blast. Film: Nancy Drew (2007)

 

Any time I just got to stab my pen against the paper a lot was a good day. That's the secret behind my technique.

Day 22*: 

Prompt: Button. Film: Penelope (2006)

I adore this coat and scarf, so of course I was going to have to draw it eventually.

Day 23*: 

Prompt: Firefly. Film: The Princess and the Frog (2009).

Usually these drawings took me around 40 minutes, but this one was about 5 because I wanted to be able to say I drew it quickly. So enjoy this version of Ray with a slightly wonky smile!

Day 24: 

Prompt: Rowdy. Film: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Proportions? What are proportions? I just really wanted to draw the guy doing the little cannonball. And it was fun to do something different than what I usually did!

Day 25: 

Prompt: Inferno. TV Show: Geek Girl (2024-present)

She does not have the right kind of intensity that I was going for, but I had a ton of fun doing Harriet's hair.

Day 26: 

Prompt: Puzzling. Film: Call Northside 777 (1948)

It was pointed out to me that my drawing looks more like Lauren Bacall than Helen Walker and now I can't unsee it. And I'm not surprised that I ended up drawing Jimmy Stewart eventually, though I don't think I'd ever seen anyone doing a puzzle in a film before?

Day 27: 

Prompt: Onion. Film: Glass Onion (2022).

Who's excited for Wake Up Dead Men??

Day 28: 

Prompt: Skeletal. Film: The Book of Life (2014)

The skeleton hands were WAY too much fun to draw, even if they are wildly different sizes.

Day 29: 

Prompt: Lesson. Film: The Count of Monte Cristo (2002).

If I keep the practice up, maybe I'll be able to draw as quickly as the priest can move his hands under water drops.

Day 30: 

Prompt: Vacant. Film: Charade (1963).

In which I learned how shaky my hands are when I try to draw straight lines.

Day 31: 

Prompt: Award. TV Show: Wednesday (2022-present)

I see this as being only the start of me drawing many pictures of Wednesday. Maybe one for every episode...

Scores:

Fiona Cate: 23 (as my sister, she's VERY familiar with what I watch!)

Blue: 12.5

Phyl: 11

Thank you so much for your brilliant guesses! You all did AMAZINGLY.

Stats:

Hands drawn in detail: 31. Ironic, because I'm terrible at hands yet kept finding images to fill the prompts that featured hands. 

Guys holding stuff: 11

Mystery-themed: 5

Animated inspiration: 4

Guitars: 2. This feels like that John Mulaney quote of "if I had a nickel..."

Including food or drink: 2

Fire: 2

How do you think I did? Which is your favorite? Which picture do you think is the most accurate to the reference photo? Which one is most stylized?

Thanks for viewing my art! I hope this has inspired you all to try something new, like this was for me! Have a great start to December!

Chloe the MovieCritic

One Week Left for the "Guess the Movie From the Drawing" Game!

Maybe I'll become a caricature artist...

Hey, friends!

This is just a note that a week from today (on Wednesday, December 3rd) I'll be revealing the answers to my "Guess the Movie From the Drawing Game"! I've been meaning to post the answers sooner, but I've only had a couple of people guess so would love a few more guesses! 

It's completely for fun so there are no bad guesses! Sometimes the guesses show how uncannily my drawings look like something else, and it's fun for me to see my drawings through the eyes of my readers.

My ideal drawing location.

If you fancy taking a guess, check it out HERE.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Chloe the MovieCritic

Inklings // October 2025 + Autumn Tag Challenge

Hello and happy fall, friends!

I know it has been autumn for a couple of months, but now it feels like we are on the edge of winter so I'm feeling autumn for the last fragments that it is. Which today involves participating in Heidi's monthly link-up, Inklings!

How it works:

1. At any time during the month, on your own blog post a scene from a book or film that matches the prompt, including a link back to Heidi's blog in your post.

