Linear talk at the water cooler

You never know where you'll be, standing around, or at the water cooler; when suddenly, your hit with an epiphany, or life altering thought... I kept the original first rough sketch in this finished piece, or as finished as it's gonna get. I like it, adds to the texture and looseness to it. As always, I'm going to play around with it some more.

Flock

A little thumbnail sketch from a long time ago just hanging out waiting to do something more with. Finally got around to doing a tighter Photoshop digital painting of this sketch. It's not a very big file but I would like to do a risoprint small run of this at some point. Four colors.

Endure & Live

One of my most favorite places on earth is downtown Frankenmuth, Michigan. It's a small little antique German Bavarian tourist spot; very quaint, very cheesy, but to me, very relaxing. I don't know why, I'm a dork... Frankenmuth is about an hour away from where I live and I will go there about once a year with the family. Every time we visit, we always eat at Zehnder's Restaurant. Well, over the years going with my kids, nieces & nephews; they would always order the children's ice cream for desert, which would come with a beautiful little vibrant colored plastic animal (as seen above in the third picture). Well, from many visits over the years, I have quite the collection of the little critters, and I love them. For some weird reason, they are all animals and then mermaids (of course my favorite, duh!). Anyway, not to drag this out, I was taking photos of some of the mermaid ones I had and messing around to do something artsy and the above self love, motivational image occurred. Be good to yourself.

If your interested to know more about Zehnder's Restaurant you can visit their website here: https://www.zehnders.com/zehnders-restaurant/

Don't die on me.

Repost of this older illustration, I was always pretty happy how this one turned out.

gro24

Wishing everyone much growth, love, & peace in 2024.

Lorem ipsum

 Pain itself...

Join the party

This is probably the prettiest picture ever taken of me, in a version of my life not too long ago. Transformed into a few propaganda style self promotion pieces. I have no shame. Join the party.

Do you think someone would wear one of these on a shirt?

Endure

ENDURE. A digital study I did last night, Messing around with style, texture, type, & color. I like where this is going, any thoughts?

Redbubble Shop

Just opened a Doug Dutton / Legless Mermaid Redbubble shop. I have a few designs in the shop now and, gonna try to add at least one new design every week or two. t-shirts, hats, clocks, prints; they have it all. Check out me first few designs here!

All we have is now.

I am always just trying to live in the moment... right here, right now. 

I Feel...

The sum of life-preserving instincts that are manifested as impulses to gratify basic needs, as sublimated impulses, and as impulses to protect and preserve the body and mind compare death instinct.

 

The champ...

 

Pollination...

 

Back to drawing...

After a long time off of not drawing, I'm getting myself back into the groove.

100m

 

The power of words.

 

Deviation of the analog mind.

 

Autumn comes...

 

Kill them with love