A Piece I Finally Got To Work On Again. I Think It’s My Best So Far. It Started With The Apple, Then

Been having a bit of art block recently. Still keeping up with practice, but haven’t really finished anything I’ve been happy with. Decided to just sit down for a bit and see what came out and I got this thing. Idek what it actually is, to be honest, but I like it.

(Oops it has one two few petals. That was definitely an intentional decision and not bc I forgot what flowers look like)

Recently watched helluva boss, and decided do do a low-effort shitpost marker drawing of Stolas, based on this post I saw:

Might do a more serious high effort piece of him later, but this was fun.

Still and moving versions of a little poison vial. I’m actually pretty happy with it. I didn’t really plan anything about it besides the general idea of a vial of poison, and I think the tag and smoke actually worked out pretty well.

I remember seeing her video on this and being absolutely amazed by it.

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Frieda Lepold

Mixing historical Elements with modern Fabrics - usually for custom orders, but on this Channel I'm going to show you an inside look into my

Here’s her YouTube channel btw if ppl want to see.

Favourite Designs: Frieda Lepold "A Knights Dress" Haute Couture Gown

Just got some markers. These are my first two times using them. I still have a lot to learn, but they’re pretty fun.

Reference: https://www.pintrest.com/pin/20200919--70437486273223/

(Although I still haven’t quite learned how to do likenesses, so it doesn’t look that much like him)

One Mountain, Two Tigers: A New Species of Gloydius (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Upper Lancang Valley in Xizang, China, with Comments on the Diagnostic Characters and Evolution of the G. strauchi (Bedriaga, 1912) Species Complex

Jinlong REN, Junjie HUANG, Wei WU, Ke JIANG, Jiatang LI

Abstract

The Hengduan Mountains Region (HMR) in China, a globally significant biodiversity hotspot, has garnered attention for its potential to harbor cryptic species within the Asian pit viper genus Gloydius Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981. Based on comprehensive morphological comparisons and molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Gloydius strauchi complex, this study identified a previously unrecognized species of Asian pit viper. Discovered in the upper Lancang (Mekong) hot dry valley of Xizang, China, this species is geographically proximate to G. huangi but exhibits clear morphological distinctions from other members of the genus, representing the second Gloydius species identified along the upper Lancang River. We describe here this new species and highlight the significance of skull and hemipenis morphology, which were instrumental in its diagnosis and in resolving taxonomic boundaries and ambiguities within the G. strauchi complex. This study provides insights into the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of this newly described species, enhancing our understanding of diversification patterns in this genus.

Read the paper here:

One Mountain, Two Tigers: A New Species of <italic>Gloydius</italic> (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Upper Lancang Valley in Xizang, China, with Comments on the Diagnostic Characters and Evolution of the <italic>G</italic>. <italic>strauchi</italic> (Bedriaga, 1912) Species Complex

Bnuuy at the bar (based on one of my plushies, a yellow bunny with a yellow ribbon. I leaned him against a bench and it sorta looked like he was behind a bar).

I got a bit lazy with the background tbh, but I like how I did the rabbit.

A draft of a sketch I probably won’t finish. I had like 10 minutes of free time(idk if you can tell but it was mostly spent on the dragon head. I’ve never, to my memory, drawn a reptile) then had to get back to work. Please excuse the handwriting.

A WIP I’m doing. Ship in a bottle. I hope to animate it at some point, but I’m really busy currently, and the rotations I’m doing with the ship are currently a bit off.

The next time I’ll be free to really do anything is probably around christmas to be honest.

Another progress pic. Unfortunately, since I’m a novice, there’s probably a 50/50 chance I ruin it before it’s done tbh, but I’ve been enjoying the process.