New Species: Island Foxes! www.animal-photo-references.com/island-foxes All photos on the repository are free-to-use for artists creating derivative/transformative works (sans AI).

#brrrdcember2025 - Day 15 - Guianan Cock-Of-The-Rock Are ornithologists okay?!?!?!?! Ballpoint, Graphite (H) for mid tones, and colored via Clip Studio Paint. This is my 2nd attempt at my new style! I love it! #brrrdcember #guianancockoftherock #cockoftherock #animalart #birdart #birds #Brazil

Natural History Museum Mammal Studies Part (3) #museum #wildlife #wildlifeart #animal #animalart #skulls #art #taxidermy #nature #traditionalart #traditionalartist #coloredpencil #sketch #marine #mammal #marinelife #sciart

monkey!! #monkey #lifedrawing #traditionalart #sketchbook #sketching #animalart #sketch #illustration #characterdesign #art #animals #characterart #ocartist #originalart #myart

Painting practice with an okapi. The first time I saw one, I was a little girl visiting the St. Louis zoo. I was enthralled. They’re such mythical-looking creatures. I should draw them more often! Thanks to @animalphotorefs.bsky.social for the reference photo.

Natural History Museum Bird Studies Part (6) #nature #museum #wildlife #wildlifeart #bird #birdart #avian #taxidermy #sketch #sketchbook #animal #animalart #traditionalartist #coloredpencil #scicomm #scivis #sciart

Natural History Museum Bird Studies Part (5) #naturalhistory #museum #nature #wildlife #wildlifeart #bird #birdart #avian #art #taxidermy #sketch #animal #animalart #traditionalart #coloredpencil #scicomm #scivis #sciart

Photo of the Day: sleepy Northern Elephant seal All photos on the repository are free-to-use for artists creating derivative/transformative works (sans AI).

Photos of the Day: please reboot RedWolf.exe All photos on the repository are free-to-use for artists creating derivative/transformative works (sans AI).

Boneyard Alaska - Partial Bone Studies References: www.instagram.com/theboneyarda... #fossil #prehistoric #mammal #animal #animalart #wildlife #nature #skulls #art #sketch #traditionalart #naturalhistory #coloredpencil #paleontology #paleoart #sciart

My palette looks like chaos but I can assure you every colour is used and mixed! Still plenty to paint - progress is slow but steady. #sciart 🦀 #painting

Boneyard Alaska - Partial Bone Studies References: www.instagram.com/theboneyarda... #bones #fossils #prehistoric #mammals #Pleistocene #sketch #traditionalart #alaska #coloredpencil #art #animals #animalart #wildlife #tradionalart #nature #sciart

This is a big part of why I founded the animal photo reference repository: because AI slop has made finding good, real references harder while promising using them doesn’t matter… I hope to see more efforts exist to curate and restore accurate references for all sorts of subjects and places.

This is my shiny portrait of El Nino the bunny in a pop art style inspired by Andy Warhol! #animaldrawing #bunny #rabbit #printart #handmade #commissions

One of the smallest Armored Sea Robins that I’ve ever seen - its body a little larger than a pea. This is the same species featured in my Aliens Collection Print, “Alien #27”. #armoredsearobin #searobin #larvalfish #deepseafish #blackwaterdiving #gurnard #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater

How cute! This Bony-Eared Assfish has a pet amphipod! And yes, that’s the actual name of this this #fish - the bony-eared #assfish #Acanthonus armatus #cuskeel #bonyearedassfish #acanthonusarmatus #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #deepseafish #larvalfish #deepsea #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug

Natural History Museum Mammal Studies Part (2) #museum #mammals #skulls #taxidermy #animal #animals #animalart #animalartist #wildlife #wildlifeart #nature #sketch #sketchbook #art #traditionalart #traditionalartist #sciart

Natural History Museum Mammal Studies Part (1) #skulls #museum #animal #animals #animalart #animalartist #sketch #art #traditonalartist #sketchbook #traditionalart #mammal #nature #natureart #coloredpencil #drawing #vertebrate #scicomm #scivis #sciart

Mrs. Zebra’s perfect pose 🦓 #Zebra #SafariWest #Wildlife #SantaRosa #CaliforniaTravel #iPhonePhoto #Lightroom #NatureShot #AnimalPhotography #ZebraInTheForest #WildlifeArt #TravelPhotography #CaliforniaSafari #ZebraFocus #NatureBeauty #WildlifeExplorer #ZebraVibes #ForestWildlife #TravelWithMe

Male and female orcas have different belly markings, but with high individual variation, it can still be difficult to sex them reliably! To demonstrate that, our Drawing and Painting Orcas instructor Sara compiled this collage she shared with our class last night. Can you tell them apart? #whalesky

Bellator militaris — the horned searobin. Just like other armored searobins, they possess modified pectoral fin rays used to walk and detect food on the seafloor. This specimen is TCWC 6818.17 available on MorphoSource. www.morphosource.org/concern/biol... 🦑 🌊 🧪

I forgot to upload the video after bluesky got video, here's probably top 3 cutest thing I saw in 2024 #marinelife

red shouldered hawk #NorthCarolinaWildlife #trailcams #cameratraps #birds # birding #hawk

Walking on water

Made a furry new friend. No picnic baskets were harmed in the taking of this photo.

