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@boaceae.bsky.social
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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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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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-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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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
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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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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
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Level 32 👉 Level 33
Something quick for my birthday so it starts off nice.

#watercolor #ballpointpen #pokemon #psyduck #golduck
A watercolor and ballpoint pen artwork of the Pokémon Psyduck floating on its back in water that gradients from red to yellowish-green to turquoise. Psyduck is relaxing, as it should be. A watercolor and ballpoint pen artwork of the Pokémon Golduck sitting on a shoreline, pondering life, I guess. There are wavy shapes/contours incorporated into feathers. Water is blueish-purple and appears as small waves, the rest of the background is supposed to be very vague yellow and orange sandy shore.
September 2, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Yeah, the main thing I'm interested in is this comic project setting: in CSP baby-version, each page would have to be its own file; but, in EX, one can set the desired number of pages at the start, navigate through and work on them in the same canvas/file. Which is extremely ideal.
August 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Attack 6, for @ascalaphid.com (same name on AF):
The woolybro, Mo, and a bonus giant leopard mothman.
Drawing of a woolybear caterpillar + monk OC belonging to ascalaphid on AF. The character, Brother Mo, is dark grey with hints of orange-brown, like the caterpillars it's based on. He has three sharp little claws (representing the walking legs of a caterpillar, but being more functional for a monk I guess,) and wears a tan monk's robe. He is drawn pondering with one thinking finger at his face, while a mothman lurks behind. The mothman is based on the giant leopard moth, and is holding a yellow-orange halo above Mo. (The mothman isn't canon at all, I just thought it would be a cool addition to this drawing.) Background is an outdoorsy, night scene, vague grassy shapes and a dark sky with some stars; mostly blues, teals, and greens.
August 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Attack 5, for CosmicVermin on AF:
This is just kinda the creature of all time
Drawing of a horse-like/monster OC belonging to CosmicVermin on AF. It is a long, gangly critter, mostly peach and dark-tan coloration, and a brown mane that feeds into the fuzzy ears. Face is long with empty eye sockets, flat nostrils, and horse-toothy muzzle with which it's holding an ancient fossil-femur (my best guess.) It has 5 sets of limbs: two larger, gnarly pairs that appear more for locomotion, and three sets that look more like little grabby hands; tried to make all 10 limbs visible. I've drawn this kinda looking like it's squished into a box (the art's dimensions...) It's pretty curled in on itself. Background is mostly goldenrod with some blues toward the bottom.
August 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Attack 4, for Shark0Liver on AF:
a little nurse shark on the way to save some lives, as ALL sharks do.
Drawing of a shark OC belonging to Shark0Liver on AF. Its appearance is basically just a cute little nurse shark, mostly pale-peach coloration, some darker spots, and one spot that is a heart with a first aid symbol inside. I've drawn it swimming to the left with a first-aid kit and medical supplies flying out as it goes. Background is mostly vague underwater colours and shapes.
August 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Attack 3, for @bijutsuyoukai.bsky.social (same name on AF):
their little art demon OC/mascot looking extremely fierce and demonic.
Drawing of an art-demon OC belonging to bijutsuyoukai on AF. It is a very dark-grey beastly creature with large bat-like ears, and yellow-golden claws on the fore-paws and horns on the head. I've drawn it appearing to bound toward the viewer, front paws/claws extended and teeth showing. Its tail is coiled around a No.2 pencil that is releasing fiery rainbow art magic stuff. Background is simply darkness with some purple and pinks here and there.
August 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Attack 2, for birbbeans on AF:
a hellspawn, monster creature from a based, fellow bobbit worm enjoyer.
Drawing of a bobbit worm -like OC belonging to birbbeans on AF. Its appearance is similar to a bobbit worm, reddish coloration mostly and with many yellow eyes, on an abyss-purple background. I've drawn it bursting out of its summoning circle with a couple of glowing, geometric star shapes. (There are also some bleed-over clovers from another drawing to the left, oops...)
August 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Attack 1, for Chiqui on AF:
a neat critter that is a mix of sharks, rays, and flying fish.
Drawing of a sea creature OC belonging to Chiqui on AF. Its appearance is a mixture of bull shark, thresher shark, 4-winged flying fish, and stingray. I've drawn it swimming to the right and hanging out with some purple jellyfish friends. Background is mostly vague underwater colours and shapes.
August 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Only finished six pieces this year, but here is my 2025 Art Fight thread:
(I bet the thumbnails are going to be atrocious because I do stupid dimensions with traditional art...)
Image is a part of a digital drawing of my OC that is a ghost crab + pinguicula; it is smiling. Image also contains the thumbnail signature that I made for art fight this year: "2025" where the zero is a round chunk of amber with a nonspecific insect inside, and initials "BKO" are in the loop of the 5.
August 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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One year with Pinguicula "sleepy hedgehog."
She's changed so much, but appears to be doing well. The gnats love her.
A photo of a Pinguicula hybrid known as "sleepy hedgehog." The plant is about 1"x 1" at this time, the leaves pointy and dewy. Text in the bottom right indicates the date the picture was taken, August 2, 2024. A photo of a Pinguicula hybrid known as "sleepy hedgehog." The plant is about 3"x 3" at this time, the leaves still pointy and dewy but growing more flattened than in the previous picture. Text in the bottom right indicates the date the picture was taken, August 2, 2025.
August 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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It's his birthday, they should hug to keep warm.
A work-in-progress of the final panel from a 7-panel comic page. Genshin Impact characters Childe and Lumine are hugging in a snow storm to keep warm.
July 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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60 fishies in the cooler, no pics.
1 beetle boi, yes pics.
A photograph of an eastern Hercules beetle on a light pole.
July 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Better late start than never start.
artfight.net/~Boaceae
My artfight card for Team Fossils. Just quoting all of the text, sorry I'm not sure how to alt-text something like this well: -User: boaceae -I attack... YEAH!! + friends, bugs, plants, fish? -I do: friendly fire and revenge (both checked off,) -Featured characters (are my ocs): Dahmu, Dr. Ace, Mr. Quiggly, Kris, and Henri. -Characters I have: human, feral, and monster are circled; anthro, worm, and mech are not circled; additionally listed in the 'other' area: sea-critters.
July 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Honestly, he was right.
A screenshot from the Aggretsuko Wiki of Resasuke entering the room of plants.
June 18, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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She's very cute.
A photograph of a sundew, Drosera capensis alba, flowering. (Six blurry Pinguicula in the background.) A photograph of a sundew, Drosera capensis alba, second flower in bloom.
June 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Ghost has worked very hard this week.
A photograph of a sundew, Drosera capensis alba, catching little insects. A photograph of a sundew, Drosera capensis alba, catching little insects.
June 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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[Repost w/ alt text:] The OG grey giants from memory (2017.)
#fanart #pokemon #onix #rhyhorn #rhydon #traditionalart
A drawing of the Pokémon Onix, Rhyhorn and Rhydon done from memory. Onix is on the left and faces both Rhyhorn and Rhydon who are on the right; Rhyhorn and Rhydon are about to fight the Onix, they all have their heads slightly lowered at each other. The art is mostly greyscale with some light-browns and greyed-reds here and there, lots of geometric rocky shapes, and hatching lines throughout the piece. The scene takes place in a grey stoney cave area.
May 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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"Berries" piece for late #wurmpril.
April was kinda rough, but I still want to chip away at the six remaining drawings for the ten prompts I chose. 🤷

#wurmple #oddish #pokemon #pokemonart #traditionalart
#rawstberry #aspearberry #oranberry
This piece of art is for the Wurmpril 2025 prompt "berries." It's late, sorry. The artwork features a Wurmple which has eaten through a pile of three berries. There is a rawst berry on the left, an oran berry on the right, and an aspear berry behind these two to create a round-triangular pile of berries. The Wurmple has tunneled through the three berries, so it appears in three parts: 1. Its head and front part of its body are popping out of the oran berry and Wurmple is kinda waving at the viewer, 2. the middle part of its body reappears from the aspear berry and disappears behind it, 3. and Wurmple's tail end is shown at the entry point of the triple-berry tunnel which is the rawst berry. The background is pretty a general blue sky + vague green grass. There are a couple of puffy white clouds toward the top of the drawing, with some pinkish-purple dreamy clouds on the top right (because this piece is actually on the same page and connected to the previous Wurmpril piece I did... some of the clouds are just overlap.) Additionally, there are two Oddish, one on each side of the berry pile, planted in the ground to look like bigger grassy pieces of the background. The left Oddish is peaking out from behind the rawst berry, and the right Oddish is smiling next to the oran berry.
May 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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"She ate."
As the kids say.
A butterwort with a variety of insects stuck to its leaves; an indoor carnivorous plant to help catch the sometimes slightly annoying indoor bugs. There also happens to be a sign in the background that says "Kids Eat FREE!"
May 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Non-specific and scribbly carrion beetle from that early-2020 lockdown.
#carrionbeetle #silphidae #insectart #invertart #traditionalart
A marker drawing of a non-specific carrion beetle. An implied skull is incorporated into the beetle's elytra and thorax. Contoured lines and stippling techniques were used, though the drawing is very simple overall. Colours are very limited, mostly black Sharpie, but there are also brown to pale yellow vein-like branches jutting out from underneath the beetle.
April 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM