Andy C Marshall

Inktober Day 14: Trunk That little trunk says it all. Meet the Tapir, a rainforest survivor straight out of the Ice Age, equipped with a short, flexible snout that works like a snorkel and a fruit picker all in one. It’s how they sense the world, plucking leaves, foraging in the undergrowth, and slipping silently through rivers and jungle shadows. But even ancient masters of camouflage can’t out-hide deforestation.

#Inktober Day 14: Trunk - Tapir Art Auction - Proceeds go to @rainforesttrust

Inktober Day 13: Drink Meet the Thorny Devil, the desert’s spikiest survivor and one of nature’s strangest drinkers. No bottles. No bowls. Just skin. Every groove and channel in its scales pulls in precious water, from rain, dew, or even damp sand, and funnels it straight to its mouth. It doesn’t just survive the desert, it drinks it. Drawing this one felt a bit like wrestling the desert itself.

Inktober Day 13: Drink #Inktober

Inktober Day 12: Shredded If you’ve ever watched An American Werewolf in London and winced through that transformation scene, skin tearing, bones cracking, pure primal chaos, you’ve already glimpsed the spirit of the Wolverine. It’s nature’s own were-creature: short, stocky, and absolutely unhinged when hungry. When it hits the scent of prey, it doesn’t stalk, it erupts. Claws rip, teeth tear, and snow flies. Caribou, fox, even a bear if it’s desperate, everything’s on the menu when this beast decides to go full moon.

Inktober Day 12: Shredded

If you’ve ever watched An American Werewolf in London and winced through that transformation scene, skin tearing, bones cracking, pure primal chaos, you’ve already glimpsed the spirit of the Wolverine. It’s nature’s own were-creature: short, stocky, and absolutely…

Inktober Day 11: Sting Meet the Tarantula Hawk, part beauty, part nightmare, all purpose. With a sting ranked among the most painful in the natural world, this wasp doesn’t fight for sport. It paralyzes a tarantula, drags it underground, and lays a single egg inside the still-living host. When the larva hatches, it eats from the inside out, carefully avoiding the vital organs until the very end.

Inktober Day 11: Sting

Meet the Tarantula Hawk, part beauty, part nightmare, all purpose. With a sting ranked among the most painful in the natural world, this wasp doesn’t fight for sport. It paralyzes a tarantula, drags it underground, and lays a single egg inside the still-living host. When the…

Original pen & ink illustration up for grabs! Highest bidder takes it home (bidding in my Instagram Stories). 100% of proceeds go straight to Sea Shepherd — you just cover postage. www.instagram.com/stories/andy...

✒️ Inktober Day 9: Heavy 🦭
Meet the Southern Elephant Seal — the heavyweight of the southern seas. Four tonnes of muscle, blubber, and unapologetic gravity. These giants haul themselves ashore each year to bellow, battle, and remind the rest of us what presence really means.

Original pen & ink illustration up for grabs! Highest bidder takes it home (bidding in my Instagram Stories). 100% of proceeds go straight to @WWF — you just cover postage. Bid Here www.instagram.com/stories/andy...

🖊️ Inktober Day 4: Murky 🌊 Meet the Yangtze Finless Porpoise — a ghostly smile breaking through the murky waters of China’s mighty river. Once common, now critically endangered.

Art as Activism: Visual Strategist Zed Anwar aka Zedtrafficker | Fork in the Road Podcast Extended Patreon Interview In this conversation, Zed Anwar, also known as Zedtrafficker, shares his creative journey from the NHS to the world of advertising and NFTs. He discusses the challenges of being an artist, the importance of activism in his work, and how art can drive social change. Zed emphasizes the need for artists to align their morals with their work.

Art as Activism: Visual Strategist Zed Anwar aka Zedtrafficker | Fork in the Road Podcast

Extended Patreon Interview In this conversation, Zed Anwar, also known as Zedtrafficker, shares his creative journey from the NHS to the world of advertising and NFTs. He discusses the challenges of being an…

Art as Activism: Visual Strategist Zed Anwar aka @ZedTrafficker | Early Release Patreon Member Extended Cut | Fork in the Road Podcast www.patreon.com/posts/139780...

The Healing Power of Art: Synesthesia, Dreams & NFTs with James Lee | Fork in the Road Podcast In this episode of the Fork in the Road podcast, Andy Marshall talks with artist and musician James Lee aka Jams2blues, about the transformative power of art, creativity, and mental health. James s…

The Healing Power of Art: Synesthesia, Dreams & NFTs with James Lee | Fork in the Road Podcast andycmarshall.com/2025/03/12/t...

🎸✨ Watch James Lee turn an ordinary guitar into a fractal masterpiece! Using counter-change tessellation + 6-point symmetry, this mind-bending design is next-level 🔥🎨
#FractalArt #GuitarArt #ArtThatWows #Tessellation #SymmetryMagic #HandsOnScience

W is for Water Deer - Uncommon Animals of the Alphabet - Limited Edition Prints andycmarshall.com/2024/02/11/w...

