Jan 11, 2025
girl's best friend
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girl's best friend
Beetles 🪲🐞
old assignment for school . prompt was "best friends"
Hercules beetles!!! My silly guys
Here they are if you want one :]
Having fun with the patterns and button combos on these guys, so evey one will be unique!
Couldn't sleep, thought about bottle opener beetle
Today's bug thing is the Hercules beetle hair claw by Crescent Creepers!
"The Beetle's moon", 2025
Dynastes tityus, the Eastern Hercules beetle, is one of the largest beetle species found in North America -- they also happen to be my favorite!
I originally planned to make a purely ecosystem-focused piece for this species (and I may still do a more scientific-illustration-style piece later). But, as I toyed around the the composition, I realized that I really wanted to make the beetle grub feel like the 'moon' and pivoted my focus from there. I still stuck with a more natural tone for the background theming and drew the old tree stump to represent its place as a frequent habitat for this species and several morel mushrooms to bring that forest floor feeling.
This illustration was really fun (and a little challenging at points) and I'm excited bring this to life as a riso print through a local shop in the near future!
Beetles on a date enjoying sweets and soda
Western Hercules Beetle
Dynastes Grantii