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Letter K for the long forgotten #endangeredanimalalphabet #series : The Kashmir musk deer

The Kashmir musk deer is an endangered species of small fanged deer native to the Afghanistan, india, and pakistan regions. This deer is one of 7 similar types of musk deer that are endangered due to habitat loss and because of poachers hunting them to death for their scent glands that are used in perfumes and rumored to be an aphrodisiac .

�� While looking up photos of endangered animal it’s not uncommon for me to find photos of dead animals for whatever I’m researching but for this one… I found hundreds of ebay listings for parts of this endangered animal. It was awful. If you have time I would encourage you to go on ebay to report any and all endangered animal parts being sold. 😤☠👎

#endangered #art #illustration #illustrator #animals #wildlife #deer #muskdeer #kashmir #musk #animallovers #painting #gouache #drawing #animalfacts #conservation #nature #arte #education #wwf #wildlifeconservation #endangeredspecies

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A little snippet of how I spend my breaks. 🌱🌷🌿 #art #digital #flowers #summer #nature #illustrator #digital #procreate #pretty #butterfly #floral #arte #sketch #artist #process #video #drawing #purple #IMurderFlowers

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Came across a little blue fool in #Alabama while collecting fossils in January. Also found some mississippian #fossils from the Bangor foundation: bryozoans , #blastoids #brachiopods #coral and some sweet #hash in stone form. #painting #gouache #fossil #fossilhunter #paleontology #whyYesIAmANerd #nerdy #blue #crawfish

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It was a #pleinair kind of day yesterday . I gave myself a fun challenge to paint a tree of evil and a tree of good. And then the wind started to blow.

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#painting #pochade #gouache #art #arte #nature #natcheztrace #mississippi #trees #artist #illustrator #EricaBottger #treesWithMotives #whywasitsocold?! (at Ballard Park)

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National self portrait day took a little longer this time. 🙊 This painting is currently hanging up in the Tupelo’ s Lee County Library for this month if anyone wants to stop by and see it in person . 😄 #art #arte #illustration #instaart #selfie #painting #selfPortrait #gouache #watercolor #flower #ranunculus #buttercup #BuildMeUpButtercup #plants #EricaBottger #instagood #tupelo @mytupelo (at Tupelo, Mississippi)

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Tuesday night #painting. #wip I found out this year that my favorite flower is the ranunculus and all their many colors. 😙 what’s your favorite 🌻? ☘🌹🌻🌼🌸🍀 #art #arte #gouache #illustration #workInProgress #SelfPortrait #light #flower #flowerpeople #fantasy #underpainting #BuildMeUpButtercup

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“Gods and Drifters” For Month of Love : Black Erica Bottger Digital 

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A late upload but still one of my favorite animal paintings . Not biased towards Platypodes at ALL. ;D 

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Here’s a peek of some commissions I had over the winter gift giving season. #ProofImStillAlive The watercolor cityscape was a painting of Prague’s Christmas market which with all the references I gathered , it’s a new travel goal. 🎄🛫🎨 #art #painting #watercolor #digital #illustration #landscape #arte #prague #christmasmarket #commission #artist #artistforhire #artistsoninstagram

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#2017bestnine #ThankYou to everyone for showing their support and love! Life was very full this year with good and bad but the art will still continue into this new year. 🔥☄🎆 I hope we all have the best new year💕 #EricaBottger #art #arte #artistsoninstagram #starwars #princessleia #strangerthings #witches #animals #painting #illustration

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#inktober Round 3 - Day 13 - Don't interrupt the research. 🔬 #ink #inktober2017 #illustration #scifi #fantasy #bitchface #instaart #instagood #space #sketch #sketchbook #drawing #computer #women #storytelling

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#inktober Round 3 - Day 12 - Space station alter to the Goddess of light. ☀️ shout out to @nasa for the #inspiration 👐🚀 #ink #inktober2017 #art #arte #illustration #space #scifi #fantasy #god #goddess #storytelling #drawing #sketchbook #sketch #instaart #instagood #thisWouldHaveBeenEasierInDigital

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#inktober Round 3 - Day 11 - The Trail of Heroes - offering their planets a chance of new life. 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️👣 #ink #inktober2017 #art #arte #illustration #scifi #fantasy #hero #heroine #instaart #instagood #planet #plant #storytelling #space #sketchbook #sketch #drawing #painting #path #allwhowanderarenotlost #EricaBottger #arting

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#inktober Round 3 - Day 10 - The woman who held the sun. ☀️ I'm holding on to number 9 and 11 for now. You'll get to see them soon when they're done growing. 🌱 #art #arte #ink #drawing #illustration #woman #mythology #space #ancient #warrior #amazon #girlpower #dogs #scifi #fantasy #sketchbook #sketch #artistsoninstagram #instaart #inktober2017

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Round 3 - Day 7 and 8 - Space control made into a gif! It took me much much longer than I thought to figure out how to animate it so if you all have tips any would be appreciated!

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#inktober Round 3 - Day 6 - God or Demon? Either way, they lost. 👹

Swipe to see the non tracing paper version. 👆 #art #arte #skull #sketchbook #inktober2017 #scifi #demon #gods #hero #villian #ink #blackandwhite #creepy #creature #giant #fantasy #goth

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#inktober Round 3 - Day 5 - Game over. 👻 I wanted to play a little with some tracing paper. #art #arte #sketch #sketchbook #inktober2017 #death #drawing #instaart #hero #whoIsTheVillain? #blackandwhite #ink #fantasy #artistsoninstagram #ghost #ascend #rapture #outoflives