ConallCurach`s Artblog

Welcome to my Blog. I`m going to post my drawings and paintings here, but also some photos and other things I like. If you like to you can ask me some questions. I´m speaking / writing English and German. I was born in 1990.

[conallcurach]

Okay, dear people. I want to draw some LoZ fanart. But I would like to draw some neclected NPCs instead of the Links and Zeldas. So, if you have any suggestions just tell me.

[conallcurach]

I'm still on it. There was just a little project I had to finish first.

[pitchblackespresso]

Again

@zelinkcommunity For Zelink Week 2026 Day 4 - Again

Comics master post

[blueskittlesart]

you know the stretches?? please, how do i learn them. my art professors tell us not to get carpal tunnel but they never explained HOW

my art school was actually REALLY good about this because in our mandatory freshman year drawing class they had two sessions where they brought in a physical therapist and spent the entire class time teaching us how to not destroy our bodies doing art. the ones that they really stressed to me were the wrist extension one (i was told you can also do this on a wall if you have one, but to not put too much pressure on your wrist/overextend if you do; you should feel the muscles stretch but you should never be in any pain), the finger/thumb touches, and shaking out your hands. we were told that during extended drawing sessions (our classes were 6 hours long, for reference) you should be taking a short break to stretch at least once every hour. I usually don't do all of these, and depending on how into my work i get i'm not always as good as i should be at breaking every hour, but i'm pretty good about getting in a few extensions and shaking out every once in a while, especially when my pain starts to flare up. my pain is in my last two digits, which i assume is because of how i hold my pen, so the extension stretch has always been the most helpful for me and tends to give me some relief right away. everyone get more scared of hand pain right now and PLEASE stretch your hands while you draw it really fucking sucks when the thing you love starts to hurt you

[demilypyro]

[conallcurach]

I did it! Okay, there is still the text missing, but that's not a big thing. Anyway, I am really proud of how it turned out.

[conallcurach]

Made out of air dry clay. I painted it with acrylic markers, which was a bad idea. I ruined a bunch of then. But they were old anyway. And cheap as hell…

[revilonilmah]

Through the darkness

[loish]

It’s warm again and I’m craving the beach. But not just any beach. Specifically a beach with beautiful cliffs, crystal clear ice-cold water, and vibrant green algae. I don’t live near one of those so I will draw it instead 🌊

[conallcurach]

And Pink Link meeting the Krogs. Or Korogs? How are they called in your language?

[conallcurach]

Some sketches I made. There is more, but a lot isn’t finished yet. I got like 5 unfinished pages in my other sketchbook and I want to finish them.

[mirensiart]

pain sharing curse au feat sad bunny hours

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something parenting

[makiionfire]

Pairings in another timeline

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summer in hyrule

[reggiemess]

Cannot stand the trend of censoring any and all words that describe concepts that might make you go :( especially when the censoring is done in that quarter-assed way that's just 'did a lil scribble over a vowel so you know that I know this word describes a no-no."

I'm not even going to be vague about what sparked this. Do not fucking censor the word 'stole.' I'm at my fucking limit.

[artifacts-and-arthropods]

Daddy Long-Legs: unlike spiders, these arachnids can eat solid food, and they have an omnivorous diet that includes mushrooms, berries, and seeds, along with invertebrate prey

Harvestmen, otherwise known as daddy long-legs (not to be confused with the cellar spiders of family Pholcidae, which are also described as daddy long-legs) bear a striking resemblance to spiders, but they actually belong to a separate order of arachnids known as Opiliones. These strange-looking creatures have eight legs, but only two eyes, and their body segments are largely fused together, giving the body a noticeably rounded, pill-like appearance.

Above: Metagryne bicolumnata, commonly known as the bunny harvestman

There are roughly 6,700 known species of harvestman, but researchers estimate that a total of more than 10,000 species may currently exist. Their physical features vary greatly from one species to the next; some harvestmen have crab-like claws, spikes, thorny legs, elongated bodies, colorful features, or cryptic markings. Most of them are equipped with long, spindly legs, but there are some that have shorter, stockier limbs instead.

Above: Megabunus diadema and two unidentified species from family Sclerosomatidae

Unlike spiders, harvestmen have an omnivorous diet that includes fungi, fruit pulp, seeds, pollen, lichen, algae, and invertebrate prey, and they are capable of consuming solid food, whereas spiders are typically carnivorous and feed only on fluids.

Above: a harvestman from genus Chasenella munching on a mushroom-cap

As this article explains:

Harvestmen consume mushrooms, fruit pulp, seeds, and seed appendages more frequently than spiders probably because they are “solid food feeders," which means they can ingest solid tissues by biting off small pieces. In turn, spiders are “fluid feeders” and feed on vegetable matter most frequently in the form of fluids (e.g. nectar, stigmatic exudate, plant sap, and honey dew) rather than fungal or plant tissues.

Above: genus Marthana

When given a choice between fresh fruit or invertebrate prey, some harvestmen actually prefer the fruit:

Schaus et al. carried out a feeding trial in which the Neotropical harvestman Erginulus clavotibialis was given a choice between fresh pineapple and live invertebrate prey. This harvestman demonstrated a distinct preference for fruit over the invertebrate prey.

Above: Dentobunus quadridentatus

Harvestmen are also much more social than spiders, and the males of some species have been known to engage in paternal care, which is a trait that rarely occurs among arthropods:

Single fatherhood is the rarest form of parental care in nature. Still, males are often the sole caretakers of progeny among a number of species of daddy long-legs, also known as harvestmen. In these species, fathers are exclusively responsible for guarding eggs that females lay on the undersides of leaves; the males remain on the eggs nearly constantly for months.

Above: several harvestman eggs and a young hatchling

When threatened, harvestmen often bob up and down erratically in an effort to confuse their attackers. They also have several other defense mechanisms, including pungent, foul-tasting secretions, the ability to "play dead," and autotomy, which is the ability to discard one or more of their own limbs in order to escape from predators.

Above: the photo at the top shows an unidentified harvestman from family Cosmetidae, while the photo on the bottom shows a species from genus Gnomulus

Harvestmen are completely harmless to humans. Their mouthparts are far too small to penetrate human skin, and contrary to popular belief, they do not have the "world's deadliest venom" -- in fact, they don't produce any venom at all.

Above: genus Obidosus

Sources & More Info:

BioOne: Fungus and Fruit Consumption by Harvestmen and Spiders: the Vegetarian Side of Two Predominantly Predaceous Arachnid Groups

Laboratory of Arthropod Behavior and Evolution: Harvestmen

Argo Biology: Citizen Science Reveals How Devoted Harvestman Dads Evolved Again and Again

NBC: Daddy Long-Legs Paternal Care Pays off in Longer Life, More Sex

PLOS One: Paternal Care Decreases Foraging Activity, but Does Not Impose Survival Costs to Caring Males in a Neotropical Arachnid

Gulo in Nature: Are Daddy Long-Legs Venemous?

iNaturalist: Harvestmen

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Seconds before disaster