The Thrift clearwing moth Pyropteron muscaeforme on a Thrift flower. One of a series of insects completed for Devon area of Natural beauty. This moth is found in rocky seaside habitats where thrift grows in abundance, and has window-clear rear wings, demarked with dark veins. It also visits thyme.

tiktok trends: turning off the thermostat and putting on a sweater darning socks alternating which bill to pay this month so hot right now!!

recession indicators

My second piece for the Polar Lights zine featured an Emperor penguin parent and a chick sharing a tender moment. 🐧 The whole zine is full of amazing art, so check it out: polarlightszine.itch.io #penguin #birds #art 🪶🎨

I can finally show you guys my piece for the #polarlights zine! I had the leopard seal and I had a lot of fun making this piece!! The zine is still available for only 2$, all proceeds go to charity to help preserve the polar ice caps!!! polarlightszine.itch.io/polar-lights-4

Richard Dawkins becoming a "ChatGPT loves me" guy is both entirely predictable and yet has drained respect for him that I didn't realize I still had

🍇 Grapes 🍇 Another little study! #Art #Shiny #Digital_Art #Study #Art_Study

It's my birthday! 🎂🎈 If you like my art, you can support it/me by sharing this post! And if you'd like to treat yourself to a little something as well, I have wares (stickers, prints, PWYW ref packs, adoptables) in my shop ♡ 🌿 ko-fi.com/toothandbran...

Job hunting in a hostile environment. ✨

I WISH this was an exaggeration. www.kron4.com/news/technol...

Cicadas for today's #TransArtMay because transformation is awesome actually

Has all the #NoMowMay talk got you rethinking your lawn, but not sure how to start? Join us for practical steps to create wild and wonderful spaces that reduce maintenance & welcome nature into your yard! 🗓️May 14 at 10am PT / 1pm ET 🔗Register for this free event: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

“Barely Awake”, coloured pencil on cotton paper, with thanks to a raccoon in my neighbourhood. #WildlifeArt #SciArt

Finally, the full #PolarLights piece! Have a red-throated diver (or loon, depending on which side of the Atlantic you're on) couple🪶 Please check out the full zine! All proceeds go to Antarctic conservation: polarlightszine.itch.io/polar-lights-4 #SciArt #birdart #traditionalart #loon #nature

I'm so pleased I can finally share my Antarctic Imperial Cormorant illustration for #PolarLights! This was a bird I knew little about before, but I quickly fell in love with their incredible colors and how they contrast against the vivid blue & white of the Antarctic landscape. 🎨 #SciArt #BirdArt 🪶

Did you know that some of the oldest evidence of octopus fishing in the world comes from ancient Chamorro archaeological sites found in my home island of Saipan? The lures they found were 3,000+ years old.

One of my favorite Oscar Wilde anecdotes is that he once did a reading and Q&A in a mine. With miners. Like down a mineshaft. He had this crazy idea that everybody of every occupation deserved and could benefit from art and information

It's a perfect day in Portland and the Powell Butte bluebirds allowed us to perceive them at last. 📷🌿🪶

In totally unsurprising news, Richard Dawkins is developing AI psychosis. Paywall bypass: archive.is/6RdK9

Hey twunk Please don’t turn away from this appeal. Your help could allow children to keep living, smiling, and holding on to hope for another day. 👇

My piece for the Polar Lights zine featured Macaroni penguins making their way back to the ocean. 🐧 The zine is full of amazing art from many talented artists, so it's definitely worth getting. And you support a good cause. Get yours here: polarlightszine.itch.io #penguin #birds #sciart #art 🎨🪶

Bring back the ancient knowledge

A very frustrating day. So I went out and looked at trees and bugs.

Yep, 🧵 pretty much sums it up.

Got a shot yesterday of one of North America’s rarest robber flies, the Texas micropirate fly Townsendia pulcherrima. Almost forgot it was #WorldRobberFlyDay, running out of time to post this.

