Spectember 20: Early Enigma. Missing not-link of whale evolution.

#speculativeevolution #ambulocetus #pakicetus #spectember2025 #paleoart #specevo #naturalillustration #deeptime #creaturedesign

Spectember 1: First Step
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Semi-terrestrial river dolphin that exists 10 million years into the future!

If we haven’t wiped them out that is. (Looking at you Yangtze river dolphin)
#spectember #specevo #naturalist #naturalillustration #realism #bodyhorror #creaturedesign #speculativeevolution

Think you heard someone calling you in the woods? No you didn’t. Run for your life, the fake-speakers are coming.
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Entry for Spectember 2025: Day 10: Apex Predator!
#specevo #spectember #naturalist #birdsofbluesky #naturalillustration #realism

A freshwater catfish. The fish is scaleless and mottled with dark greys and blues.

Dropping my freshwater catfish #naturalillustration

Ink drawing of a lizard

Penand ink sketch on paper. My son had this lizard in a tank. He would feed it live crickets. He had a heat lamp he would sit under and the cricket would sit on him to keep warm until he ate them. ☹️ #art #sketches #penandinksketches #naturalillustration #fineart #lizards

Another moth for #marchmothmadness25 🌙

Coffee clearwing, Cephonodes hylas, 7x5 inches, watercolor

This little guy was so fun to paint! The clear wing structure is so beautiful and satisfying to draw.

#marchmothmadness #mothart #insectart #nature #naturalillustration #sciart #bugart #wildlife

A digital painting of a Pike fish

The biggest lad in the pond 😤

#procreate #2dart #naturalillustration

Bats! NY has both tree bats (up top) which migrate south for the winter, and cave bats (bottom) that hibernate during the winters. All NY bats are insectivorous 🐛🦇

#bats #ecology #naturalillustration #watercolor #indiaink

I hate taking rest days and I hate even more that they actually work and I can get things done the next day.

On a related note- line art for Herons of NY is done! Now to start the color...

#lineart #watercolor #naturalillustration #herons #birding

#BirdArtWeek2025 is long past, but I still wanted to complete the challenge. Here's an Anna's hummingbird for #PollenOnTheWing 🌷🪶

Thank you @cornellbirds and @thepaperark for hosting!

#birds #birding #birdart #sciart #watercolor #naturalillustration #natureart

A drawing of a large black dog sitting down with a happy grin and tongue lolling out. She has a relaxed pose and expression.

Commission for the same friend haha #dog #animalart #naturalillustration

A few Australian animals for a uni project. Absolutely love arthropods especially! #animalart #naturalillustration

Drawing of two dogs sitting next to each other. One is larger with a ginger brown colour. The other is a light golden colour and much smaller. The larger one has his mouth open and tongue lolling out, looking quite happy, while the smaller one does not. Both have a white strip of fur on their chests.

Commission for a friend! #dogs #dogart #naturalillustration #animalart

Drawing of a white chicken’s head as a side profile. She has a few black patches on her feathers, a bright red comb and wattle, and an evil gaze in her yellow eye. Very cute.

My special little chicken, Sardonyx #chicken #naturalillustration #animalart

On a black background this beautiful iguana has a lime green back and ochre brown body

Trying to think of something different to post, how about a lizard, that’s different right. This beautiful iguana is done with felt pens and ink. To get the deep black I’ve used panpastel. 25” x 35” #womanartist #animals #naturalillustration #art #lizards #natureart #penandink #pens
#iguana

If you see this, post something monochromatic 🖤

'First Frost's White ink on black paper
#inkart #traditionalart #naturalillustration

Day 2 Wasp study. Analyzing the face and structure
#bugs #art #draw #bugs #sketch #insect #paper #illustration #naturalillustration #naturalist #wasp

guestering in some warps on paper

Today I'm studying how to draw bugs #art #draw #bugs #sketch #insect #paper #illustration #naturalillustration #naturalist

An illustration of a raccoon on a water color background with Io moths and mushrooms. Bordered with art nouveau elements and black eyed susans. Art by Ammy Mccollum

I call this one Trash Panda.

#trashpanda #racoons #moths #inkycaps #blackeyedsusan #illustrator #naturalillustration #wildlifeillustration #digitalart #iomoth #nativewildlife #artnouveau #digitalpainting