Coming Soon: Invertebrate Prints!
I am printing four of my favorite illustrations from the Invertober series I did last October. From top to bottom they are the Dragon-headed Caterpillar, Glasswing Butterfly, Fuzzy Golden Nautilus,…
Tea ABC
This one took a long time to finish, not because it's BIG (16x20 inches, but smaller sizes will be available) but because I wanted each tea cup or mug to…
Jewel Caterpillar (Acraga coa)
Here is the last illustration or sketch for the Invertober series, where I painted a different invertebrate every day in the month of October (most of it!) This already feels…
Arizona Bark Scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus)
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…
Fuzzy Golden Nautilus (Allonautilus scrobiculatis)
The Fuzzy or Crusty Golden Nautilus looks like most other nautiluses I've seen, except for the layer of thick yellow slime coating about half of its shell, so from what…
Dragon-head Caterpillar (Polyura athamas)
This pudgy little dragon-headed caterpillar will grow up to be a Common Nawab Butterfly someday. See a photo of their future self here. I'm definitely coloring this one in, with…
American Comb Jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi)
I've always thought ctenophores (comb jellies, not jellyfish!) look really pretty, and it's challenging to paint something almost completely transparent without making it look too flat. Also I'm feeling spacey…
Bigfin Reef Squid (Sepioteuthis lessioniana)
Invertober day 4 (I didn't draw all of them) The Bigfin Reef Squid is also known as the ✨glitter squid✨ Here is the original ink painting that I might color…
Giant African Millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas)
Day 2's Invertober illustration was the Giant African Millipede, which I have met at a couple of zoos before and would rather take care of this guy than the Giant…
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