Magpies are everywhere in South Korea. Azure-winged Magpie! 🪶#birds

I'm so pleased I can finally share my Antarctic Imperial Cormorant illustration for #PolarLights! This was a bird I knew little about before, but I quickly fell in love with their incredible colors and how they contrast against the vivid blue & white of the Antarctic landscape. 🎨 #SciArt #BirdArt 🪶

Probably unintentional camouflage, but this great egret was hard to spot through the trees and against a white overcast sky #birds #bird #photography #ornithology #birdphotos #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdoftheday #camoorcontrast #egret 🦉 🪶

The local Tricolored are back in force! All I have for a camera is my phone so these are just excitement photos, not professional pics, haha. Around 200 today with females in their own little flocks carrying grass for nests. You all can celebrate warblers out east, this is what I look forward to! 🪶

Untitled Floral, acrylic paint on wood panel. I don't normally paint with acrylics so this was a fun little experiment!

Ahh it's not too late! Last day of #InverteFest this month. I've been swamped, but I wanted to get in here if I could with some of the invertebrates (and a toad) I illustrated last year for BLM interpretive signs based around a southeast Oregon desert pond, a small oasis. #SciArt 🎨 🦋🐝

happy #fossilfriday! this is colobomycter, a (probable) reptile from the early permian. perfectly embodying the nerd emoji, colobomycter is best-known for the enlarged, protruding caniniform teeth at the front of its jaws, which were likely used to help subdue its prey (art by nixillustration)

One of my favorite highly abundant mushrooms in my backyard, the tangerine bonnet, Atheniella aurantiidisca! #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms #nature #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #mushroomsofbluesky #tangerinebonnet #orangemushroom 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Alright, it's almost midnight here so I guess I'll wrap up #Invertefest with an epic millipede we found on a night hike in Mindo, Ecuador. More birds and bugs to come...

Apparently it’s World Robberfly Day. Happy World Robberfly Day to those who practice!

Whimsical - #repostyourart Last day! It's been a delight.

Every time I see someone talk about Claude I think about how they switched from female to male names as soon as they wanted the robots to seem like experts vs personal assistants.

Card 7: The Chariot - finished just in time for #Invertefest #Bugtarot #Sciart

Because someone will bring it up: alt text has been a web requirement since the 90s and is not “training” AI image recognition models. It’s for providing access to users who cannot see an image or need help with context.

With alt text, because the Butlerian will be accessible or not at all.

Glint

Always a treat to see Comanche harvester ants. These are found only in the sandiest habitats in Texas and Oklahoma.

SUNFLOWER (2010) Acrylic on Panel - 12” x 18” It's her sanctuary...an echo of something I experienced when I was younger. Anyone familiar with my work will know how much I’m drawn to concrete. 1/2

The man was seen taking the eggs from a nest in Milwaukie last June.

Ahh it's not too late! Last day of #InverteFest this month. I've been swamped, but I wanted to get in here if I could with some of the invertebrates (and a toad) I illustrated last year for BLM interpretive signs based around a southeast Oregon desert pond, a small oasis. #SciArt 🎨 🦋🐝

Excited to share this little teaser of my Antarctic Imperial Cormorant piece in this newest #PolarLights! Check out the zine and help us fund Antarctic conservation: polarlightszine.itch.io/polar-lights-4 #SciArt #BirdArt 🪶

If you want to put the whole south in the garbage, you put most Black Americans, a good bit of the country's Natives, & immigrants, & queer people in the can. The south doesn't belong to racists. You side with them if you want to dump it. Wouldn't it be convenient so you don't have to face racism.

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Something new from a favorite #SciArt creator for #Invertefest : Jessica Eggers (South Africa) Basketstar Deep Sea, 2026 (from the Norwegian coast series) Pen & Ink, Watercolor & Gouache www.instagram.com/p/DXuL0qIjKFT/ poster: www.etsy.com/listing/4496... #WomenArtists #Echinoderms

Hello, friends! How about a fancy peony for this last day of #DrawAFlowerADay? What have I learned this month? That flowers can be ridiculously complicated and much harder to draw than I expected when I picked this theme lol, but hope you have enjoyed! (Bonus ladybug for #InverteFest)