I only write in ironic pentameter.

Blair. Artist, writer, TV and comics nerd.

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[without-ado]

Volcanic Eruption l May 2024 l Iceland

[safaridays]

zoology is so fucking funny. what do you mean we’ve never seen a baby great white shark. what do you mean we’ve never documented a single melanistic cougar despite it being entirely possible. I dunno man. Anyways a new amphipod was just discovered 92639273947294729 meters beneath the sea

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this makes less sense the more I read it and I love

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Sketch

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Lighting and portraiture

[nipuni]

Fourteenth doctor with longer hair! I've always thought this style would have looked great on him too 😊

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Pen drawing concept art.

[everythingfox]

Liquid dog

[briannatthorne]

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[everythingfox]

Paraglider and black vulture chilling

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[theriu]

I NEVER get tired of this video. It would be fantastic if the bird was just flying near him, but the fact it feels safe and comfortable enough to land ON his paraglider, isn't startled when he pets it, and is NIBBLING HIS SHOES... blessed moment, absolutely fabulous, 10/10 gold stars.

[prismatic-bell]

Okay but the bird isn't just nibbling

Note that it doesn't start nibbling until he starts smoothing its feathers.

They're grooming each other.

[untitledgoosegay]

This is called parahawking! That vulture is tame -- it’s wearing jesses (a leather tie around the leg that a falconer will use to hold a bird when it’s on the glove). In fact that vulture is employed. Parahawking birds seek out thermals the same way they would naturally, allowing paragliders to follow them in the process.

Vultures are often used for parahawking both because of their attraction to thermals, and because vultures, as scavengers, are comparatively gentler and more sociable than birds of prey!

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Colored pencil concept art.

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Sketchbook work.

The lighting from a movie theatre.