la ballena

20's, consuming krill 24/7

[life-on-our-planet]

eepy mourning dove cupping its wings under its belly for cushion ©Ella

[cetacentinela]

🙄🙄🙄

[random-brushstrokes]

Diego Velázquez - L'infante Filippo Prospero (detail), 1659

[artofmaquenda]

Feral Hearts

Two odd beings find tenderness, or a quiet kind of love that doesn’t need naming. What they find together may be love, or safety, or simply the relief of being seen. The world around them mirrors this truth: bones feed roots, insects thrive, and so-called unwanted beings persist. Nature does not reject them, and neither do they reject each other. There is no mistake here, only belonging. Everything exists exactly as it should. Prints: https://artofmaquenda.etsy.com/listing/4427468901/feral-hearts-print-wolves-nature

[herpsandbirds]

Bornean Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron schleiermacheri), male displaying to a fine ass female, family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, Borneo

ENDANGERED.

photograph by Megh Roy Choudhury

[herpsandbirds]

Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus), family Falconidae, order Falconiformes, Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, USA

Photograph by Erik Lund

[teomodo]

art books on the internet archive for you

morpho books

figure drawing for all it's worth (+ creative illustration)

framed ink

will eisner comics and sequential art

will eisner graphic storytelling and visual narrative

understanding comics (+ making comics)

folder of various animation production art

burne hogarth drawing dynamic hands

perspective for comic book artists

michael mattesi force drawing

the animator's survival kit

color and light james gurney

be free

[bedupolker]

I've recommended this one before, but for all the non-human vertebrate likers out there... the art of animal drawing

[stinkylittlegnome]

My favorite Tolkien illustrations by Cor Blok in no particular order:

Bilbo and Gollum. Bilbo is the moon for some reason which is cool i guess

Smeagol and Deagol. I love the seaweed in the background, great attention to detail

Frodo serving Robin Hood-realness at his and Bilbo’s birthday party. Literally iconic

Isildur taking the ring from Sauron. Its great but I would like to see more of Sauron than just his hand, because I think he has the potential to look really cool

Pippin jumping into the bath at Crickhollow… no comment

Bilbo gives the Mithril coat to Frodo. Great poses, very stiff and awkward. I like it.

The fellowship. This one is a classic.

Gandalf and the balrog. Amazing

Boromir trying to take the ring from Frodo. I love the way he reaches for his sword, it looks very natural

Merry and Pippin and Treebeard. I like his legs and the fact that it looks like he’s wearing shorts.

[stinkylittlegnome]

The battle of Helms Deep. This one is just great for a lot of reasons. I like how the orcs in the background are just happy and sad smileys. Gimli is throwing a rock at them. I don’t know who the guy with a red hat is in the background, but I love him.

Gandalf, Theoden, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli finding Merry and Pippin in Isengard ft fucked up Shadowfax. Look at them smiling!

Sam, Frodo and Gollum. Frodo got rid of his Robin Hood hat which is a shame, but Gollum with a beak makes up for it.

Eowyn protecting Theoden from the Witch King. The fellbeast is a crow or perhaps a raven. Merry is hanging on the side, stabbing Witch King in the leg and he looks amazing

Mt Doom. Frodo looks very chill about getting his finger bit off, and Sam is just kind of floating there. I love everything about Gollum

[jkl-fff]

They don't make art like this anymore (possibly because various laws forbid it), which is a shame.

[tateratots]

Rose O'Neill knew what was up

[tateratots]

you Wish you has a monster wife as big and tender as this

[tateratots]

Yes this is the same Rose O'Neill who invented Kewpies

A quote from O'Neill: “The buffoonery of the Kewpies and the passion of my serious drawings playing side by side is unusual, but not too unusual. In this droll existence, the Hamlet and Lear have always consorted with the clown.”

Here’s some more of her “Sweet Monsters”. This series was very personal to her, and she meant to keep all these drawings private until Auguste Rodîn insisted she show them.

You can read about this collection HERE and see more in person if you’re ever in the Ozarks.

[candyheartedchy]

Me whenever I’m grumpy and then see my friends’ art/writing on my dash:

[cetacentinela]

TF oc, Sailboat, named Skiff. I have SO MUCH art for this man, but here he is dancing the "Once in a lifetime" by Talking Heads.

[mariacallous]

We Can Save Public Radio and Television

Viewers and listeners like us.

[dduane]

Please help with this if you can. Public radio and TV in the US are tremendously valuable resources that are too good to lose.

[cetacentinela]

I´m not an American resident currently, but I do live next to the border. NPR was my go to station ever since I was 16 and inspired me to pursue art in the states. I use PBS productions to teach all the time. These programs and the National Park Service are something other countries can only dream off. Its a gift to Americans and the world, they are REALLY, too good to lose!

[cetacentinela]

Picture study from pinterest! I want to hold myself to atleast 1 study every 2 days, social media plis hold me accountable plis

[cetacentinela]

[cetacentinela]

Old painting frooom I think 2022! I think I´m a slightly better digital painter now than then but I would love to get back in the groooove. talkin about grooove! I´ve been listening to The Smiths and that reminded me of him, wonder what he´s dancin´ too...

[cetacentinela]

This poor character still dosen´t have a name, so he goes by his stage name, Coyote. Crooning the saddest tunes since 1943.

[cetacentinela]

me, October 2024

me, December 2024....

I- I want one, a goober for my shelf.... they got me...