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Hollow Knight food concept art I’ve done this before, but I wanted to go into more depth on the processes and ingredients used

I’m slowly amassing the ingredients needed to bake a cake

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Another year, another attempt at ArtFight! Of course I'm putting my Storm Hawks OCs on full display :3

And you know I had no choice but to pick team crystals.

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I may or may not relate a little to much to the anxiety she sometimes gets when things don't always go to plan, like in episode one and the stratosphere episode.

*makes an entire plan that might actually come in clutch* "What am I kidding? That's a terrible plan!"

Me too Piper, me too.

What's your favorite thing about Piper?

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Trackbeasts :3 intimidating work animals, but I think they'd be friend shaped when not working.

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I get all the answers saying some sort of rodent but I'd also like to suggest a cockatoo (vain and attention seeking but still sweet, plus blond) and cheetahs (also yellow, they're also super skittish like Finn).

He has lots of vibes that can't be summed up by one animal.

Which animal would you associate Finn with?

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Y'ALL ARE SLEEPING ON THE APEX SHIP?!

Does she mean nothing to this fandom? /j

Storm hawks fandom I gotta controversial thing to ask...

List your reasoning below!

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Storm Hawks Girls Fan Art

I'm slowly getting addicted to drawing. I drew the females of Storm Hawks because there isn't a lot of fan art for this series.

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Hello, I am going to Cuba in July - what cool birds and/or herps should I look out for?

Oh yes, let's see...

Cuban Curlytail lizard (Leiocephalus cubensis), family Leiocephalidae, Las Salinas, Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata, Matanzas, Cuba

photograph by Allan Hopkins

Oriente Bearded Anoles (Anolis porcus), family Dactyloidae, endemic to Cuba

photographs by Dick Bartlett

Cuban Dwarf Boa (Tropidophis melanurus), family Tropidophiidae, endemic to Cuba and nearby Islands

Though mainly found in forests, this snake is adept at catching fish. (It also preys on frogs and small mammals).

photograph by Thomas Brown

Fernandina’s Flicker (Colaptes fernandinae), female, family Picidae, endemic to Cuba

ENDANGERED.

Only 600 - 800 birds still live in the wild.

photograph by Owen Deutsch

Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, endemic to Cuba

This species is the smallest bird in the world, weighing in at a maximum of only 2.6 g.

photograph by Falko Düsterhöft

Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor), family Todidae, order Coraciiformes, Cayo Guillermo, Cuba

photograph by Dušan Brinkhuizen

Blue-headed Quail Dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala), family Columbidae, order Columbiformes, Cuba

photograph by Dennis Braddy

Cuban Parrot or Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, Cuba

photograph by Dennis Braddy

Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer), juvenile, family Crocodylidae, endemic to Cuba

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

photograph by Chris Gillette

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Which Storm Hawks character would you choose to go on a dangerous journey with, if they were protecting you?

My biased headcanon answer is Dark Ace. Sure there's a non-zero chance he'll turn on me so he can get whatever I'm on the journey for, but I just need to incentivise him to… not do that. He's more competent than Ravess and Snipe and I don't think he'll try to make it awkward with small talk. I trust him far more than I'd ever trust Cyclonis that's for sure. So long as we have a common goal I think he'd be the main reason I even survive a journey as dangerous as what you're describing. Because I'm an idiot goof.

Slightly more serious answer is Stork. He's proven time and time again that he knows what he's doing in dangerous situations, even if he has a habit of catastrophising everything. But so do I, I get it. We can be anxiety buddies together. He's the guy who has a list of every potential threat we may come across and also I really want to ride shotgun in the Storkmobile.

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Finally returns from the depths of school and runs away (and of course I had to add a little bit of angst)

Anyway, here's Gotfred, my version of the goat from cotl! I had them swapped with Narinder in terms of role in the fam's recovery, with Surge instead living down the street with Kit instead of a roommate.

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@fallingskywaterr replied to your post “Do you think "Aerrow" is like. A super common name...”:

I feel like everybody would know at least one ‘Finch’. Harrier is named after a hawk, Ravess for a Raven, Snipe after a snipe… Jack could be common as well, as the shortened nickname of Jackdaw. I feel that carrion names would be more common in Cyclonia though.

​Yee, you get it! Finch definitely feels like a 'Dave' type name in terms of commonality. The bird names Just Work™️ in Storm Hawks and I love it.

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@uncertainty5 replied to your post “Do you think "Aerrow" is like. A super common name...”:

Guess you could tally up all the bird vs nonbird names to see how common bird names are? Is naming your kids after birds a cultural thing for some terras in certain areas? Is it more traditional? Sparrow might be a very old name but his parents modernized it by making it Aerrow. Like how names change form in real life. I'd say Aerrows name isn't too common but I can see sparrow being a more common name. They're common birds in our world at the very least.

​Yeah I plan on tallying them up and also comparing the humans with bird names to non-humans with bird names. Might be fun, since I'm already very heavily on the bird names bandwagon.

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What the flock?! such smart names!

Science should let more cartoonists name things. That how we got the thagomizer and the Rube Goldberg machines. Anyways! SHERLOCK CROWMES!!!!!

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Northern Barred-Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae), family Furnariidae, order Passeriformes, Costa Rica

photograph by Victor Hugo Carrozzino

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Fyi, this is what Naga's Outfit is like