Still And Moving Versions Of A Little Poison Vial. I’m Actually Pretty Happy With It. I Didn’t Really

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.

Working on improving at faces, and I’m really happy with the progress I’m making. They’re not all great, but I really love the one of the man on the right. I’m trying to get better at just getting key details across and doing quick sketches, so I kept these all to 5 minutes.

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.

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

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.

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.

I’m not really happy with it, but I wanted to post something. I’ve been pretty busy recently and was trying out transparency. I’m not there yet.

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

YouTube

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

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.

An attempt to draw Sancho from Limbus Company. I’m trying out a more simplified style for this one. I can’t do expressions at the moment, sadly, but advice on that (or just general art advice tbh) would be appreciated.

More stream-of-thought rambling under the cut.

Maybe it’s the text placement, but for some reason this gives me “live laugh love” vibes. Also apologies for the bad cursive. I was taught it in primary school but haven’t used it in over a decade. A few weeks ago, the thought came to me to try using it again, so I started doing that. Still not good at it.