Some things are easier to paint from life vs a photo... aquatic macroinvertebrates are not one of those things
Jonah
@boneworms.bsky.social
he/it | 21 | time lord lore collector and aspiring ecologist https://ko-fi.com/boneworms (if you want some Gallifreyan drawn for you, or some Gallifreyan stickers)
She did not approve of me turning the lights on, much too bright
Drew some circular gallifreyan of a quote from Father Time, the EDAs keep having such good quotes for turning into gallifreyan (Translation in alt text)
Marine biologists in Northeast Greenland used an ROV to observe, for the first time in the wild, a mature female bobtail squid (Rossia moelleri) and her egg masses. This Arctic species is present and reproducing even in subzero waters! 🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I am drawing my circular gallifreyan in a reasonably sized sketchbook for once (instead of my small notebook) and I still managed to draw the first sentence much smaller than it needed to be
Making his return to Chicago TARDIS after 10 years, we're excited to welcome back writer Rob Shearman! Rob is one of our creator guests for the year, and he will be featured in plenty of programming about his works.
Seafloor snacking at its spiniest 🦀 This decadent decapod, Paralithodes sp., is also known as a king crab. Spiny king crabs crawl across the seafloor in search of their next meal, which could be other crabs, sea stars, dead animals, or organic material that sank from the surface waters above.
I made a little zine about one of my favorite subjects, whale evolution
celestial seal. sealestial? celestseal? universeal. a starbor(harbor) seal. ✎: gouache and colored pencil on paper
Preorders are now open! Refracted Lives: Veritas Ante Omnia is now officially open for preorders from July 6th to August 6th. Shop (will NOT ship to America due to tariffs): ko-fi.com/bennyzine If you are American, please instead place your orders here with our proxy: isdagat.bigcartel.com
Drift into the deep with these living fossils. 🌊 MBARI's remotely operated vehicles have captured sea lilies swaying in the currents and feather stars paddling across the seafloor. Every observation helps reveal the incredible diversity of life in the deep sea. Dive in: youtu.be/GoQ-yGKrRgo?...
Five minutes of fascinating feather stars and swaying sea lilies to relax and unwind
YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
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I finally finished the updated versions of the names and titles of the main Gallifrey characters in circular gallifreyan (translations are in the alt text) These are also all available as stickers, also made by me ko-fi.com/s/6215b644c3
I think I’m going to need at least a week to process that, I will however be immediately relistening
Shimmering through the darkness 🦑✨️ This long-armed jewel squid (Stigmatoteuthis dofleini) was observed at 840 meters (2,760 feet) on the outer Monterey Canyon. This species is a close relative of the strawberry squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis), but sightings by MBARI's ROVs are much less common.
Crab spider in the Fishtown neighbors association pollinator garden tonight 🥰
i love it when people torture doctor who it should happen more often
Happy Birthday to the universe's coolest space archaeologist: Prof. Bernice Summerfield!!! The physical preorders for Refracted Lives: Veritas Ante Omnia will open in a week’s time! Take a look at our preorder bonus designed by our head mod, @ivqks159.bsky.social
I am so unbelievably excited for war room 3, I can’t believe it’s actually only a week away now
ROMANA RETURNS! 💥 Click https://bgfn.sh/gwr3 or blast up your sound to get a first earful of Gallifrey War Room: Loyalties, due for release exactly one week from today! 💥
Learning how to draw people through doctor who fanart, naturally I needed to draw Bernice Summerfield
At least we still have Lungbarrow, Unnatural History, and The Blue Angel
Horse 2 the harbor porpoise is officially up in her new museum home
Horse 2 is going in the museum tomorrow, still can’t believe I actually assembled a whale skeleton