A black and white drawing of an Anna's magnificent sea slug on a blue background.

Crashing out and posting nud(ibranch)es on main #art #drawing #invertart

Rainbow scarab illustrated in alternate colours

Did a rainbow scarab today.

Didn't turn out as nice as I'd like, but it's done, so I'll move on to something new next time.

#art #SciArt #invertart #rainbowscarab

A metallic blue-green scarab type beetle

It's a metallic green scarab-type beetle, today. I'm on a green insect roll.

The ref for this had no identifying notes attached, so if anyone has details, share them!

#art #SciArt #invertart #scarab

A black, white and red drawing of a Baphomet moth. For fun, the moth is standing on a red pentacle.

Lepidoptera my beloved #art #drawing #invertart

Tiger beetle face illustration

Tiger beetle face! Reference photo from Ben Salb, check his stuff out, insane! That tiger beetle blue/green metallic is just so good.

I may have spent too long on this. I got carried away. But I had fun!

#art #SciArt #invertart #tigerbeetle

A praying mantis digital study, pink and purple background

Today's insect is a Zorak, no, I mean, a praying mantis, based off a photo off someone named Eric Lucy. I spent a little longer on this one, more like 1.5 hours.

#art #SciArt #invertart #prayingmantis

Digital illustration of Linne's Cicada

It's a Linne's Cicada, originally for #invertober2024.

I fell off the Invertober train in 2024 when it got near the end. Started on this Linne's Cicada and could not finish the colour! So while I'm in a rut, decided to pick this one back up again to complete it.

#SciArt #invertart #cicada #art

A sketchbook lays flat open with a book above it. The book is called BEETLES OF THE WORLD - A NATURAL HISTORY by maxwell vl Barclay and Patrice Bouchard

BEETLESKETCH BEETLESKETCH BEETLESKETCH

#Sciart #invertart #pendrawing #beetles

A watercolor painting of an eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly. The colors of the butterfly are accurate: mostly yellow with black striping and body, subtle blues in the hindwings. The wing venation resembles bird feathers. It is supposed to be a top view of the butterfly in flight, so it flies toward the top-left corner of the watercolor paper. The piece is divided in half diagonally, where the butterfly takes up the majority of the bottom-right half, and green and brown foliage fills in the top-left half of the painting.

Started in December 2021, finished in December 2025.
I like what I tried to do with this, but I am no watercolor master so I'll just have to keep pushing myself with it.

#easterntigerswallowtailbutterfly #Papilioglaucus #insectart #invertart #watercolor #traditionalart

Nudging back semi-online so I don't miss #InverteFest! I tried something new this time. Meet Mawar 🌹🦀

She's in great company here in the free art book celebrating invertebrate art 💚
drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#crochet #crab #OC #crochetArt #invertArt #SciArt #art #diy #artists

A colored pencil illustration of an Asian Long horned beetle with a pink background. The background has cute little cream colored dots and hearts all around it

Bugs are kinda cute if you look at them the right way

#sciart #bugs #invertart

Aw the adorable invert friendship art we didn’t know we (at least me/I) needed! #artsky #cuteart #shrimpart #antart #invertart #ants #shrimp #cuteants #cuteshrimp #inverts #invertsarethebest #invertmom

Art of a death's-head moth from November 1 of 2013. The moth appears to fly toward the top-left of the canvas (cardstock.) Colours are mostly yellows, oranges, and tans, with some blues and purples to create contrast; the background is white. On the right portion of the art, there are dotted-swirls and leafy patterns incorporated into the hind- and forewings, and flowing off of the page to the right.

Fall-ish death's-head from November 1, 2013.
#deathsheadhawkmoth #sphingidae #insectart #invertart #traditionalart

A photo of a stone relief showing several Egyptian hieroglyphics, from left to right: two five-rayed stars, an owl, and possibly a vessel with bow

This one really blew me away - wall carving from ancient Egypt was displayed to show some Roman graphiti but what got me was these hieroglyphs that are so clearly sea stars! I had never seen them before!
#InvertArt

An image of Qing dynasty incense holder made of white and russet agate, decorated with goldfish, eel, crabs, frog, crayfish, and shells 18th century

An image of Qing dynasty incense holder made of white and russet agate, decorated with goldfish, eel, crabs, frog, crayfish, and shells 18th century

Text plaque identifying the item in the previous photos which reads: “20 Censor decorated with goldfish, eel, crabs, frog, crayfish, and shells 18th century, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) White and russet agate Bequest of Mrs. Harry W. Goddard, in memory of Harry W. Goddard, 1938.64”

For the first day of #InverteFest I thought I’d share some neat #InvertArt I saw recently at the WAM @worcesterartmuseum.bsky.social starting with this incredible incense holder

On the mend, and here's more progress! Web is nearly done, just a few little details here and there, and then back to the moth!

#art #wip #moth #insect #spider #spiderweb #invertart 🦋🕷️🕸️

sketch page of dragonhead caterpillars. The background is cream colored and the sketches have brown lines and are filled white. The caterpillars have broad heads with prominent spikes on the back

sketch page of wheelbugs. The background is cream colored and the sketch color is brown. On the top is a wheelbug standing from the side. On the bottom is a closeup of a wheelbug head, and a wheelbug holding a beetle and piercing it with its proboscis

Caterpillars and wheel bugs (old sketch pages). It is almost that time of year when I see lots of wheel bugs out and about. They're huge and so cool!

