#like bitterns

[kingycrow]

Risograph zine in fluorescent orange, yellow, and blue ink

[dumbledorathexplora]

He don’t know either

[mxwhore]

Do you have any tips on drawing sphinx Jon?

make his snoot sharper, his peets thicker and his horns curvier. heres a reference attached for your convinience

[marinecorvid]

Sigilyph that’s vaguely bittern-ish and can go from balled up to WEIRD LONG NECK in an instant

[verdemoth]

oh ive got some art sitting around from a while ago i can post. friends and i are back in battlecat oc hell with our own little headworld clans, i can share my guys from it

so here’s Bitternpaw, apprentice of RustClan

Bittern here would be the angsty teen who’s part of the protag party and maybe gets some POV in the arc. Generally apprentices become warriors at around 14-16 moons of age, but at 17 1/2 moons old Bitten hasn’t gotten approval for eir final assessment. For this slight she blames:

1: The leader she grew up under, Lionstar, who only took interest in his son and neglected any duties that didn’t serve his own ego.

2: The current leader, that spoilt son Brindlestar, who despite being two moons younger that Bittern became leader through nepotism and his father’s death. Bittern has such a one sided rivalry with him. He barely notices her and she’s so fucking pissed. Seething.

3: Her parent in the clan, who decided coupling with a contentious warrior from an enemy clan was a good idea, as was only revealing their disloyalty in the midst of Bittern’s apprenticeship. Ey thinks perhaps Lionstar purposefully ‘forgot’ to give em a warrior ceremony, to shun and ostracize em much like eir peers did. Clan tension is quite high at this point of time, skirmishes and worse have been common for years.

Though Bitternpaw had never given a reason to doubt her loyalty (beyond flimsy blood relation), she’s growing quite disillusioned with RustClan. When a prophecy incites some apprentices from the three clans to venture out beyond their territories, Bittern chooses to go with them despite not receiving any call from StarClan. Ey’s older than the other paws and so finds herself taking responsibility like she’s an older sister to them.

[bittern-bird-fanpage]

How folks who chastise people for their personal (harmless) beliefs look:

[dicemakersbeasties]

Least Bittern is actually the MOST Bittern. Thank you.

[soysaucevictim]

Something Gymrat!Virgil totally drew in the fic that I’m going to be posting soon.

He blames Patton for this mess. :,D

(But him and Roman wind up learning to platonic-like bond via drawing in parallel play. Roman is the better artist, but Virgil totally hasn’t outgrown his Tim Burton phase in terms of art style.)

Consider this a prequel to this drawing.

[askyoungiron]

Heyo Bittern who's your best friend?

Well, Flying Scotsman is my oldest friend but I wouldn't say best friend. I don't still see him as a best friend though. When I was new everyone talked about Flying Scotsman, he was the best engine on the railway at the time.

Scotsman was someone who everyone looked up to and I'll admit I was a bit of a fanboy. Silver King noticed and nominated me to join his team. I guess I still have some of my childish admiration of him that doesn't let me see him as an equal.

As for my best friend, I'd say that that would be Braunton. I have a lot of Southern Railway friends. 9F, 92203, would also be one engine I'd consider a best friend.

[leopardsealz]

this is 1 of my fave videos bc bitterns just sound SO weird. the not-even-a-bird kind of weird (he starts around 23 sec in)

[xinanigans]

You know when the neurodivergency in you kicks in and suddenly you want to read your entire ap bio textbook for the sake of acquiring stupid knowledge on animals and cells stuff (you saw a colored picture of one of your favorite species of bird with a little passage on it) all in the short span of 10 minutes before you pass out from exhaustion

Just me? okay..

[catis15]

I just found out what a bittern is

And I now desperately want a mudwing OC based off one

[death-rebirth-senshi]

Was kind of funny for Izzy to be like "the crew is your family" and then five minutes later Ed leaves them.

[lovecraftian-frog]

During my internship, I saw another strange fellow. If you like the neck flexibility of the European wryneck you sure gonna love the Little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus). This bird is in the heron family (Ardeidae) but loves to shrink itself. But be warned ! They know where your eyes are and can launch their neck and beak real fast ! One tried to attack me while I was checking its ring and I was lucky to be just 10 cm too far. Despite this vicious attack I love this funny bird and he was quite easy to untangle and to ring. With colleagues, we nicknamed it the "Accordion of death"

[titsoutfornature]

do you ever think about how vulnerable specialized labor under capitalism has left us?

do you know where to get folate, calcium, iron, iodine etc without buying pills or mass-produced fortified foods? do you know how to process out anti-nutrients in edible substances (like corn, cassava, etc)? do you know how to save and store seeds from various types of edible plants? do you know how to preserve meat without a freezer or salt? how to remove bittern from sea salt? how to find water in a drought and how to purify it? how to treat dehydration?

what happens when it's your money or your life? when militaries target supply chains during war?

[bob-artist]

Hi, New People?

For some unfathomable reason, Tumblr has decided to suggest my blog to brand-new accounts to follow, so I've had a crazy influx of followers who, of the ones that are genuine accounts, probably have no idea what they've signed up for. (sorry.)

Oh, and I also have some new bittern-loving followers who have a slightly better idea but might not know the whole story!

So, here's your chance to escape, if you so choose.

Anyway, I'm Bob! I've been here since like 2012. I mostly make comics, but I also do some prose writing, game dev, and general shitposting. Should you choose to continue following me, you will be subjected to such content as

Canada geese.

Like... a LOT of Canada geese.

Also ferrets, the love of my life. And other art and general musings about my favorite animals, including but not limited to bitterns, grebes, pheasants, parrots, crayfish, eels, every single other type of mustelid, alpacas, etc.

But, because I can't be bothered to make myself a consistent "brand," I also make

Very Gay Comics.

I can't emphasize this enough, because I kinda suspect all those plumbing company blogs didn't know this before following me. I make very gay comics.

I'm working on a new webcomic called Into the Smoke that's gonna launch soon. It's about a gay medium who binds himself to a killer ghost, and I think my new follower with the car financing blog is gonna love it.

Lots more on that soon.

Anyway, I don't want to make a super long post. I just want to make sure y'all understand that if you follow me, you will get

Canada geese

and

Very Gay Comics.

Cool? Cool.