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
semi-realistic drawing of a fried egg jellyfish on a black background, the top looks like red egg yolk in the middle surrounded by egg shite, the bottom has yellow, white and blue dots/tentacles.
drawing of a phainopepla, a small black and grey bird with a mohawk plumage and a bored looking red eye.
drawing of the jurassic crab Callichimaera perplexa, a crab with absolutely giant manga/anime eyes, looks super UwU, black ink white fill on a light orange background.
I'm still gonna do #Invertober2025, but here are some of my fav from 3 recent #SciArt challenges
#Invertober2024
#BirbFest2025
#AugArthroAwe
a collage of 31 invertebrates in a 7x5 grid, with a list of their latin names in the middle. there are lanternbugs, butterflies, cephalopods, jellyfish, flies, spiders, wasps, flatworms, ants, chnidarians, beetles, crabs, bees, snails, isopods, sea slugs, sponges, sea cucumbers, and bottom right occupying two spaces a horseshoe crab with a long tail. the text (white on black) in the middle: Invertober 2025 1 | Fulgora laternaria 2 | Siproeta stelenes 3 | Sepia officinalis 4 | Cotylorhiza tuberculata 5 | Bombylius major 6 | Brachypelma smithi 7 | Chrysis ignita 8 | Bipalium choristosperma 9 | Nothomyrmecia sp. 10 | Radianthus magnifica 11 | Goliathus goliatus 12 | Macrocheira kaempferi 13 | Bombus pratorum 14 | Monadenia infumata 15 | Argema mittrei 16 | Armadillidium gestroi 17 | Lampyris noctiluca 18 | Chromodoris annae 19 | Aplysina fistularis 20 | Coccinella trifasciata 21 | Histioteuthis heteropsis 22 | Neotibicen linnei 23 | Eristalis flavipes 24 | Hierodula membranacea 25 | Tachypleus gigas 26 | Chicobolus spinigerus 27 | Kiwa hirsuta 28 | Synchlora aerata 29 | Phidippus audax 30 | Parastichopus johnsoni 31 | Gecarcinus quadratus
a collage of 31 invertebrates in a 7x5 grid, with a list of their latin names in the middle. there are lanternbugs, butterflies, cephalopods, jellyfish, flies, spiders, wasps, flatworms, ants, chnidarians, beetles, crabs, bees, snails, isopods, sea slugs, sponges, sea cucumbers, and bottom right occupying two spaces a horseshoe crab with a long tail. the text (black on white) in the middle: Invertober 2025 1 | Fulgora laternaria 2 | Siproeta stelenes 3 | Sepia officinalis 4 | Cotylorhiza tuberculata 5 | Bombylius major 6 | Brachypelma smithi 7 | Chrysis ignita 8 | Bipalium choristosperma 9 | Nothomyrmecia sp. 10 | Radianthus magnifica 11 | Goliathus goliatus 12 | Macrocheira kaempferi 13 | Bombus pratorum 14 | Monadenia infumata 15 | Argema mittrei 16 | Armadillidium gestroi 17 | Lampyris noctiluca 18 | Chromodoris annae 19 | Aplysina fistularis 20 | Coccinella trifasciata 21 | Histioteuthis heteropsis 22 | Neotibicen linnei 23 | Eristalis flavipes 24 | Hierodula membranacea 25 | Tachypleus gigas 26 | Chicobolus spinigerus 27 | Kiwa hirsuta 28 | Synchlora aerata 29 | Phidippus audax 30 | Parastichopus johnsoni 31 | Gecarcinus quadratus
so here it is folks, with one day to spare the complete #SciArt collage of critters for #invertober2024 by @fossilforager.bsky.social
and now I have a fresh clean slate to start the 2025 list! which hopefully is done before September 2026...
drawing of a halloween crab, a very cute small crab with bright orange legs, and bright white and purple front claws, one being bigger since it is a little male crab, and a black grey body, on a black background.
drawing of a halloween crab, a very cute small crab with bright orange legs, and bright white and purple front claws, one being bigger since it is a little male crab, and a black grey body, on a white background.
Day 31 #Invertober2024 - Halloween crab (Gecarcinus quadratus) 🎃
oh my GOD it is DONE
#SciArt #invertebrates
drawing of two bright red sea cucumbers covered in soft looking off white spikes, wiggled together in an S shape, on a black background.
drawing of two bright red sea cucumbers covered in soft looking off white spikes, wiggled together in an S shape, on a white background.
