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nigel 🐎
@nigelpuppy.bsky.social
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animal artist & author of fantasy xenofiction The Tales From Veynekan & hobbyist arthropod photographer she/him SFW but 15+ only https://nigelpuppy.tumblr.com ♞ http://artof-fjt.weebly.com #TheTalesFromVeynekan <- my oc stuff
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · Oct 24
I go by Nigel
primarily an animal artist, mostly original works
I write and illustrate The Tales From Veynekan: a fantasy series about mythical animals facing the consequences of events from long ago on their continent
artof-fjt.weebly.com/ttfv.html

I LIKE BUGS there will be bug pics
have fun 🐎🐎🐎
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Pixie Thinks🧚🏽‍♀️ @pixiethinkss.bsky.social · 7d
fundly.com/missmajor
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · 7d
now you tlak to the green animal
this is important
a green, slightly blurred from motion, Chinese mantis crawling across a light wooden desk.
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · 9d
crawls darkly
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · 14d
falconry
a large green mantis on the poster's wrist whom is wearing a soft black glove.
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · Sep 4
[2020]
#art #gryphon #ocs #fantasy #TheTalesFromVeynekan
A digital illustration of a dark gray and striped griffon with a lighter underbelly. His head is tipped upright and to the right with a five-pointed crown over him as he sits atop a pillar with his wings open at his sides. several other pairs of feathered wings fan out from behind him in light-to-darkening shades of tan. an orange sun sits behind the main griffon while four small, distant griffons fly in a circular pattern behind his head. The background is wheat-gold with a loopy filigree decoration in each corner.
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · 22d
snowy tree cricket preforming his lower temperature song
Oecanthus fulto
#invertebrates #orthoptera
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · 25d
A large green mantis climbing vertically and facing downwards on the frame of a shelf taking up the right side of the photo, on the left is a banner of the lesbian flag designed by Emily Gwen hanging from the wall behind the mantis.
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ShakoHead @shakohead.bsky.social · 28d
liked how this turned out
#illustration #characterdesign
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forest :therian: @swiftyshq.critter.cafe.ap.brid.gy · Aug 22
evil rock.mp4
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · Sep 5
I now also have a thing I found outside (T. sinensis, nonnative here)
Apple ⬇️
A photo of a brown Chinese mantis with green eyes, middle and hind legs, and green streak along his wing sides. his front legs are a dull gold, and he stands atop a person's hand.
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · Sep 5
hello
a photo brown Chinese mantis with green eyes looking at the viewer, swinging out his raptorial front legs to reach for the person's hand ahead of him.
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · Sep 4
[2020]
#art #gryphon #ocs #fantasy #TheTalesFromVeynekan
A digital illustration of a dark gray and striped griffon with a lighter underbelly. His head is tipped upright and to the right with a five-pointed crown over him as he sits atop a pillar with his wings open at his sides. several other pairs of feathered wings fan out from behind him in light-to-darkening shades of tan. an orange sun sits behind the main griffon while four small, distant griffons fly in a circular pattern behind his head. The background is wheat-gold with a loopy filigree decoration in each corner.
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · Jan 19
Restraint

#art #horses #originalart
A digital painting of a horse's head, primarily using dark blues with teal highlights. the horse throws its head up, eyes whaling, as it pulls against a bridle bit in its mouth and martingale attached to the bridle. the rein is pulled tight. a white bolt of lightning tears diagonally across the background behind the horse's face.
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · Aug 26
Lyroda subita hauling a cricket back to her nest
#photography #wasps #invertebrates
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · Jul 4
The Mage
#art #unicorn #illustration #fantasy
A digital painting comprised primarily by heavy shades of navy and midnight-purples with white and gold highlights, where a bearded unicorn stands, chest facing the left, at the edge of an ocean with her neck curved to face the right. a moth clings to the side of her horn, the moon hangs in the sky beside them. only a few stars shine in the darkness, and the moon casts a warped reflection on distant waves.
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · Aug 19
all Tenodera sp. are nonnative where I live. mine now
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · Aug 19
lol look waht i found in the dark
a large green Chinese mantis nymph on a person's hand, facing the camera with its black "night mode" eyes.
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Rii Abrego @riibrego.bsky.social · Aug 6
I really can't recommend familiarizing yourself with the things that live and grow around you enough. It's immediately grounding to be able to recognize individual plants/bugs/animals and have some understanding of their relationship to each other and to you. It makes day-to-day life feel richer
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · Aug 15
pearl crescent & dark paper wasp (Phyciodes tharos, Polistes fuscatus)
#bugs #invertebrates #photography
An orange butterfly with black spots and ring patterns on its wings laid flat while it feeds from a black-eyed susan flower. a dark paper wasp on a daylily leaf while sipping from a droplet of water on the leaf's surface.
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · Aug 13
[2021] drawings from when I played Chicory, and I just finished replaying it last night. still so wonderful
#Chicoryacolorfultale #fanart
a collection of 6 digital drawings of characters from Chicory: A Colorful Tale. 1, The protagonist, a dog, in black and white, leaning forward while holding a large paintbrush. 2, A white and yellow cockatiel in the top corner with their wings opened, wearing a lime-green outfit and feathered cap beside text reading "This easter egg made me happy :)". 3, Chicory, a hare colored purple and wearing a long dark cape, hugging the protagonist who is much shorter than her, and now colored light green. 4, A bust of a lion with a large red mane, eyes closed passively, and holding his paws together. 5, a bust of Chicory in intense colors and white lines against a jagged black background surrounding her, paralyzed with emotion. 6, Chicory and the protagonist, both wearing a Wielder cape, with their backs facing the viewer as they stare upon the land from a mountain peak.
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Beleth @irradiatedratking.bsky.social · Aug 4
I like going monk mode
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · Aug 3
staring vigilantly and then spots something that might be yummy
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · Aug 3
bumblerobber, Dasylechia atrox
#invertebrates #diptera #photography
a large robber fly that mimics a bumblebee's appearance, its thorax is bright yellow and fuzzy while its underside and eyes are black. the robber fly viewed from the side, watching for prey from a dangling branch.
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · Jul 31
stares at you beautifully
a brown chinese mantis nymph on a person's hand looking toward the camera with its vibrant green eyes.
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · Jul 28
my final 2025 art fight submission, for @ HeadphoneGhost on there
#art #artfight #dragons #gryphons
a digital painting of a brown-and-tawny gryphon looking out into the sea and clear blue sky from a rocky cliff, and a deep blue dragon padding up along the sheer path to join him. the background is rugged, tall cliffs cut by ocean winds, and a forest capes the mountainous distance.
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