For day 4 of #invertefest, here is a Crystal Jelly (Aequorea victoria). Found off the west coast of North America, crystal jellies flash with blue (or greenish blue) bioluminescence to scare away predators 🐡 🦑 Watercolour and coloured charcoal pencil on paper.

Here's another jellyfish for #invertefest day 3, a Barrel jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo), drawn with coloured charcoal pencil, gouache paint and black fineliner 🐡 🦑

went full silly for my last moment submission, also felt like we needed more 'broidy* * this was a joke embroidery for a Portuguese friend, Libelula is both the latin name for a group of dragonflies (minus a missing L) and the word for dragonfly in Portuguese #InverteFest #SciArt #embroidery

We're into day 3 of Beasts & Botanicals with 17/18 campaigns funded!! Take a look at all the fantastic projects if you haven't already! Here's mine: Crystal Jelly and GFP Fluorescent Keychains, Giant Siphonophore t-shirt and Sea Wasp Guitar Picks all unlocked! 🐡 🦑 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/k...

A good excuse to show you my Death Cap mushroom (Amanita phalloides)! 🐡 #repostyourart This mushroom is so deadly it's responsible for 90% of mushroom fatalities each year. Yet here's my blogpost about how it could be used as a cancer therapy www.kathryngarner.co.uk/blog/the-wor...

Delighted to have contributed to The Art of #Invertefest alongside so many awesome artists! A fantastic way to discover new art + people! This is a Mauve Stinger (Pelagia noctiluca), made with watercolour and coloured charcoal pencil on paper. This media combo has become quite a staple for me! 🐡🦑

Today I decided to pull out all the little stinging nettles from the strawberry patch with my bare hands and OH THE PAIN 😭😭😭

Help me lovely ones! I want to know what new stretch goals people would like to see, I could add more tea towels & coasters. But I’d love to hear from folks about what they’d like… www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l... #SciArt #Birds #Illustration

Knock me down with a feather my lovely backers have unlocked all my blooming stretch goals already! That means all 12 birth flower wooden mini pins are up for grabs! Question is what should the next stretch goal be? www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l... #SciArt #Illustration #BSNM #ArtistSupport #Art

Really happy to had some extinct critter to add to this edition of #InverteFest ! #art #SciArt

April 25 is #WorldPenguinDay so enjoy some Adélie penguins! 🧪🐡🪶 ⠀ This handsome couple, two Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), common to all the Antarctic coasts, are hand printed in black ink with a hint of orange on white Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

My procrastinating self managed to send my Picasso bug early enough (cutting close tbh) to be part of this Edition :D And you can get stickers on @inprnt.com: www.inprnt.com/gallery/luci... (oh and an extra 15% on my work for #InverteFest with code: XKMT4C)

The Art of #InverteFest - April 2026 is out! I contributed this sketchbook page. Mostly because I'm proud of the Oak Gall Wasp drawing.

And then there's this cute lil baby turtle too! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a... #ArtShop #DarkArt #SciArt

As we crawl out of the deep we find ourselves in the beautiful forests, where we stumble across the stunning work of @amandamakepeace.bsky.social hidden amongst the bracken... www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m... #SciArt #Nature #Wildlife #Backerkit

Let’s stay with the weird and watery world so I can introduce to the always sublime work of @abistevensart.bsky.social www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a... #SciArt #SeaCreatures #Oceans #ArtSky

We present: The Art of #InverteFest - April 2026 Edition A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna. Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book! Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1RJ5m... #Art #SciArt

Next up, here's a cool Turtle pin! They've all been unlocked already! 😁 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a... #ArtShop #DarkArt #SciArt

And here's the Sun Fish pin! :D www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a... #ArtShop #DarkArt

The first funded design for Warped Ocean 1.2 is the Manta Ray! :D You can get one of these and/or my other new pin designs here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a... There's 24hrs left to get the Earlybird free sticker! ;) #artShop #DarkArt

Somehow I missed the first day of #invertefest but here is a jelly for day 2! A Common Irukandji (Carukia barnesi). Mega deadly but barely the size of a fingernail !! 😅 Watercolour and coloured charcoal pencil on paper #sciart #marinelife

Proud to be the 34th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Birds and Blooms! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...

Proud to be the 9th Yogi 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for 🪷 Mash-Up Friends Doing Yoga 🪷! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...

What an amazing start! Hands down my best yet 😁 Funded within 2hrs and made it to my 1st stretch goal overnight to unlock the Sea Wasp guitar picks! Siphonophore t-shirt & two fluorescent keychains unlocked. Mauve Stinger Tangle Tee t-shirt on its way 🐡🦑 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/k...

