This past October, I spent the month drawing unique monsters from my vivid imagination for my art blog. The second monster I created for my Halloween theme-month was Ducktopus.
Something completely ridiculous, and undeniably "BubbaShelby."
Well, Ducktopus was a hit with one of my readers who goes by the moniker Wyrmphreak and writes on her blog Demonals about her awesome stuffed creations. She not only loved my silly drawing of Ducktopus, but with a little nudging even accepted the challenge of MAKING A REAL TOY DUCKTOPUS!
Now I've drawn a great many things in my life, but never has one of them been made into a real toy. So I have been extremely excited as I've followed the progress of this project.
So imagine my utter joy when I opened up the mailbox today to find Ducktopus in the
Hahahhaa this is the coolest thing EVAR!
Ducktopus immediately found some familiar faces, who were a little less pleased to see him than he was to see them.
So he hung out with the freaks for a little while. But they were a little too weird for him, and that laughing dog made him nervous.
"I tawt I taw a Ducktopus. I did! I did taw a Ducktopus!"
Finally Ducktopus found some folks who accepted him for who he is on the inside.
It's good to have friends.I can't thank Wyrmphreak aka Carrie enough for this awesome awesome toy. I seriously believe she could sell a million of them - maybe we need to start a business together! Ducktopus needs his own toyline, clothing, and TV show stat! :)
Thanks again, Carrie. You rock!
That is super awesome! I kind of want my own now.
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ReplyDeleteLike what the turtles will say. Awesome! When the mass production release? :P
ReplyDeleteThat's great! You're living the dream. I'm sure that, since posting this, at least one Ducktopus collector has been born...
ReplyDeleteCongrats!
That's awesome, and I know how it feels. Some time ago a girl read something I wrote (about a swimming pig you could ride to cross a river, it was a silly joke), but she liked it so much she did a painting about it. It was the coolest.
ReplyDeleteI'll gladly write the Ducktopus cartoon series, do you want it to aim to pre-schoolers (like, Ducktopus' happy Sea Farm) or Invader Zim Geeks/Angry teenagers (something like, The many many horrors in the mind of a Ducktopus... The title is a work in progress).
Oh my god! I love him! Ducktopus so completely rules. You'd sell a million and one as far as I'm concerned.
ReplyDeleteNIce job! That would make a sweet designer plush, get them into production!
ReplyDeleteThat is pretty awesome.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Donald ran afoul of the Great Old Ones
Also, thanks for not naming it the Octoduck.
Hahahah - ran aFOWL - good one Arkonbey ;)
ReplyDeleteWhen will these be going into mass production? I bet these would be a hot toy for the Holidays lol!
ReplyDeleteBut seriously this so cool seeing something you spent time creating come to life like this.
Man, thst's a really awesome design. Cracked me up when I the photo of Ducktopus in the stuffing! :)
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