Musings on and examples from various creative and constructive projects.
20 Aug 2020 1 minute read 4 comments DoctorPlatypus
... and I am not sure I am getting better at them. Here are today's bricks: I feel like it's all about shading and value, but also probably about being more precise with my pencil strokes. I could clean up the outside some with an eraser, and maybe...
18 Aug 2020 3 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
An author colleague today was musing about the use of 'basic' to mean "I don't really like it, but I don't really want to think about it." and she compared it to the older 'decent'. This led me to think of the way we now use 'fine' and how difficult...
13 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
More gesture practice today - This took me about 45 minutes. Because I misplaced his hips on the overall gesture line, and because I drew his head too small (or perhaps too far down on the gesture line), there are some proportion issues here, makin...
12 Aug 2020 1 minute read 2 comments DoctorPlatypus
Last November, I took a texture-drawing lesson in which we drew bricks, hoping to make them look as realistic as possible. Here's my assignment from then: I revisited the same lesson today, and tried to add a little more depth by making the brick wa...
11 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
In the wake of Rowling saying the various objectionable things she said about physical sex and gender at the expense of trans people, I started seeing lots of criticism of Harry Potter. Weirdly, for the most part, the criticism that I've come across...
10 Aug 2020 1 minute read 2 comments DoctorPlatypus
I need to work on my gesture drawing skills, so that I can get the idea of a model/pose on paper enough within a set time that I can finish the work after the model exits the pose. I can't be expecting a leaping dancer to remain midair long enough fo...
8 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
This is the little river I go tubing on. This year I’m probably just gonna do a little swimming. Sure is nice here. Here’s me in my cunning mask, because the world is ending. Not sure why the photo came out sideways, but I kinda like it this...
6 Aug 2020 1 minute read 4 comments DoctorPlatypus
The Story Behind the Name When I was just little, I loved watching Mr. Rogers. Apparently, so did my babysitter, who called me "Dr. Bill Bill Platypus" after Dr Duckbill Platypus in Mr. Rogers' Land of Make Believe. In 2010, when I finished my PhD (E...