Travel to the mysterious deep with my fab Beasts & Botanicals Co-organiser @kathryngarner.co.uk who’s project is full of jellyfish delights… www.backerkit.com/c/projects/k... #SciArt #Jellyfish #InverteFest #BSNM

Here's my offering a bird and bloom extravaganza with homewares and a full set of birth flower pins! All backers in the first 48hrs get this free mildly intimidating Cassowary sticker... www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l... #BirdArt #SciArt #Illustration #WildlifeArt #Nature

🐶 WE ARE LIVE! 🦖 Bring home your favorite #Puppysaurs enamel pins and stickers TODAY! 👇🏻 🔗 backerkit.com/c/projects/yuuninya/puppysaurs-pins-series-2 #FurryArt #Art #ArtSky #DigitalArt #PromoSky

It's go time people, all projects are now live and awaiting your perusal! These are all chock full of amazing nature inspired art, pins, stickers, homewares etc. 🍃🐾 www.backerkit.com/c/collection... #SciArt #Invertefest #Illustration #SciComm #BirdArt #Nature

Check out our group-collab! It's going so well - already two projects funded in the first 15 minutes!! #sciart #illustration

Revamping the old intro post so 👋 I’m Jess aka Loadofolbobbins a textile artist and illustrator inspired by nature of all kinds, especially birds and coosplaying pigeons. 🐦❤️ Shop: www.loadofolbobbins.co.uk Birds & Blooms Backerkit: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l... Newsletter: eepurl.com/hZtidz

Launching in a little over 21 hours!!! Deadly Tangle celebrates mysterious bioluminescent jellyfish with fluorescent keychains, t-shirts & guitar picks. Follow before launch for a pixie dust Common Irukandji sticker when you pledge 🐡🦑 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/k...

#InverteFest starts in two days, on the 24th! This time we'll release our anthology AND our usual art book. Starting on Friday, go out (or in), hunt for invertebrates, share photos, art, poems, facts, anything about inverts! More info here: saimihanma.com/invertefest/

To celebrate all things wild, renewable, and creative, the annual 25% off sale on all Beastie and Bone downloadable kits is now live today through April 26th!  www.beastieandbone.com/gift-shop/do... #paperart #curio #papercraft #entomology #sciart #bugsky #entomology

#repostyourart #kleineKunstklasse #mixedmedia #sketchbook 20. Critter

I have now designed 12 birth flower pins some of which will be stretch goals of my upcoming crowdfunder. This is where you lovely lot come in... help me decide the order they will unlock by voting below 👇 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l... #SciArt #FlowerArt #Illustration

Which is your favourite Fluorescent Jellyfish Keychain design? I made a poll... www.backerkit.com/c/projects/k... #sciart #illustration #jellyfish #invertefest #marinelife

Atolla jellyfish (Atolla wyvillei), Watercolour and coloured charcoal pencil on paper #sciart #illustration #jellyfish #marinelife #addOcean

Excited to be heading to Carlisle Zinefest today! Annoyed at myself for not applying to take part but having all the ideas for next year. A whole year to make a zine!

This feels like *somebody* who follows me would like it?

Do you play the #guitar (or #mandolin!) or know someone who does? I'm crowdfunding a set of six Sea Wasp (Chironex fleckeri) guitar picks (along with other #jellyfish -inspired items!). Six colours, six different thicknesses. #marinelife #sciart #6music www.backerkit.com/c/projects/k...

Got my first backerkit campaign teaser page done! go check it out! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... #backerkit #pins #cuteart #furry

#Puppysaurs series 2 is launching on April 23rd as part of the Beasts & Botanicals group collab! 💐 Follow the teaser page and vote in the poll if you're interested when we launch~ 🔗 backerkit.com/c/projects/yuuninya/puppysaurs-pins-series-2 🐶🦖 #FurryArt #Art #ArtSky #DigitalArt #PromoSky

My next pin project launches in 3 weeks! Instead of being directly involved with art of vampires, it focuses on animals associated with them in many ways! :> Really excited about the death’s head moths aaaa. Pls check it out! { #vampireart #enamelpins #animals } www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

Apparently the chances were quite high and quite a lot of you have seen this. Many thanks and all that for the kindness 😘

Seeing as you do indeed like my bird art why not check out my upcoming @backerkit.com launching next week... there's judgemental cassowaries and pretty flowers... www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l... #SciArt #Birds #Illustration

It didn't load the damn banner! 😭 Here it is so you can actually see the pretty things lol! #ArtShop #ArtistSupport #BeastsAndBotanicals

Birdtober 2025 Stickers launches next week, April 23! Make sure to back the project in the first 48 hours to get this free Turkey Vulture sticker! Follow here to be notified of the launch: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a... #BirdArt #BSNM #SciArt #AnimalArt #Sticker #BirdSticker

I've wanted to make a #comic for a long time but never felt good enough. Today I decided to make it anyway. So here's a sneak peak of the pencils for the first page. It's the story of a #werewolf private detective on a missing persons case in a magical version of the North #Yorkshire coast.

I forgot its #portfolioday!! 🤦‍♀️ I'm taking bookings for June onwards and looking for work in cover art, publishing and product art. 🫡 Portfolio: www.abistevens.com Email [email protected] for quotes! #illustration

Only one week until we launch Beasts & Botanicals!! We're so proud to have brought together 19 fantastic creators through their love of wildlife 🌺🪻🐯🦎🦔🪼🦑🐡🐍🐀🐢🦜🦋🐳🏵️ www.backerkit.com/c/collection... #illustration @backerkit.com @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social