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Morgan
@rippleinthewild.bsky.social
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Artist / naturalist / nature journal educator in Monterey County, California. Exploring interdisciplinary art. They/He

Art shop, portfolio, etc: rippleinthewild.com
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Morgan @rippleinthewild.bsky.social · Jul 8
Hi #PortfolioDay I'm Morgan, a freelance nature illustrator/printmaker.

Let's work together!
rippleinthewild.com
rippleinthewild@gmail.com
A page of spot illustrations of California condors A circular sticker design showing the Elkhorn Slough with a child kneeling to look at the slough, a great egret, a santa cruz long-toed salamander, and a southern sea otter over pickleweed. Text around the circle reads "it takes a community to protect a place" A gouache painting of a juvenile brown pelican in flight 5x7 lino print of a black-crowned night heron surrounded by a night sky of stars and a full moon peeking out from behind it on the left.
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secondatbest.bsky.social
Whale fall, and a few creatures that thrive at them

This month’s riso print subscription print, join my Patreon to get this for half off, and weigh in on what I do for future print themes.
July 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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ascalaphid.com
shrewtabaga
a proud father of an enormous rutabaga. brother shrew's gonna win so many awards at the annual monastery garden festival
July 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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cookiedoves.bsky.social
This year’s theme for #AvianAugust is dedicated to the incredible birds of Hawaii!
July 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
rippleinthewild.bsky.social
A little late for pride month but gonna have these guys up soon #BirdArt #NatureIsQueer
Thumb and fingers holding a sticker with an acorn woodpecker in flight on a rainbow background that says "proud birder"
July 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
rippleinthewild.bsky.social
Hi #PortfolioDay I'm Morgan, a freelance nature illustrator/printmaker.

Let's work together!
rippleinthewild.com
rippleinthewild@gmail.com
A page of spot illustrations of California condors A circular sticker design showing the Elkhorn Slough with a child kneeling to look at the slough, a great egret, a santa cruz long-toed salamander, and a southern sea otter over pickleweed. Text around the circle reads "it takes a community to protect a place" A gouache painting of a juvenile brown pelican in flight 5x7 lino print of a black-crowned night heron surrounded by a night sky of stars and a full moon peeking out from behind it on the left.
July 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
rippleinthewild.bsky.social
Buncha night herons
#Birds #BirdArt #Printmaking
Nine 5x7 night heron and full moon block prints drying on a table in rows of three
July 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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lucyallengoss.bsky.social
I wrote about medieval optics, the colour green, and how No Mow May shifted the way I imagined the past. lucyallengoss.substack.com/p/gazing-at-...
Gazing at a Green Meadow: Medieval Cloisters and No-Mow Chaucer
There’s history, and there’s the kind of gentle, small-scale thought about history that drops quietly into your brain - the opposite of a revelation.
lucyallengoss.substack.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
rippleinthewild.bsky.social
Buy my stickies
rippleinthewild.bsky.social Morgan @rippleinthewild.bsky.social · May 23
Just dropped these two new sticker friends for you to take home! In the shop now. -> rippleinthewild.etsy.com

#Birds #BirdArt #Stickers
Close up American avocet bird sticker on a desk next to a plant Close up black-crowned night heron bird sticker on a desk next to a plant.
July 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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rippleinthewild.bsky.social
"As the raven first pecks out the eyes, so the devil first destroys the ability to judge correctly, leaving the mind open to attack" (bestiary.ca). Referring to ravens plucking the eyes of corpses out to eat the brains.

