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ArtnWill

@artnwilll.bsky.social

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Wildlife artist with an interest in wildlife photography, conservation, and biology. Enjoy drawing mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Current biology undergraduate Mediums used: Traditional and Digital Website: https://artnwill.carrd.co/

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ArtnWill @artnwilll.bsky.social · Dec 9

European Hornet

This was my first time working with Arches watercolor paper. I really liked it but it destroyed my fine-liner after I finished this piece. Will definitely try hot press next.

#art #bug #insect #Sciart #Hornet #watercolor #traditionalart #pfp

Traditional drawing done of a European Hornet made with watercolors and ink. The Hornet has yellow, orange and dark orange throughout and it’s standing on a leaf which is drawn more loosely and suggested rather than a full leaf that’s detailed. It was made in 2023.

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Cynthia Slate -Create Bird Habitat @thebirdsnest.bsky.social · 10d

Here is Foxy again today at the wildlife pond, just getting sips of water ….seems shy. #Birds
Fox Sparrow (Sooty)

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Cynthia Slate -Create Bird Habitat @thebirdsnest.bsky.social · 10d

On the left is white crowned sparrow, taking a bath in the wildlife pond #Birds

Going to post a cropped version below this one 1/2

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Audrey Sargent @stoutheartstudio.com · 13d

Oh I could not resist drawing both of these male and female Kajil Pheasants for #Birdtober! I love how they look like they’re making a courtly bow to each other. Lol.

Probably closer to an hour and a half in #Procreate.

#birds #SciArt #BirdArt #DailyChallenge #ArtChallenge #DigitalArt

A male and female kajil pheasant with one leg forward sort of bow to each other. The male on the left has blueish tones and a large, flamboyant tail. The female on the right has a mostly brown and white tipped feather pattern with some blue tones at the edge of the wing and her tail. Both have red patches surrounding their eyes.

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 13d

MY FALL DROP IS NOW LIVE! NEW PINS (DID SOMEONE SAY WHALE FALL?!!), STICKERS, AND MORE!!!

🛒🐛 shop.fossilforager.art

A photo of a large gold-plated enamel pin photographed on top of a lichen-covered rock. The enamel pin features a whale skeleton covered with various deep sea creatures, such as octopuses, hagfish, a giant isopod, a crab, and chimaeras.

A photograph of a shiny gold metal-plated jewel weevil enamel pin. It is a green weevil with yellow and pink highlights, and large dark eyes. It is photographed on a lichen-covered rock.

A photo of a tiny fruit fly enamel pin, with large red eyes and brown markings! Also photographed on a lichen-covered rock

A photo of two leafcutter ant pins carrying large green leaves. The ants are small and reddish-brownish. They are photographed on top of a lichen-covered rock.

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Scribblez @scribbleznbitzart.bsky.social · 20d

#bugsky #sciart #beetle #sketchbook #watercolor

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 22d

Dr. Jane Goodall was a gift to humanity

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ArtnWill @artnwilll.bsky.social · 23d

Great Blue Heron

#art #digital #digitalart #bird #wadingbird #greatblueheron #heron #wildlife #sciart #artnwill #myart

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 25d

Day 31 #Invertober2024 - Halloween crab (Gecarcinus quadratus) 🎃

oh my GOD it is DONE

#SciArt #invertebrates

drawing of a halloween crab, a very cute small crab with bright orange legs, and bright white and purple front claws, one being bigger since it is a little male crab, and a black grey body, on a black background.

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BeckyKidus @beckykidus.bsky.social · Sep 21

A commission finished a couple of days ago! Meet Finch ♥️

Colored pencils on black paper, A4.

#traditionalart #art #bordercollie #drawing #dog

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ArtnWill @artnwilll.bsky.social · Sep 16

Watercolor Hyena

#traditionalart #hyena #art #watercolor #watercolorart #inkandwash #sciart #animal #animalart #artnwill #myart

The watercolor drawing depicts a Hyena yawning with its mouth open and tongue hanging out. The artists used watercolor and ink to draw this and used light and dark browns, and oranges for the fur. The areas of the eyes, snout and ear were colored with a dark blue grey and the inside of the mouth and tongue are pink. The teeth also include some yellow to depict plaque on the teeth. The artists added their signature and date made on the most bottom right side of the painting.

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Patrick Lynch @patrlynch1.bsky.social · Sep 4

Microflora and microfauna of streams. For a new book, "STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide," coming from Yale University Press in 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #biofilms #microscopic

A complex, multi-photo book plate on the vast array of microscopic plants and animals that inhabit freshwater streams.

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Taylor McKinnon @publiccarbon.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Center today filed a 671-page notice of intent to sue federal agencies to end chronic, multi-year, and often severe damage from cattle grazing to almost all of the streamside critical habitat for endangered species on the Tonto National Forest.

biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Lawsuit Launched to End Widespread Cow Grazing Damage to Tonto National Forest’s Endangered Animals

TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Maricopa Bird Alliance today filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to end years of illegal c...

biologicaldiversity.org

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BlindCoyote 🔜 CFF 🔜MFF @blindcoyote.com · Sep 4

Warmup sketch from stream.
Photo taken by @rubberyote.space

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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · Sep 3

Look at this crazy thing!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature

In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same moth...

www.nature.com

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Peter Nguyen @dptbirder.bsky.social · Sep 4

I missed this beautiful Pectoral Sandpiper on my 300 year bird effort, but managed to find it this year during fall migration!

📷🌿🪶

Pectoral sandpiper feeding at edge of water of pond

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ArtnWill @artnwilll.bsky.social · Aug 24

Sprinbok

Wanted to try to mix painting and drawing in this painting. I have done this before with other works and I always really enjoy how they both look together

#Sciart #art #digital #digitalart #Springbok #mammal #animalart #wildlife #wildlifeart #myart #artnwill

Digital painting of a Springbok looking off into the distance. The background is composed of a really light greyish blue that was made with a textured brush. The Springbok is composed of orange, white and deep reds mainly found near the eye and on a small spot on the head. The artist included their signature and year of date on the bottom middle of the painintg around where the neck of the animal becomes it's body.

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ArtnWill @artnwilll.bsky.social · Dec 11

Here are a collection of some older drawings I did in 2021/22. The first is of an Amazonian Poison Dart Frog, the second is of a Fire-Bellied Toad, and the third is unfinished tree frog studies done digitally.

#art #watercolor #digital #frog #dartfrog #toad #firebelliedtoad #amphibians #herps

Drawing of an Amazonian Poison Dart Frog done traditionally. It was made using watercolors and fine-liners. The frog is colored with oranges some yellow and blue with lots of speckled white in the blue and some stippling of ink. The background is light green but only is a small portion of the background is that color the rest is the paper.

Drawing of a Fire-Bellied Toad done traditionally. It was made with watercolors and fine-liners. The toad has a lot of texture included with bumps drawn and the ink was used for the black areas of the toad. Green and orange were the main colors used with orange being on the belly and green on upper portion of the toad. It also includes some white highlights throughout and a blue circle background with the rest being the white of the paper.

Digital painting studies of tree frogs. There are three in total with one hanging onto a branch and the other two look to have a sitting position. The background is a solid grey.

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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · Aug 21

A Ringed Plover hunting for insects at Farmoor Reservoir in Oxfordshire.
#birds #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #RingedPlover #CharadriusHiaticula #Farmoor #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography 🪶

A Ringed Plover hunts for insects in the debris on the bank of a reservoir. It's a small wading bird with white underparts, a brown back and wings, a dark brown collar, a white throat, and a brown head with white stripes above the beak and eyes, and a black forehead stripe.

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Patrick Lynch @patrlynch1.bsky.social · Aug 21

Monarch (Danaus plexippus) feeding on Buddleja. North Haven, CT, USA.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #garden #bugsky #biodiversity #pollinators #photography #macro #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #insect #butterflies #Lepidoptera #macro #insects #flowers #InsectApocalyse

Close photo of a bright orange and black butterfly feeding on a magenta Butterfly Bush flower.

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Abi Stevens: MCM N16 @abistevensart.bsky.social · Aug 20

I was commissioned to illustrate some bookmarks for @scifri.bsky.social book club earlier this year!
I had so much fun making these colourful designs! 😁
#illustration #digitalArt #hireAnIllustrator

A composite image showing 3 different front designs and one back design for science themed bookmarks. The first is orange with a pattern of archeology and paleontology related objects and tools, including a velociraptor skull, broken pottery, a trilobite fossil, a pickaxe, magnifying glass brush, rocks, old coins, spear and arrow heads, books and more. The second is blue with space related objects like a sun, planets, telescopes, books, comets, astronauts helmet, etc. The third is green with a pattern of lab science objects including various beakers, bottles, bunsen burner, goggles, pipettes, scales, microscope and more. The back design is yellow and the pattern is a composite of various items from all 3 front patterns.

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Lio 🌿 @ MCM Q-21 @kroovv.bsky.social · Aug 21

Wahoo my standees arrived!

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!

We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.

Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...