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22 Jul 2022 1 minute read 4 comments artbytes26
WIP: Recreating My Tree-Dwelling Alien July 22 Hello, Publish0x. I decided to recreate the tree-dwelling alien that I drew years ago. I once drew the concept on my sketchpad with a pencil. Last night, I decided to recreate that alien using only Medib...
21 Jul 2022 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Tonight's prompt word was "bump" and I decided, against all odds, not to draw something filthy haha. For serious, though, I really wanted to try to capture the movement of dancing, and I think the weird bent-over posture of 70s disco dancing really l...
30 Jun 2022 1 minute read 7 comments DoctorPlatypus
I have an idea for a little comic about a guy who cleans pools, and the frog that lives in a particularly swampy pool he gets hired to clean. I have been practicing people quite a lot, so this evening I tried some frogs. First I tried to draw a reali...
16 Jun 2022 1 minute read 3 comments DoctorPlatypus
"Why did you make him green?" she says. I didn't want to leave him in paper-and-graphite, because he'd look like part of the rock he's sitting on. I thought the green would contrast nicely with the browns and yellows and blue in the background, more...
5 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments bluekasumi
Hey guys,In this video I'll show you how I restored my dry jelly gouache paint. You only need a spray bottle with water and a spatula to mix the colors with water and make them smooth and usable again. The full process took around an hour, but is ve...
27 May 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Fabio Lopera
A QR code (for its acronym in English Quick Response) in addition to being a digital tool is also an aesthetic fact. To generate and interpret a QR, the intervention of an appendix is necessary. The device must be well pointed framing the drawing,...
19 May 2022 1 minute read 2 comments DoctorPlatypus
This week during my art zoom, I made a second attempt at drawing the same hipster lumberjack as last week, but this week rather than spend time focusing on color, spent more time on proportions and trying to capture his posture. Here's the result fro...
5 May 2022 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Many years and many pounds ago, I went on a date to the Higgins Armory Museum, because that is the specific sort of geek that is me. I grieved when they closed. But when they were still open, they had a pretty extensive collection of medieval and new...
28 Apr 2022 1 minute read 2 comments DoctorPlatypus
My Wednesday evening art zoom is back on, and so are my weekly drawing prompt words. Our word selection method is pretty arbitrary - we pick a random book off the shelf, then a random page number, random line, random word number, etc - So sometimes w...
21 Apr 2022 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
So, my mom, who is splendid and considerate and lovely, and who gives excellent presents, has for the last couple of years at Christmas given me these wax bulbs that you set in indirect light, and that eventually produce an amaryllis flower. The firs...