#MedievalMay Day 25 #MedievalBestiary #Birds #BirdArt
A hand holding a small sketchbook showing a drawing of a raven in ink, with gothic type that says "raven" to the upper right of the bird.
May 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
rippleinthewild.bsky.social
I really thought this was funny guys
rippleinthewild.bsky.social Morgan @rippleinthewild.bsky.social · Jun 1
The name's Ironclad. Diabolical Ironclad.
A diabolical ironclad beetle on some rocky ground with dry grass
July 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
rippleinthewild.bsky.social
One of my favorite hoodies and it always gets compliments! So cozy too
nepeteaa.bsky.social Bird 🌲 @MFF DD @nepeteaa.bsky.social · Jul 2
two bestsellers that i'll have available at anthrocon this weekend! tamarack hoodies might be on their last restock, so grab them this weekend while you can!!! 💚🌲💧🌊

#anthrocon
July 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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acidicsheep.bsky.social
Trans pride but make it florida birds #pridemonth #wildlifeart #birdpainting #oilpainting #floridaart
June 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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alextomlinson.com
Flat illustration of a very fluffy Royal Albatross chick sitting on top a nest. A cloud pattern in the sky appears to be the the same albatross fluff!
June 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
Monarch butterflies journey thousands of miles across multiple generations, symbolizing new beginnings and the right we all have to move freely. We must stand with immigrants!! 🧡
An illustration of three flying monarch butterflies in various poses. They are bright orange butterflies with black wing veins and small white dotted markings on the edge of the wings. Black handwritten text reads “Migration is Magnificent”
June 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
rippleinthewild.bsky.social
I got this finished mug back yesterday #BirdArt

Some issues with the glaze (my fault) but overall super proud of it.
hand holding a pottery mug with a black necked stilt on it hand holding a pottery mug with a black necked stilt on it
June 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
rippleinthewild.bsky.social
The disability is being disabling, hence the ongoing art dry spell here
June 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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noncompliantcyborg.bsky.social
Happy Pride Month! You know who doesn't change their brand image to rainbow just for June?

Ctenophores. They make their gay little rainbows all year. It's a Pride parade in the ocean every day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. 366 every four years.

🦑🐙
A little Euplokamis dunlapae cteno with its tentacles out and loose, making some little rainbows with its ctenes for pride.
June 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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pamwishbow.bsky.social
hand of glory, my fav
illustration of a hand of glory with a snake running through the fingers. Images of a knife and match are worked into the illustration through overlapping color.
June 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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mushbeast.bsky.social
happy pride month to my fellow queer birders 🌈
a digital drawing of a black capped chickadee surrounded by leaves. the text reads “queer birder” which refers to the gay/queer community of bird watchers! in a supportive silly way, of course.
June 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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nepeteaa.bsky.social
nature is for EVERYONE! 🏳️‍🌈
June 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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rippleinthewild.bsky.social
The name's Ironclad. Diabolical Ironclad.
A diabolical ironclad beetle on some rocky ground with dry grass
June 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
rippleinthewild.bsky.social
The name's Ironclad. Diabolical Ironclad.
A diabolical ironclad beetle on some rocky ground with dry grass
June 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
rippleinthewild.bsky.social
Almost forgot to post the final birds, so you're getting three at once. #MedievalMay days 29, 30 and 31 are titmouse, vulture, and woodpecker.

Thanks for following along with this challenge! It was fun and the first art challenge I've completed in full.

#Birds #BirdArt #MedievalBestiary #Medieval
Hand holding a small sketchbook showing a drawing of an oak titmouse on a branch with a calligraphy letter T to the upper right. A hand holding a small sketchbook showing a drawing of a turkey vulture looking to the viewer's right and holding a severed human foot in its beak. A hand holding a small sketchbook showing a drawing of an acorn woodpecker with an acorn in its beak, on the side of a tree that is way too small in comparison to the bird and looks like broccoli.
June 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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soengery.bsky.social
Bitterns!
A black and white illustration of bitterns in a marsh
May 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
rippleinthewild.bsky.social
#MedievalMay Days 27 & 28 - Swallow and thrush. The barn swallow and hermit thrush. Only three more birds to go!

#Birds #BirdArt #MedievalArt #MedievalBestiary
A hand holding up a small sketchbook showing side by side ink and watercolor drawings of a barn swallow in flight in a gilded frame and a hermit thrush sitting on a trifecta of oak leaves and acorns.
May 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM