I attended an invertebrate show with my friends a few months back and ended up picking up four atlas moth cocoons towards the end.
I wasn't sure if they would emerge successfully but yesterday I found the first one sitting on my wardrobe.
Isn't it beautiful!
If the others hatch out in time then I will hopefully have some fertile eggs. I really want to see the whole life cycle of these amazing things.
Not sure if you are still on here or still looking for a drawing but I found your post while looking for a prompt to draw and wanted to give it a go.
Drawing people and clothing isn't really something I am any good at, so sorry for the strange outfit and conspicuous lack of feet/hands.
I have an OC that I want have drawn in a cutesy style--but any other style would work to.
Here is the description:
Born female but ID's as agender
African American
5'9"
Thicc? (I never thought about their body type yet😅)
Any eye color
Pink hair usually styled in double buns
They are a were-cat with black fur and pink pads/nose (transforms into a house cat)
2,300-Year-Old Plush Bird from the Altai Mountains of Siberia, c.400-300 BCE: this figure was crafted with a felt body and reindeer-fur stuffing, all of which remains intact
This plush bird was sealed within the frozen barrows of Pazyryk, Siberia, for more than two millennia, where a unique microclimate enabled it to be preserved. The permafrost ice lense formation that runs below the barrows provided an insulating layer, preventing the soil from heating during the summer and allowing it to quickly freeze during the winter; these conditions produced a separate microclimate within the stone walls of the barrows themselves, thereby aiding in the preservation of the artifacts inside.
This is just one of the many well-preserved artifacts that have been found at Pazyryk. These artifacts are attributed to the Scythian/Altaic cultures.
Currently housed at the Hermitage Museum.
Some absolutely gorgeous illustrations. The first one is my absolute fave (dragons are wonderful) Happy birthday btw.
Hey sprouts! 🌱
I recently had a birthday and I would be grateful for a reblog of my favorite works at the moment! :9
Today I visited the Ossuary in Hythe, Kent, UK with my parents. It was absolutely fascinating and well worth the visit if you are interested in local history (£3 adult entry).
You find yourself wondering about the lives they all lead and who they might have been. Hopefully they are all in a better place regardless.
It is no doubt due to angle and lighting but they all look like they have distinctive personalities and expressions if that makes sense.
I made a little dragon head out of polymer clay my brother thinks it look more like a chicken Dino hybrid and now I keep imagining it scratching around in a corn field making nervous chicken noises.
Some wonderfully vibrant rainbow corn that we grew at work. They are like little gems and almost look photoshopped.
Backgrounds and geographical structures are things I, currently can't, but would really like to be able to draw/depict. and these are rendered so beautifully that I am saving it for inspirational purposes
Art by Gui Yuan
If you can access this on Netflix please, please watch Scavengers Reign. I can't describe how amazing it is. Stunning visuals, immaculate and fun world building with a spectacular array of alien fauna and flora, beautiful character driven storytelling.
I am going to start rewatching it as I can't get it out of my head. I really need a second series. Please watch this.
It can be a bit gory in places (but most of it isn't) and does deal with some heavy topics but these were handled in such a careful way so please don't let it put you off if you think you can handle it.
Scavengers Reign 1.02 "The Storm"
My attempt at Smaugust 2024. Though I am randomly selecting prompts from multiple lists.
The first prompt shown is for fungi.
The second prompt is for amphibian.
The third prompt was venomous. I combined an adder which is my country's only native venomous snake with a Hoopoe bird which has a symbiotic relationship with a bacteria which produces noxious chemicals.
A few more doodles for smaugust 2024. Not following any prompts, just trying to get back into doodling more frequently again.
Hello, I love plants, animals (particularly insects), art, craft, animation and other random stuff like creature design and sci-fi. My pronouns are she/her and I am aro/ace.
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