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
all in one octopus : calligraphy ink, squid ink: 5.5” x 3.5” 

all in one octopus

: calligraphy ink, squid ink
: 5.5” x 3.5” 

ponchartraintopus : calligraphy ink: 5.5” x 3.5” 

ponchartraintopus

: calligraphy ink
: 5.5” x 3.5” 

uncooperative octopus. (got more lovely ink at papier plume in new orleans but clearly it’s not quite working out with this paper. fail.) : calligraphy ink: 5.5” x 3.5” 

uncooperative octopus. (got more lovely ink at papier plume in new orleans but clearly it’s not quite working out with this paper. fail.)

: calligraphy ink
: 5.5” x 3.5” 

borderless octopus

borderless octopus

mile hightopus

mile hightopus

armadan octopus

armadan octopus

tell me, O octopus (text from Ogden Nash, “The Octopus”) : fountain pen ink, squid ink: 6” x4” 

tell me, O octopus (text from Ogden Nash, “The Octopus”)

: fountain pen ink, squid ink
: 6” x4” 

rarely it wakestopus (title and text taken from James Merrill’s poem, “The Octopus”) : fountain pen ink, squid ink: 6” x4” 

rarely it wakestopus (title and text taken from James Merrill’s poem, “The Octopus”)

: fountain pen ink, squid ink
: 6” x4” 

Bad student.

Bad student.

double high tidetopus : gouache, gel pen, embossing powder: 4” x 6” 

double high tidetopus

: gouache, gel pen, embossing powder
: 4” x 6” 

in a lonely placetopus : charcoal, gouache, gel pen: 4” x 6” 

in a lonely placetopus

: charcoal, gouache, gel pen
: 4” x 6”