mossquail

(for anyone who remembers previous years' hourlies - Moraine has been in every comic thus far but this is her first February as Moraine c: )

Hourly Comics Day- 10:30 am: drawing of two women, one with darker shoulder-length curly hair (Moraine) and one with long straight hair (Chelsea, the artist) snuggled up in bed together, smiling lovingly at each other. The text reads "Lazy morning with my favorite person <3 she smiles so much more lately. I love getting to see her smile first thing in the morning"

Hourly Comics Day - 11am: text reads "making breakfast" over an image of the couple at the stove. Moraine butters a piece of toast while Chelsea holds a spatula near a pan with eggs frying in it

Hourly Comics Day - 12pm: text reads "doing my silly little puzzes" over a drawing of the two on the couch. Chelsea is in the foreground working on a crossword puzzle while Moraine is in the background drawing on the ipad. Between then a light-colored cat (Peach) is curled up sleeping.

Hourly Comics Day - 1pm: drawing of a snowy suburban scene. Chelsea is out in her puffer coat, partially done shoveling snow from the sidewalk and driveway. Text reads "Shoveling ~ I actually really like shoveling snow! I would clear the whole neighborhood if I had the time."

late on these, as always, I'll finish em up tomorrow though!!

Sketchbook page featuring three female cardinal drawings in large messy blocks of color with low detail. Media used: tombow water-based markers

I love gay cardinal season but let's give the lesbian cardinals their flowers

Certainly! Thanks for asking!

I'm honestly really excited to see what kind of fun messy stuff people come up with as part of the initiative, there's so much creativity and heart in the local arts scene, it's gonna be great

The biggest local maker's market has been using AI posters and social media graphics for stuff even though they have plenty of funding they could use to hire people. In response, one of the small indie markets said people can make posters in exchange for a free booth, even 'low effort' ones

A table absolutely covered in small black & white linoleum block prints of a possum with its mouth open in a big V shape. The prints are stacked on top of objects in the table, other prints on differently colored paper, and even overlap each other a bit.

:V :V :V

A photo of a frog surrounded by cranberries, with a slightly edited caption to read “Frog and cranberries it must be time for big little world: bog babes” submit at bit.ly/bogbabes Call for submissions! Big Little World is accepting submissions for our fall edition, Bog Babes! Submit your art, writing, photography- anything* about bog creatures & wetland ecosystems by OCTOBER 20th *we do not accept Al generated submissions

Text boxes over a photo of moss and plants: FAQ! What is Big Little World? Big Little World, previously Bugs That Craw, is a collaborative art zine about appreciating all of Earth's organisms, big and small, and the diversity of different ecosystems. What can I submit? Any piece of art or writing that pertains to bogs and wetland ecosystems! Previous editions have featured primarily visual art, but all forms of human-made art can be submitted! We would love to have more written pieces, including short essays, poetry, and more! We do not accept Al generated work. Unsure if your piece can be submitted? Email Eliot at wormzoneprojects@gmail.com Where can I view previous editions? Digital copies of previous editions are available for free or pay-what-you-can at honeymush.itch.io/

the same photo of moss and plants behind a text box FAQ! pt 2 Will l get my own physical copy? While we'd love to get a physical copy out to all participants for free, this isn't always feasible; some of the previous editions have been entirely funded and produced by Elliot (@honeymush) and it ends up costing quite a bit to print and mail copies to each participant. Whether or not we can send out free copies this time will be announced at a later date. Regardless, all participants WILL receive free access to both the digital zine AND a printable version that artists are free to print and distribute themselves! will I retain the rights to my work? You are free to publish and reproduce your own work outside of the zine- We ask that you wait to publish your submission piece until closer to the zine's release in order to help promote the project's release!

woahhh we are doing another edition of big little world, this time all about bog creatures + wetland ecosystems!!

I need to replay hollow knight so goddamn quick aaaaa

this is the wildest feeling in the world like what do you MEAN people live like this ?? all the time??

Graphic with the mossquail logo featuring upcoming events. 1. Drawing of ice cubes next to the info for Ice Cold Art Pop-up: Saturday August 16, 10am-4pm, Humboldt Park 2. Drawing of leafy vines next to the info for What the Hex - Arbor & Alchemy: Sunday August 17, 12-5pm, Dresden Castle 2. Drawing of crouching red and teal dragon next to the info for Argren Faire: Saturday Sept 13, 12-8pm, Black Husky Brewing 4. Drawing of holly leaves and berries next to the info for What the Hex - Traditions & Tidings - Sunday December 7, 12-5pm, Dresden Castle

Hey #milwaukee art appreciators - there are some great markets coming up that I'll be vending at! Come say hi!

An illustration that says "leaf some litter in your yard" that shows and bunch of leaves and creatures that use those leaves for their habitat. Creatures featured: Luna moth, wood frog, firefly (with larvae), Eastern box turtle, American bumblebee, isopod, red salamander, ring necked snake

Another shirt design for the company I work for, Planter!

You all already know how passionate I am about leaving the leaves, so when one of my coworkers recommended I make a shirt highlighting some creatures that rely on leaves, I jumped on it.

Photo of a deflated cheetah plushie on the ground next to a bag full of stuffing, a seam ripper, and old medicine bottles filled with the plastic nurdles that were in her feet

The plushie skin turned inside out, looking rather unfortunate

We got hit by the flooding in MKE and the sewer backed up into our basement :') thankfully it was only an inch of water and we didn't lose anything important, but cleanup is such a huge effort. Decompressing by working on salvaging an old friend who got a bit damp and needs a bath

Marker drawing of a Snowberry Clearwing moth flying to feed from some Virginia Bluebells. Nearby, some Large Bellwort and Shooting Star flowers add an extra pop of yellow and pink to the scene, which fades off to a very light, desaturated backdrop in the distance

Sorry I've been so quiet, it's been busy! Here's something I made for my May bullet journal cover!

Swamp milkweed with flower buds starting to form. A monarch caterpillar is tucked in between a few leaves

That's awesome, they're all such lovely plants and it's so cool that your aunt had so many of them on hand!! "My" swamp milkweed (peeking out through my neighbor's fence line but I keep re-seeding it there) had a visitor earlier this season c:

That's so cool !!

I've never seen one of these bugs before, what a cool find! Thanks for sharing c:

Ceramic wall hanging with a line illustration of an owl and rat, bordered by plants.

another owl

#ceramics drop on july 26, 2pm cdt

seconding this big time!!!

(tbh Googy lens does half the work for me, it's definitely not infallible because it's just pulling up visual matches and I need to check that against actual verified IDs on bugguide or iNat but it usually points me in the right direction!)

Hell yeah glad the bug people liked the weird girlie!!

Marker drawing of a Snowberry Clearwing moth flying to feed from some Virginia Bluebells. Nearby, some Large Bellwort and Shooting Star flowers add an extra pop of yellow and pink to the scene, which fades off to a very light, desaturated backdrop in the distance

Sorry I've been so quiet, it's been busy! Here's something I made for my May bullet journal cover!

This was such a cool read and I loved getting to see the evolution of the design and the final lockups, especially the patch. Thanks for sharing!

a watercolor comic of 'stuff in nature I always stop to look at' mossy rocks, a little stream, a tree that fell over, dappled lighting

add yours!

Hand holding a bunch of tiny pink unmounted stamps. They sure do look like little ham chunks

Orange cat sniffing a container full of the not ham chunks

Photo of the previously unmounted stamps now attached to tiny wooden cubes and arranged stamp side up on a table. Carving tools are visible in the background

Stamps arranged by design with the handle/design side up. Designs include two different sizes of paw prints, some mushrooms, acorns, leaves, and feathers, as well as some critters like frogs, snails, snakes, mice, and shrimp.

One of my friends called them ham chunks 😔

Sketchbook page depicting a half- finished illustration of a snowberry clearwing moth surrounded by shooting star, bellwort, and Virginia bluebell flowers

I'm. I brought this to work on while waiting for a friend's meeting to be done but forgot the markers. very smart

RAUCOUS APPLAUSE !!!!!

frog :)