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Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Natural History Museum Mammal Studies Part (2)

#museum #mammals #skulls #taxidermy #animal #animals #animalart #animalartist #wildlife #wildlifeart #nature #sketch #sketchbook #art #traditionalart #traditionalartist #sciart

Natural History Museum Mammal Skull Studies made with a Rose Col-Erase Prismacolor Pencil.

Top Left: Wolverine Skull
Mustelidae: Minks, Weasels, Skunks, Badgers, Otters, and Wolverines

Top Right: Platapus Skull
Ornithorbychidae

Middle: Wombat Skull
Diprotodontia: Kangaroos, Wallabies, Koalas, Wombats, Possums, and Gliders

Bottom: Map

October 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Natural History Museum Mammal Studies Part (1)

#skulls #museum #animal #animals #animalart #animalartist #sketch #art #traditonalartist #sketchbook #traditionalart #mammal #nature #natureart #coloredpencil #drawing #vertebrate #scicomm #scivis #sciart

Mammal Skull Studies at Natural History Museum made with purple Prismacolor Pencil.

Top Left: Jaguar Skull
-Felidae: Cats, Jaguars, Tigers, Cougars, Lions, and Cheetahs.

Top Right: Linsang Skull
-Viverridae: Linsangs, Mongooses, and Fossas.

Middle Left: Raccoon Skull
-Procyonidae: Raccoons, Coyotes, Kinkajous, and Pandas

Middle Right: Coyote Skull
-Canidae: Dogs, Wolves, Jackals, Foxes, and Coyotes.

Bottom Left: Black Bear
Ursidae: Bears

Bottom Right: Map

October 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Natural History Museum Bird Studies
Part (4)

#museum #bird #birds #birdart #animal #animals #animalart #wildlife #wildlifeart #nature #avian #art #taxidermy #study #specimen #zoology #sketch #sketchbook #traditionalart #coloredpencil #sciart

Studies of birds at Natural History Museum made with an Orange Prismacolor Pencil.

Top and Middle:
Whip-poor-will
(Antrostomus vociferus)

Bottom Left:
Screech Owl
(Megascops asio)

Bottom Right:
Map

October 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Natural History Museum Bird Studies
Part (3)

#pheasant #museum #bird #birds #avian #birdart #animal #animalart #animalartist #nature #natureart #wildlife #wildlifeart #sketch #sketchbook #traditonalart #coloredpencil #sciart

Studies of Pheasants at a Natural History Museum made with a Green Prismacolor Col-Erase Pencil.

Top Left and Right:
Ringed Neck Pheasants
(Phasianus colchicus)

Middle:
Green Pheasant
(Phasianus vesicular)

Bottom Left:
Golden Pheasant
(Chrysolophus pictus)

Bottom Right:
Map

October 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Natural History Museum Bird Studies (Part 2)

#museum #nature #bird #birds #avian #animal #art #tradionalart #coloredpencil #sketch #sketchbook #animal #animalart #animalartist #wildlife #wildlifeart #scicomm #sciart

Natural History Museum - Second Page of Bird Studies.

Top Left: Scarlet Ibis
(Eudocimus ruber)

Top Right: Vaux’s Swift
(Chaetura vauxi)

Middle Left: Map

Middle Right Two: Chimney Swifts
(Chaetura pelagica)

Bottom Left Two: Yellow-billed Cuckoos
(Chaetura pelagica)

Bottom Right Two: Black-billed Cuckoos
(Coccyzus erythropthalmus)

October 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Natural History Museum Bird Studies

#hummingbird #commonnighthawk #museum #bird #birds #nature #taxidermy #drawing #art #sketch #sketchbook #animal #animalart #traditionalart #scientificart #sciart

Natural History Museum Studies made with Blue Prismacolor Col-Erase Pencil.

Top Left: Two Anna’s Hummingbirds
-Scientific Name (Calypte anna)
-Named after Anna Massena Duchess of Rivoli

Top Right: Map

Middle / Bottom: Common Nighthawk
-Scientific Name: Chordeiles minor

October 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Attempted to draw a Great White Egret using this wonderful photograph by @invisitech.bsky.social

#bird #art #animal #animalart #csp #clipstudiopaint #digitalart #nature #sciart

Up close digital drawing of a Great White Egret’s face looking towards the left of the canvas.

October 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber)

#sketch #drawing #art #animal #animalart #bird #birds #avian #scarletibis #nature #museum #traditionalart #coloredpencil #sciart

Traditional sketch made with a Red Prismacolor Col-Erase Pencil.

Scarlet Ibis standing on a branch facing towards the right.

September 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Paddle Fish and Random Jellyfish Doodles.

#art #sketch #drawing #animal #animalart #marine #paddlefish #fish #jellyfish #nature #sciart #prismacolor #traditonalart #coloredpencil

Doodles in Prismacolor Blue Col-Erase Pencil.

Top: Paddle Fish
Middle: Randomized Jellyfish
Bottom: Map

September 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Mallard Duck Doodles

#duck #bird #waterfowl #animal #art #animalart #wildlife #sketch #sketchbook #traditionalart #coloredpencil #sciart

Doodles of various Mallard Duck poses with Blue Col-Erase Pencil.

(Bottom right is a map)

September 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Attempting to incorporate maps of where I found my references.

#sketch #sketchbook #traditionalart #traditionalartist #drawing #art #doodles #wildlife #marinemammal #seal #fish #flower #nature #natureart #animal #animalart #creature #creatureart #coloredpencil #sciart

Sketches made with Blue Prismacolor Col-Erase Pencil.

Top left:
Some sort of yellow wildflower.
(Helenium amarum?)

Top Right:
Map

Middle Left:
Paku Fish

Middle Right:
Map

Bottom Left:
Harbor Seal

Bottom Right:
Map

September 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Sorry for being inactive so long. Got distracted by life stuff. 😅

Here are some doodles from this morning for anyone still sticking around.

#sealion #seal #shark #marine #marinemammals #sea #wildlife #animals #animalart #tradtionalart #coloredpencil #sketch #sketchbook #nature #art #sciart

California Sea Lion:
Top Left

Harbor Seal:
Top Right / Lower Middle Section Black

Black Tip Reef Shark:
Upper Middle Section / Bottom

September 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Sabertooth Cat - Smilodon fatalis - Skull and Skeleton Studies

#sabertoothcat #smilodon #feline #bigcat #cat #skull #paleoart #paleontology #osteology #art #traditionalart #sketchbook #sciart

Studies of a sabertooth cat (Smilodon fatalis) skull and skeleton.

Top Left:
3/4 view of skull

Top Right:
Side View of Skull (Broken into two parts)

Middle Left:
Skull Front View

Middle Middle:
Skull Top View

Middle Right:
Top View of Skull Mandible

Bottom:
Skeleton

July 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Art Fight - Attack on MicahDoesArtWow’s character Gregori

#artfight2025 #artfight #art #fanart #character #characterart #digitalart #illustration #drawing #clipstudiopaint

Full body drawing of MicahDoesArtWow’s character Gregori.

Purple round radish like body with a long nose, a pair of legs, antennas, and leaves sprouting from head.

Blue glowing flames for pupils.

Antennas also have a blue glow.

July 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Art Fight - Friendly Fire on Shadow-N-Stars character Umbim

Filter: Torso Mouth

#artfight2025 #artfight #digitalart #illustration #plant #character #characterart #art #clipstudiopaint #fanart

Full body drawing of Shadows-N-Stars plant character Umbrim.

Torso is yellow with red stripes and a venus fly trap like mouth.

Head is light green with pointed ears and leaves emerging from their forehead.

They have red eyes.

There is a large dark green fruit with light green stripes sitting on top of their head.

Arms are stiff leaf like structures each with a blue vine.

Leaves at bottom of torso with a bunch of blue vines in place of legs.

July 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Art Fight 2025 - Attack on neptuneii’s character Umbra

#artfight2025 #artfight #tiger #feline #cat #bigcat #animalart #animal #nature #wildlife #digitalart #character #characterart #fanart #clipstudiopaint #sciart

July 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Art Fight 2025 - Friendly Fire
@supahblondeart.bsky.social character Orianna in Sabertooth Cat form.

#artfight2025 #artfight #fanart #character #characterart #animal #feline #cat #paleoart #sciart #sabertoothcat #smilodonfatalis #digitalart #clipstudiopaint

July 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Schoolism Course - Felines -
Terryl Whitlach & @bobbychiu.bsky.social

Sabertooth Cat - Smilodon fatalis - Head Musculature

#smilodonfatalis #sabertoothcat #cat #feline #bigcat #paleotology #paleoart #animal #animalart #wildlife #nature #digitalart #study #clipstudiopaint #anatomy #sciart #scivis

July 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Schoolism Course - Felines -
Terryl Whitlach & @bobbychiu.bsky.social

Sabertooth Cat - Smilodon fatalis - Full Body Musculature

#sabertoothcat #smilodon #smilodonfatalis #cat #feline #animal #animalart #paleoart #paleotology #art #digitalart #wildlife #clipstudiopaint #sciart #sciviz #scicomm

Sabertooth Cat (Smilodon fatalis)

Full body side view of musculature.

July 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM

Dani Massey

@creatureweaver.bsky.social

Glass Frog
Centrolenella fleischmanni

This frog stores most of its red blood cells in its liver while at rest. This allows its stomach to become translucent for camouflage.

#glassfrog #frog #frogs #frogart #animal #animalart #amphibian #wildlife #wildlifeart #nature #traditionalart #art #sciart