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31 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Today's #inktober prompt was "Crawl" and I thought and thought. In honor of Halloween, I considered creepy crawly vermin, but I thought maybe I wasn't that excited to spend the time studying roaches or spiders or centipedes today, enough to do justic...
27 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
The #inktober prompt for the 23rd was "Rip" and I spent a lot of time looking for photos of guys with the butts ripped out of their jeans, to no avail. Finally, I decided on that iconic still of Captain Kirk posing with his torn uniform shirt in fron...
21 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
The prompt for October 19 was "Dizzy" and I thought about stuff that spins and stuff that makes you drunk, and I wasn't that interested in any of those things, so I went for this instead: I think I am starting to get the hang of hands, although thes...
18 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Today's prompt was "Storm" and I decided to go with a storm trooper helmet: I see immediately that there's a weirdness about the muzzle on the right hand side of the page. The downward slope on that side should be less steep, and the curve toward th...
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...
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...
