Release The Quacken!
18 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
I made this amigurumi for my niece :D
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Musings on and examples from various creative and constructive projects.
Sketch of Cheyenne Jackson
28 Sep 2024 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
I was really interested in the way he was standing.
Charlotte
15 Sep 2024 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Each year in early September my family gathers for a giant pig roast, and there are pig-themed coloring pages on the tables. This year I decided to draw my own pig rather than color one of the piggy pages. This is done with graphite pencil, Crayola c...
Hey hey Boo Boo!
29 Feb 2024 1 minute read 1 comment DoctorPlatypus
Wednesday Art Zoom was this evening, and I drew some old friends from Hanna Barbera.
Bouncy Pouncy Etc
4 Jan 2024 1 minute read 1 comment DoctorPlatypus
Apparently Steamboat Willy entered the public domain yesterday, so for the first time ever there are now public domain images of Mickey Mouse. Not ALL images of Mickey Mouse though, just the ones from that movie. For example, Mickey as Wizard from Fa...
Year of the Dragon - Meryl Streep
30 Dec 2023 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
My art zoom is going to start back up on Wednesdays, so I am very very excited about that. We got together tonight for the first time in a while, and I decided to bust out my charcoal - it's NUTS how different working with charcoal is from working wi...
Arboreal Repose
16 Apr 2023 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
My Wednesday evening art zoom has been on hiatus for a couple of months, while the host has been taking calculus or some higher mathematics course, possibly related to how Origami works. In the meantime, I find that I am not practicing enough, so tod...
Fan portrait of Keanu Reeves
9 Feb 2023 1 minute read 1 comment DoctorPlatypus
Saw this old photo of Keanu Reeves just loving his life today, and thought we all could do with being reminded what joy looks like. So I decided to give it a try, drawing from that as a reference photo. Here's where I ended up: I am happy with how h...
Figure Drawing - Emil
1 Feb 2023 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
I haven't posted my sketches from figure drawing in a while, but some of these came out pretty great, so I wanted to share them. This was a zoom hosted by Gay Men's Sketch, featuring talented model Emil. This one was the final sketch of the evening,...
Sophie's New Box
19 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
This evening my cousin's Christmas present was delivered, a giant blanket, big as her house, and it was delivered in a box. So here's the natural consequence. Meet Sophie! I have a wicked head cold that I am hoping doesn't turn out to be Covid - I...
