Here is an animal reference resource available specifically to artists.

LRT i get very nervous when i see artists using pretty photos they find on the internet as reference, without confirming if the image is restricted/copyrighted or public domain. My philosophy is sure, sketch/study these incredible photos to learn, but don’t use it in your final work/share publicly.

Please be careful about using Joel’s photographs as reference. It is my understanding that his work is (rightfully) copyrighted and thus not free to use, copy, transform, etc. www.joelsartore.com/terms-and-co...

THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN REVEALED!! Which one is your favourite; what will you choose this year? Something very special for our website's 10th anniversary! ✨❤️ #ThemeReveal2026

THREE teams⁉️ omg i really cant wait for art fight! #ThemeReveal2026

I finished Spiritfarer last night. LOVED the first half, felt VERY meh about all of the grinding and crafting in the second half. I lost a lot of interest in characters after a while, but the final 2-3 spirits got me all emotional again. Cried when the credits rolled. The game was a roller coaster.

Early this morning, we received an email from @namecheap.com that the domain neocities.org was being suspended because of a court order from New Delhi, India (a jurisdiction we don't operate in), which was for an unrelated court order about a sports streaming site on a different domain.

Breaking News: Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French author whose graphic novel series “Persepolis” illuminated the struggles of Iranians during the Islamic Revolution, died at 56.

Huge win today - RI state legislation to ban anticoagulant rodenticides passed today in the House! I'm heartened and am so honored to be part of this advocacy effort by illustrating this poster with Congress of the Birds congressofthebirds.org. Thank you everyone who fought hard to pass this bill <3

I have a new blog post about these sketchbooks I designed and made last month! They each feature a lino stamp of an animal that can be found in the Philippines: a purple heron, a visayan leopard cat, and a whale shark. www.heatherfranzen.com/blog/2026/6/... 🪶🐡

Animal Awareness Days for June and 2026! 🏳️‍🌈🦖😎 🌈Happy Pride Month! As always, Mark your calendars! Plan accordingly. 📑Google Sheets Link: tinyurl.com/52svzknm 📅Google Calendar Add on Link: tinyurl.com/bdzhycfn #AnimalCal

Making an animated series is arduous work, often times it’s a miserable experience but the one thing that makes it all worth it is knowing I’m making a crew of actual, talented humans suffer and sometimes die by screaming orders at them. Take that away and what’s even the point??

Mourning dove, take me home- #birdart #illustration #dove

yo holy cow 🦊

Re: LRT a few years ago I started doing bodyweight strength training after seeing an artist flex her guns and do a few push ups, and I too don’t get much back/shoulder/wrist pain anymore. You don’t need to buy anything at all to do strength training.

Here's some real advice for artists: I haven't had back pain, and had so much less shoulder pain since I started lifting weights. Start small!! As a(n afab) person who is over 35, I have less body pain than I did in my late 20s by a large margin.

The American Kestrel #birdart #animalart #kestrel #originalillustration

ok i got a lot of replies to this on tumblr but this is the best one ^^

I just had a big brain moment realizing I could and should use glazing mediums with acryla gouache because, well, it’s acrylic paint

I’m thinking about learning 11ty to build my websites 👀 I’m really intrigued by being able to build a blog with it. Kinda feeling meh about how restrictive and boring squarespace is, even after wrestling my own custom css into it.

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

Realized the deadline for an exhibition is in a week. Frantically painting without a plan/sketch and loving how it’s turning out. Why are my favorite paintings made when I’m under pressure 💀

💃🏽🕺🏽 It’s International Dance Day so let’s keep the Lesser Prairie-Chicken dancing! The House is proposing a Farm Bill with weak provisions and includes harmful pesticide and forestry language. ❌ Tell your members of Congress that we need a stronger version of the Farm Bill: abcbirds.info/4unWBNg

Day 100/100 : Cardinal Tetra fish … these schooling freshwater fish have a bright red color with a neon blue stripe and are found in South America. woohoo 🎉 100 aquarium creatures captured 🐟 lillianlee.space/2026/01/15/1...

I made a short film! It’s called ‘DUCKS’ (Music and Sound by the incredible Megalithic Sound, everything else by me) youtu.be/L8vZbIeAdAw?... #animation #ducks #shortfilm #independentfilm #3d #cgi

art market prep update: I saw someone on ig use peel and stick wallpaper on a wire grid panel to make a solid panel. Gave it a go and I love how it looks! I’m covering enough of them to build a row of faux wood crates to build a vertical display off of

The smallest animal I’ve ever painted! This is a tardigrade, aka water bear. For an upcoming BEARS mini zine. Acrylic gouache. ACEO. #art #sciart

When I saw this cover, I yelled “HOLY SHIT!” and while I have been sitting on this news because of NDA for a VERY long time, I am very proud to finally make it my lock screen.

A little Collared dove sketch, in red ballpoint -3394 🎨🐡🪶 #art #birdArt

Love 💛🌻

A couple of anti-wilderness members of Congress—Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) and Representative Troy Downing (R-MT)—have reintroduced their bill to slash protections for more than 156 square miles of some of the wildest federal public lands in Montana. wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/montanasport...

Make zines everybody!! alienmelon.itch.io/electric-zin...

we need a term in the vein of "internalized misogyny" for artists calling their work content

I don't want to shoot videos I don't want to post tutorials I don't want to show my process I don't want to pour varnish I don't want to turn my canvas I don't want to record my screen I don't want to cultivate parasocial relationships I just want to make pictures and shitpost

UPA X Earthbound (Mother 2)! 🌎 💫

I mean, it’s not wrong.

Binding some books. Finished folding 1,280 sheets of paper. Next step is to stab 1,080 holes.

Call. Your. Senators. They just killed off the forest service. (Sorry about the substack link, I couldn’t find any other reporting on this) morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

At chili’s

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Happy World Frog Day! Boreal Chorus Frog, Cope's Gray Treefrog, Northern Leopard Frog, and Wood Frog. All ACEO, painted with Holbein/Liquitex acryla gouache/acrylic gouache. More info + shop listings: www.heatherfranzen.com/blog/2026/3/... [ #art #sciart #painting #worldfrogday]

Space Type (@spacetypeco on Insta) has put together this awesome catalogue of zine fest, art book fairs, conventions, etc.! It's global and entirely crowd-sourced, so if you know of art events local to you, you can add 'em no matter where you are! artbookfairs.com

Spiritfarer is destroying me. Why did I start playing this game. I already lost count on the number of times I cried and I don’t even think I’m halfway through yet

Green nails for St Patrick’s Day! Cirque Colors - Lynx (not magnetized) #nailpolish #nailsky

🚨 The Lesser Prairie-Chicken has lost 97% of its historical range. Without stronger protections, they could vanish. 🟥 TAKE ACTION: Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the Lesser Prairie-Chicken under the Endangered Species Act: bit.ly/4skQ7y2

Seal, Comet, Sea 🦭 ☄️ 🌊 March's mailed print 📮 Holbein Acryla Gouache on hot press watercolor paper.

pitching Dorohedoro to the people in my phone with a single pair of very real screenshots from the anime