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Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· 1d

@rdickerson.bsky.social @justinkingdesigns.bsky.social I need some advice. There were some “difficulties” while baking some polymer clay. 1 (looking at you, Russell): what can I use to fill some splits and cracks (without re-baking) 2 (Justin): Is Metal Maters paint thick enough to help fill?

Close-up shot of a polymer clay rhino with some splits and cracks from too much heat, with a penny for scale.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· 4d

#art #sculpture #polymerclay #rhino This place is lousy with ‘em!

A work bench with three work in progress white polymer clay rhinoceros sculptures.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· 7d

#wip #art #sculpture Just another Wednesday night in the studio 🦏🍑

A work bench. To the left is an iPad with a reference photo of a pair of rhinoceros butts, to the right are two polymer clay sculptures of rhinos, their backsides to the camera.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· 9d

#art #sculpture #wip #rhino Normally I don’t share skeet many work in progress images, but this view is amusing me 🤪

A white polymer clay sculpture is flipped on its back, legs sticking up in the air. It appears to have just fallen over.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· 12d

#art It’s been a while since I had anything in a gallery. Now I have a pair of drawings in the Emerge! 2026 exhibit at the Hannan Center Kayrod Gallery in Detroit. It opens tomorrow and runs through mid-September Many, many thanks to @brucegerlach.bsky.social (also in the show) for tipping me off!

A pen and color pencil drawing of young brunette woman in dark red 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.

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 blue 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.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· 20d

💛 Artist! Quote with your yellow art

A large (19x24 inch) 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 green 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 an orange pumpkin dangling from it, the background is a kind of smokey, ethereal cloudscape in shades of golden brown.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· 27d

☁️ Greetings from metro Detroit! Be sure to chew your air carefully before installing ☁️

A photo of a smoke-filled sky. There is a brick house, framed by maple trees with an obscured burnt orange sun.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· Jul 13

A ballpoint and marker drawing of a firefly clutching a leaf of grass, its abdomen alight.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· Jul 8

Our 15-year-old corgi/beagle keeping me company* *randomly fussing (Need attention?Hungry? Need to go outside? Treat demand? Pain? Bedtime? 🤷‍♂️) making it difficult to concentrate

A white, brown and tan corgi/ beagle dog lays on black tile infront of an empty fireplace.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· Jun 20

If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula 🧛‍♂️

A ballpoint pen drawing of a happy vampire holding what may be a glass of blood with sad little ghosts floating away from it, while pointing towards the drink with the opposite hand.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· Jun 19

^_^ The link if anyone wants to do it, too: kojira.github.io/bluesky-lice...

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· Jun 8

What's your sign?

White letters on a horizontal orange sign the read “Do not talk to, stand behind, or in any way distract or disturb the operator”.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· Jun 2

Hey, FonsCordi! Thanks for hosting an #artshare and thanks for the tag @danhawk333.bsky.social I’m Dug, a retired graphic designer returning to my surrealist roots, usually working in pen and pencil drawing & polymer clay sculpture Tags: @jillsunflower.bsky.social @debidoesdrawing.bsky.social

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.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· May 30

#art #wip #sculpture The cluster fly festival is over, life have quieted down a bit so it’s time to return to the studio. Is it just me ir is this rhino giving a ‘well, well, well, so look who’s back’ look?

A photo of a corner work bench set up for sculpting polymer clay. At center is a realistic rhinoceros work in progress.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· May 17

Thanks for hosting an #artshare Hopefully you be getting outside again soon! I’m Dug, a (mostly) retired graphic designer who is returning to my surrealist roots, working with traditional pen and pencil drawing & polymer clay sculpture Tags? @jillsunflower.bsky.social @jordanwthatcher.bsky.social

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.

A pen and color pencil drawing of a stand of birch trees, golden leaves in the canopy and on the ground.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· May 16

I’m Dug, a Metro Detroiter that toiled for 25 years as a page-builder (graphic designer) until the small paper I worked for closed. I’m returning to my surrealist roots, working with traditional pen and pencil drawing & polymer clay sculpture. Still haven't decided what I want to be when I grow up.

