I think hollybluegate on tumblr said it best: "If you don't know the difference between a hare and a rabbit you've never gazed into the cold wild eyes of a hare and known that if it could speak it would speak backwards"
Inktober prompt 15: legend
The Deaths head hawkmoth is surrounded by local legends of it being an omen of death. A stereotype perpetuated by its fairly obvious skull marking, and the fact that it was used in "silence of the lambs", a classic murder mystery story. This poor little moth does not match its fearsome reputation. It's just a... Continue Reading →
A nice little abandoned greenhouse reclaimed by nature
Inktober prompt 13: Ash
Another sad one. The rainforests are burning and so are we.
Inktober prompt 12: dragon
The olm is a blind cave dwelling salamander that is endemic to the Dinaric Karst and is widely believed to be a baby dragon in local folklore in Slovenia and Croatia. It is not sadly, but it can live to be 100 years old, has a powerful sense of electrosensitivity and can live for 10... Continue Reading →
A great grey owl swoops in to take out a lemming sitting oblivious in its snowy burrow
Inktober prompt 10: pattern
Insect wings come in all shapes and sizes and patterns Here we have a mayfly, burnet moth, cinnabar moth, banded demoiselle, and a garden tiger Possibly a good idea for a tattoo maybe?
A bit of a lighter subject today
Inktober prompt 8: frail
A sad one today, a starving polar bear slogging through the arctic tundra from a video by the National Geographic Sad drawing makes me sad. At least tomorrows prompt is happier.
Was kind of supposed to be a white hart (because folklore and enchantment, yadayada), buut this is how it came out... Note to self, darkness/lightness in pen needs more planning.
The Zoologists Sketchbook 