I started drawing an octopus every day since October of 2010 - over 700 and counting! Check out the archive view for the full effect. I haven't been updating as much recently but please stay tuned for more sporadic cephalopods!

You can also find prints and originals of my pieces on etsy.


if wishes were octopuses...
©2013 rupa dasGupta
varying levels of successtopus, these next few.

varying levels of successtopus, these next few.

awkward little octopus (I rather like the imperfections that result from drawing on the shuddering trains of njtransit.): gel pen: 6” x 4”

awkward little octopus (I rather like the imperfections that result from drawing on the shuddering trains of njtransit.)

: gel pen
: 6” x 4”

alternating octopus : watercolors, gel pen: 6” x 4”

alternating octopus

: watercolors, gel pen
: 6” x 4”

so now you knowtopus (might add more to this.): watercolors, pencil: 6” x 4”

so now you knowtopus (might add more to this.)

: watercolors, pencil
: 6” x 4”

A heads up to all you octopus enthusiasts out there - I’m offering 25% off everything in my Etsy shop for the rest of the month of April with coupon code 99OCTOPODES. If you enjoy my work, now’s a great time to get your hands on a print or two!https://www.etsy.com/shop/AnOctopusADay (And as always, if there are any octopuses you like that you don’t see listed in my Etsy store, feel free to ask me to put it up for you!)

A heads up to all you octopus enthusiasts out there - I’m offering 25% off everything in my Etsy shop for the rest of the month of April with coupon code 99OCTOPODES. If you enjoy my work, now’s a great time to get your hands on a print or two!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/AnOctopusADay

(And as always, if there are any octopuses you like that you don’t see listed in my Etsy store, feel free to ask me to put it up for you!)

push the sky awaytopus: watercolors, colored pencil, gel pen: 6” x 4”  This print is available on Etsy!

push the sky awaytopus

: watercolors, colored pencil, gel pen
: 6” x 4” 

This print is available on Etsy!

embryonic octopus (aka this is your brain on octopodes) : watercolors, copic marker ink, colored pencil, gel pen: 6” x 4”

embryonic octopus (aka this is your brain on octopodes)

: watercolors, copic marker ink, colored pencil, gel pen
: 6” x 4”

octopus in transit: watercolors, colored pencil, gel pen: 6” x 4”

octopus in transit

: watercolors, colored pencil, gel pen
: 6” x 4”