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

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· May 12

#art #mermay #drawing Hang on! I *do* have something to offer for MerMay!!

In this ball point pen drawing, an older, thicc merfolk male looks towards the viewer while grasping a shark in his right hand and a trident in his left.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· May 12

We’ve lived in this house for 25 years. Around this time of year in the rear of the basement where my studio is we get an invasion of Cluster flies. Discovering this our first spring was like something out of a horror film I used to use a shop vac to clear them out. Now it’s ’catch & release’

A hand holds a clear plastic coffee drink cup with a number of Cluster flies trapped inside.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· May 8

#wip #detail #art #drawing See this little 2x2 inch area? This is what stands between me and FINALLY finishing up my latest large (18x24) drawing! ‘Oh, that draw you started over a month ago, Cappy?’ you may ask Yup. 😡 (Yeah, screwing around on Bluesky should help 🤪)

A detail of a color pencil drawing with a cyan blue cylinder across the top of a blank white triangle, all over what appears to be skin.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· May 5

What about sharks?

A ballpoint pen drawing of a group of hammerhead sharks, the point of view is from a little below as they swim from right to left in murky waters.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· May 5

I humbly offer up this drawing 🥹 👉👈

A pen and color pencil drawing of an anvil sits prominently at the bottom foreground while a host of flying demons bear flame pits and pitch forks, and yellow orange black-tip reef sharks circle a large chasing hammer

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· Apr 29

Concordia, thanks for hosting this #artshare 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 Tags for: @debidoesdrawing.bsky.social @bruib.bsky.social @jillsunflower.bsky.social

A white polymer clay sculpture of a white horn rhino

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)

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· Apr 16

Fine, Bluesky. I have a drawing that I should be working on ✍️😡

A scene shot from Lord of the Rings of a smiling Frodo riding in a wagon. The overlying text at top reads “(tries to visit Bluesky)” and across the bottom “All right, then. Keep your secrets.”

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· Apr 15

#art #drawing #vampire By way of acknowledging by Lite Blood, I present you a drawing from last #Inktober

A ballpoint pen drawing of a happy vampire holding a clear glass of dark liquid with little ghosts rising up from it. The vampire is smiling and pointing at the glass with it’s free hand.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· Mar 29

#wip #drawing #studio In case you’re wondering, yes I *am* working on another large drawing. And yes, Studio Dog is napping under the drawing board

A photo of a large wooden drawing board. On it is a large (18x24 inch) work in progress of 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. There is also an open sketchbook with the same drawing, but finished, and an iPad to the right with a close up portrait study. To the right of the drawing board is a side table with coffee mugs full of color pencils

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· Mar 22

#art #boat Youngest child, @arcturusmoon.bsky.social made a sticker for me in their intro/advanced painting class. I’m beginning to think that I *might* have too much of an influence on their art

A small ink drawing of a fishing boat as might be found in the game “Dredge”

A color pencil drawing of a small boat based on a Little Tikes tugboat shaped sandbox. The hull is a sky blue, the cabin white and there is a bright yellow steering wherl

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· Mar 22

Update: a very good (ambitious, even) production and the school seems to have upgraded the sound system. The cynic in me thinks ‘best way to sell-out three performances is to feature a cast of over 100 actors.’

A stage overflowing with the 120+ cast members from a community theatre production of “Mary Poppins” taking a bow

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· Mar 21

#OldDog #lazysaturday Our 14-year-old Studio Dog has decided that, since I’m busy drawing, to help out by taking a nap for me 🫡

A photo of a 14-year-old corgi beagle dog snuggled up and trying to nap on a skull and cross bone patterned blanket under a dramatic light

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· Mar 17

#art #drawing #traditionalmedia So I (finally) finished another large (18x24 inch) version of this drawing. I feel I nailed it this time. What do you think?

A large (18x24 inch) 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 blue 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.

Reclusive Dug Rusin@captainpurple· Feb 28

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some Zen to the feed