Natural History Museum Bird Studies Part (4) #museum #bird #birds #birdart #animal #animals #animalart #wildlife #wildlifeart #nature #avian #art #taxidermy #study #specimen #zoology #sketch #sketchbook #traditionalart #coloredpencil #sciart

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

Natural History Museum Bird Studies Part (3) #pheasant #museum #bird #birds #avian #birdart #animal #animalart #animalartist #nature #natureart #wildlife #wildlifeart #sketch #sketchbook #traditonalart #coloredpencil #sciart

These are so bloody cool

spiny dogfish (Swim On 5, 2019) #art #sciart 🎨🦑🦈

Spent countless mornings getting up before sunrise this month in the hope of continuing my barn owl project from earlier in the year which has yielded a couple of successful mornings. #fsprintmonday #photography #birds

Natural History Museum Bird Studies (Part 2) #museum #nature #bird #birds #avian #animal #art #tradionalart #coloredpencil #sketch #sketchbook #animal #animalart #animalartist #wildlife #wildlifeart #scicomm #sciart

New Personal work "High Ground" A thrill seeking explorer has returned to her truck after scouting a nearby cave for breakfast only to find two Titan "xenomorphs" sparing for dominance on the horizon. #conceptart #scifiart #monster #vehicledesign #illustration #scifi

One of Brazil’s most beautiful bird! The Araripe Manakin🇧🇷 Endemic to a small area in Ceará, this species is found only near freshwater springs along the Chapada do Araripe. They are Critically Endangered due to habitat loss and water depletion. #photography #birds #birding #animal #wildlife

Kevin the Kingfisher. A Friday favourite. #birds #photography #wildlife #birdphotography

#ReplicaFish #ReplicaFishMounts #TrophyFishMounts #Replica-Fish #Replica-Fish-Mounts #Trophy-Fish-Mounts #PelagicsUnlimited #Pelagics-Unlimited Here is one of my newly created Fish Mounts I just completed for a fisherman in Delaware. Please stop by my shop or visit: pelagicsunlimited.com

[Upcoming artbook] Creating Worlds: The Disney and 20th Century Studios Cinematic Art of Dylan Cole (Insight Editions, November 18) "Explore the iconic concept designs and beautiful matte paintings from artist Dylan Cole, concept artist for Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water, Tron: Legacy..."

Natural History Museum Bird Studies #hummingbird #commonnighthawk #museum #bird #birds #nature #taxidermy #drawing #art #sketch #sketchbook #animal #animalart #traditionalart #scientificart #sciart

Attempted to draw a Great White Egret using this wonderful photograph by @invisitech.bsky.social #bird #art #animal #animalart #csp #clipstudiopaint #digitalart #nature #sciart

#Connect2Nature Keeping up the #PSA theme... Keep your eye on what's important. Focus. Do not let yourself be drawn into the crazymaking that is the news cycle today. This Great White Egret was outside my patio yesterday looking for geckos. #Nature #Birds #Photography

Reminder: they're STILL taking all of our work + we STILL need (especially Cali) signatures on the petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act. TLDR= this'll require transparency about what's in AI datasets! Signing takes 1 min. Once done, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963

Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) #sketch #drawing #art #animal #animalart #bird #birds #avian #scarletibis #nature #museum #traditionalart #coloredpencil #sciart

Paddle Fish and Random Jellyfish Doodles. #art #sketch #drawing #animal #animalart #marine #paddlefish #fish #jellyfish #nature #sciart #prismacolor #traditonalart #coloredpencil

Mallard Duck Doodles #duck #bird #waterfowl #animal #art #animalart #wildlife #sketch #sketchbook #traditionalart #coloredpencil #sciart

#Connect2Nature Always good to have a friend, even if their ear tufts poke you in the eye. These Eastern Screech Owls showing off the two colour morphs. I'm getting so much mileage from my visit to the Canadian Raptor Conservancy last December. #Nature #Birds #Owls #Raptors #Photography

What is that sound? It’s FINALLY the sound of this year’s #Paleoctober in barging in! One simple rule: each day, you will draw an extinct species, and explore the tree of life in the process. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #Paleoctober2025 so that I can boost! Good luck! #paleoart #SciArt

I lied. Behold a doodle.

August's theme: photographic selfies FLORA BORSI (born 1993), “Animeyed, Flamingo”, 2016. Borsi’s “Animeyed” series of self-portraits with a variety of animals is on-going. #arthistory #art #photography

Cardeal/Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata #animal #animais #animals #fotografias #photography #photograph #photo #photos #birding #birdwatching #santamaria #santamariars #riograndedosul #bird #birds #Ave #aves #asavesqueeuencontro #patricianicoloso