Day 30 #Invertober2024 - Johnson's sea cucumber (Parastichopus johnsoni) 🥒
*screaming* OK CHAT ONLY ONE LEFT CAN WE DO IT BEFORE #Invertober2025
#SciArt #invertebrates
drawing of a bold jumping spider female, a beautifull fuzzy spider with neon blue green jaws, and a bright orange yellow abdomen with black markings, on a black background.
drawing of a bold jumping spider female, a beautifull fuzzy spider with neon blue green jaws, and a bright orange yellow abdomen with black markings, on a white background.
Day 29 #Invertober2024 - Bold jumping spider (Phidippus audax) 🕷️
#SciArt #invertebrates
Day 28 #Invertober2024 - Wavy-lined emerald moth (Synchlora aerata) 💚
#SciArt #invertebrates
Photo of my ipad screen open on procreate, to the left is a reference photo of a lime green moth, to the right is my wip of the moth.
With the speed the last few are going at I will in fact finish #invertober2024 in the middle of drawing #invertober2025 lol
#wip #SciArt #invertebrates
drawing of a yeti crab, a cream yellow light crab covered in little hairs with extremely hairy leggies, on a black background.
drawing of a yeti crab, a cream yellow light crab covered in little hairs with extremely hairy leggies, on a white background.
Day 27 #Invertober2024 - Yeti crab (Kiwa hirsuta) 🦀
get your coat on, autumn chill is coming
#SciArt #invertebrates
drawing of two intertwined ivory millipedes, a cream bordered and purple lined millipede with little orange pink legs and antennae, on a black background.
drawing of two intertwined ivory millipedes, a cream bordered and purple lined millipede with little orange pink legs and antennae, on a white background.
Day 26 #Invertober2024 - Ivory millipede (Chicobolus spinigerus) ❕
LEGGY WOIM DONE
#SciArt #invertebrates
drawing of a horseshoe crab, a flat dark brown shiny crab with some reddish spikes and a very long tail, with various darker spots on their shell, on a black background.
drawing of a horseshoe crab, a flat dark brown shiny crab with some reddish spikes and a very long tail, with various darker spots on their shell, on a white background.
Day 25 #Invertober2024 - Indo-Pacific horseshoe crab (Tachypleus gigas) 🐴
boi is long, but i can sneak it as part of the collage
#SciArt #invertebrates
drawing of two bright green mantises, jumping diagonally to eachother and looking at eachother, with spiky front legs and brown other legs, on a black background.
drawing of two bright green mantises, jumping diagonally to eachother and looking at eachother, with spiky front legs and brown other legs, on a white background.
Day 24 #Invertober2024 - Giant Asian mantis (Hierodula membranacea) 🔪
not the most realistic, but i really like these poses, my sister said i could even do a full astrological sign set (with them twins)
#SciArt #invertebrates
drawing of an orange legged dronefly, a very fluffy yellow and black hoverfly with huge eyes and shiny wings, on a black background.
drawing of an orange legged dronefly, a very fluffy yellow and black hoverfly with huge eyes and shiny wings, on a white background.
Day 23 #Invertober2024 - Orange-legged dronefly (Eristalis flavipes) 🪰
#SciArt #invertebrates
screenshot of a procreate folder called Invertober24, with 15 drawings, one has a list of species, 5 at the bottom are fully finished cicada, squid, ladybug, sponge, sea slug on a black background, while the rest are at the moment just linework on a white background.
I might actually DO IT, I might actually finish #Invertober2024 on time for when @fossilforager.bsky.social drops the #Invertober2025 list 🖊️🦟
to cheat a bit i'm transferring Aedes to the 2025 list and got space for the horseshoe crab tail on this collage
#wip #SciArt #invertebrates
drawing of a green and black cicada, slightly open wings and warm brown sparkly eyes, on a black background.
drawing of a green and black cicada, slightly open wings and warm brown sparkly eyes, on a white background.
Day 22 #Invertober2024 - Linne's cicada (Neotibicen linnei) 🎻
first drawing on the new iPad, please clap
#SciArt #invertebrates
photo of my hand doing an ok sign next to the ipad with procreate open on a green and black cicada, left reference, right my mirrored canvas, a white apple pencil with a black pencil tip on the side.
very excellent very pencilly
(diff enough that I will need to get used to it)
#wip #SciArt #invertebrates #Invertober2024
Day 21 #Invertober2024 - Strawberry squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis) 🍓
#SciArt #invertebrates
iPad needs to charge, squid will wait...
you know what, I might actually finish #Invertober2024 on time before #Invertober2025, in typical ultra last moment fashion. cheer for me, give me strength, etc etc
drawing of a three-banded ladybug, a very shiny very bright red ladybug with actually 5 large black splotches circled in yellowish, and very hairy grey legs, on a black background.
drawing of a three-banded ladybug, a very shiny very bright red ladybug with actually 5 large black splotches circled in yellowish, and very hairy grey legs, on a white background.
