h for hubris

21 | wildlife illustrator i draw birds!

[reallyreallyreallytrying]

people will be like "i'm bored" meanwhile there's baking soda and vinegar in the cupboard. make a volcano dude

[chase-solidago]

thinking about what is and what isn't allowed in frame with reference ecosystems in prairie restoration

[ariel-s-awesome]

Explanation from OP in the replies

restoration ecology tends to want to restore to a past state of an ecosystem, but magically that past state never involved people! Harvest, reciprocity, etc are all ignored because we pretend there's such a thing as prairie without people. Turns out, that imagined prairie never existed, there were always people here and there should people involved in restored prairie too!

[buteos]

We Will Look for Love Into Extinction and the Silence Beyond

The Kaua'i 'ō'ō was a small bird endemic to a single island in Hawai'i, known for its sweet and endearing song. After its final sighting in 1987 it was officially declared extinct, largely due to habitat loss and human interference, marked by a haunting recording of the last known male singing alone in the jungle. Everyone has at one point felt alone and unheard, even if our own concrete jungles are teeming with life - we must contend with the fate of the Kaua'i 'ō'ō, and in its place make the choice to hold onto the small loves we share in an ever-changing world, remembering that we're not gone yet.

[buteos]

every time a wildlife post of mine does well over here i just think. they don’t know i spend most of my time on tumblr reblogging deranged takes on aromanticism and ultrakill fanart

[buteos]

bird art week day 1! my frequent feeder visitors :)

[hawkpartys]

[buteos]

WIP! i said i’d stop making big pieces for a while but this one is 30x48” :)))

[buteos]

spinus pinus or pinus spinus?

[buteos]

i ran into five different porcupines in the woods last month. we’ve been having the loveliest of conversations.

[great-and-small]

I hate that I’m always trying to find cool biology themed stuff to wear but all the “nature inspired” clothing companies just have like two crossed arrows or a minimalistic mountain on a sweatshirt. Fucking lame, that’s barely even nature-adjacent. Put the life cycle of a salamander on a jacket, put hyena skeleton patterns on leggings, put a damn field guide of birds of prey on a peacoat and THEN you can have my money. Do NOT give me a shirt with a leaf on it that says “stay wild” or some bullshit I would much prefer clothing that broadcasts to everyone around me how many teeth an adult Jaguar has or how some pitcher plants can catch and digest rats.

[fishgummy]

recommendations from the notes :)

studio 252MYA (paleontology)

ray troll's webstore (surrealist fish designs)

liberty graphics t-shirts (biology/dinosaurs)

present indicative (science-themed clothing + home items)

donbea tees - something fishy collection (silly fish puns about substance use)

camp mustelid (nature themes)

crime pays but botany doesn't (botany/biology)

umvvelt (marine biology patterns)

morningwitch (nature patterns)

svaha USA (science patterns)

cognitive surplus (some clothing, but mostly home items)

[birdwarde]

CM MENTION!!!!!! thanks so much :-)

here's a few more great nature themed small biz shops for you to check out!

MOTEL777 nature goodies with a cryptic twist

Curlworks cute critters with a hint of silly

Fossilforager especially good if you're a bug or amphibian fan

Quailtea Goods wide range of animal art including mythical ones!

Loonpflug specialty on plants and insects!

Come support some cool small businesses for your nature inspired shopping! 🌟🍁

[specimentality]

Here is a list I’ve accumulated over time!

Solstice Handmade fungi, arthropods, and various other animals

The Vet Med Artist mostly stickers/prints but they have a hoodie. Ink art exploring veterinary medicine

Laura Wolf Lots of silly bird art (prints through RB)

The Lincoln Forest national park apparel

Fernecreative more prints than apparel but Ferne illustrates (mostly British) wildlife

Coywolf Collections neat zoology art with some furries mixed in

Kelly Ballantyne not sure how much she makes in terms of clothing because her shop is on vacation at the moment, but this artist makes lots of bird illustrations

Moodymoon.co birds, fungi, plants, and other outdoor inspired art!

Mustardbeetle BUGS N BIRDS

Sipseywilder nature apparel of all kinds, bugs, cryptids, birds, plants, etc

Alex Tomlinson cute bird art, lots of art to do with birds and the postal service

Freehand Goods Florian wildlife

Avairia Art cute sea critters

Glitter and Toadstools all sorts of critters

Mothsprout lots of different kinds of critters, some furry stuff mixed in

Pikaloe cute cartoon nature critters, public shop is through rb but if you are a patron you get access to a secret shop

Chentomology bug art

Acorvi art mostly sea critters, cartoony style

Saxony Charlot Hawaiian wildlife I don’t see any apparel yet (though there are some buttons) but I figured I’d share anyway because a portion of profits goes to conservation in Hawaii

Lochnessie the “Birbie” dove design creator, they make lots of cartoony bird art. There aren’t any clothes listed at the moment but they do produce shirts occasionally

One day I would like to make clothing that fits this genre, but I am a full time student and I have a job (among other commitments) so that’s probably not gonna happen soon aha. Also I’m not sure how much I really want to deal with being “marketable.” But I may or may not make my own nature apparel one day :)

[buteos]

blue jay on a bunch of value scale swatches !

[buteos]

hiya! sorry for the switchup and the suddenly empty blog but i’m considering using this space to post my wildlife art. just for funsies. purely because i am attached to this username. cheers

[buteos]

i don’t really post media-related art anymore (sorry naruto appreciators) but if i do it’ll be on my sideblog @armageticwords

[buteos]

hiya! sorry for the switchup and the suddenly empty blog but i’m considering using this space to post my wildlife art. just for funsies. purely because i am attached to this username. cheers