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Field research biologist (M.S.) + hobbyist artist + grass enjoyer

cara.app/boaceae in case bluesky becomes poosky
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falseknees.bsky.social
Ferbruary #oldknees
A downy woodpecker sits on a spruce on a sunny winter day. "Ahh... Febuary" it says. Close up on it correcting "Febrary" then "Febberary..." then finally "Frebrury"
February 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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julijana-m.bsky.social
Another little doodle!

#sketch #digitalpainting #moondoe #doodle
A celestial doe surrounded by a crecent moon and stars
January 31, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
A tide pool pattern for your feed 🐚🦀
A tiled illustrated pattern featuring various species found in the intertidal zone of the Pacific coast. There is a two spot octopus, sea cucumber, ochre sea star, California mussel, bat star, black turban snail, chiton, purple sea urchin, anemones, sea lemon, opalescent nudibranch, blue-banded hermit crab, purple shore crab, California aglaja, red abalone, and a green fluffy sculpin. They are illustrated and arranged on a teal-blueish background.
January 23, 2026 at 8:27 PM
boaceae.bsky.social
Reposting some of my birbs into one eclectic flock:
-2013 #Hummingbird visiting Fuchsia,
-2015 Crested Caracara, #crestedcaracara #Caracaracheriway,
-2018 Three Ballpoint Bird Requests ( #eagle, #bluejay, and #sparrow ),
-2018 Wood ducks, #woodduck #Aixsponsa.

#birdart #wildlifeart #traditionalart
An ink drawing of a hummingbird visiting a fuchsia flower. The linework is blue ballpoint pen, the color is very liquid-y highlighters, and the areas of lighting are white gel pen; done on bluish-purple cardstock. A drawing of a crested caracara flying above some water. Left a lot of negative space in this one, and added yellow and blue contour cloudy lines to compliment the purple used in the bird. Pen drawings of three birds requested by IG followers in 2018. Art was done in a sketchbook and with BIC multicolor pens. An eagle flies toward the top-right corner of the page, colors mostly black and dark blue with a touch of light blue. The underside of the eagle is viewed, much like looking up at circling vultures silhouetted in the sky. A blue jay sits on a tree branch, somewhat central in the art, colors mostly dark blue and light blue. The jay sits with its back to the viewer, looking back over its right shoulder. A (brave) sparrow stands to the right of the blue jay on the same branch, colors mostly light green and dark green with a touch of light blue. The sparrow attempts to puff up, wings raised in a threatening manner, at the jay to spook it off. There is a large tree branch that stretches from the bottom right corner of the art and stretches over to the left edge of the page, it gradients from light green to light blue, and ends in a big leafy bunch on the left side. The rest of the page was left white. A drawing of a wood duck couple swimming beside each other; the female is in the top-left facing left, and the male is in the bottom-right facing right. It's a pretty standard ducks-on-water piece, accurate colours, and my additional (but usual) contour line usage.
January 17, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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boaceae.bsky.social
Started in December 2021, finished in December 2025.
I like what I tried to do with this, but I am no watercolor master so I'll just have to keep pushing myself with it.

#easterntigerswallowtailbutterfly #Papilioglaucus #insectart #invertart #watercolor #traditionalart
A watercolor painting of an eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly. The colors of the butterfly are accurate: mostly yellow with black striping and body, subtle blues in the hindwings. The wing venation resembles bird feathers. It is supposed to be a top view of the butterfly in flight, so it flies toward the top-left corner of the watercolor paper. The piece is divided in half diagonally, where the butterfly takes up the majority of the bottom-right half, and green and brown foliage fills in the top-left half of the painting.
January 6, 2026 at 3:24 AM
boaceae.bsky.social
Also, sorry I was gone for most of it, but:

Happy belated winter holidays.

And I will likely still be scarce on the internet for a month or so.
Be well.
January 6, 2026 at 3:27 AM
boaceae.bsky.social
Started in December 2021, finished in December 2025.
I like what I tried to do with this, but I am no watercolor master so I'll just have to keep pushing myself with it.

#easterntigerswallowtailbutterfly #Papilioglaucus #insectart #invertart #watercolor #traditionalart
A watercolor painting of an eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly. The colors of the butterfly are accurate: mostly yellow with black striping and body, subtle blues in the hindwings. The wing venation resembles bird feathers. It is supposed to be a top view of the butterfly in flight, so it flies toward the top-left corner of the watercolor paper. The piece is divided in half diagonally, where the butterfly takes up the majority of the bottom-right half, and green and brown foliage fills in the top-left half of the painting.
January 6, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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raphlife.bsky.social
Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.

GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.

But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
Boromir from THE LORD OF THE RINGS, holding The One Ring. He thought he could use it for good, but everything done with the ring turns to evil. He was one of the mightiest warriors of middle earth, and he could not resist its powers. Others even mightier fell to the ring. Do you think you are stronger than them? The One Ring is generative AI.
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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kodasea.bsky.social
Cape Falmouth’s “Weeping Salmon”
December 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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nolanillustration.bsky.social
Dragon illustration from the Dragon chapter of the Roll For Your Life book.
December 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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kekeflipnote.bsky.social
The truth 🐊
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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vireosy.bsky.social
yeti crab

