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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter
@irrlichtwinter.bsky.social
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aspiring writer, poet, artist, and reader of books
loves moss, lichen, underwater invertebrates, and bats
he/it pronouns
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Day 5 of #Nudivember
Tambja Affinis

... so I really messed up on those gills...

#nudibranch #seaslug
painting of a sea slug. It has a vibrantly blue body with yellow-orange stripes. The gills are yellow on the outside, blue on the inside, and are up on the middle of the back. The rhinophores are light blue fading to a dark blue. This slug is very slug shaped.
November 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Day 4 of #Nudivember
Glossodoris electra

beautiful ghosts of the ocean

ref by Luc Bourdil

#nudibranch #seaslug
painting of a sea slug. It's body & foot are white. The body looks like a 'sheet' over the foot, with a ruffled edge that is lined in orange. The rhinophores are orange as well. On the back, the slug has feathery radial gills.
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Day 3 of #Dinovember
Corythosaurus

I've decided these guys are going to be candy coloured, to cheer myself up.

#dinovember2025 #paleoart
Drawing of a quadropedal dinosaur. It has a long-ish neck, and turned-down snout, and a colourful crest on its head. On its back, it has a flat spinal crest. It also has a long tail. The dinosaur is drawn in shades of pink and green. It is holding a leaf in its mouth.
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Day 3 of #Nudivember
Halgerda theobroma

a delicious pancake!

ref by Martin Crossley on iNaturalist

#nudibranch #seaslug
painting of a sea slug. The slug has a brown body with white-limned yellow stripes and spots, and a yellow foot with white edge. The rhinophores are dark brown and feathered with a yellow 'stem', and the gill is white with dark veins and looks like a piece of seaweed stuck to the slugs back xD
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Day 2 of #Nudivember
Cerberilla tanna

ref by carporali on iNaturalist
painting of a sea slug. It has a translucent, peachy foot, small, translucent, leaf shaped, dark brown cerata with white tips, long translucent oral tentacles, and short dark brown rhinophores (I might have the oral tentacles & rhinophores mixed up, still learning)
November 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Day Two of #Dinovember
Spicomellus

... life is doing a number on me right at the beginning of the month, this time. So this spiky buddy was a real chore to get done... But here he is. I imagine if he was in a game, he'd be a halloween coloured variant.

#dinovember2025 #paleoart
drawing of a dinosaur. It has a round body, a long neck with a triangular head, and a long tail, as well as four stumpy legs. The dino is covered in spikes all over, most notably big spikes on the neck and the booty area. It is drawn with a beige-blue striped pattern, and the spikes are white.
November 3, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Day One of #Dinovember
Velociraptor

I have decided to be more cartoony (and digital) with the dinos. This little one is going on a great adventure. It is a child, and not fully grown yet.

#dinovember2025 #paleoart
cartoony drawing of a velociraptor. It stands upright on a rock, one arm-wing raised. It has a vaguely bill-reminiscent snout, a long feathered tail, and the characteristic curled up toe on its feet. The velociraptor is brown and green coloured.
November 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Day One of #Nudivember
Cuthona anulata

finding refs for this little guy was challenging, I think it might go by multiple names? Anyway, my dude turned out a little chonky xD
painting of a sea slug. It is white-translucent. It has many slightly curled cerata on its back, and two extended oral tentacles at its head.
November 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Day 31 of #invertober
Death's Head Hawk Moth

a good baby.

#invertober2025
ref by marek285 on iNaturalist
drawing of a caterpillar. It is plump and light green, with yellow head and legs. On the back, it has a pattern of blue-green segments with dark spots.
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Day 30 of #invertober
Christmas Beetle

I am fully caught up & ready to face the last day of the month!

#invertober2025
drawing of a beetle. The beetle has a beige shell with dark dots on the elytra, and reddish orange hairy legs.
October 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Day 29 of #invertober
Red Sea Urchin

I like urchins, and especially urchin fossils <3

#invertober2025
drawing of an urchin. It has a dark red shell, and the quills are pink, red, and orange.
October 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Day 28 of #invertober
Pearly Green Lacewing

I love lacewings. Another one of the critters I wish I could give more time

#invertober2025
drawing of a lacewing insect. It has a green body and delicate translucent wings.
October 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Day 27 of #invertober
American Dog Tick

... so I don't like ticks. at all. and drawing it didn't change that.

#invertober2025
drawing of a tick. It's a brownish red and has legs. It's also kinda gross to look at, and I don't like it.
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Day 26 of #invertober
Sea Bunny

a li'l orange one

#invertober2025
drawing of a fuzzy sea slug. The slug is yellow and orange. It sits on stones and corals.
October 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Day 25 of #invertober
House Centipede

this is my third attempt at the leggy guy... too much segments for my end-of-month brain.

#invertober2025
drawing of a orange-beige centipede on green paper. There are lots of legs. Each leg is segmented. The centipede's body is segmented, too. Too much segmentation going on.
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Day 24 of #invertober
New Zealand Mussel

once again, deceptively simple, surprisingly difficult & time consuming to draw

#invertober2025
drawing of eight mussels. The shells are yellow- green, brown-red, or brown-green also features some kind of seaweed stuff, and a speckling of pocks
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Day 23 of #invertober
Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle

it's always nice to get the opportunity to draw a neat little guy I didn't know existed before

#invertober2025
drawing of a beetle. The elytra are beige, the rest of the body is iridescent black and is covered in little white hairs
October 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Day 22 of #invertober
Sea Angel

just a quick drawing while my health is still subpar. I'd love to properly paint these beauties one day, though

#invertober2025
drawing of a sea angel. it has a translucent body and translucent wing/flipper thingies, and a vibrantly yellow-orange head
October 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Day 21 of #invertober
Flame Skimmer Dragonfly

#invertober2025
drawing of a dragonfly sitting on a stick. Body and wings of the insect are orange.
October 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Day 20 of #invertober
By The Wind Sailor

made it all the way to day 20!

#invertober2025
painting of a jellyfish-looking colony organism. The colony has a translucent gallert 'sail' on top of a blue and translucent flat oval body. greenish tentacles are trailing down from the underside of the body.
October 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Day 19 of #invertober
Vampire Squid

was feeling a little too ambitious and tried to paint the squiddy friend. Mistakes were made, but also important learning experiences.

#invertober2025
painting of a swimming squid. The squid is red and purple, with skin between its arms, and teeth thingies on the underside of its arms.
October 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Day 18 of #invertober
Black and Yellow Mud Dauber

poor pseudo-wasp has the unhappy distinction of being the first critter on the list I do not find delightful... Sorry, buddy, it's not your fault you look uncanny.

#invertober2025
painting of a wasp like insect. It has spiral antennae, yellow segmented legs, and brown wings. The body is black, and it has a unrealistically thin looking 'waist' with a round abdomen, which looks like a mistake, but this is actually what the animal looks like
October 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Day 17 of #invertober
Blue Lined Flatworm

I think this is my favourite artwork of the month so far. Minimalism is great, & I got to use my jelly gouache colours!

#invertober2025
drawing of a frilly flatworm on a yellow background. The worm is white with a dark blue dorsal line and a blue band around the edges of its body.
October 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Day 16 of #invertober
Giant Isopod

... sorry friend, I did you dirty...

#invertober2025
drawing of a pale underwater isopod. It has a sort of peach colour.
October 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Day 15 of #invertober
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing

Still playing around with the oil pastels - oily crumbs everywhere xD

#invertober2025
drawing of a butterfly. It has a yellow abdomen and light blue-green, narrow wings
October 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM