#[>] ATTA

[shotmrmiller]

soap taking ghost home to show off his girlfriend except she's not there at the moment so it's cool, they'll just go visit her at work and when soap pops into the cafe around the corner with a grin and starts with "there's me lass," ghost instantly knows who she is even though there's about 6 people behind the counter.

it's clearly the one who's mouth is set in a firm, straight line, leveling johnny with a flat, dull look.

[the-ancient-dragons]

HiveWing study!

Featuring the mysterious Tiphiid/Bee.

Details, explanation, and more art below. Otherwise, next week are the LeafWings. See you then!!

More Tribe Studies

I had a lot of fun with the action pose. I wanted to really exaggerate the wrist stinger and I think I got it good. Both tail stingers were fun, too, but I think the dragonet pose is my favourite. It's just a little baby...

[mrsrobert-bob-floyd]

This is the moment that dash gave Lew the bracelet that I made him and I’m legitimately so glad that I caught it on video

[grooviestsadpapaya]

Echoes of Wisdom//September 2024‼️💫

[futurebird]

She's a cutting machine! Like a circle cutter with legs come to life!

Her body is designed to cut and haul maximum LEAF.

What a triumph!

Oh you might not like it. You might get mad. But THIS is what peak performance looks like:

The book “Gardening Ants: The Attines” (Weber) is old but it has so many banger illustrations. Here is one showing the size difference in Atta cephalotes minors and majors. This difference is entirely caused by how the ants are fed and cared for. Ants have so much variability in gene expression and they use it to shape their population to fit the work that needs to be done. (I love the naturalistic placement of the minor on the major’s head, they do hang out like this.)

When atta are cutting a leaf they make stridulations (vibrations too hight-pitched for human hearing) by moving their exoskeleton. This noise isn't just a result of the cutting, it's an extra noise that carries through the plant, letting other ants know the quality of the leaf. The higher quality the leaf the more intense the sounds she will make calling more ants to the place where the leaves are at the perfect level of development for fungus farming.

Wonder if plants are alarmed by this?

[jonasiegenthaler]

stl@njd | 07.03.24

[subrossa]

so go ahead and drive me insane, baby, run your mouth, i still wouldn't change being stuck with you

[doodles-bi-tea]

claim your “I was a Lewis Pullman fan before Thunderbolts*” ticket here! (in case he blows up in popularity any more than he might have after things like TGM and Lessons in Chemistry…)

update: Thunderbolts* is out now — you can still claim your general “I am a Lewis Pullman fan” ticket, though! /lh

[ihartcrunchygrapes]

@lew.pull on tiktok!! this edit flopped so bad on that platform, that i had to delete it completely!! hopefully this time it reaches the right audience lmao😭

[antiquitea]

lewis pullman, atta boy @ the horseshoe tavern, toronto | 10.22.2024

[the-ancient-dragons]

SilkWing Study!

Featuring the color palette of OC General Viceroy, Queen Monarch's brother in my Pantalan AU.

Details, explanation, and one more art below. Otherwise, next week are the HiveWings. See you then!!

More Tribe Studies

Sorry for dropping off the face of the earth; school tried to kill me. I live!

Last time, I had called this series the 'dynamic bases', but looking back on some of them I would like to fix the anatomy and... generally everything, haha. The SilkWings I actually like all of the poses but I want to keep it as a study just for now.

It was a lot of fun to play with Joy's style and try to put the dragons in tribe-specific poses. Not all dragons in the tribes behave the same way, but it's a fun approximation. For example, for the SilkWings, I wanted the wings open as much as possible and from multiple angles. The pose at the top is a fun way to showcase both the wings and the silk - if the dragon is a flamesilk it could be shown there. I really like to make SilkWings interact with their silk like a cat's cradle game, it seems like a fun way they'd play and practice weaving.

Also, many people have their own interpretations of wingbuds, and this is mine. I'll do a whole anatomy study later but it's my headcanon that the dragonets hatch with the wings partially formed, just encased in scales to protect them as they finish growing. They would do this so they could hatch earlier (say half a hear-ish compared to other dragonets, who take the time to develop their wings in their eggs). Metamorphosis would then be the shedding phase where they drop the casing and release their fully-developed wings.

[mrsrobert-bob-floyd]

The first few are my favorites of him on stage

[wmnylander]

Blueprint S9 E5: Freshman

[spidervman]

look at this gem i found from the me like bees insta

[cottagecori]

i can't "he's just some guy" my way out of this anymore

( atta boy @ DC9 || 10/29 )

[allaboutlew]