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idlelizard · 1 month ago

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very handy to have free reference attached to my arm wherever i go

#been a while since i've posted but i'll hand these over #some of these seem off but i just can't put my finger on it #ok i'm done #sketches #pencil drawing #brush pen #neocolor #my art

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idlelizard · 2 months ago

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Gerhard Lutz

#nice art #love radiolaria shapes

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idlelizard · 2 months ago

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bunch of beasties

#more prompts from animal requests post- thanks for ideas! always good to draw new creature‚ what if i draw every animal ever...#bunch o beasties sounds like an animal shaped cereal #pencil drawing #mostly- on vellum with markers under #tapir #walrus #civet #my art #sketches

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idlelizard · 3 months ago

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Bare-throated Tiger Herons (Tigrisoma mexicanum), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, found in Mexico and Central America

Photograph by ben knoot

#good creatures #bird

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idlelizard · 3 months ago

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these guys!! you might be on to something...

pivoting platypus

#devoured the comics as a kid but i haven't reread them since- still haven't watched the show either #but Tove Jansson remains one of my top favorite illustrators #really though platypus hands (feet?) are wild gotta remember them for future creature design ref

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idlelizard · 3 months ago

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pivoting platypus

#microwaving monotreme #paper animation #should do a followup of a fish doing a kickflip on him #platypus #my art #sketches

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idlelizard · 3 months ago

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saw animals today :]

#not art #also saw good rocks #i take so many photos hiking “for drawing reference later.” do i draw even .1% of the photos? no. will i continue doing this? yes.#still fun to observe things through the lens of “i could draw a dragon on that rock" or “quality shrub texture reference”.#there was no shade but animals were plentiful so worth it

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idlelizard · 3 months ago

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twisting and bitturning

#the longer you look the loonier he loop #my art #brush pen #american bittern #bird

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idlelizard · 3 months ago

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first batch! featuring a coati, big toad & little mouse, and a red river hog/orca hybrid because anytime i think about ungulates i'm haunted by this post

#got delayed by the allure of going on a walk but now it's art time!#coati #toad #mixed media #sketches #first is pencil‚ second gansai tambi+colored pencil‚ third colored inks+colored pencil #photo quality is questionable‚ normally i scan things but i'm away from home rn

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idlelizard · 3 months ago

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i am in need of warmup prompts and want to be more normal about posting art online, send me animal requests to draw! or even multiple animals and i will fuse them into a magnificent creature. edit: requests closed, thanks! will work through existing prompts :)

#no clue how many people will respond to this but this will be my art activity for the day #limited time offer redeem your creature today for the low low price of free

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idlelizard · 3 months ago

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hi there! do you sell your originals or prints?

hi! :) not atm but soon! i was originally going to have a temporary inprnt up while researching manufacturers/website hosting etc., but the application never got accepted lol. i'm tentatively aiming to have everything set up in a month- hadn't considered selling originals, but if there's interest maybe i'll list some once i'm comfortable with the shipping process!

#asks

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idlelizard · 4 months ago

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FLUX

a collection of cyanotype prints about energy transfer and life cycles :-) very cool very fun very bad idea to make these mid-november in a country that barely gets sunlight as it is

#wow!#nice art #cyanotypes are so fun

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idlelizard · 4 months ago

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Send me weird looking ants I want to see creatures

#good creatures #insects #i'd like to draw more bug

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idlelizard · 4 months ago

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may I use the forlorn frog from the rabbit reflection piece as my discord pfp

only if whenever someone asks how you're doing you say "forlorn"

#asks #i jest but yeah go ahead!