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Drollbarracuda
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Hi I’m Matthew 🇨🇦,
He/Him,
Game designer and illustrator 🎨🐀

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/barracudagames/biome-blitz

https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/drollbarracuda/
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Fall is here, and that means the red squirrels are changing their coats! In autumn the red squirrel goes from this thinner summer coat, to a thicker winter coat that will feature tufts of hair coming up from its ears.

#sciart
October 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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It is finally time! My card game has finally launched and it's full of cool animal art and loads of fun animal card combos to build!

Go check it out if you'd like to support 🦢
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bar...
A box of a card game Biome Blitz and the prehistoric expansion. There is a T-rex a pigeon and a shrimp all around the box!
September 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Hey folks! Wanted to let you know I have a launch party for my game planned with Heroes World in Richmond Hill on September 20th 1-4pm! If you wanted to drop by and say hey I would love to meet you!

Tickets are free!
heroesworld.ca/products/bio...
September 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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With their long digestive tract, specially designed for Eucalyptus, a Koala can eat tough and poisonous Eucalyptus leaves all day long! And then sleep for 18 hours of course.

#sciart #koala
An illustration of a chubby grey Koala sitting on a branch.
August 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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If anyone is interested I just opened a sticker store featuring my animal art over at barracudagames.ca/collections/...

#stickers #animalart
A collection of animal stickers featuring a red spitting cobra, a pigeon, a parrotfish, a raven, and many more
August 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Today we have the Giraffe, a herbivore who loves acacia trees and other leafy greens. They are the tallest living land animal and use their height to spot predators approaching from far away.

Apologies for the delay in animal art, preparing for the card game launch has been keeping me busy!
#sciart
An illustration of a giraffe crouching down to the ground.
August 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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The Baryonyx is believed to have spent its days roaming near water and scooping up fish with its big claws. They lived about 125 million years ago and are considered part of the same family as the Spinosaurus!

#baryonyx #sciart #dinosaurart
July 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Here is a big cat for your Sunday! The Jaguar’s patterns are called rosettes and these cats live in South and Central America. They are expert swimmers and the third largest cat in the world. 🐱

#bigcats #jaguar #cat #sciart
An illustration of a Jaguar prowling through some tall grass.
July 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Seahorses are extremely agile but terrible swimmers. They use their prehensile tail to hold onto various coral and vegetation. The most unique thing about them though is that the male gives birth to new young.

#seahorse #sciart
An illustration of a blue seahorse floating in the ocean with some bubbles next to it.
June 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Trash panda Friday, I appreciate these cute and clever locals a lot. Raccoons use their dexterous hands to open just about anything. They are also opportunistic eaters, allowing them to adapt quickly to new environments.

#raccoon #sciart
An illustration of a raccoon sitting in some grass.
June 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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TIL the Pallas’s cat is also known as a Manul. They have unique pupils for a cat, contracting into circles rather than vertical slits. Although fluffy they are aggressive and live mostly solitary lives in crevices and caves.

#sciart #cat #manul
An illustration of a Pallas’s cat standing on some snow with clouds behind it.
June 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Brown Thrasher! A splendid little bird that can sing more than 1000 different song types

#birdart #sciart #brownthrasher
An illustration of a brown thrasher song bird sitting on a branch with clouds circling behind it.
June 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Thank you for the art share Kiri! And thanks @deneco.bsky.social for the shout out. I'm Matthew, I've been working on a card game and love to draw all sorts of animals!
June 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Wanted to share the green sea turtle for #WorldOceanDay! Sea turtles are ancient and have been around since the dinosaurs.

#seaturtle #sciart
June 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Fun fact: the polar bear is actually considered a marine mammal because they depend on marine ecosystems— yet they’re also considered the biggest land carnivore in the world! Let’s do our part in preventing climate change so these big bears still have the arctic ice 🧊

#sciart #polarbear
An illustration of a polar bear sitting in some snow, looking over its shoulder at the viewer.
June 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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An aquatic reptile for this Thursday, I present to you the Ichthyosaurus! Notable for having unusually large eyes for its time, they also gave live birth allowing them to live full lives underwater. They also had a bunch of tiny sharp teeth….

#sciart #paleoart #Ichthyosaur
An illustration of an Ichthyosaur underwater. It is reddish in colour and has bubbles around it.
June 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Leopard geckos are nocturnal and have the ability to drop their tail when grabbed from behind. They also have moveable eyelids which is actually pretty uncommon for geckos 🦎

#sciart #gecko
An illustration of a leopard gecko amongst some leaves. This leopard gecko is yellow with some bluish accents.
June 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Meet the Archaeopteryx, other than a sick name a fantastic set of feathers, this dinosaur astonished scientists by being one of the first late Jurassic dinosaur fossils to have avian features. It is considered a pretty strong link between bird and dinosaur.

#sciart #paleoart #archaeopteryx
An Archaeopteryx standing on a log in-front of a heavily wooded jungle background. The dinosaur has avian features and sports dark blue feathers and an orange undertone.
June 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Thank you for the share! I'm inspired by nature and all the interesting animals of our world! I'm working on a card game as well!
June 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Congrats on the huge milestone! I'm Matthew, an illustrator and game designer who mainly paints animals and nature!
June 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Any mice fans out there? Wood mice mainly eat seeds and often store them in burrows for snacks later. They also leave twigs and leaves as little landmarks to help them return home as they venture out looking for food.

What’s your favourite kind of mouse?

#sciart #mice #mouse
An illustration of three brown wood mice of varying sizes and shapes. There is a golden yellow background.
May 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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The Plains Zebra is nomadic, non territorial, and super social. I also just learned they form groups of up to 15 boys called “bachelor herds” that just play all day long.

#sciart #zebra
An illustration of a plains Zebra with some clouds behind it.
May 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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I give you the blue poison dart frog 🐸! Their poison comes from the insects they eat, and they won’t be poisonous if they are in captivity without their natural diet. They are basically little poison alchemists, turning the compounds they eat into poison within themselves.

#sciart #dartfrog #frog
An illustration of a blue poison dart frog sitting on a leaf. It has black spots on its back and round black eyes.
May 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Another bird that I have a soft spot for is the Rock Dove, also known as the Rock Pigeon. These folks live in flocks of 50 - 500 birds, and can communicate danger by flapping their wings at varying speeds.

#birdart #sciart #pigeon
An illustration of a grey rock pigeon sitting in some grass. There is a slight greenish purple hue around its neck plumage.
May 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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TIL that the lump on a Woolly Mammoth’s head is thought to be a fat store similar to a camel hump!

#sciart #mammoth #paleoart
An illustration of a Woolly Mammoth walking through the snow covered tundra.
May 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM