Musings on and examples from various creative and constructive projects.
17 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Today's prompt was "Rocket" and there was never a single moment when I didn't think I would draw something very much like this. On the whole I am very happy with this piece. Usually I draw from single photograph references, without too much deviatio...
15 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Today's prompt was "outpost" so I was thinking about remote military locations, and loneliness. I feel like having a big vista and then putting a single figure and building on one side, nothing but landscape on the other - I feel like that sort of im...
14 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Hi All - Today's #inktober prompt was "Armor". It was probably inevitable that I would take this one literally, although I must admit to thinking briefly about armadillos. When I looked at the line drawing and realized I had to shade all those tiny...
14 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
The prompt for #inktober2020 day 11 was "Disgusting" and I decided that I am not in a good mental place at the moment for dwelling on things that disgust me, so I am skipping day 11. The prompt for day 12 was "Slippery", and I thought about the yell...
11 Oct 2020 1 minute read 10 comments DoctorPlatypus
Today's prompt was "hope" but I haven't been feeling so hopeful lately, for numerous reasons not specifically relevant to this drawing. I tried to think of things that made me feel hope in the past, but at the moment lots of them make me sad. I thoug...
10 Oct 2020 1 minute read 2 comments DoctorPlatypus
Today's #inktober prompt was "Throw" and I thought seriously about drawing one of those Jack O'Lanterns that is arranged with the chips and guac to look like it is barfing up the guac, you know? And then I thought maybe I would be a little more whole...
8 Oct 2020 1 minute read 3 comments DoctorPlatypus
Today's #inktober prompt was "Teeth" and I was this close to drawing Dr. Teeth (of The Electric Mayhem), when I learned that my awesome cousin was going to start participating in Inktober this year and she had already begun drawing that esteemed Mupp...
8 Oct 2020 1 minute read 10 comments DoctorPlatypus
Last night while I was drawing my inktober rodent, I was chatting with a friend who pretty much demanded that I put a top hat on it, and (of all things) spats, because "it would be so fancy!" She even had a fancy hat picked out! It was purple! I got...
7 Oct 2020 1 minute read 3 comments DoctorPlatypus
Today's prompt was "Rodent" and I had a hard time not drawing a political figure. Haha. Then I thought about different kinds of rodents, and finally settled on cute mouse. When I had the contour lines laid out and had started to do some shading and...
6 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Today's #inktober prompt was "Blade" and I thought really hard about drawing the hair of this dude I knew in college, and then I was real tempted by a King Arthur, sword in the stone, sort of thing. In the end, I decided to keep it relatively simple,...
