#tree python

[herpsandbirds]

Southern Green Tree Pythons (𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘴), family Pythonidae, Kutini-Payamu National Park, QLD, Australia

LOOK AT THOSE LABIAL PITS!!!

photograph by Sam Veasey

[vintagewildlife]

Green tree python By: Unknown photographer From: The Grolier Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals 1994

[cloudedmoonofficial]

Oasis Python

A large constrictor snake based on a tree python. They hunt using their forked tongues to scent and the pits on their nose and jaws to detect the heat of prey. They bask on sand dunes in the morning before returning to their home oasis during the heat of the day. They enjoy life in the trees of oases, hunting small game until they are large enough to hunt juvenile dragons and even sometimes invading jackal dens if the opportunity presents itself.

6 meters long at full size.

Spiked cover above the eye to shade it from the bright sun, giving it the appearance of a serpent dragon.

The Dune Dragon's biggest competitor, they are natural enemies.

Both the Oasis Python and Dune Dragon are referred to as "dragon" by other animals. It doesn't matter which predator it is, they are both huge, cold blooded and dangerous.

artists notes:

Colors vary from light sage blue-green to bright green to sandy yellows.

Albino and Melanistic variants.

A series of convex trapezoid and pentagon shapes.

Perfectly round eyes, no eyelids.

Patterns vary extremely. Use whatever markings look interesting or are easy to animate.

Neck tenses into an 'S' shape before it strikes.

Long thin fangs that fold out as the mouth opens. The circular windpipe is an important detail.

-Art by Snap

[amalgamationillustration]

Finished design for the Eastern Serix, which I made using the Fundamentals Of Creature Design book. I really recommend picking it up if you want to really challenge yourself on really researching and having several passes at creating fictional creatures and really thinking about how and where it would live, feed, walk/swim/fly, breed, sleep. Really useful stuff to practice and full of great examples and references.

I wanted a tree dwelling hunter, so i tried to combine traits from a Fossa, Emerald Tree Boa, and a created gecko, I also threw in some inspiration from lemurs and frilled lizards.

The Eastern Serix is nocturnal and hunts mice and small birds, it uses its long, bristly tail to suspend its body from branches and releases when it wants to drop onto unsuspecting prey below. It then wraps its tail around them and the bristly fur stands on end and sticks into the prey, holding in place like thousands of tiny needles. It is then able to unhinge its jaw and swallow prey whole. The striped fur along its neck can be extended to form a frill to scare off predators.

[plantsandreptiles]

[kas-e]

Blue Spotted and Curious.

On of my favorite shots of all time. Previously unpublished and only shown on my official portfolio page.

Not technical at all, no stacking, no flash, just a spur of the moment natural light single exposure of this gorgeous green tree python.

[theravenmuse]

Look! My baby has started to unripen!!! I told you guys he would be green someday!!!

(This is as close as I dared to get for pictures. He tried to bite the lid as I was taking it off. 😑)

[lingrimmart]

Our new baby, Midori.

[this-ghost-is-lost]

pistachio the tealight holder 🐍🕯️or a jewelry dish, he doesn’t mind either.

[redsugarx]

青白之魅 1: Introduction & Presentation

1 Introduction & Presentation // 2 Background & Influences // 3 Hair & Makeup // 4 Set Design // 5 Clothes & Accessories // 6 Conclusion

tw snakes i think? yeah if you don't like snakes you might wanna just skip this one

Taking a break from the informational stuff—I would like to present a project that my sister and I (Cloud9 Hanfu) just released on Lunar New Year: 青白之魅！This is a photo project that we've been working on since last summer, with the intention of celebrating the year of the snake, as well as to show the hanfu community that has supported us for so long what they've done for us and what they've made possible :>

I've got a blog now aka a poorly disguised excuse to yap for several hours straight, so I'm going to be documenting the design background and symbolism behind my work on this project through a series of long posts.

This'll be split up into 6 parts, which I'll link as they go up UPDATE they are all up!:

Introduction & Presentation (this post): introducing the project's intentions and the presenting the first set of photos

Background & Influences: going more in-depth about the particular sources and pieces of media that inspired this project

Hair & Makeup: opera references and stylistic choices in the design of the hairstyle for both characters and the makeup of the green snake

Set Design: references to Green Snake (1993), explaining the symbolism in some of the props

Clothes & Accessories: process of designing the clothing, behind-the-scenes sketches, archaeological background

Conclusion: reflection on the whole process + Things I Would've Done If I Had Infinite Money And Time

For those of you who just want to look at pretty pictures and move on with your life—this post is for you! If you want to see all the nerdy guts that went into this thing though, keep an eye out for more ;)))

Even if nobody reads this I'm gonna regard it as an exercise in reflection, or just an act of documentation that I might be able to come back to later on. But if you do read it and like it then yay! :)

青白之魅

青白之魅/qing1 bai2 zhi1 mei4/'Enthralled by Green & White' is a photo project primarily based on 白蛇傳/白蛇传/bai2 she2 zhuan4/the Legend of the White Snake. It's one of China's Four Great Folktales, one of the most well-known stories in Chinese culture.

