Having a stomach flare on the day you have to go somewhere without a toilet is a special kind of torture.

Spooky old art for the spooky month. You'll probably need to have your brightness all the way up to see the really subtle details. #art #deer #digitalart #animals #drawing

Bee-like Robber Fly (genus Laphria). #insects #bugs #invertebrates #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #nature #wildlife #photography

Raindrops on the leaves of a Black Cherry Tree (Prunus serotina). #plants #nature #photography

"On the Tides of Change". So many things happening. I'm losing my mind. #birds #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #animals #wildlife #nature #photography #beach

More bugs! I mounted the giant longhorn with goldenrod which I may end up keeping. And I have a cicada and more beetles pinned and drying. Can't seem to get the rhino beetle fully rehydrated though, so it may have to be pinned as is. Again, all bugs were found already deceased.

This is never getting finished. I returned to it after a long break and after laying down some color, my fear of losing detail came true. I tested the colors first and thought the black for the crows and gray trees wouldn't be too dark but i was wrong. I was so excited for this piece and I ruined it

When you're in the middle of drawing and have another breakdown, but gotta force the tears back because you can't get the art wet.

Dumpster Fire: I'm Fine, Everything Is Fine!

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For all I do despite my health, it seems it's still too much to ask to be appreciated by my family just one day of the year. And where are all the friends I've helped out with money and stuff in the past? Don't know why I expect anything different, though. It's the same every year.

Immature American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus). I love their blue eyes. #birds #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #animals #wildlife #nature

If you're gonna be arrogant and rudely shut me down when I tell you where a thing is, then waste my energy "helping" you look for it, I will have the satisfaction of wasting yours too. It's hilarious watching a grown man have a total meltdown for a whole hour while giving him the silence he wants.

I regrettably have no pictures because I was busy. But today I saw a melanistic mourning dove! It was a solid chocolate color. Adding it to my list of shinies seen in the wild! So far, I have also seen a black bobcat and coyote, and a melanistic whitetail that was also a dark brown like the dove.

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?

Men In Black3 Boris The Animal

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Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁@stevewaycott.bsky.social · last mo.

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?

There once was a time when I was creating a series of sea dragons with their own ecology. I only did this one, the yellow-spotted canyon diver, a bioluminescent species capable of diving to the extreme depths of the ocean's trenches and canyons. #art #dragons #fantasy #digitalart #drawing

I wasn't sure if I wanted to move any more old stuff over. But since I'm still struggling to get back to editing newer photos, I'll share just a few more from years past. This is lupine I saw in the alpine region of Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador. #flower #naturephotography #plants

Glue didn't work but my jewelry cutters thankfully did. Had 3 screws like that. It was a pain, but at last I am done. It's so nice having a working keyboard again! I put a new charging jack in too. Old one was loose and began getting super hot. I was worried about a fire or something overheating.

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Replacing my keyboard, as it's slowly been failing and using the on-screen keyboard gets old fast. But the very first thing to remove besides the battery is the hard drive, and the screwhead stripped with my tiniest screw driver. Hope the super glue trick works, or I'm SoL. I hate repairing laptops.

Replacing my keyboard, as it's slowly been failing and using the on-screen keyboard gets old fast. But the very first thing to remove besides the battery is the hard drive, and the screwhead stripped with my tiniest screw driver. Hope the super glue trick works, or I'm SoL. I hate repairing laptops.

New month, new hobby. Trying flower pressing to decorate pinned bugs, using mostly flowers I grew myself. I found some shadow boxes for displaying them, too. This whole project has been an experiment that needs loads of improvement, but I'm eager to keep working at it!

A crazy few weeks these have been. Hoping to catch a break, especially after today's developments. But in between, I did a little designing and now have Onika's corrupt form (on right). I drew a horse from my own photo and used s3venday's brush on DA for the person so you get an idea of the scale...

For 3 decades, I have been drawing. And still I sometimes make my dragons' heads too big.

Oy. What a time to be an artist...or any authentic content creator, really. Just...oy.

E-commerce sites: Make your listings stand out with creative photos! Me:

I'm dogsitting for my neighbor next door. Lilli came up to the fence all puffed up, then sat back and stared like "what is this bullcrap?"

Still waiting to get more of our stuff back. Got tips about another guy who reportedly has a bunch that he's still trying to sell. Think we need to pay him a visit too...later. At the worst possible time, our fridge and freezer quit so we're scrambling to save our food now. I'm about to go hulk mode

Follow-up on the theft. Meet "Weasel" Franklin, one of a few people who planned to break into our cabin after they had already stolen from our shed. It was clear from the evidence that they intended to return that night. Too bad for them we already found this dumb f*©k and...

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Story and pics tomorrow when I've given more info to police. But here's a PSA for you: if you think you can break into my place, you are an absolute joke. My family and I have a really good track record for finding people. As one terrified sneak discovered tonight, you will be found. You will pay.

I know I keep jumping around. But I have always been fascinated with bug pinning. Until finding a video just recently, however, I never knew preserving bugs was so easy and straightforward. I found this freshly-dead Banded Sphinx Moth today and thought it would make a cool first specimen! Anyone...

Story and pics tomorrow when I've given more info to police. But here's a PSA for you: if you think you can break into my place, you are an absolute joke. My family and I have a really good track record for finding people. As one terrified sneak discovered tonight, you will be found. You will pay.

Liam Neeson: I Will Find You

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Old animated pixel icon for @hannahelizabethart.bsky.social of her cool skull beast, Deirdre. This was my first time animating pixel art and I found it to be more difficult than other animations I've done. Still like the result, even if the jaw is a little wonky. #art #fantasy #digitalart #pixelart

"Smells Like Cotton Candy" Kind of funny to think this was an exercise so long ago to get out of my comfort zone of more natural colors. Back then, I hated how bright and "girly" these were. Now this is one of my favorite color schemes. #art #fantasy #dragons #digitalart #artist #drawing

Well, now I've been too focused on other things and missed posting. It's a curse having so many different hobbies sometimes. Ah, but here is a waterfall taken at the Memorial Gardens in Ormond Beach, part of the museum there honoring locals who served in World Wars I & II. #landscapes #waterscapes