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captainpurple.bsky.social
Reclusive Dug Rusin
@captainpurple.bsky.social
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Sculptor | Illustrator | Graphic Designer
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#pumpkin #autumn

The veiw from our front yard.

I’m bewitched by our decaying jack o’ lanterns, fascinated by the decay
A pair of rotting jack o’ lanterns, one orange, the other white. The carved faces now a horrific parody of the once playful intent An orange rotting and squirrel gnawed jack o’ lantern sits on a front porch next to a green flower pot full of dead summer flowers
November 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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BIC Round Stic
A photograph of two BIC Round Stic ballpoint pens. The top is white with a black cap, as was the style in the 1980s. The bottom pen is tge current version of the same pen, but with a translucent grey body and cap allowing the user to check how much ink is available
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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I’m pickin’ up what you’re puttin’ down!
A pen and color pencil drawing of a figure wearing an orange t-shirt waves from behind the wheel of a blue on blue old fashioned pedal car, he has a oversized grey head of a donkey
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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#art #pumkins #traditionalart

Me? After running another Inktober gauntlet and it’s 31 prompts I decided to draw something for myself and maybe renew my artistic license.

On a recent cider mill trip I got some reference photos of these gorgeous heirloom pumpkins. This 8.5 x 11 drawing took a while
A ballpoint pen drawing of a group of 15 heirloom pumpkins, the two in the foreground look vaguely like oversized bell peppers
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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My fairy house project took over a year to go from sketch to finished pieces. As far as I know, nobody had a problem with that
A sketchbook page filled with drawings of potential fairy houses made from upside down pots A collection of 6 polymer clay fairy houses made to look like overturned terracotta pots that have been repurposed as dwellings with doors, windows, balconies and smoke stacks
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Fuck AI 🖕
Believe in yourself.
Be patient with yourself.
Log the hours.

1984-2024, 1991-2022
A ballpoint pen drawing of an old pair of camouflage high top sneakers A realistic ballpoint pen drawing of an old pair of black high top sneakers A white clay ceramic sculpture of a rhinoceros facing towards the left, it has a zebra pattern striped camouflage in black and bright yellow A white polymer clay sculpture of a rhinoceros facing towards the right, head slightly bowed as if looking up from foraging on the ground
November 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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And another stop on the ART TRAIN!!!
#arttrain #art

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Next stops along the way include:
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@debidoesdrawing.bsky.social
@justinkingdesigns.bsky.social
@danhawk333.bsky.social
@theuglymachine.bsky.social
A pen drawing of a caricature of a young woman with an oversized head, her hair gently moved by the wind stands in a small ship (based on a Little Tikes tugboat shaped sandbox) holds onto the cabin with her left hand. There is nobody at the wheel of the ship. In her right is a bird house that has a suitcase handle attached to the roof. Above her head is a blender, the electric cord curving around like a halo. And around the blender is a swirling cloud of razor blades. The sky is overcast, and there are gentle but pronounced swells in the water. At the bottom right, just below the waterline a circling shark can be seen. A side view of an Indian rhino from the left, based on Albrecht Durer’s 1515 engraving. This one is made of polymer clay and polychromed in shades of yellow, green and purple A digital pen drawing (iPad Pro, Affinity Designer 2) of a pair of people. Facing the viewer, a teen girl is looking off the page to the left and an older male with receding hairline and van dyke beard looks towards the viewer (yeah, it’s a self portrait with our daughter) A pen and color pencil drawing of a rhinoceros with a house-shaped burden on its back. The rhino is mostly grey. The house is purple, yellow and brown with the number 20 and letter “w” and a scissor headed bird on the front. There is a long brass pole that extends out horizontally from the structure that has a orange pumpkin dangling from it
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Thanks, Firedragonx for hosting an #artshare
Congratulations on 500 followers!

I’m Dug, a (mostly) retired graphic designer who is returning to my surrealist roots, usually working with traditional pen and pencil drawing & polymer clay sculpture
A pen and color pencil drawing of a young woman with an oversized head, her red hair gently moved by the wind stands in a black-hulled small ship (based on a Little Tikes tugboat shaped sandbox), holds onto the white cabin with her left hand. There is nobody at the wheel of the ship. In her right is a white bird house that has a brown leather suitcase handle attached to the green roof. Above her head is a blender, the black electric cord curving around like a halo. And around the blender is a swirling cloud of razor blades. The grey sky is overcast, and there are gentle but pronounced swells in the vibrant blue green water. At the bottom right, just below the green blue waterline a circling shark can be seen. A collection of 6 polymer clay fairy houses made to look like overturned terracotta pots that have been repurposed as dwellings with doors, windows, balconies and smoke stacks A pen drawing of a rhinoceros with a house-shaped burden on its back. The rhino is mostly grey. The house has the number 20 and letter “w” and a scissor headed bird on the front. There is a long brass pole that extends out horizontally from the structure that has a pumpkin dangling from it A pen and color pencil drawing of a cartoonishly mis-proportioned rhino is burdened with a pack, pumpkins, a watch, and a small house-like structure, below a smaller picture of a flight of scissor-beaked turkey vultures
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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#inktober #inktober2025

