Hehe, yeah. He's been in about 95% of my drawings since his first inclusion in my daily drawing challenge back in 2020 ( #20202020Challenge ). At that time I included him as I had extra time and needed something to add.
So far this year I haven't forgotten him.
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Drawing of Darlo as a mermaid advising a fish not to eat a worm. The worm is on a hook from a fishing boat on the surface, and is panicking. The fish has a questionable look on it's face. 22 May 2025 - Daily Drawing Day 142 #20252025Challenge Here's my mermaid piece for #Mermay! I think the last time I drew a mermaid was back for Mermay in 2020 when I was drawing every day for the #20202020Challenge. #mermaid #mermay #mermay2025 #fishing #人魚 #マーメイ #マーメイド #釣り #merman #fish #boat #underwater #underthesea #bait #sea #ocean #🐡 #🐠 #🐟 #🎣 #🚢 #⛴ #フィッシング #魚釣り #魚 #船 #海 #海中 #水面下 #大海 #advice #アドバイス #マーマン Watch the time lapse video of this drawing on YouTube Shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/njbUARTDOSA
22 May 2025
#20252025Challenge
Here's my mermaid piece for #Mermay! I think the last time I drew a mermaid was for Mermay back in the #20202020Challenge when I drew every day in 2020.
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... and here is the full 2 hour video!
If anyone watches the whole thing, lemme know!
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Here is the 1 minute time lapse of the final drawing of my one year daily drawing challenge. I'll add the full 2 hour video as a reply to this post.
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Drawing of Darlo running across a race finish line. There are other Darlos there waiting for him that resemble the many Darlos that appeared throughout the 20202020 Challenge. The sun in the background says "Hey friend, well done!".
31 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
And so the challenge comes to an end. Needless to say I did spend more than 20 minutes on this one. I reached my goal!
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Drawing of Darlo as a fairy in the style of the Fairly OddParents. "Woke up at 5 am & decided today I’d draw in the style of @butchhartman’s Fairly OddParents. I wish I knew what I dreamt about to decide this. Also this was bloody hard!"
30 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
Woke up at 5 am & decided that I’d draw Fairly OddParents style. I wish I knew what I dreamt about to decide this. Also this was very hard!
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Drawing of Darlo sat playing a harp. He tells a pun "I thought learning this would be easy, but it's actually pretty HARP!", to which someone from off the page boos and throws a tomato at him. "I saw the harp on my animal crossing beach this morning and decided to give it a go. I don’t know much about harps, but I did (hopefully) make sure to get the right number of strings."
29 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
Saw the harp on my ACNH beach this morning & decided to give it a go. I dunno about harps, but I hopefully got the right number of strings.
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Drawing of Darlo dressed as a mime sniffing a mime flower. There's a huge bee staring inches from him very aggressively.
28 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
If you want to smell mime flowers, you have to prepare yourself for mime bees. They’re big, aggressive, and can sting many MANY times.
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Drawing of Darlo wearing a welding mask, wielding a lit welding torch and bottle of ketchup. There is a caption pointing out that he "doesn't really know what he's doing". He appears to be operating on a Frankenstein's monster-esque creation that is hidden under a sheet, with the exception of a whole in the centre. In the hole you can see a bone and a heart. From the head area of the creature you can see the words "He he he" being spoken.
27 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
The new year is coming and my company has an all-staff cosplay day. Time for me to get to work on this outfit.
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Drawing of Darlo having a boxing match with a duvet and getting punched in the face. "I went out trying to buy a double size duvet today. Despite going to huge home furnishing stores everyone was selling singles. No new duvet for New Year for me."
26 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
I went out to buy a double size duvet. Despite going to huge home furnishing stores everyone was selling singles. No New Year duvet for me.
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Drawing of Darlo using a vacuum cleaner and throwing a t-shirt across the room. He's wearing a Santa hat, and shouting "Sherry!".
25 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
My first Christmas Day off in 5 years. I spent the whole day cleaning & doing laundry. Now to drink sherry & chat with my family back home.
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Drawing of Darlo dressed in a Santa outfit, carrying a present and looking for June in Animal Crossing. On the other side of a Christmas Tree we can see June facing in the other direction.
24 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
It’s Toy Day in Animal Crossing & I might be late for work because I couldn’t find June; guess I’m 6 months too early.
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Drawing of Darlo sat on his bed with a business card in his hand, the name on the card is Elfred. Darlo has a confused look on his face. In front of him is his TV on a table, and sat in front of that is a Christmas elf eating a bag of crisps. "I woke up and there was an elf eating a bag of crisps sat in front of my TV. I think he might have gotten lost on the way back from the North Pole. He had a business card that said his name was Elfred. I wonder if he’ll still be here when I get home from work."
23 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
I woke up and there was an elf eating a bag of crisps in front of my TV. I wonder if he’ll still be here when I get home from work.
