Sleepless Nights

I have no idea. I live in Australia. I tend to reblog things I feel like.

[petkota]

so this happened to me today

[jeegoo]

fucked up some bird tried to steal your car like that

[teashoesandhair]

He’s not stealing, he’s robin

[elodieunderglass]

(Clasping your shoulder gently)

You’re right. And he looks like a real tit doing it too

[bagwormy]

Horse…

[nattousan]

ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds

I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study

after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines

et voila

and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)

[nattousan]

and now, the birds

Birds 1 and 2/14: Red Winged Blackbird, Male and female, Agelaius phoeniceus

[nattousan]

Bird 3/14, American Robin, Turdus migratorius

[nattousan]

hoo boy, ok *out of breath*

GIVE IT UP FOR BIRD NUMBUH 5, THE CANADIAN GOOSE, Branta canadensis!!!!

this guy took me about 4 days to completely finish, all of those freakingk coverts were a bear to render

[nattousan]

speaking of obnoxious coverts:

bird 5/14, Bluejay, Cyanocitta cristata

the friggin stripes almost got me chat, i may not make it

[nattousan]

Madam....

[nattousan]

birds 6 and 7: American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, male and female

pleasantly simple to paint! next is the flickerrrrr

[nattousan]

*melts into goo*

BIRD NUMBER 8, (yellow shafted) NORTHERN FLICKERRRRR, Colaptes auratus

genuinely made me start questioning my sanity around day 3, it's half the size the of the goose, WHY did it take me 4 days to finish??

nothing but pain and suffering, i'm sure hope the next bird will be much easier and with FAR less barring :)

[nattousan]

in other news, I am losing my sanity hairline

[spitefulcheddarcheese]

<3

happy (sad) 10 years to this masterpiece of a show merlin and the cast have managed to bring me so much joy and mean so so much to me

what i wouldn’t do for another season

[bathroomcube]

berries go bad so fast because they are born evil unfortunately

[bathroomcube]

fascinating......

[woman-becomer]

just found out I'm going to be reincarnated into a single sprig of grain. barley apparently. Not cool man. I didn't even know plants was an option on the table. this is bullshit

[woman-becomer]

these tags make me so mad because you're right

[correctopinionhaver]

[timberwind]

you can post on tumblr even when you're trying to take a break from social media it literally doesn't count. it's like pepsi max, or pescatarianism

[juicydangler]

[viralfrog]

[cameoamalthea]

Things to do with your twin

[feldfrog]

Children would be so jealous if they knew how many stickers we have in dive bar bathrooms

[i-am-a-fish]

this post is sponsored by chips

[fairycosmos]

does anyone know what the first step of unlearning shame is. please say it’s substance abuse

[thelockenessmonster]

It’s substance abuse

[fairycosmos]

[tiktoks-for-my-besties]

[maidthings]

elf liberalism probably goes insane

[maidthings]

"elf liberalism is basically the same as gnome fascism" - phrase that has been echoing in my head for the past 30 minutes

[autisticexpression2]

What the fuck does this mean?

[maidthings]

its not my job to educate you

[escuerzoresucitado]

[sporesgalaxy]

they put spamton jr in uma musume

[phillip-bankss]

my transformers comic 6