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mossquail
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mossquail @mossquail.bsky.social · Nov 28
I'm rebranding after more than a decade under my previous pseudonym. Find me @mossquail on Insta and Facebook, as well as my new website!

www.mossquail.com
light green image with hand-drawn text that says "chelsealinaeve is now mossquail." Features the mossquail wordmark in a dark green color where the Q resembles a little quail. The wordmark is on top of a bright greenish-yellow starburst shape with little hand-drawn sparkles around it
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h0neymush.bsky.social
woahhh we are doing another edition of big little world, this time all about bog creatures + wetland ecosystems!!
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!
September 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
mossquail.bsky.social
Hey #milwaukee art appreciators - there are some great markets coming up that I'll be vending at! Come say hi!
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
August 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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lollibeepop.bsky.social
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.
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
August 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
mossquail.bsky.social
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
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
August 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
mossquail.bsky.social
Undertale memories submission with a pixel depiction of the mossquail icon that reads: "More than anything, the characters of UNDERTALE really meant a lot to me. They're so silly and vibrant, and feel like good friends. -Chelsea"
July 26, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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mossquail.bsky.social
Sorry I've been so quiet, it's been busy! Here's something I made for my May bullet journal cover!
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
July 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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acorviart.bsky.social
another owl

#ceramics drop on july 26, 2pm cdt
Ceramic wall hanging with a line illustration of an owl and rat, bordered by plants.
July 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
mossquail.bsky.social
Sorry I've been so quiet, it's been busy! Here's something I made for my May bullet journal cover!
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
July 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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moosekleenex.bsky.social
add yours!
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
June 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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One of my friends called them ham chunks 😔
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.
March 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
mossquail.bsky.social
I'm. I brought this to work on while waiting for a friend's meeting to be done but forgot the markers. very smart
Sketchbook page depicting a half- finished illustration of a snowberry clearwing moth surrounded by shooting star, bellwort, and Virginia bluebell flowers
May 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
mossquail.bsky.social
I've been a bit too busy to make much lately which is bumming me out but here are some native plants I've seen in the past couple of weeks
Bloodroot - White flower with yellow center framed by a large many-lobed leaf Sharp-lobed hepatica - violet colored flower with white center held on a thin fuzzy stem, blurry somewhat pointed leaves in the background Wood poppy - golden colored flower with four wide, ruffled petals. More flower buds in the background, many green leaves with shallow lobes at the base of the plant Jack-in-the-pulpit - very unusual vase-shaped light green flower made from a single bract (leaf) that wraps around itself to form a tall cylinder coming off of the stem that then opens and flares at the top, the tip of the bract gently folding over the opening of the 'vase.' Peeking over the inner edge of the vase is a single thick green structure called a spadix, which stands against rich burgundy stripes on the inner side of the bract.
May 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
mossquail.bsky.social
Studies for a new stamp design bc you have to know the rules (anatomy) before you can break the rules (stylize) and I didn't think I've ever drawn one of these big silly rodents. Top sketch is a study of Brynn Metheney's work
Sketchbook on a wooden table opened to a page that has four full-body pencil sketches of capybara on it. Two of the poses are basic standing poses, one is sitting, and one is walking at a downward angle.
April 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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h0neymush.bsky.social
speaking of art i don’t always post here: i have a bunch of prints n patches i made somewhat recently that i haven’t listed in the shop yet but rly want to sell!! dm me if ur interested in any 🩵
April 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
mossquail.bsky.social
I cannot be normal the first of the native perennials are waking up I'm gonna cry (positive)
A single tiny green leaf speckled with a purplish color (trout lily) peeking through the leaves One freshly opened green compound leaf with a fringed appearance (Virginia waterleaf) faces the viewer while a few others blur out in the background amongst the dry leaf litter Little pinky red ramp shoots popping up between some dead leaves. A couple of the shoots are just starting to open and reveal their bright green leaves within the protective outer layer, or coleoptile Another photo of ramp shoots along the forest floor, this time all of them are growing in their signature green leaves
April 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
mossquail.bsky.social
Made some packaging stamps recently~ I really enjoyed stamping these all by hand!
Photo of three different kinds of kraft paper packaging - print sleeves as well as two sizes of bags with handles. The larger bags and print sleeves are in two stacks that show off the full "mossquail" wordmark logo in a teal ink color. Behind them, the smaller bags are fanned out to show off an icon logo that is just the "q" of the wordmark, which also looks like a very simple bird
April 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Chalk art of the red-tailed hawk Skywalker for the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center's Xtreme Raptor Day 2023. Skywalker is my favorite bird to work with at the raptor program so I was thrilled to draw her for this c:
Photo of chalk drawing bust of red tailed hawk looking to the right. Overlapping her chest just below her eyeline is a yellow logo that reads Xtreme Raptor day. The hawk and logo are surrounded by a pale green backdrop.
November 27, 2024 at 11:26 PM
mossquail.bsky.social
I had the BEST print pulls I've ever managed to achieve yesterday!! Almost all of them were flawless and the ink was the perfect consistency 🥹 I'm LEARNING I'm GROWING
Print setup with black ink rolled out on a plate with the lino plate on a piece of scrap paper to protect the table underneath. The lino plate depicts an American kestrel sitting with his back to the viewer amongst some tall grasses, looking back over his shoulder Photo of prints from the previous setup all clipped up onto a clothesline to dry. The print closest to the viewer is large and clear, and the line of prints quickly blurs and gets smaller as they recede into the background
March 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
mossquail.bsky.social
One of my friends called them ham chunks 😔
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.
March 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
mossquail.bsky.social
Sketchbook birds 🪶 American kestrel
Open sketchbook on a wooden surface, the page is full of sketches of American Kestrels in various poses
March 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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everyone go follow another quail ‼️ if you like quail I am certain you will enjoy : more quail
quailparade.bsky.social quail ☀️ @quailparade.bsky.social · Mar 18
quail 🤝 quail
March 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
mossquail.bsky.social
Yippee c: I'm taking the wins where I can get them rn and I just need to restock like 100 mini stamps and then we're good to go for a while. Excited to be on top of something, for once,
A wide variety of stamp designs in different shapes and sizes, all mounted to either thin wooden disks or smaller, uniform wooden cubes. Designs include skulls, big and little possums, crows, fish, owls, chickens, ferns, and a variety of tiny 1/2 inch stamps
March 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
mossquail.bsky.social
Restocking some stamps today, once I'm done I'm excited to work on some new designs!
Variety of unmounted linoleum block stamps on pink easy-carve style rubber, including designs such as goldfish, screaming possums, chickens, and crows
March 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
mossquail.bsky.social
Finally, enough snow that I was able to take some aesthetic photos of red-osier dogwood on my Friday hike 🥺
Photo of bright red branch in front of a snowy trail Photo of a red-osier dogwood bush in front of a patch of evergreen trees. Its fiery branches contrast boldly against the dark greens and white snow
February 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
mossquail.bsky.social
My buddy Aran and I went on a hike yesterday and they found the first skunk cabbage of Spring!! They have such a good eye for these I never spot them first 😅 so excited for spring ephemeral season!!
A thick, bright green skunk cabbage spathe just starting to poke out of a muddy bank next to a patch of ice
February 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM