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franz
@franzanth.bsky.social
i draw bugs and stuff. offline on the weekends.
please ask before using my images.
he/him 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇩

contact: franzanth at gmail
portfolio: franzanth.com

Hashtags: #Art #SciArt #Gardening

🦋 elder #49,927
Pinned
Activities for this season of #InverteFest:

Community science
www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...

Art book submission form
docs.google.com/forms/d/1jHk...
Greetings, chordate comrades. #InverteFest is upon us.

tl;dr: Over the last 7 days every April, August, and December, we invite you to show the internet your coolest bugs & slugs.

Go find critters, post your art, write wikipedia pages, do whatever you like to celebrate invertebrates with us!
attention nerds
Because why not, I finally wrote it up:

"What’s the highest score we could get in Scrabble if we play a taxonomically valid genus/species name?"

mdahirel.github.io/posts/2026-0...
January 26, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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Because why not, I finally wrote it up:

"What’s the highest score we could get in Scrabble if we play a taxonomically valid genus/species name?"

mdahirel.github.io/posts/2026-0...
January 25, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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#SpoonieAuthChat I'm an artist & illustrator who works on cover art! I've done some design and hoping to experiment more with interior illustrations. All hand-drawn, human-made from years of continued practice 💚
bydhiyanah.carrd.co
January 26, 2026 at 5:09 AM
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An even weirder berry mimic: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmeco...
Myrmeconema neotropicum - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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Look at him, the smallest possible salticid 🥹
(Neonella camillae)
#EmotionalSupportSpood
January 26, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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boop da snoot

Day 25 of #Birbfest2026 - Common Kingfisher

#SciArt #birds 🪶

(thanks to @franzanth.bsky.social for glazing it for me, was out of glaze lol)
January 25, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Invertebrate DLC for Megaquarium WHAT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH5r...
Megaquarium: Invertebrilliant Collection (Trailer)
YouTube video by Tim Twice Circled
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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Warped Oceans is LIVE! 🎉
AND we already unlocked the Crab, Lobster and Oarfish pins in gold and rainbow!!! 🥳🥳🥳
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

#artShop #Pintopia #WarpedOcean #Backerkit
Warped Ocean
Dive into the darkest depths with me and discover warped denizens of the deep! The watery sequel to Celestial Beasts will emerge from the depths in January 2026.
www.backerkit.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
the princess and the pea, but it's freelance artists and their tablet pens
January 23, 2026 at 9:24 AM
hamburger is just ruojiamo with more verticality
overheard at costco, one guy explaining to his friend in mandarin that a pizza roll is like a baozi with pepperoni, reigniting the eternal debate: is a pizza roll a baozi
January 23, 2026 at 3:52 AM
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overheard at costco, one guy explaining to his friend in mandarin that a pizza roll is like a baozi with pepperoni, reigniting the eternal debate: is a pizza roll a baozi
January 23, 2026 at 2:53 AM
fish are fun and games until you're expected to draw every scale and fin ray
Born to draw weird invertebrates forced to draw thousands of fish
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 AM
born to make art, forced to answer emails
January 23, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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Whenever Americans talk about how "it's strange that Indonesia is such a big place with a massive population, the biggest Muslim majority country in the world in fact! Yet they have such little international influence!" I want to shake them and scream THAT'S BY YOUR GOVERNEMENT'S DESIGN YOU FOOLS
January 23, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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From now until the end of the month, you can get ebook versions of all of my zines in a bundle for $5.

That includes:
5 Minute Daily Drawings : Year 1
5 Minute Daily Drawings : Year 2
Insert An Invert
August Arthropod Art
Nudivember 2024
Nudivember 2025

itch.io/s/179175/6-z...
6 Zine Bundle by Saimi
A bundle by Saimi, $5.00 for 6 games
itch.io
January 22, 2026 at 5:58 PM
this must be the work of an enemy stand
With most psychedelic drugs, you never know what you're going to get. But this mysterious mushroom from China - without fail - causes users to hallucinate tiny people: crawling up walls, popping out from under furniture and marching under doors. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans
Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.
www.bbc.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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With most psychedelic drugs, you never know what you're going to get. But this mysterious mushroom from China - without fail - causes users to hallucinate tiny people: crawling up walls, popping out from under furniture and marching under doors. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans
Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.
www.bbc.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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I'm excited to release Just the Browser! It helps you remove AI features, ads, shopping integrations, and other annoyances from desktop web browsers.

This project includes configuration files, a simple setup script, and guides for manual installation. It supports Chrome, Firefox, and MS Edge.
Just the Browser - Just the Browser
Remove AI features, telemetry data reporting, sponsored content, product integrations, and other annoyances from web browsers.
justthebrowser.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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A reintroduction: I'm a disabled and autistic artist/writer in America. I sell stickers, stationery, and other supportive darkness for the best—and, more importantly right now—the worst parts of life.

The Midwinter Heartache collection is out now:
bigchallenges.bigcartel.com/category/mid...
January 22, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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time to tap the sign again
I'm now available for many different kinds of editorial & art work (2nd image); please send any relevant job postings & gig opportunities* my way. Absent those, I will accept memes (3rd image) & treats. 🍓

*Remote work only. My current level of disability does not permit a commute.
January 22, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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That first Chalcoscirtus lass I found, in 2022, and figured she was a baby of some larger species (some Phidippus spiderlings look similar). But no, she's full grown, tiny, and lovely. 🖤
#EmotionalSupportSpood
January 22, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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January 22, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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*laugh* a FASCINATING observation of this sea cucumber, Paracaudina from Australia doing.. something. Blowing bubbles? A great big "WHAT?" #echinoday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Paracaudina bacillis
Paracaudina bacillis from Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron/Point Nepean Rd, Blairgowrie VIC 3942, Australia on January 20, 2026 at 09:03 AM by Jak Grimm. Wonder what the pearl bubble is?
www.inaturalist.org
January 22, 2026 at 10:22 AM