It tells the story of two snake spirits who have taken the form of human women, the White Snake and her younger sister the Green Snake. The story is set in Hangzhou, China, and depicts a dramatic romance between the White Snake and a human scholar. We set the focus on the two snake sisters instead of the romance.

This project features my older sister Yulan and I as the White & Green Snake, respectively. This was a collaboration between three organizations: Cloud9 Hanfu, our brand; Art of Scales, a professional snake handler & ophiologist from Riverside; and Bloomin Studio, a comprehensive photography studio from Santa Ana, CA. None of this could have happened without them!

This year is the Year of the Snake. Snakes are often demonized, especially (though definitely not only) in Western culture, and seen as inherently evil or malicious creatures, partly because of the very real danger that some species pose. Like all animals, though, they are simply a part of the natural world—we happen to think they are quite beautiful evidenced by the fact that my sister owns a truly egregious number of pet snakes! We wanted to bring the Legend of the White Snake to life through our hanfu photoshoot with real snakes.

Our photo project aims to show that, much like the public interpretation of snakes, and the Legend of the White Snake, Hanfu is a multifaceted concept—full of rich history, self-contradictions, and a reflection of the people that engage with it. We hope that, similar to the rise of sympathy given to these characters with time, we can reduce fear of the unknown and share the beauty of our culture, our clothing, and (Cujo's) snakes with everyone this year.

青白之魅

白蛇之魅

The older White Snake sister is named 白素貞/白素贞/bai2 su4 zhen1/Bai Suzhen. Bai Suzhen, also called 白娘子/bai2 niang2 zi0/Madam White is the main character of the Legend of the White Snake.

Spirit the blue-eyed lucy represented the White Snake in this shoot! He's a blue-eyed leucistic (<- a highly coveted morph of ball python) ball python/royal python. He was truly one of the most beautiful snakes I've ever seen, an absolute sweetheart and posed like a dream. I applaud his core strength!

青蛇之魅

The younger Green Snake sister is named 小青/xiao3 qing1/Xiaoqing. 青 is a color that doesn't translate directly into English—it covers colors ranging across what we might call blue, green, teal, or black (see the grue phenomenon). Green is the translation that most people agree on.

Dragun the emerald tree boa represented the Green Snake in this shoot! He was super calm and chill, even when some of my hair got stuck in his scales (sorry bby :((((), which is saying something for an emerald tree boa (they considered extremely exotic and are usually cranky asf). He has a deviated septum and makes a funny hissing noise when he breathes! It was very calming.

If you actually read this whole post through, congratulations! Feel free to ask if there’s anything you’re curious about that I didn’t cover or doesn’t look like I’m going to cover. (And by ‘feel free’ I mean there’s a little guy in my brain doing his best impression of someone dying from thirst in the desert and only your validation can save him.)

1 Introduction & Presentation // 2 Background & Influences // 3 Hair & Makeup // 4 Set Design // 5 Clothes & Accessories // 6 Conclusion

[herpsandbirds]

Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis), family Pythonidae, from NE Australia

photograph by @black_lake_reptiles

[smorpher]

Okay, I wanna talk about the Green Tree Python

They don't start out green!

They can be yellow

Or a red to redish brown color

As they get older, the characteristic green pigment starts to come through

When I first learned about this, they were described to me as reverse bananas.

They start out yellow or red or brownish

And then, in an inverse of how a banana turns from green to yellow as it ripens, these bad boys start turning green (the red and brown ones turn yellow first!)

Until we get that full green color they're so well known for

The reverse banana of the snake world

[punkdawg-25]

Another danger noodle! (Green Tree Python)

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Green Tree Python

By Mac So

[splatqueen8166]

Silly little python!

I drew this for my friend who wanted something to put in his phone case. He loves green tree pythons so it gave me the excuse to let me practice snakes.

Hope you like it!

[cutestbabyanimalbracket]

Please vote for whichever animal is cuter, not whichever one you like more!