It's another #insectThursday on the #bugsky feed, come check it out:

Hey it’s #WorldPneumoniaDay 🩻🔬 Here is my #SciArt lung #inkillustration "Lung Harvest" Illustration created during the first Covid lockdown #cartanatomy 🐡

There is a Japanese Maple near my studio. I thought about it as I painted this tree! #comic #wip #watercolor #cartoon #trees

A halloween books cartoon for @theguardian.com

My two paintings for the 10th anniversary Postcard Exhibition at the Nucleus Portland Art Gallery! Acrylic and pigment liners on black cold press paper. :) I'm very happy to be a part of this show again! 1/2

Little 2.5"x3.5" faerie painting from 2021 Watercolor/ multimedia #art #painting #faerie

invader #art

New, art show! Stop by the Zoetropolis cinema in November to check out the work up close! It really pops against the color of the wall! See a film while you're there! zoetropolis.com #artshow #bugsky #artdisplay #show #lancasterpa

Not going to lie, I'm beginning to get some Giger/Alien vibes from this one. #sciart #bugsky #artsky #nature

So excited to get some color on this! Do you think the skeleton and lady are looking at this post on their phones? #comics #watercolor #cartoon #video #searchandfind

Want to see how this piece turned out before the online reveal? See it in person, tonight at Third Story Art! www.thirdstoryart.com/717squared The piece is up all month BUT when it sells, it's gone! Catch it while you can! #bugsky #sciart #lancaster #artshow #opportunity

you can just go ask crows stuff instead of asking chatgpt

First finished piece since the end of Birdtober! A Ruby-crowned Kinglet enjoying the beautiful fall leaves. #NearbyNature2025 fun fact: apparently they run on just 10 calories a day, which is funny considering how they never stay still! #BirdArt #SciArt #FineArt #Watercolor #AnimalArt #ArtYear

Progress on the Brown Rove Beetle. This piece will be in 3rd Story Art's upcoming show. www.thirdstoryart.com/717squared I'm also the featured November artist at Zoetropolis. zoetropolis.com You're invited to come visit Lancaster and see my art in person! #bugsky #sciart #traditionalart #events

Check it out, I finished inking this crowd scene! Now onto watercoloring. Hopefully you might enjoy a little post-halloween spookiness! #crowds #drawing #illustration #comics

Here is a video of my last piece as it came together! #sciart #bugsky #invertefest #video

whalefall / life seeks to perpetuate 2

back to the familiars

Gold ink lineup ☀️ #printmaking #linocut

Another background color I was so excited to paint. I'm very eager to see how this goes! #bugsky #sciart #color #yes

#Nudivember Day 1 Collage on a painted background

Regret 2025 graphite and digital color -{ #art | #illustration | #fantasy }-

Making a Halloween hex. Happy Halloween! #folkart #hex #halloween #design #autumn

Surprise! I finally got some new pottery available! ✨🍁 Lots of new critters, and I've also got some goods to help raise funds for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund! Shop here: shop.lioninthetrees.com/collections/... #art #pottery

I'm starting on a brown rove beetle portrait. They eat decaying matter, I wonder what this beetle ate as a last meal? #bugsky #sciart #pencil #illustration

A hex for Halloween, featuring moons and a star! #halloween #folkart #symbol #hex

Some spare time and spare paint meant it was time to sketch. This is one of my own pumpkins from the garden. #gardening #October #sketchbook #pumpkin #autumn #fallvibes #illustration #botanicalart

The train to Osaka.

Katydid State 090725, 2025 16" x 20" Gouache on Bristol #sciart #bugsky #artsky #gardening

Stare Down – Peregrine Falcon Acrylics on board 10.2″ x 10.2″ (26 x 26 cm) Original sold www.esthervanhulsen.com

It's that time of year. #halloween #watercolor #spooky #pumpkin #jackolantern

Here is a painting close up, I hope you enjoy the detail! #bugsky #painting #video #sciart #relax

This summer I learned that I'll draw dead insects, even while on vacation. I left them all in place and took only sketches. #sketchbook #pencil #sciart #wasps #bugsky #vacation

Getting close to that home stretch, stay tuned! #sciart #bugsky #artsky #gardening

I will be participating in the 717 Squared exhibition, at 3rd Story art, happening in November. I promise my piece will be more interesting, when I'm done with it! www.thirdstoryart.com #artsky #artshow #wip #sciart

Molluscs may be boneless, but their skeletons go by many names #skeletober #skeleton #inktober #mollusca #cephalopod #education #art #SciArt

Creating a Hex of Welcome! #artvideo #video #hex #folkart #welcome #friendship

These two gents are scared. They were the very first characters I penciled for this scene! #comicart #cartoon #penandink #halloween #graveyard

Distant Siren, bored out of her mind waiting for ships to lure. www.martintomsky.com/shop/distant... #art #mermaid #nauticalart

The shadows, they are so pronounced everywhere at this time of year in the northern hemisphere, here are a few more! #sciart #bugsky #artsky #gardening #wipwednesday

#SpacetoberChallenge Day 14 - Spacecraft Shour out to @esa.int. Eighth one goes to #Rosetta #Philae. I think this is the best design of the series. | #spaceArt #sciArt

A new hex I worked out, it's a hex for welcoming! Brown for fertile ground for growing bonds. Blue for abundant showers to bring life and yellow for vibrancy! Distlefinks for luck and happiness. #folkart #padutch #hexsigns #hex #welcome #friendship

Old Station

Continuing the wing. Today's progress felt better. #bugsky #sciart #traditionalart #wip

Hey it's October, QRP with you pumpkin art! #artshare #arttrain

This piece is my biggest crowd scene yet! I hope you aren't reading this on your phone while crossing the starting line of a monster drag race! #illustration #comicart #halloween #monsters #cartoon

The weather is nice and the skippers are making hay while the sun shines! I've enjoyed their presence amongst my zinnias. #bugsky #gardening #bloomscrolling #uplift #positive

He's come out of the swamp to deliver the Prophecy #sketchbook

Here I am, painting wings. Some days I feel like painting is easy to do, other days there's more friction. This was a friction-sort of morning. #sciart #bugsky #traditionalart #wip

This plucky mushroom popped up in my sweet woodruff. What can I say, I was charmed! #mushrooms #bloomscrolling #gardening #nature