#sciartober2021

[alihsi]

Sciartober Day 7: A female paper nautilus for the prompt: shelled. The females create the shells for protecting their eggs, but it also acts as a flotation device. Sumiiro thinline brushpen, Prismacolor fine line marker on Canson XL Watercolor.

[alihsi]

Sciartober Day 18: For the prompt: aquatic, some simple shapes and a quick rendering. These are by-the-wind sailors or Velellas, a jelly relative. Each individual is a hydrozoan colony. Most people know them from the ones that wash up on beaches, looking mostly clear, with a bit of brilliant blue. Kuratake brushpen and Sharpie fineline marker on Canson XL watercolor.

[alihsi]

Sciartober Day 10: A sea cucumber for the prompt: underappreciated. As mostly detritivores, these squishy bodied Echinoderms eat most of the decaying organic matter on the sea floor and help create a fine grain sand. This particular sea cucumber is called a pineapple sea cucumber. I chose it for the aesthetics even if did increase render time. Also bad planning puts one side too close to the edge of the paper. Kuratake brushpen and Sharpie fineline marker on Canson XL Watercolor.

[alihsi]

Sciartober Day 20: In my continued erratic posting of October drawings, here is a Greater Sooty Owl for the prompt: nocturnal. A little out of proportion because of the quick rendering. Added Prismacolor marker to give it some psuedo-color. Kuratake brushpen, Prismacolor fine line marker, and grey Prismacolor markers on Canson XL Watercolor.

[alihsi]

Sciartober Day 16: For the prompt: keystone, an animal I’ve drawn a few times, a sea otter eating an urchin. As a voracious predator that eats about 25% of their body weight, sea otters help keep sea urchin populations in check. Otherwise, sea urchins would overrun kelp forests and destroy the kelp forest ecosystem. Walnut ink, Kuratake brushpen, waterbrush, and Sumiro blue brushpen on Canson XL watercolor

[alihsi]

Sciartober Day 15: A Townsend’s big-eared bat for the prompt: desert. They don’t have a huge range from where they settle and are sensitive to disturbance so they are very vulnerable to environmental changes. While the species overall isn’t currently in danger, they’ve fallen in number throughout the US. Kuratake brushpen, prismacolor fineline pen, and Sharpie fineline marker on Canson XL Watercolor. More next week.

[schismart]

Day 17: Clouds 🐟 I was once on a late flight and saw a meteor burn up outside my window. No one else reacted, thought I'd imagined it. Such a weird, cool experience. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #inkdrawing #inktoberday17 #gristober2021 #SciArtober2021 #clouds #blackandwhite #inktober2021 #Artober #ascinktober2021 #sketchbook #capetownartist #inkillustration #catchoftheday #seabass #sky https://www.instagram.com/p/CVVmcicKBeZ/?utm_medium=tumblr