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Assorted sketches of the ryerunner, an ostrich-sized herbivore that lives on the wheat-covered planet Alicanto. Its frilled eyestalks fold over its head, forming a sort of natural balaclava that shields its eyes and upper nostrils in the strong winds. When extended, the underside is a bright, iridescent white; the sudden flash of a ryerunner's frill can be disorientating to practically anything with eyes in the dull sepia landscape.
Though they, as obligate herbivores, have little interest in eating other animals, ryerunners engage in a particularly gruesome form of kleptoparasitism: using their long front claw, they will cleanly "dissect" other plant-eating animals for their stomach contents (and another other occasional treats, such as gestating eggs or large internal parasites). By seeking out this partially digested food, they are able to add significant variation to their diet and include vegetation they would otherwise not be able to access. Attacks on carnivores are rarer, though still not especially uncommon. Herds of ryerunner will sometimes curiously follow animals, nutritional value or no, for up to several hours - both at ground level and by climbing to the surface of the wheat to stalk from above - before killing and carefully "dismantling" said animal as a group, a play behavior that reinforces social bonds and strengthens valuable hunting skills.
IDs in alt text - how many can you guess? :-)
This is a collection of creatures originally drawn for my sticker club. Learn more and see more of my work here!
woodpeckin! - ink on clayboard, 3 color screen print 2024
prints
| death among flowers |
I had the honour to get commissioned by @/kathrynthehuman to draw an illustration for their short fiction zine! 🌸 A horror themed story of course :)
Death was close, of that much I was sure. But lo, a Valkyrie descended. Beautiful it was, but monstrous… And silence fell. For the fighters knew the creature would decide who would live and die on that field. Others were taken. We were spared. By whose design, we do not know. But as it left us… The Valkyrie bowed. To my Sigrid. TWILIGHT OF THE GODS — The Bride-Price(Episode 1) written by Eric Carrasco | directed by Zack Snyder
gone fishin' 🎣
Magnolia, my dnd character ☺️
day 44
today's bird is the great blue heron! (Ardea herodias)
another repeat bird from early on in my bird career :0) just thought i could do this guy some better justice
Posting a WIP series for my bulbasorb for posterity. Can't let them future generations think I was some kind of AI dork. (Also, lol sorry for the repost. I didn't notice I completely borked this video and had to redo it)
I’m gnashing my teeth like a child of Cain
If this is a prison I’m willing to bite my own chain
thank you for all the lovely reactions to my last fish post :‘)