I’ve Been Really In My Head Recently, And Haven’t Been Drawing As Much Since I Haven’t Been Getting

A little colored pencil doodle cause I was hungry.

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.

Did a portrait from a Pinterest reference today. I’ve been trying to get the hang of digital drawing, and I think it’s been working. Of course, I still have a lot to learn(for example, the eyes are a bit wonky) but I’m fairly pleased.

My first watercolour piece. It’s an attempt at the character Vernon from the D&D actual play series What’s Left of Us (if actual plays are your thing, I highly recommend it. I watch it on YouTube at Jaycorn’s channel, but I believe there’s also a twitch).

Playing around with Procreate. Here’s some fungi.

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:

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A plant study I did in watercolour. I actually really like it. It’s the first time I’ve done watercolour in a bit, and I’m happy how it turned out for the most part.

A piece I’m working on. I’m bad at colouring, so I wanted to share it before I possibly ruined it. Nonetheless, I’ll follow up later with the coloured version.

I haven’t posted in a while, so here’s something I tried to draw while out on a hike. The perspective on the bench is definitely wonky, and on the whole, this doesn’t look nearly as good as I was hoping. Any advice on doing backgrounds?

I doodled this on the back of my laptop(pencil rubs off easily, so I haven’t ruined it or anything), since I didn’t have paper with me at the time. It was done in a few minutes, but I actually like the hat and I wanted to post something.