Do you have a favorite threat display pose from a bug? I know its bad if the animal is stressed but also so many mantis ones are just so pretty and silly (up go the arms!), it makes me wonder what other bugs have got goin on
I do love mantid threat displays! My favorite species (Idolomantis diabolica) has a beautiful threat display:
Ahhh I’m scared! Photo by also_sprach_susscrofa
But there are a lot that are super fun, especially the ones with false eyes on the wings. The katydid Pterochroza ocellata comes to mind:
Neat :) Photo by paulcools
Honorable mention to the ilia underwing moth caterpillar who, when threatened, flips onto its back to reveal a startlingly purple/pink belly!
Very “don’t eat me.” Photo by hannahwojo
Here you go anon!
And here’s one for animals if you want that too:
Do you have any resources for pose references?
God no, sorry. At most I trace the skeleton of a meme if I'm redrawing it or watch an anime with veguely similar concepts, but my posing is freehand and attrocious for it, and I'm terrible at collecting references. You can probably find someone on deviantart I think I remember seeing references there back in the day.
February is right around the corner, which means it’s soon time for Funguary 2023! the drawing event where we draw a bunch of mushroom based characters during the month of feb.
Here’s how it works:
Each week of the month will have a theme with seven different prompts, draw something mushroom related within that theme in order to join. The themes are Weird, Mystical, Malicious and Friendly. You don’t have to complete all the prompts, just one mushroom per theme/week is plenty!
If you’re hardcore you can definitely try and finish all the prompts though ;). The challenge intensity is adjustable to what suits you. This is a chill event where the goal is to just have fun and vibe, and honor the fungi kingdom with some really cool art🍄
I invite you all to come draw mushrooms with me! Use the hashtag #Funguary when posting your creations. I’ll be posting some of the creations here, and I’ll also be hanging out in the hashtag and comment sections! Really hope y’all join and draw fungi with me🥰🍄🌿 See you all on the first of February, LETS GOOOO!!
sorry but this is the funniest fucking thing to me
“The fascinating world of insects” by Free High-Quality Documentaries on youtube
not exactly using the ask box correctly here but shshshshshsh just wanted to share with the class incase anyone was curious! cats actually can have "skunk stripe" patterns like cashew
images from http://messybeast.com/bicolours.htm it's not the prettiest site but it's got alot of info + images of cats with really funky patterns! great design inspo don't mind me, i just think these kitties look cool
Aww pretty cats! It's nice to know that my ridiculous sparklecat designs have some kind of basis in reality.
Asian striped land leech, Haemadipsa guangchuanensis, Haemadipsidae
Photo 1 by dhfischer, 2-3 by daver, 4-5 by bentsai, and 6-7 by albertkang
Have you ever seen the pattern on a Macrodontia Cervicornis cuz like… holy shit
Fata Morgana
a superior mirage caused by warm air resting on patches of colder air in an atmospheric duct that acts like a refracting lens. Objects on the horizon could appear to be mirrored, distorted, or float. This form of mirage could be the reason for the Flying Dutchman Legend.
!~Yippee~!
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