Day 31: award
A ballpoint pen drawing of a lamp in a window, the lamp is a female leg in fishnet stocking with a frilly lamp shade that looks kind of like a nightie, as featured in the film “A Christmas Story”
October 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Bonus image: at night (but kind of blurry. Sorry)
A jack o’ lantern that has a realistic human male’s face carved into it. The face, with a goatee, appears to be disgruntled and attempting to say something snide. Taken at night, the eyes and mouth glow
October 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Same here ( metro Detroit). It wasn’t bad until I put up the exterior Halloween decorations last weekend. Since then the winds have been trying to blow it all down. Photo? Sure!
A brick colonial house with a (hopefully) artificial graveyard spread out across the front lawn. Lots of head stones, a low white picket fence and in the distance, a surly scar crow with pumpkin head
October 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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#ThrowbackThursday #art #pumpkin

It’s Thursday, you know what to do!

Today’s rather seasonal #ThrowbackThursday piece is from 2005. Besides traditional materials I have also worked in cheddar & pumpkin. The weird thing about a jack o’ lantern self-portrait is watching squirrels feast on your face
A jack o’ lantern that has a realistic human male’s face carved into it. The face, with a goatee, appears to be disgruntled and attempting to say something snide
October 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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#inktober #inktober2025

Day 30: vacant
A pen drawing of a vacant two story house. The front yard is overgrown and unkempt, some gutters are missing, there is a loose board hanging over the front porch and a window has been haphazardly covered with a wooden plank. A realtor would say the house has “good bones” (probably buried in the basement)
October 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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#inktober #inktober2025

Day 29: lesson
A ballpoint pen drawing of an early 1980s autopsy, students are gathered around a body, an older man points into a gapping hole and proclaims “heart” ( represented by a red heart emoji)
October 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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#inktober #inktober2025

Day 28: skeletal
A pen and marker drawing of a highway patrol officer getting blasted by some power in yhe trunk of a car revealing the skeleton
October 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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#inktober #inktober2025

Day 27: onion
A ballpoint and white gell pen drawing of three red onions, at the onion at center has been sliced in half exposing the white interior
October 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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#halloween #skeletons

Dammit! They got into the wine!
A photo of three skeletons in a dining room. Two are seated at the table feasting on a human arm and foot. All three are clutching wine glasses and seem to be having a lovely time
October 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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#inktober #inktober2025

Day 26: puzzling
A ballpoint pen drawing of an average mix bred dog trying to understand something, there is a question mark over its head
October 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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#inktober #inktober2025

Day 25: inferno
A pen drawing in tones of burnt umber and red of a two story house fully engulfed in flame
October 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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#inktober #inktober2025

Day 24: rowdy
A ballpoint pen drawing of professional wrestler Rowdy Roddy Pipper, wearing a t-shirt that has “hot rod!” written across tge chest. His hands are on his hips and smikes while sticking his tongue out of one side of his mouth
October 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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#inktober #inktober2025

Day 23: firefly
A pen and color marker drawing of an orange and black firefly perched on a leaf, it’s tail about to light up
October 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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#inktober #inktober2025

Day 22: button
A pen, ballpoint and marker drawing of a happy, jolly candy-like red button
October 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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#inktober #inktober2025

Day 21: blast
A pen drawing of a mushroom cloud from an atomic bomb detonation. Or it could be a broccoli crown. Or a poorly rendered tree. But it’s meant to be an explotion
October 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Human artists!?

Use one piece to convince people to follow you !
A pen and color pencil drawing of young brunette woman in green dress with a dark rainbow colored scissor-beaked bird upon her shoulder calmly looks to the viewer while pieces of paper, pens and pencils swirl around her
October 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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#inktober #inktober2025

Day 20: rivals
An ink pen drawing of two knight chess pieces facing each other with some of the game board visible in the background
October 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM