A common loon (Gavia immer) may be fun, given that their call makes me joke that they're haunted, and the smoke resembles an ethereal concept of a spirit! I love these designs, I've studied Cervids for sixteen years, so that elk/wapiti is absolutely my favourite—you've done a stunning job with all!

03.07.2025 03:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A clay incense burner of a howling coyote, smoke coming out of the mouth

A clay incense burner of a bellowing elk

A clay incense burner of a bellowing bison

What other animals could I make incense burners like this from?
Im thinking i might do a wolf and a raven next
I do plan on selling more of these in the future!

28.06.2025 15:24 — 👍 285    🔁 50    💬 23    📌 0

Gigantic aurora Pokemon in a nostalgic nighttime dreamscape of ice and sparkling stars. There are 12 kinds of creatures in this illustration - some obvious, others well hidden. Can you find 'em all?

Only on the darkest arctic nights can you encounter this Primordial Pokémon. It manifests as aurora and ice, gently towering over the pole's frigid denizens...

✨❄️🧊

(There are 12 kinds of Pokémon in this #art! Can you find 'em all? Some are well hidden. Have fun & don't give away answers! 💕)

26.06.2025 17:34 — 👍 8742    🔁 3280    💬 206    📌 20

A digital illustration of a white outline of a javelina skull in 3/4 profile facing right with its mouth open. A red outline of the skull has been slightly offset to the upper right. Text around the skull reads, "DESTROY LAWNS", and the entire image is framed by two red lines.

This punk javelina reminds you to do your part!

11.01.2025 14:36 — 👍 311    🔁 88    💬 3    📌 2

#art #timelapse 2/2

03.04.2025 20:14 — 👍 43    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 0

Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.

Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

27.01.2025 09:45 — 👍 27974    🔁 14787    💬 541    📌 216

A digital illustration of a highly detailed dire wolf skull in profile facing left. The skull is a rich orange color with deep chocolate shadows and creamy highlights. A soft blue light shines across the bottom of the skull, staining the shadows of the skull's sharp, tan teeth. The skull is set against a soft gradient of orange to blue.

Aenocyon dirus skull (digital painting)
#paleoart

21.12.2024 14:32 — 👍 271    🔁 47    💬 10    📌 0

A cast replica mount of a dire wolf skeleton facing forward with its head turned fully to the left. The bones are a dark orange-brown with bright cream highlights above and blue highlights below. The skull's mouth is slightly open, showing off sharp tan teeth.

Reference. This is an image I took of a cast replica mount of a dire wolf at the Natural History Museum of Utah in Salt Lake City. My illustration isn't one-to-one, but I was focused more on studying colors, so I'm still pleased. :^)

21.12.2024 14:32 — 👍 26    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

A cropped image of a digital illustration of a dire wolf skull. The eye socket is deep and shadowy, and a burnt orange zygomatic arch cuts across the dark abyss.

A cropped image of a digital illustration of a dire wolf skull. The front of the skull is in profile facing left, and the mouth is slightly open, showing off tan teeth with multi-colored shadows. A top canine has a deep crack through its center.

A cropped image of a digital illustration of a dire wolf skull. The lower back half of the skull is in profile facing left, and a mixture of purple and blue shadows highlight the ridges and dips in the lower jaw. A few heavy molars sit in the back of his upper jaw, while the lower jaw is missing its two back molars.

A cropped image of a digital illustration of a dire wolf skull. The back of the skull has creamy highlights to show its rounded shape, and the back end of a zygomatic arch curls around to meet the lower jaw.

Details.

21.12.2024 14:32 — 👍 31    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

A digital sketch of a dire wolf skull on a grey background. The skull is in profile facing left, and the mouth is partially open. The darkest shadows of the skull have been shaded.

A cropped image of partially colored dire wolf skull in profile facing left. The back half of the skull has been colored with varying shades of orange, purple, and blue, and the rest of the skull remains colored a single shade of brown.

A cropped image of a partially colored dire wolf skull in profile facing left. The upper half of the skull has been colored with deep shades of orange and brown and highlighted with blue. The mandible is orange and partially shaded, and the teeth have been blocked out in a light tan.

A digital illustration of dire wolf skull in profile facing left. The skull has mostly been painted in varying shades of brown, orange, and blue, and blue highlights outline raised points of the skull. Nearly everything has been painted, save for the teeth, which remain a light tan.

Process.

21.12.2024 14:32 — 👍 31    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0