2. Make sure to come back and leave a link to your entry in the box on that month's post: Heidi's post for October 2025.

This month's prompt is:

A scene with a fountain in book or film

I'm going to choose the thirteenth book of A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is The End - by Lemony Snicket. 

I'm currently ending my huge re-listen of all of these books for the first time since I was young and I had been pondering what to do for a fountain scene when the very book that I was listening to provided the answer. Even though this scene comes from the last book in the series, this particular instance is spoiler-free as it is talking about something that happened before the first book, The Bad Beginning, even started. That timeline may seem strange, but trust me, it makes sense in the context! But here, even if you don't know the context, just relax and enjoy reading this scene.

     "...What about you, Sunny? What do you miss?"

     "Fountain," Sunny said.

     "The Fowl Fountain, at the Village of Fowl Devotees?" Klaus asked.

     "No," Sunny said, shaking her head. "In city."

     "The Fountain of Victorious Finance?" Violet asked. "Why on earth would you miss that?"

     "First swim," Sunny said and her siblings gasped.

     "You can't remember that," Klaus said.

     "You were just a few weeks old," Violet said.

     "I remember," Sunny said firmly, and the elder Baudelaires shook their heads in wonder. Sunny was talking about an afternoon long ago, during an unusually hot autumn in the city. The Baudelaire parents had some business to attend to, and brought along the children, promising to stop at the ice cream store on the way home. The family had arrived at the banking district, pausing to rest at the Fountain of Victorious Finance, and the Baudelaires' mother had hurried into a building with tall, curved towers poking out in all directions, while their father waited outside with the children. The hot weather made Sunny very cranky, and she began to fuss. To quiet her, the Baudelaires' father dipped her bare feet in the water, and Sunny had smiled so enthusiastically that he had begun to dunk Sunny's body, clothes and all, into the foutain, until the youngest Baudelaire was screaming with laughter. As you may know, the laughter of babies is often very contagious, and before long not only were Violet and Klaus also jumping into the fountain, but the Baudelaires' father, too, all of them laughing and laughing as Sunny grew more and more delighted. Soon the Baudelaires' mother came out of the building, and looked in astonishment for a moment at her soaking and giggling family, before putting down her pocketbook, kicking off her shoes, and joining them in the refreshing water."

The Baudelaires need more scenes where they're happy like this!

As this is a short post, there's room for me to add my answers to the Autumn Tag Challenge which Olivia just tagged me for! Thank you, Olivia! 

The Rules

1. Download the cover photo and use it for your post

2. Acknowledge the person who tagged you

3. Tag others and comment on their blog to let them know! (I am notorious for not following this rule so we'll see if I do or not...)

4. Slip into autumn vibes (which for Chloe involves Gilmore Girls as she was recently sick and one watches Gilmore Girls when one is sick. I don't make the rules.)

The Questions:

1. If autumn isn't your favourite season, what is? And if autumn is your favourite season, why?

WINTER. I love it. I adore it. You will never see me happier than when it is snowing. I just loooooooove the snow. I find it absolutely magically and never get tired of it. I have in recent years come to appreciate autumn as my second favorite season and in the peak of the colors I sometimes consider making it my favorite season. And I love Halloween, so...

2. What is your favourite thing that you do each autumn?

Go on walks and take pictures of all the miraculous colors. I've never been much into photography but I got into it last fall for this exact reason because I was missing my sister (the photography expert) and it felt wrong to not try to capture the glorious hues.

3. What are a couple of your favourite autumn memories?

Weirdly enough for fall I don't have as many distinct memories unlike the other seasons, but more just the images of glorious leaves blot out all other thoughts. Experiencing fall almost seems to take precedence over other things that are happening? I mean, I have many memories of things that happen in the fall, but I don't associate them as being FALL unless I am staring in wonder at a tree.

4. What book most reminds you of the autumn? Movie?

Besides Gilmore Girls, I talked about this a little on my last Inklings post. And to add to those I would say all Kate DiCamillo book, Ella Enchanted, and Don Quijote de la Mancha. As for movies themselves, here's a list of 10 Movies That Give Me Autumnal Vibes. In short, you can't get me to stop thinking of books and movies that remind me of autumn.

5. What is your favourite drink for the season?

I'm not allowed to have coffee. Because I get waaaaaaay too into coffee and never sleep. I think the first time I had coffee was in fall and if wasn't pumpkin spice it was some other fall-themed drink. Now tea, I can handle tea. Occasionally apple cider.

6. What is one new thing you want to do this autumn?

I've been getting into drawing, but that's not specifically autumnal. I have a few cards I want to make for a cozy fall vibe, I just have been stumped halfway with inspiration. Last year I wrote a poem about fall for extra credit in my Hispanic Literature class so maybe it's time I wrote another one.

7. Do you decorate for the autumn? If so, how soon? If not, why?

Not really? It just doesn't occur to me as something to do. I think the most autumnal decor in my room right now is the calendar. My roommates last year would, though, and I loved coming home the leaves on the windowsill or festive signs on the door.

8. What is your favourite way to celebrate Thanksgiving?

With my family. But also, sophomore year of college I was part of this program where if you were staying on campus they would find a place for you to go for Thanksgiving. And I ended up at this massive party of 50 or more people in this couple's garage. It was so much fun and I have friends that I met there who I am still close with today! I also felt useful because they had us college kids set up shrimp appetizers. Cuz' that's my least favorite thing about Thanksgiving: feeling useless.

9. What colour makes you think most of autumn?

A golden yellow. It's the colors that we get here when it's fall due to all the aspens. This lead to me being absolutely ASTONISHED these last four years in my college town when the colors were also red and bright orange.

10. Type up a list of ten words or names that encapsulate the season of autumn for you.

leaves // chill // rustling // falling // Halloween // lingering // golden // rusty // sleeping // dreaming //

And I tag: 

miranda at from nie

Amaris at The Storybook Journal

Katherine and Grace at The Maidens of Green Gables

Here's a clean copy of the questions:

1. If autumn isn't your favourite season, what is? And if autumn is your favourite season, why?

2. What is your favourite thing that you do each autumn?

3. What are a couple of your favourite autumn memories?

4. What book most reminds you of the autumn? Movie?

5. What is your favourite drink for the season?

6. What is one new thing you want to do this autumn?

7. Do you decorate for the autumn? If so, how soon? If not, why?

8. What is your favourite way to celebrate Thanksgiving?

9. What colour makes you think most of autumn?

10. Type up a list of ten words or names that encapsulate the season of autumn for you.

If you haven't already, I would love for all of you to go hanker some guesses on my Guess Movie From the Drawing Game! I've loved seeing the guesses so far and I would be honored if those of you reading this would also give it a try! There are no bad guesses, only a fun time. 

Thanks for reading! Any Lemony Snicket fans out there? Do you know any scenes that are told at the end of a book but are from before a book started? Any Gilmore Girls fans? 

Chloe the MovieCritic

Guess the Movie from the Drawing Game! // INKtober 2025 Recap

Hi, friends! Happy Halloween!

The last time I had a game on this blog it was "Guess the Actor from the Drawing" with my sister back in 2020. I've been wanting to get into drawing ever since, but always claimed I didn't have the time. On October 1st I was looking at the INKtober prompts and for day one thought, "I know exactly what I'd do if I were to draw that!" Then I realized there was nothing holding me back, and I went ahead and drew it. 

Because that first day featured one of my favorite fictional characters I decided I'd give myself the additional challenge of making each drawings be inspired by a movie or TV show! Which is where this turns into a game. I would love for you guys to guess what these are! Some of these are SUPER obscure; there's no one who could guess all of these, not even my family members, but I thought it would be a fun game for you guys to see what movies and TV shows we have in common and to see what I've been up to.

And I also want to see how recognizable all of my drawings are, haha! I hadn't done a lot of drawing before this and I think I actually got worse as the month went along but I never stopped having fun. I used reference photos for all of these which has it's pros and cons, but you'll get to see the actual photos when I post the answers!

