Musings on and examples from various creative and constructive projects.
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...
12 Jan 2023 1 minute read 4 comments DoctorPlatypus
I hope everyone's New Year is proceeding happily! I am back to my Wednesday evening art zooms. While I think my graphic novel projects would benefit from the sort of slick, marketing style of art that a lot of comic books use, and while I am sure tha...
5 Jan 2023 1 minute read 1 comment DoctorPlatypus
This evening during my Wednesday evening art zoom, I drew from a reference photo that I have used before, in mid-2021, to see if it would come out better this time. In some important ways, I think it did come out better. In a couple of ways, the earl...
22 Dec 2022 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
I haven't been too good about posting new drawings in December this year, mostly because of holiday prep. For example, last week I baked a couple batches of cookies rather than drawing during my Wednesday night drawing zoom. But this week, I am back...
1 Dec 2022 2 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
I've been doing a bunch of figure-drawing zooms recently, and while I have been increasingly happy with my ability to draw and shade a proportional body in a fixed time span, I have been increasingly frustrated with faces. So this evening I decided t...
24 Nov 2022 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
A few of the friends who attend my Wednesday evening drawing zoom are not originally from the US, and they were curious about exactly what Thanksgiving celebrates, its origins, etc. So I found myself explaining the things I was taught as a child, abo...
1 Nov 2022 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
31 October is the last day of Inktober, and I am sad to see it end - I have had fun with the prompts this year, and have seen my work improving from all the practice. Day 31: Farm It's fun drawing someone a little bit stocky for a change, but it's...
31 Oct 2022 1 minute read 2 comments DoctorPlatypus
Several days' of Inktober drawings today. Just one more to go this year, which I will draw today and post tomorrow. Meanwhile, here are my drawings for the last several days: Day 27: Snack I love some Chex mix, especially those little toast pieces t...
27 Oct 2022 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Today's prompt for Inktober was 'Ego' and I spent a few minutes trying to think of fun things to draw that would suggest ego. Now that I have already drawn my picture for the day, I sort of wish I had drawn a portrait of Doctor Freud. Haha. But I am...
25 Oct 2022 1 minute read 2 comments DoctorPlatypus
With these two pictures, I am caught up again. Day 24: Fairy I love this one. I think something went a little wonky with the back of his hair, and his legs may need to be larger compared to his arms and torso, but aside from those things I am super...