Day 20 #Invertober2024 - Three-banded lady beetle (Coccinella trifasciata) 🐞
#SciArt #invertebrates
last few days of holiday i am in perfect balance, Deck charges i doodle bugge, iPaf charges i Silksong rage
drawing of a yellow tube sponge, consisting of 11 tubes, going from a yellowish green to a yellowish orange, on a black background.
drawing of a yellow tube sponge, consisting of 11 tubes, going from a yellowish green to a yellowish orange, on a white background.
Day 19 #Invertober2024 - Yellow tube sponge (Aplysina fistularis) 🧽
#SciArt #invertebrates
drawing of an anna's magnificent slug, a pretty seaslug with a white yellow border, blue dotted middle with some black splotches, two orange antennae and an orange butt tail/gills, on a black background.
drawing of an anna's magnificent slug, a pretty seaslug with a white yellow border, blue dotted middle with some black splotches, two orange antennae and an orange butt tail/gills, on a white background.
Day 18 #Invertober2024 - Anna's magnificent seaslug (Chromodoris annae) 🐌
#SciArt #invertebrates
drawing of an european glowworm from below showing its belly and mostly the greenish fluorescent butt, on a black background. if you zoom in she has hearts in her eyes.
drawing of an european glowworm from below showing its belly and mostly the greenish fluorescent butt, on a white background. if you zoom in she has hearts in her eyes.
Day 17 #Invertober2024 - European glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca) ✨
#SciArt #invertebrates
please clap for me still drawing bugge when Silksong is looking at me from the other table
drawing of a small black isopod with yellow dots and brown leggies, on a black background.
drawing of a small black isopod with yellow dots and brown leggies, on a white background.
Day 16 #Invertober2024 - Yellow-spotted isopod (Armadillidium gestroi) 💊
#SciArt #invertebrates
drawing of a female comet moth, a beautiful yellow moth with 4 eye like wing patterns and long back wing feather looking appendages in brown and yellow, on a black background.
drawing of a female comet moth, a beautiful yellow moth with 4 eye like wing patterns and long back wing feather looking appendages in brown and yellow, on a white background.
Day 15 #Invertober2024 - Comet moth (Argema mittrei) 🌼
#SciArt #invertebrates
drawing of a black and red dark snail, very dramatic colors but very silly look towards the camera, on a black background.
drawing of a black and red dark snail, very dramatic colors but very silly look towards the camera, on a white background.
Day 14 #Invertober2024 - Redwood sideband snail (Monadenia infumata) 🐌
#SciArt #invertebrates
drawing of an early bumblebee, a very light patterned yellow, black, orange blublebee, extremely fuzzy, on a black background.
drawing of an early bumblebee, a very light patterned yellow, black, orange blublebee, extremely fuzzy, on a white background.
Day 13 #Invertober2024 - Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) 🐝
#SciArt #invertebrates
4 BUGGE 2 DAYS IN A ROW NOW SLEEP
drawing of a Japanese spider crab, a red and white crab with little spikes on their body, squashed so their giant front legs fit into a black background square.
drawing of a Japanese spider crab, a red and white crab with little spikes on their body, squashed so their giant front legs fit into a white background square.
Day 12 #Invertober2024 - Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) 🦀
#SciArt #invertebrates
drawing of a goliath beetle, a massive beetle with a black and cream thorax, with a dark red and cream dotted abdomen, orange hairs on several legs and abdomen. drawing on a black background.
drawing of a goliath beetle, a massive beetle with a black and cream thorax, with a dark red and cream dotted abdomen, orange hairs on several legs and abdomen. drawing on a white background.
Day 11 #Invertober2024 - Goliath beetle (Goliathus goliatus) 🪲
#SciArt #invertebrates
drawing of sea anemone, a pinkish purple bulb with several purplish blue to green tip tentacles on top, pictured on a black background.
drawing of sea anemone, a pinkish purple bulb with several purplish blue to green tip tentacles on top, pictured on a white background.
Day 10 #Invertober2024 - Magnificent sea anemone (Radianthus magnifica) 🐟
took me so long to draw her that she changed her binomial nomenclature...
#SciArt #invertebrates
Day 9 #Invertober2024 - Dinosaur ant (Nothomyrmecia sp.) 🪱
#SciArt #invertebrates
you know what this has been 4 bugge in one day with one ipad charging in between this might have been too much bugge I am bugged out