How it works:

• Each of these drawings is from a scene in a movie or TV show. Comment on this post (comments will be put on moderation so everyone gets a fair chance!) if you think you know the inspiration for any of these drawings. You don't need to guess the exact episode of the TV show, just the name of the show will count!
• As some of these are impossibly hard I'll give some hints, but you may be able to guess a lot from what the prompt was, so all of those are included, too.
• Have fun!

Day 1: Prompt: Mustache

Day 2: Prompt: Weave

Day 3: Prompt: Crown

Note: I had just rewatched this episode, so while it's a little out of the way it's where my mind went immediately.

Day 4: Prompt: Murky

Hint: I have talked about this scene before on this blog. Because I'm obsessed and I acknowledge that.

Day 5: Prompt: Deer

Hint: I know the obvious one to do would be Bambi. But: (a. I was trying to avoid animated films because I would compare it too much to the animated style. (b. I haven't actually seen that. So I went with something where a deer only shows up for a few seconds, but there's still a line of dialogue devoted to it.

"So she did become a deer!"

"Not relevant." 

Day 6: Prompt: Pierce

Day 7: Prompt: Starfish

Day 8: Prompt: Reckless

Hint: I didn't even know this movie existed until a couple of months ago but maybe it will make a comeback as people watch things to commemorate a certain actor.

Day 9: Prompt: Heavy

Day 10: Prompt: Sweep

Day 11: Prompt: Sting

Day 12: Prompt: Shredded

Day 13: Prompt: Drink

Day 14: Prompt: Trunk

Hint: This TV show is Very Fit (for) Drawing.

Day 15: Prompt: Ragged

Hint: I'm using the prompt ironically, but it is part of the dialogue...

Day 16: Prompt: Blunder

Day 17: Prompt: Ornate

Day 18: Prompt: Deal 

Note: No one who doesn't watch international TV dramas is going to guess this. Take this as your sign to watch international TV dramas because I am ENGROSSED.

Day 19: Prompt: Arctic

Hint: I had forgotten completely that this movie existed even though I used to watch it all the time. Takes me back to the late 2000s.

Day 20: Prompt: Rivals

Note: The problem with this one is that I drew the figure on the right first and got a little cocky which lead to me completely messing up on the figure on the left. This was the only drawing of the month that I felt so dissatisfied with it that later in the day I tried to redo it. And I guess the nearest piece of paper was a receipt, so I just put it on top of the other piece of paper. So here's another version, even though the proportions are off.

Day 21: Prompt: Blast

Hint: I don't know what's a good clue to give you guys as Sarah Seele is the only person outside of my family that I know has also watched this. But maybe you guys will prove me wrong!

Day 22: Prompt: Button

Day 23: Prompt: Firefly

Day 24: Prompt: Rowdy

Day 25: Prompt: Inferno

Hint: I keep saying I'm going to write a post about this TV show and my love for it, so maybe this should be my hint to finish that post before the second season comes out.

Day 26: Prompt: Puzzling

Hint: If you need help, maybe you should call a friend? I guess "phone a friend" is the proper direction.

Day 27: Prompt: Onion

Day 28: Prompt: Skeletal

Day 29: Prompt: Lesson

Hint: This guy is good at teaching things. Like how to fight and also read and write.

Day 30: Prompt: Vacant

Hint: The pretense for me drawing it is that I'd just rewatched it, so no farce is intended.

Day 31: Prompt: Award

Hint: I chose a strange scene from this show, but just know that I'd been thinking about it all month long, especially as I got around to watching the second season. And dressed up as one of the characters for Halloween. And I was drawing on Halloween (aka today), so sure, I'll do what's popular right now, regardless of the day of the week.

Let the guessing begin! I hope you guys have as much fun with this as I did drawing these all! Answers will be posted in a few weeks!

Chloe the MovieCritic