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Drawing of Darlo playing rugby trying to score a try, landing on the ground face first. While his is head lands on the right side, the places the ball on the wrong side of the line, so doesn't score anything.
22 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
I’ve covered a few sports in this challenge, but not yet rugby. Not exactly a work of art, but definitely a “nice try”.
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Drawing of Darlo standing in front of a huge statue of the katakana character 'ne' (ネ) which has glasses on it. Darlo says to himself "メガ、ね。" (Mega, ne - It's mega, innit).
21 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
A pun for Japanese speakers. Glasses in Japanese is megane, so this is a mega size version of the character for ‘ne’, a literal ‘mega-ne’.
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Drawing of Darlo's phone about to take a timed photo of him. The phone slips a little, and you can see Darlo on screen lunging toward the phone in a panic to readjust it before the timer. "I have a weird tripod for my phone & it often slips at just the wrong moment causing panic, even though the pictures somehow would have turned out fine."
20 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
I have a weird tripod for my phone & it often slips at the wrong moment so I panic, even though the pic somehow would have turned out fine.
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Drawing of Darlo, Anna, Parachute Man and Rebecca Parham singing as a barbershop quartet into an old fashioned radio microphone.
19 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
Today I was rewatching some @rebeccaparham.bsky.social videos & in one she mentioned enjoying barbershop quartets, so I tried to draw one.
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Drawing of Alfur standing on Hilda's head while eating a Magikarp Taiyaki.
18 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
Season 2 of Hilda has hit Netflix, and today I ate a Magikarp Taiyaki. Not a bad day.
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Drawing of Darlo on his knees sobbing "Nooooooo" because he has a grey hair. But the single hair is very long and is taking up the whole page.
17 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
How it feels whenever you find a new grey hair, even if it’s one that doesn’t particularly stand out.
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Drawing of Darlo pointing in the same style as Donald Sutherland's (not Eric Idle) character in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. "I wanted to experiment with perspective & line thickness, so here’s an homage to Donald Sutherland’s character in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Also I was today years old when I learned that this wasn’t Eric Idle."
16 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
Wanted to experiment with perspective & thickness, so here's an homage to Donald Sutherland's character in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
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Drawing of a snowman building a Darlo statue. He is singing "Do you want to build a Darlo?"
15 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
As I sat next to a melting snowman in Animal Crossing thinking about what to draw, I suddenly remembered a very popular song.
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Drawing of Darlo getting beaten up by one of the student fighters from the video game School Battlers 2 from the comic Princess Beast by Sarah Burgess.
14 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
My copy of Princess Beast by arrived! This character literally had me laughing on a packed Tokyo train so of course I wanted to draw them.
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Art friends!
I'm considering getting an iPad for drawing since next year I'm thinking about bringing back the #20202020Challenge, but in a #20252025Challenge variation - this time all digital.
I have an XP Pen tablet with Clip Studio, but I can't use that out and about.
#ArtAdvice
Drawing of Darlo sat at a table trying to focus on meditate but shaking nervously. A cup on the table is knocked over, and the drink is spilled, dripping off the edge of the table.
13 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
The Japan Axe Throwing Tournament starts in about 50 minutes. I have to focus on not hitting anyone with a rebounding axe ... again.
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Drawing of Darlo carrying Smudge the dog from Anna Fitzpatrick's Alien Heart, a copy of volume one can also be seen. Darlo seems to have hurt both of his ankles as he screams "Gah! MY ankles!".
12 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
My copy of Alien Heart by @blackmotheyes.bsky.social arrived & after reading it in one sitting I was compelled to include Smudge in today’s pic.
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Drawing of Darlo trying to hold his breath while watching TV. On the telly is the parachute man underwater.
11 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
Am I the only one to do this? If someone on TV / in a movie is under water, I hold my breath to see if I would survive that situation.
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A drawing of Darlo accidentally kicking his table. The laptop and bowl of granola that were on the table go flying, with milk flying from the bowl. The spoon has also leapt from the bowl, shouting "Geronimo!". Next to the table on the floor, and right in the path of the milk, is a stack of very important papers that are thinking "oh no ...". The caption "Kick of Regret" is by Darlo's foot, and we can see Darlo shouting "Noooooooooo!".
10 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
Started this morning accidentally kicking my table spilling granola everywhere (and milk, oh god the milk) taking 30 minutes to clean up!
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Drawing of Darlo doing a massive burp. His jumper says "Windy Boy".
9 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
It always feels great right after you let a massive bubbly burp go, especially when you don’t feel embarrassed about it.
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Drawing of Darlo staring at a clock. He says "Inspire me, little one!" to which the click responds "Uh ... if you don't start in 25 minutes you'll be late for work!"
7 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
Sometimes in the mornings when I can’t decide what to draw I end up staring at the clock, as if it’s going to tell me what to do.
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Drawing of Darlo dressed as a choirboy singing Fairytale of New York by The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl.
6 December 2020
#20202020Challenge
My favourite Chrimbo song? Fairytale of New York by The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl, of course.
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