Apparently today is #InternationalPandaDay! I do love a panda!

Panda pins are available in my shop (hatchlingmakes.com/products/gia...) and 10% of every sale is donated to wildlife conservation!

Hourly comics day is my favorite day of the year. Not because I draw comics, but because I enjoy observing my favorite artists like bugs in a terrarium.

Unexpected solo day today. Attempting to find some art supplies but so far no luck. Quick break for lunch at this fab mosaic table though!

Happy year of the snake, everyone! Gung hei fat choi
#Sketchbook #YearOfTheSnake #LunarNewYear #WildlifeArtist

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.

Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

Channelling my inner whale during this heatwave (it’s 40°C today. It’s horrific)

[ #Sketchbook #WildlifeArtist #AnimalArtist #Art ]

All sketchbooking has abruptly stopped as I am so jet lagged but I kind of love this page from earlier in the month!

I’m using the Royal Talens mixed media sketchbook

[ #art #wildlifeartist #sketchbook ]

Alright blue sky. I prob should make a better go of this platform. What do we do here? If I use a hashtag am I outing myself as a millennial? 😅

The Aussie white ibis (or bin chicken if you prefer!) is my animal of the month! Every order comes with a themed thank you card and sticker and there’s bin chicken pins in my shop! Link in bio (do we do that here? Is that a thing?)

On a trip visiting family at the minute but Mr H is holding down the fort and packing orders back home!

Hi BlueSky! I’m Tash, a self taught wildlife illustrator and the person behind Hatchling Makes where you’ll find lots of unusual and under appreciated animals. I make wildlife themed enamel pins, stickers and more from my illustrations.
You can check out my shop here
Hatchlingmakes.com

stolen from twitter, but it’s too important to leave over there

Germany, it’s been nice to see you again. Til next time.

There’s always that feeling with a new social channel of “what do I do now” that reminds me of the first day of school.