At first I wasn’t very enthusiastic about painting this scorpion— it looked pretty drab. But the longer I stared at the reference photo and layered timid washes of ink over the outlines, the more I noticed all the subtle changes of color in its translucent body. I also found out that a baby scorpion is called a scorpling, which is flat-out adorable, and they carry those babies on their backs much like opossums do! So I have a little more sympathy for the scorpion now, but I’ll keep to admiring them in photos.
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