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@phbutler.bsky.social

Tree artist www.patbutlerillustration.com

New work! May Day, an ancient oak tree. Drawn in pen and ink, coloured in Procreate #SciArt #treeart #treeartist #oaktree #ancientoak #illustration #penandink #inkdrawing #handdrawn

@phbutler.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The Two Trees of Valinor - drawn in pencil, coloured in Procreate #illustration #tolkien #sciart #thesilmarillion #silmarillion #lotr #oak #oaktree #cypress #cypresstree #treeart #tree #fantasyart

Alariko @alariko.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Citadel and storm

Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 10mo ago

I got a couple requests for the Vladdy/Freid grand slam video with the Curb music so here it is

Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 10mo ago

My sixth piece for my solo show @gallerynucleus.bsky.social! 🐦‍⬛ #illustration #fantasyart #magicalforest #forestspirit #watercolor #gouache

watercolor and gouache painting of a girl wearing a feather cloak and holding a small blue flame, surrounded by crows and an overgrown forest

@phbutler.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The Two Trees of Valinor - drawn in pencil, coloured in Procreate #illustration #tolkien #sciart #thesilmarillion #silmarillion #lotr #oak #oaktree #cypress #cypresstree #treeart #tree #fantasyart

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 10mo ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 30: Dream Northern white rhinos are functionally extinct. Hope for their future may rest with Southern white rhinos someday carrying their calves - now embryos in storage. - #rhinoceros #wildlife #animalart #sketchbook

Emily Tull SGFA @artbyemilytull.bsky.social · last yr.

Today is also World Embroidery Day - happy stitching to all my fellow stitchers. For National Marine Week post, I am sharing one of my favs & probably the most complex artwork. "Cooked 3" Hand embroidery thread painting www.emilytull.co.uk/store/p65/cr... #WildlifeArt #embroidery #FiberArt

A Jade green background with the front 2/3s of a crab body two claws situated on the top half of the rectangular image. The red, cooked crab has been hand embroidered

Jess @jesserintaylor.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Took a bit of a break from drawing, was able to come back with a tree drawing. I found this tree standing with its rock in Cannock Chase Forest. Lots of beautiful ancient oaks still hanging around there and summertime is really beautiful in England, it’s hard not to draw it Graphite on paper

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 3: Jewel An eastern grass jewel butterfly. - #sciart #scicomm #butterfly #nature #sketchbook

A mixed media illustration of a butterfly perched on a flower. They style is expressive and uses pastel colours (orange, teal and pink) on a white background.

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 4: Riverbank A young crocodile spies above the waterline. - #sciart #crocodile #animalart #sketchbook 🐊

A mixed media illustration of a crocodile’s head bisected by a stylized waterline. The crocodile is bright green and teal. The area below the waterline is black and the area above is dark brown.

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 6: Prairie A watching coyote. - #sciart #coyote #illustration #animalart

A mixed media illustration of a coyote in a stylized prairie environment. The coyote is standing in grass; these elements are coloured with orange, yellow and white. The area representing the sky is a dark brown.

Maija Karala @maijakarala.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#SciArtSeptember 8 - Niche Niche is the ecological space occupied by a species: the resources it uses and the effects it has in an ecosystem - which often spread across species like ripples in water. The Sulawesi knobbed hornbill spreads the seeds of rainforest trees, effecting the entire forest.

Head and neck portrait of a Sulawesi knobbed hornbill, a large and colourful tropical bird with a curved bill and a casque-like ornament on its head. In its bill, the bird is holding a small red fruit of a wild fig.

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 8: Niche Fossas fill an ecological niche often occupied by cats. - #sciart #scicomm #fossa #madagascar #wildlife

A mixed media illustration of a fossa. The illustration uses interpretive colours - orange for the animal and foreground and bright blue for the background. The fossa stands on a rock and faces to the right.

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 9: Vanishing Amur leopards are critically endangered. Zoos around the world maintain a captive population.

A mixed media illustration of an Amur leopard. The cat lies on its side and faces to the left. The style of the work is unfinished, like a sketch.

Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Day 9 #SciArtSeptember prompt is vanishing. This #linocut print rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) is handprinted on Japanese white and yellow papers. The rusty-patched bumble is a pollinator native to North America and was common here in Ontario as recently as the 1980s. 🐡🧪 #printmaking 🧵

My linocut print rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) is handprinted on Japanese white and yellow papers, 8" x 8" or (20.3 cm x 20.3). It is black with copper feet and veins on its wings with a fuzzy yellow back with distinct bronze “rusty patch”.

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 10: Tawny A nyala doe, grazing. - #sciart #antelope #wildlife #animalart

A mixed media illustration of a nyala antelope, neck bent down as if to eat grass. The Illustration is sketchy and a monochromatic brown. The grass is suggested by white negative space, the same colour as the background.

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 12: Wandering Gulls are found worldwide. Most species migrate with changing seasons. - #sciart #seagull #seabirds #aves #birds #sketchbook #illustration

A mixed media illustration of a seagull as it takes off in flight. The image is completed in pale blues, with yellow highlights on the bird’s beak, eye, and legs.

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 19: Depths A diver swims behind a surfacing sperm whale. Sperm whales are the 3rd deepest-diving mammal. - #whales #whale #ocean #sketchbook 🐳

A mixed media illustration of a woman diver swimming behind a sperm whale. The whole drawing is completed in monochromatic indigo blue.

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 10mo ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 26: Forage All rose hips are edible (but be careful in your preparation). From a photo by Guilhem Vellut. - #botany #botanicalillustration #roses #garden #sketchbook #art

An illustration of a single rose hip attached to a small branch with leaves. The colours are simple - red, green, and yellow ochre.

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 10mo ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 25: Tireless Przewalski’s horse has been the focus of intense conservation and captive breeding programs. The horses once again range the Asian steppe. - #wildhorses #equine #sketchbook #art #horse

An illustration of a Przewalski’s horse standing with its head and neck in a relaxed pose. The horse is drawn in yellows and oranges. The legs of the horse disappear into the white background, into a texture that resembles grass.

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 13: Bottleneck Wisent herds have been reintroduced to Eurasia and now number in the thousands. All living animals are descended from 12 individuals. - #SciArt #wisent #wildlife #conservation #sketchbook

A mixed media drawing of a wisent and her nursing calf. The wisent are both shown in shades of brown, with blue extremities.

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#SundayFishSketch + #SciArtSeptember Day 14: Mimic A mimic filefish, from a photo by Francois Libert. These devious nuggets mimic the poisonous saddled pufferfish. - #sciart #fish #aquarium

A mixed media illustration of a mimic filefish. The fish is set against a bright purple background.

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 16: Rift Atlantic rock crabs are new arrivals to the Greenland-Scotland ocean ridge. From a photo by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. 🦀 - #sciart #invertebrate #arthropod #crab

An illustration of an Atlantic rock crab. The crab is a monochromatic orange on a solid black background.

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 15: Spawning Sockeye salmon undergo colourful transformation. - #SciArt #salmon #fish #sketchbook

An illustration of a sockeye salmon in its characteristic red and green spawning colours. The background of the image is a pale green.

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 17: Trawl A Belgian fisherman (garnaalvisser) uses a draft horse to catch shrimp. - #drafthorse #horseart #sketchbook

An illustration of a man riding a draft horse, which is carrying the tack and baskets used in traditional shrimp fishing. The image of the man and horse is completed in indigo blues. The background is a flat, off-white.

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 18: Cenote A Mayan tetra, from a photo by Marco Endruweit. - #FishArt #tetra #wildlife #sketchbook

A mixed media illustration of a Mayan tetra fish. The fish lays on a mauve background.

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 20: Glacial The Southern Ocean is home to several unique orca subspecies, including these C type orcas. - #orca #orcawhale #whales #sketch

An illustration of two orca whales spy hopping - looking above the waterline with their heads in the air. The whales are dark blue and appear on a simplified background.

Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 23: Scouting Working dogs use their noses to find target species during conservation projects. - #beagle #dogs #sketchbook #drawing

An illustration of a beagle, walking with its nose to the ground. The illustration is simple, with blues taking the place of dark colours on the dog. The background is flat beige.