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
mount st. cephalopod : watercolors, gouache, fountain pen ink, squid ink: 4”x6” 

mount st. cephalopod

: watercolors, gouache, fountain pen ink, squid ink
: 4”x6” 

forgotten octopus (got a little carried away with the black ink…) : watercolors, gouache, fountain pen ink, india ink: 4”x6” 

forgotten octopus (got a little carried away with the black ink…)

: watercolors, gouache, fountain pen ink, india ink
: 4”x6” 

blow outopus : 4”x6”

blow outopus

: 4”x6”

sankranti octopus: 4”x6” 

sankranti octopus

: 4”x6” 

under the octopus. (switched things up and drew octopus innards for a change) : fountain pen ink, squid ink, gel pen: 4”x6” 

under the octopus. (switched things up and drew octopus innards for a change)

: fountain pen ink, squid ink, gel pen
: 4”x6” 

distrust that particular octopus : fountain pen ink, squid ink, gel pen: 4”x6” 

distrust that particular octopus

: fountain pen ink, squid ink, gel pen
: 4”x6” 

anterior octopus : gel pen, fountain pen ink: 4”x6” 

anterior octopus

: gel pen, fountain pen ink
: 4”x6” 

closing cephalopod : gel pen, fountain pen ink: 4”x6” 

closing cephalopod

: gel pen, fountain pen ink
: 4”x6” 

not like you dotopus.  : gel pen, embossing powder, fountain pen ink: 4”x6” 

not like you dotopus. 

: gel pen, embossing powder, fountain pen ink
: 4”x6” 

lonely roadtopus : gel pen, embossing powder: 4”x6” 

lonely roadtopus

: gel pen, embossing powder
: 4”x6” 

bottomless octopus : fountain pen ink, india ink, embossing powder: 4” x 6” 

bottomless octopus

: fountain pen ink, india ink, embossing powder
: 4” x 6”