a second, exponentially more ambitious (though also wonkier) attempt at digital painting - still tracing over a photo, but with a heavy amount of improvisation. komasan real
original photo (taken by my brother) underneath the cut
Here is something a friend sent me, happy pride month to all trainers and all pokemons!
what the fuck is this thing.
Ohhhh don't mind me... Ol' Turnip will tend the dust farm like he always has...
Random generator pokemon with Gen 2 colour palette.
Randomizer really favored gen 9 and no limbs.
Seeing lots of people tagging this mantis, but it’s a stick insect! Specifically, a children’s stick insect. (Yes, that’s the name.) Best way to tell is by looking at the eyes–mantises always have fairly big eyes that face forward, but on stick insects they’re pretty small and firmly on the sides! Definitely the difference between a carnivore and an herbivore. Also, you’ll notice a glaring lack of the signature hooked mantis claws.
Despite how similar they look, they’re not that closely related. In fact, a mantis’s closest relative is the roach!
The Life of a Foxhound; written by John Mills and illustrated by James Affleck Shepherd. Circa 1890.
tangerinefrictave asked:
First off I want to apologize that I don't have an actual picture, but I did my best in MSPaint to recreate this bird I saw at Big Bear Lake in California last week.
It wasn't very big, about the size of a duck, and it did a dramatic dive from a resting position like this where it curled its neck back and plunked it down into the water along with its whole body after that.
There were a few of them here-and-there around the lake but they weren't all bunched up in a flock anywhere.
The bird on the right is what the back of its neck looked like when it was facing its head in the other direction.
What kind of bird might this have been?
birdidentification answered:
This is awesome artwork! The bird you saw is a Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
Multiple folks have messaged me to confirm that this is indeed the murderbird I was thinking about. Happy day!
toastyglow
I gotta say one of my favorite things is post-vow-of-nonviolence thorfinn getting shirty with people. like, not full on killing intent rage but when the Shouty Boy Voice comes out, u know. like he’s this sweet guy who’s like “I want to be a stronger gentler person” but also this:
and I love him