#art #sciart 🎨🦑🦀
Drawing of a yeti crab on a dark slate gray background. It is a white crustacean with long forearms covered in fine hairlike filaments, tinted somewhat teal as if seen from underwater.
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
I’m here at EntSoc’s annual meeting in Portland!! Come say hi/grab some goodies if you’re here, we’re running low on a few items and sold out of some pins already!! 🪰🦋💕 #entsoc25
A photo of my set up at EntSoc’s annual meeting, a conference for entomologists. My art prints, stickers, pins, and more goods are arranged on a golden table cloth in various acrylic and wooden shelf displays.
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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nollthere.bsky.social
Reposting some pigeon art because I've been working on sewing together a pigeon-themed blanket today.
Digital art close-up of a very fluffy pigeon from the top down, in a vague heart shape. It's very pink and lavender, surrounded by tinier bits of fluff and feather. Digital illustration of a human hand holding a feral pigeon that is grey with dark and lighter spots and a light head. In its beak is a red thread that holds a golden, vintage key. The thread loops around the fingers on the hand. Digital bust painting of a pigeon's head, with beautiful teal and purple neck feathers and orange eye.
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
boaceae.bsky.social
Fall-ish death's-head from November 1, 2013.
#deathsheadhawkmoth #sphingidae #insectart #invertart #traditionalart
Art of a death's-head moth from November 1 of 2013. The moth appears to fly toward the top-left of the canvas (cardstock.) Colours are mostly yellows, oranges, and tans, with some blues and purples to create contrast; the background is white. On the right portion of the art, there are dotted-swirls and leafy patterns incorporated into the hind- and forewings, and flowing off of the page to the right.
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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boaceae.bsky.social
Happy Halloween from "murder hornet."
#halloween #gianthornet #Vespamandarinia #insectart #traditionalart
November 1, 2024 at 2:52 AM
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palaeosinensis.com
This is probably the largest art I've made in a long time; it's 16x48 inches at 300dpi. All of the animals are inspired by petroglyphs and cave art from around the world on top of the shapes found within the animals themselves. #art #caveart #petroglyph #deer #wolves #ravens #raven #wolf #elk
The artwork is made up of many different petroglyph-inspired animal figures. The animals are all moving to the left. In the foreground you see three wolves and four ravens chasing after two bull elk and one doe in fairly dark lines. In the background are similar style elk that use smaller artwork and lighter lines to represent being further away. All the foreground animals have gold foil circles into their design around their heart's location and airway location. The entire piece has been given a distressed treatment.
October 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
boaceae.bsky.social
-Started Oct. 21, 2024 for husband's birthday and 10-year anniversary of "Why did he literally move seats to sit by me???"
-Completed yesterday and delivered with homemade cookies.

(Happy two birthdays, husband. Thanks for befriending me 11 years ago.)

#Artober (2024-challenge) prompt 21: sliver.
October 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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erujayy.bsky.social
Mecynorrhina Oberthuri Decorata

My favourite beetle of all time ✨

#inverts #SciArt 🪲🦐
An illustration of an orange splotched beetle with cream stripes sits atop blue and purple flowers.
September 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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pokurimio.bsky.social
...and I believe...THEY CAN SAVE THE WORLD 🌪️
September 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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maijakarala.bsky.social
#SciArtSeptember 11 - Venomous

Whoops, I forgot to post this yesterday.

Cretan giant centipede (Scolopendra cretica). Though almost all endemic mammals of the Mediterranean islands are extinct, there is still numerous unique species to preserve: reptiles, arthropods, plants and so on.
Illustration of a Cretan giant centipede - a long, many-legged creature with orange, purple and bluish body segments, pale yellow legs and dark orange jaws.
September 12, 2025 at 6:20 AM
boaceae.bsky.social
Got lost in the squash with this one...
Squash bees are specialists on cucurbits, and I think that's pretty cool and niche of them.

Sept. 8 Prompt: niche
#squashbee #xenoglossastrenua #cucurbitaceae #traditionalart #sciartseptember
An ink and marker drawing of a squash bee (Xenoglossa strenua) for the prompt, "niche." The bee is facing right and has a pronounced nasal region of its face; I don't know specific anatomical names for bee facial structures (I would guess it is the labrum...) It basically looks like a hairy bee with a big nose. There are squash/gourd flowers, tendrils, and gourd shapes incorporated throughout the art: flowers are mostly on the hind legs+ thorax, and the plant tendrils are mostly background features. Color scheme is primarily greens, yellows, orange, and tan.
September 12, 2025 at 6:42 AM
boaceae.bsky.social
Thanks for the love on the alligator art yesterday.
Starting tomorrow, gonna work on some of this September's prompts; hoping to return to my roots (bees) a little.
For now, another piece from the 2022 collection (6 of 30.)

Prompt: soft
#rosymaplemoth #dryocamparubicunda #sciart #traditionalart
An ink drawing done with ballpoint pen and markers featuring a rosy maple moth sitting on a pale-brown maple twig. The moth is perched on the twig, facing the viewer, with its typical pink and yellow coloration, and a fluffy composition. The antennae appear very feathery. The background is mostly white with 3-4 grey maple leaves with red leaf venation.
September 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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nollthere.bsky.social
Day 5 of #SciArtSeptember: Corridor
Ocelots are one animal that uses wildlife corridors in Texas to get around. This one is giant and destroying every road in its path like a cat with a roll of toilet paper though. #Art
Digital painting of a giant ocelot walking down a highway at night. Lights from a town up ahead lighten its determined face and yellow eyes. Smaller roads are wrapped around its body like swirling ribbon.
September 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
boaceae.bsky.social
Still debating on if I want to try and do some prompts for this year's SciArtSeptember...
While I continue to flounder with indecisiveness, here's one from the 2022 prompts (5 of 30.)

Prompt: mirrored
#americanalligator #alligatormississippiensis #sciart #traditionalart
An ink drawing done with ballpoint pen and markers featuring an American alligator waiting at the water's surface, mostly the gator's head; its reflection in the water. Both contour lines and stippling were utilized for the drawing. Chartreuse and grey-greens are the main colors, with hints of copper-brown to further tie in the implied swamp habitat surrounding the gator. There is vague dark blue lineart to emphasis the gator.
September 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM