A red-haired woman sleeps on a coiled snake
NEW PERSONAL WORK
I had a dream I was drawing thumbnails, and - in the dream - sketched this out and titled it "The Dreamer". That was striking enough that I woke up, sketched out the thumbnail in real life, and then sat on it for like eight years. Until now!
2 California Condors on a graphic asking what the Endangered Species Act is.
📉 There was a time when just 22 California Condors remained in the world. The ESA has helped bring species back from the brink by protecting critical habitat.
Learn how this landmark conservation law came into being & what it does for birds:
abcbirds.info/4tTwDkb
Both extremely interesting tool use: this parrot invented his own prosethetic. And also how a change in jousting behavior gave him an edge over the males that only used one move.
Ha-duck-en
The first panel shows a crow with the title "How to live a good life". The second panel shows a crow cawing at itself in the mirror with the subheading "Make friends". The next panel says "Explore" and shows a crow looking into a commercial waste bin. The next says "Try new things" with a crow eating something vile. The next one says "Be curious" and shows the crow grabbing a hissing cat's tail". The final frame says "Get a hobby" and shows the crow looking closely at a book of matches.
How To Live A Good Life #oldknees
Photo by Schizoform on Flickr of a Brown Thrasher glaring at the photographer. A speech bubble from the bird says: You want to try me? They don't call me "thrasher" for nothing. Text on graphic says Unsolicited Bird Fact: Brown Thrashers face a lot of nest predators so they defend their nest vigorously. They are known to chase and even strike potential predators- sometimes hard enough to draw blood. These mockingbird relatives have been observed going after snakes, cats, dogs and humans.
Did you ask for a bird fact? No, but you're getting one whether you like it or not. 🪶
Me reading research abstracts for my project's paper: Gah these guys are so cool doing such cool stuff in the field.
Me: Thinking about my project for 0.2 seconds
Me: I also do cool stuff in the field 💪
Rufous Hummingbird?
Cosmic Heron: $85A stylized Great Blue Heron in front of a multicolored cosmic aurora and stars. 8x10 acrylic on canvas
Aurora Barn Owl: $85 A barn owl painting in various blues in front of a green starry aurora background 8x10 acrylic on canvas
Great Horned Owl: $75 A close up view of a great horned owl face with large yellow eyes 8x10 acrylic on canvas
Green Woodduck: $75 A painting of a woodduck drake on a gradient green water scape with light on the water 8x10 acrylic on canvas
I have 7 original paintings available I made these in 2018, 8x10 acrylic on canvas.
I found them in the back of my closet during my recent move & I'd like them to have a better home than the back of a closet again.
Comment below if you're interested!
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Heron and blue barn owl are taken :)
a red headed bearded human man standing at the counter of a coffee shop looking over his shoulder. A note is pinned to the his back that says 'Go around, if it was meant to go fast it wouldn't be shaped like a brick.' A laughing rainbow-haired gnome and a green punk rock goblin holding a sharpie grin back at him
'What are you two doing back there?'
'Nothiiiing.'
#Bellinghamlet characters from our dnd game
Argentus (😠) and Warregn (🌈) belong to @twdetrick.bsky.social
Murkia the goblin in mine ;)
a gouache painting of a pacific wren perched on a mossy branch and its vibrant radiating song all around int in abstract shapes. painting wreathed by shells, crystals and small pebbles (nfs)
I've heard the Pacific Wrens singing again! 🥰
I think that means its time to find this piece a new home!
☀️Song of Summer☀️
6x6" Gouache on Watercolor Paper
SB $185
MI $5
Auto Buy $250
Please comment below to place a bid
First draft is for telling yourself the story, revisions are for telling your readers the story.
So yeah, my 2 cents on the current art world debate.
I'm tired, I'm staying afloat with my art, that's all the energy I've got for it for the time being, and likely will be all I have to offer for the foreseeable future
On top of all that the LAST thing I wanna do is try & market my art. It's exhausting.
I compare it to the grief I went through trying to self publish, it sucked so much I haven't even tried to publish my 2nd book.
If promoting the art is stressful & tedious it makes me not want to make it at all
I haven't drawn for funzies in ages.
I simply don't have time between school, friends, partner & freelance its kinda the last thing I want to do in my downtime.
I'm still an artist, I just don't care about trying to keep up with the algorithm. I'm recovering from 2 heavy burnouts. I'm good :)
I don't want to shoot videos
I don't want to post tutorials
I don't want to show my process
I don't want to pour varnish
I don't want to turn my canvas
I don't want to record my screen
I don't want to cultivate parasocial relationships
I just want to make pictures and shitpost
An American Dipper in the river with water flowing over top. The stream is clear and smooth with feather detail visible through the water.
American Dipper foraging in the Clackamas River at Milo McIver SP, Oregon #birds #photography #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #pnw #oregon #stunday #birdoftheday #abcd
Illustration of a young snow leopard
Snowy day❄️
#art #illustration #snowleopard #animalart #digitalart
What if the curse was to be human? 🥀✨🐾
This is a dance off. If you see this repost a dance.
Me in safety goggles, gloves and a scarf around my face in my kitchen grinding hot peppers in my coffee grinder
My family said I like like I'm making a 💣 but in reality I just couldnt find my respirator and I needed to grind very hot dried chiles into fine powder for my spicy anti-beaver sauce for my capstone 🦫
🌸🌸🌸Spring banners are back! 🌸🌸🌸
I'm opening three slots for now while I balance school and a larger commission.
Email if interested!
This is Achrioptera manga, a giant phasmid or stick insect native to Madagascar.
The specific epithet, "manga" means blue in Malagasy & it's not hard to see why. Only males are blue.
The tiny back wings ("alae") are an example of brachyptery: they're useless for flight, but have other functions.
a digital painting illustration of an anthro reindeer in colonial garb entering a ransacked study where a pirate-dressed anthro ferret is about to leave through the open with of the room with a hefty sack of ill-gotten booty. The reindeer looks pleasantly surprised with the ferret is smling wide, staryled at being caught
Sully and Caleb find themselves in a bit of an awkward situation 😅🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
A commission for the wonderful @bosonicvinegar.bsky.social
This commission has been a long time coming, I kept being delayed by injury/illness/school but I'm very happy with how it came out!
A sugarpine pinecone next to a gray and tan cat.
Comparable.
Artists, show what built your style!
Milt Kahl's work, especially in Bambi
The pushed expressions & dreamy lighting in LotG have greatly influenced my bird art & rendering.
The US cover art for the Redwall series influenced a lot of my anthro fantasy art.
And animal documentaries!
🌸🌸🌸Spring banners are back! 🌸🌸🌸
I'm opening three slots for now while I balance school and a larger commission.
Email if interested!
Do you have an old favorite that would be fun to do again now that your skills have sharpened? I kinda like doing comparison pieces every few years
