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✏️ Step 1 – Start with two simple round shapes for the head and body
✏️ Step 2 – Add curved guidelines that wrap around the head for proportion
✏️ Step 3 – Draw the duck-bill, ears, and eyes that make a platypus unmistakable
✏️ Step 4 – Clean up your sketch by erasing the guide lines
✏️ Step 5 – Add fur texture with zigzag lines, whiskers, and pupils for a finished look
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