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InsertAnInvert 2024

Parasites week 4: parasitoids

long-tailed giant ichneumonid (megarhyssa macrurus)

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Alright!

After a thousand years, have I finally finished my #InsertanInvert2024 compilation artbook! Within it are all my drawn entries towards the challenge- 48 unique illustrations of invertebrates living around us, as well as fun trivia written for each one.

I've put it up for free on my kofi alongside my 2023 Invertober artbook!

Enjoy!

InsertAnInvert Artbook

Previous Invertober 2023 Artbook

Curious about the challenge? Information can be found here.

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Spanner crab for #InsertanInvert 2024 hosted by @franzanth on bsky

I like how this crab looks like a guy who skips leg day

[franzanth]

Hello, artist. Nice art you have there. You know what would make it better? Crabs.

But crabs are hard to draw, you say. I agree. That's why I teamed up with @jopabinia, @JaviPaleobio and @Werner_deGier to make this cheat sheet so you too, can #InsertAnInvert into your artwork with confidence.

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#InsertAnInvert is a series of invertebrate drawing guides done in collaboration with actual experts (like, literal Dr. Crabs and Dr. Cephalopods and all that) so if you could give them a follow on twitter that’d be swell.

High-res PDFs available for free on my rarely updated Patreon. Absolutely no money required. I just think Patreon is useful for attaching PDFs.

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Motion: Diver 🤘🦠🪰

grousewinged backswimmer (notonecta undulata)

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InsertAnInvert2024 The theme for February is relationships!

Week 5: Courtship Bark scorpion (centuroides margaritatus)

pinchy stingy mating ritual 🥰

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Deep sea: bathyal

ping pong tree sponge (hondrocladia lampadiglobus)

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Motion: Jumper 🤘🦠🦗

water springtail (sminthurides aquaticus)

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eyes: lensless

ogre-faced spider (deinopis spinosa)

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Coastal week 3: Intertidal

carpet sea star (meridiastra calcor)

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Motion: Flyer 🤘🦠🪰

milky owlfly (libelloides lacteus)

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Vinegaroon

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Relationships week 3: Babies Vinegaroon (mastigoproctus giganteus)

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Motion: Scuttler 🤘🦠🐜

ice crawler (grylloblatta)

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eyes: compound eyes

Giant dragonfly! AKA petaltail dragonfly of giant petaltail

petalura gigantea

🤑 8,000 bells 💰🦝🦝🍃

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eyes: remipede (godzillius louriei)

nightshade did a NUMBER on this one and I'm kind of feeling it so I didn't bother re-rendering. let it be a visible marker of the hell we're living through

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eyes: lensless

fuzzy nautilus (allonautilus scrobiculatus)