Y is for Yeti Crab – Limited Edition Print Meet the Yeti Crab — a deep-sea enigma wrapped in fuzz and glowing mystery. This yellow crustacean feels like it’s crawled out of a deep-ocean fairytale, equal parts bizarre and beautiful. With hai…

Y is for Yeti Crab – Limited Edition Print andycmarshall.com/2025/06/12/y...

Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Castle – Optical Delusion  feels like a structure that’s been quietly melting under the weight of time. Not destroyed—just… warped. Distorted. Like reality shifted a few degrees while no…

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Ever stare at a wall and swear it’s breathing? This Inktober “castle” bends lines, warps shapes, and drips pure black and white op art energy. A glitch for your walls.
#InktoberArt #OpArt #OpticalIllusionArt #TrippyArt

Hands are weird, and hard to draw

W is for Water Deer – Limited Edition Print 10 Limited Edition Prints Available Meet the Water Deer, nature’s beautifully strange alignment of all the things I love: an uncommon animal with just enough mystery to feel like it wandered out of…

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From Corporate Job to Full-Time Musician | TortureTwinn’s Andrew Devin on the Fork in the Road Podcast Extended Patreon Episode I sit down with Andrew Devin, the creative force behind TortureTwinn, for a raw and inspiring conversation about music, film, social media, and choosing passion over comfort. We talk about: 🎶 Wearing your influences on your sleeve – musically and cinematically. 📲 Going all in on social media – posting daily, staying positive, and dealing with critics.

From Corporate Job to Full-Time Musician | TortureTwinn’s Andrew Devin on the Fork in the Road Podcast

Extended Patreon Episode I sit down with Andrew Devin, the creative force behind TortureTwinn, for a raw and inspiring conversation about music, film, social media, and choosing passion over…

I draw the aardvark, babirusa, dumbo octopus—creatures ignored by the lion & tiger spotlight. Through kids’ books & patterns, art can make people see them, maybe even care. History proves it: art sparks revolutions, protests, rebellions—even in the way we see reality itself.

What’s the Oldest Thing I Use Daily? My iPhone 8 Plus, a.k.a. My Portable Art Studio Let’s get one thing straight: old phones are still pretty damn good. I’ve been using my iPhone 8 Plus daily since I inherited it from my dad when he passed away in 2020 (friggin miss you, Dad). And…

What’s the Oldest Thing I Use Daily? My iPhone 8 Plus, a.k.a. My Portable Art Studio andycmarshall.com/2025/06/15/w...

Colouring in fun with my new best friend the Pangolin #pangolin #pangolins #pangolinconservation #pangolinphotosafaris #penandinkdrawing #markers #uncommonanimals

Work in Progress – My Visual Dream Journal: Day 89 Nothing lasts. Not the art, not the frame, not the smug sense of importance. Eventually, it all gets vandalised, washed, fixed, layered over, and repeated until you can’t tell what was original and…

Work in Progress – My Visual Dream Journal: Day 89 andycmarshall.com/2025/05/01/w...

The Power of the Pangolin This sketch grew out of 2020, a year when fear consumed me. It seeped through my walls, through my body, until even breathing felt impossible. I forced air in and out using Wim Hof breathing techniques, as if training to survive the inevitable. I cracked under the weight of it all, anxiety splitting me open, while staring at an unlikely newspaper headline of a pangolin.

The Power of the Pangolin

Admiring the Art of Making Time Finding time to create this Dumbo octopus wallpaper wasn’t just about making something visually playful—it was about carving out a moment for creativity amidst the chaos of life. The Dumbo octopus,…

Admiring the Art of Making Time andycmarshall.com/2024/12/10/a...

Octopuses feel more alien than earthly—some even say their DNA hints at cosmic origins. I leaned into that mystery with neon, psychedelic textures in my new alien octopus artwork. 1/1 original available now 👉 andycmarshall.com/2023/09/15/d...

Thriving Parent Artist? From my visual dream journal comes this surreal steampunk-inspired vision of caffeine chaos. Born from the subconscious grind of running our old café, this artwork captures the absurd machinery and…

Thriving Parent Artist? andycmarshall.com/2023/09/13/t...

Flying Fish Wings: The Thriving Artist’s Tattoo (That I’ll Never Get) If I ever get a tattoo, it’s going to be a flying fish. But not just any flying fish—my flying fish, the one I illustrated for Uncommon Animals of the Alphabet. And it’s going right betwe…

Flying Fish Wings: The Thriving Artist’s Tattoo (That I’ll Never Get)

Collect this NFT on @rodeodotclub andycmarshall.com/2025/03/20/f...

Experimenting with my Venezuelan Poodle Moth - Normally white, but that’s a bit harder to do 😆

Goliath Beetle Wallpaper: A Nature-Inspired Digital Artwork Celebrating Uncommon Beauty This artwork is a celebration of one of nature’s most striking and powerful insects—the Goliath beetle. Known for its size and strength, this incredible creature has inspired a symmetrical, seamles…

Goliath Beetle Wallpaper: A Nature-Inspired Digital Artwork Celebrating Uncommon Beauty - Now Available on @zero________one Market #NFT andycmarshall.com/2025/04/07/g...