Bookwyrm

Art and inspiration of Ryukocha |ART TAG|  20↑ | illustrator | bird nerd | animation enthusiast | queer furry | dice eater Beware of occasional monsters, teeth and claws, blood and innards. Tracking # ryukocha

[zedtron774]

Kawanabe Kyosai, White Heron in the Rain, colour woodblock print, Japan, 1880

[modelsof-color]

Bebe Parnell by Alex Arauz for The Face Magazine April 2026

[redlipstickresurrected]

A ceramic bowl depicting a swarm of mice. From Peru, Nazca culture, 180 BCE-500 CE, now housed at the Art Institute of Chicago. Twitter

[charnel-grounds]

Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski (1849–1915)

“Wolf,” oil on cardboard, 1880s, “A Pack of Wolves,” oil on canvas, 19th century, and “Lone wolf,” oil on canvas, 1910

[soymoss]

disco starling

[oliviawhen]

Just swimming by to say hello. 🦭

[voidsetup1]

and out of the darkness - you you you you you

[vintagewildlife]

Newborn velvet worm crawling on its mother By: Raymond A. Mendez From: Natural History Magazine 1985

[enchantedbook]

"Le Centaure", from Poèmes en prose (1928) by Maurice de Guérin, illustrated by George Barbier

[a3n3g3el]

last night I dreamt that I turn into a huge crow and waltz in the night sky.

[woshibai]

“Closet” by Woshibai

Thanks to  @paradisesystems  for help with translation.

[idlelizard]

shapely sugar bowl

[sorceryhounds]

Borzoi illustration inspired on one of my grandma's porcelain sets.

[markscherz]

You've heard about Mini mum, Mini scule, and Mini ature… but have you heard about Zig zag‽

[Miralles et al. 2026 CC BY-NC 4.0]

A few weeks ago, friends and colleagues of mine (I was not involved) published this incredible new species of legless skink that makes distinctive zig-zag markings in the sand as it 'swims' through it.

[Miralles et al. 2026 CC BY-NC 4.0]

So they called it Zig zag.

ZIG ZAG, CORAL!

Gosh I love this new era of whimsy-driven taxonomy.

[thewarblerrr]

American Coots have crazy lobed toes incase you didn’t know

[archivearchangelica]

Gay Sex World, 2008

[achillesinhighheels]

Carnival on the train . Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1985 | Walter Firmo