the trouble with robes

updated my gallery, including at least a dozen pieces from this year that I haven't posted here yet if that's any incentive ascalaphid.com/art/2026

Brother Murphy about to head down to the fishin' hole (commission)

mole

ko-fi.com/oddroswell/s... i got a shop with stickers for sale :) #shop #stickers

desman party trick

hey for anyone in seattle, this shop is now stocking my zines. you should give them a visit and buy some stuff

Brother Alonzo you rascal get DOWN from there (commission)

thank god it's flyday

!!! @ascalaphid.com

wizard

sniffin'

Got the unidentified pselaphines all down to genus, minus a couple particularly horrid Euplectini. Really cool beetles, really miserable to identify

the latest gossip

no greater feeling than someone liking my goofy ass drawings enough to get them permanently etched on their skin. i feel so powerful

Brother Gregor

last night's shrewdles. probably gonna ink a bunch of these silly guys

shrews are known above all else for their great mirth and even greater hubris. godspeed brother

Finally sorted all the weevils I IDed over the last couple years into the lab collection, expanding our holdings by 5 whole drawers, probably ~200 additional species

one must exercise discretion and inner peace when attempting to procure the proper gherkin from its holy vessel

Cryptorhynchus lapathi

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Imagining an aardvark 3x Mort's size off in the wings for when they need a new cellar or a crypt dug in short order.

spent nearly the entire day at my art desk and managed to finish and scan 15 drawings from my various active sketchbooks which feels like some kind of personal record even if not all of them were fully textured/colored. going to try and pace myself posting them

the herbalist

caught red handed!

Helga & Dot, the only two members of the punk co-op who can be sort of trusted around power tools

wish I had more time to sketch stuff in even more styles for #InverteFest day1 - @ianfay.bsky.social day2 - @minouette.bsky.social day3 - @thefuzzyslug.bsky.social day4 - @lordsovorn.bsky.social day5 - @beetlemoses.bsky.social day6 - @pikaole.bsky.social day7 - @ascalaphid.com

happy Flyday, enjoy this remarkably Osmia-resembling Microdon (c.f. piperi)

Reposting another image for #WorldRobberFlyDay, because who doesn’t love a nice Gnat Ogre?! (Holcocephala sp., and yes, that is their common name) #NaturalHistoryCollections #FocusStacking #AsiloidFlies

New prestige class unlocked: Beetle Pussy Wizard www.bugguide.net/node/view/90...

and for day 7 of our lord and savior #InverteFest I'm channeling my inner @ascalaphid.com with a little Sister Weevil and one of the grubbos she takes care of at the Grubbery (though it is fully digital so the lines look wonkier lol)

it turns out the One Weird Trick to killing my years-long art block is to just ignore my self consciousness about drawing the same shit over and over again because doodling a dozen funny little shrew guys every night is a hell of a lot better than not drawing anything at all

assessing the gherkin

resisting the urge to participate in that top 10 songs of all time thing because I hate picking favorites but I will say I've listened to this album a thousand times in my life while on the train or taking 2AM insomnia walks so it's as good a pick as any www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4zW...

alms

silky anteaters remind me of stout little buddhist monks

Finally attempting to sort the staphylinids because my head didn't hurt enough

shrews on my mind

Brother Herbert beeps in outrage upon finding his garden massacred by grasshoppers overnight

just randomly bouncing between my characters having 4 and 5 fingers per hand depending on what's easier at the moment and because i hate consistency

cherry season

sir.

owlfly larva dreams of flight 2019

ascalaphid

i lost the ability to read for pleasure during grad school so now i just try and fill up at least one sketchbook page every night when i get into bed to let my brain wind down. still mostly shrewdles these days

The Necromancer (commission)

Brother Peluko (commission)