#art #invertebrate #caterpillar #invertArt #sciart #BugSky #natureart

Repost with your moths/butterflies 🦋

Batik-infused insect art inspired by a sleepy Carriola moth. This reminds me, I should revisit this series soon 🐛

www.inprnt.com/gallery/bydh...

#art #artists #SciArt #invertArt #nature #BugSky #NatureArt #SupportArtists #bsnm #DisabledArtist

Another early piece in my Arthropride series is my Pansexual dragonfly. This was a challenge but also came out the best out of my early pieces. I am really proud of it and hope people like it. #art #invertart #invert #dragonfly #pride #prideart #pridemonth #pride2025 #pan #pansexual

One of my earliest pieces in my Arthropride series that I edited as my shading and overall digital technique improved was my Lesbian Cicada. My sister is a lesbian and loves cicadas, so I did this piece with her in mind. #art #invertart #cicada #pride #pridemonth #lesbian #pride2025

a Himalayasaurus has killed a smaller ichthyosaur, it swims away with the corpse still bleeding in its mouth Himalayasaurus is a kind of ichthyosaur (fully marine reptiles with four flippers, dorsal fins, and tails used for swimming), specifically a shastasaurid (a group of the largest ichthyosaurs from the Upper Triassic). Himalayasaurus was found in Tibet and unlike other shastasaurids had ziphodont teeth (teeth made for cutting) suggesting it ate large prey, rather than having no teeth like other shastasaurids

a Typothorax is laying eggs in its mound nest, its cloacal osteoderms move away to make sure they dont crush the delicate eggs. Typothorax is a kind of aetosaur (armoured herbivorous relatives of crocodiles and dinosaurs) that possessed an upturned snout and most curiously osteoderms around its cloaca

two Lunataspis aurora move towards the camera. the nervous system of the left Lunataspis is visible through its thin carapace, the one on the right is climbing over the left individual allowing the viewer to see its underside Lunataspis aurora is an extinct species horseshoe crab from the Late Ordovician of Canada. it was flatter than modern horseshoe crabs and lacked a fused abdomen, instead its abdomen was made of individual segments much like other arthropods. it was also very small being around only 3-4cm long

a Kunpengopterus sticks its tongue into a Weltrichia to lap up the sweet nectar within the cup of the flower-like structure, pollinating it in the process. two other bennettitale branches are seen in the back, all the branches are similar to the genus Kimuriella in growth form Kunpengopterus is an arboreal pterosaur (flying reptiles that flew using a bat-like wings) with a long tail, soft tissue crest, and potentially an opposed "thumb" on its hands Weltrichia is a male form genus of bennettitalian (flower-like plants). most species were probably wind pollinated, however, some were beetle pollinated, it's possible they could've also been pollinated by animals too. the female form genus counterpart of Weltrichia is Williamsonia, which is known from the Tiaojishan Formation, where Kunpengopterus is from. Weltrichia has been associated with the genus Kimuriella, however, no species are contemporary with Kunpengopterus, so this depiction of a Kimuriella-like whole plant is speculative

here's today's #Paleostream flocking sketches!!!

today we sketched Himalayasaurus, Typothorax, Lunataspis (i drew L. aurora), and Kunpengopterus (drinking the nectar from a Weltrichia)

#paleoart #sciart #invertart #paleobotany #plantart

Silvery leaf cutter bee

Early Bumblebee digital illustration

Honey Bee digital illustration

It's #worldbeeday, you say?

Here's a Silvery Leaf Cutter bee, Early Bumblebee (stylized) and Honey bee. BEES!!

#art #SciArt #invertart

Working w White & Invert.
.♥.♥.♥.
Pretty Chill art project honestly, Had fun making it.
#Art #illustration #Abstract #Abstractart #digitalart #ibispaintx #ibispaint #DKAI #Invertart #Stylish #New #White #cute.

This has been so helpful to have around 🧶
#BlueskyArtShow #Texture #ArtYear #ArtSky #crochet #CrochetArt #invertArt #jellyfish #Audhd #DisabledArtist

A marker drawing of a non-specific carrion beetle. An implied skull is incorporated into the beetle's elytra and thorax. Contoured lines and stippling techniques were used, though the drawing is very simple overall. Colours are very limited, mostly black Sharpie, but there are also brown to pale yellow vein-like branches jutting out from underneath the beetle.

Non-specific and scribbly carrion beetle from that early-2020 lockdown.
#carrionbeetle #silphidae #insectart #invertart #traditionalart

A partial gouache painting of a cicada. Golden background with touches of a subdued green applied.

A partial gouache painting detail of a cicada. Golden background with touches of a subdued green applied.

Painting with green first. There will be oranges and blacks to apply later, I think the green will pop once the colors are all there, we'll see!

#bugsky #sciart #invertart #wip

Closeup on a painted skateboard of a green pyraing mantis on pink background. Blue green along the edge of the board.

Grabbed a fresh, extra wide blue-green paint marker to do the board edges. I usually leave them blank after masking them, but this year I'm trying something different. I think it really works!

Varnishing tomorrow! Finally done.

#art #SciArt #invertart #invertebrate #prayingmantis

Praying mantis painted onto a skateboard. Bright green on pink.

On the home stretch with this baby! Needs a few final touches, varnish, then a drop off for the art show and auction!

#art #SciArt #invertart

Mantis on a skateboard, bright green on a bright pink background.

She's getting pinked before she gets inked.

I think I'll add in some lighter pink gradients for some interest.

#art #SciArt #invertart #allhandsondeck2025 #artwip

I am definitely spending more time on this than I am going to be compensated for. 😂

#art #SciArt #invertart #allhandsondeck2025