Miles Davitt
@milesdavitt.net
Conservationist and critter-drawer in NZ
(he/him)
milesdavitt.net
(he/him)
milesdavitt.net
"Limuw"
Graphite on paper
December 2025
Limuw is the Chumash name for Santa Cruz Island, one of the Channel Islands off the coast of L.A. I visited the island last year with Alabaster Pizzo and @katbus.bsky.social and finally got around to drawing a portrait of the three of us.
Graphite on paper
December 2025
Limuw is the Chumash name for Santa Cruz Island, one of the Channel Islands off the coast of L.A. I visited the island last year with Alabaster Pizzo and @katbus.bsky.social and finally got around to drawing a portrait of the three of us.
December 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
"Limuw"
Graphite on paper
December 2025
Limuw is the Chumash name for Santa Cruz Island, one of the Channel Islands off the coast of L.A. I visited the island last year with Alabaster Pizzo and @katbus.bsky.social and finally got around to drawing a portrait of the three of us.
Graphite on paper
December 2025
Limuw is the Chumash name for Santa Cruz Island, one of the Channel Islands off the coast of L.A. I visited the island last year with Alabaster Pizzo and @katbus.bsky.social and finally got around to drawing a portrait of the three of us.
Art I saw yesterday:
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Art I saw yesterday:
Here's an avalanche we saw from Douglas Rock Hut. One of three we saw coming from the Prism Glacier high above the hut, and by no means the largest.
December 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Here's an avalanche we saw from Douglas Rock Hut. One of three we saw coming from the Prism Glacier high above the hut, and by no means the largest.
Some photos from my recent South Island trip.
(Pentax Spotmatic F / Kodak Ultramax 400)
(Pentax Spotmatic F / Kodak Ultramax 400)
December 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Some photos from my recent South Island trip.
(Pentax Spotmatic F / Kodak Ultramax 400)
(Pentax Spotmatic F / Kodak Ultramax 400)
My brother asked me to contribute a critter to the mural he's been painting on his water tank.
December 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
My brother asked me to contribute a critter to the mural he's been painting on his water tank.
Just applied for Festival of the Photocopier. Inshallah I will be accepted. Get stuck in: stickyinstitute.fillout.com/fotp2026
December 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Just applied for Festival of the Photocopier. Inshallah I will be accepted. Get stuck in: stickyinstitute.fillout.com/fotp2026
Sneak peek at the films (2/2):
November 15, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Sneak peek at the films (2/2):
Sneak peek at the films (1/2):
November 15, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Sneak peek at the films (1/2):
THINGS I WANT TO SEE AND THINGS I WANT TO SHOW YOU XIII is on at 7:30 p.m. at the Newtown Community Centre on Saturday the 13th of December. Join me for the last of these screenings in Wellington before I move back to Australia. I've got a jam-packed program of new and old films for the occasion.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
THINGS I WANT TO SEE AND THINGS I WANT TO SHOW YOU XIII is on at 7:30 p.m. at the Newtown Community Centre on Saturday the 13th of December. Join me for the last of these screenings in Wellington before I move back to Australia. I've got a jam-packed program of new and old films for the occasion.
Three more views of the Castlepoint Lighthouse:
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Three more views of the Castlepoint Lighthouse:
Volleyball's End
Pentax Spotmatic F
Kodak Ultramax 400
Pentax Spotmatic F
Kodak Ultramax 400
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Volleyball's End
Pentax Spotmatic F
Kodak Ultramax 400
Pentax Spotmatic F
Kodak Ultramax 400
Orator
Pentax Spotmatic F
Kodak Ultramax 400
Pentax Spotmatic F
Kodak Ultramax 400
November 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Orator
Pentax Spotmatic F
Kodak Ultramax 400
Pentax Spotmatic F
Kodak Ultramax 400
This thing's coming together.
November 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
This thing's coming together.
Stay tuned for animation tests with walnuts. I had a lot of fun today playing with a friend's downshooter and Dragonframe today.
October 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Stay tuned for animation tests with walnuts. I had a lot of fun today playing with a friend's downshooter and Dragonframe today.
I just love it when funny-animal art does stuff like this. Get out of here if you want seamless logical consistency in your setting. Patrick Horvath's "Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees".
October 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I just love it when funny-animal art does stuff like this. Get out of here if you want seamless logical consistency in your setting. Patrick Horvath's "Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees".
Seals I have trapped within magic orbs:
October 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Seals I have trapped within magic orbs:
"Border Collie Watching Anime on a Laptop", my new 48-page dream journal zine, is now out in the world. You can read some excerpts on my website or send me a DM if you want to buy one ($7 NZD plus postage).
October 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
"Border Collie Watching Anime on a Laptop", my new 48-page dream journal zine, is now out in the world. You can read some excerpts on my website or send me a DM if you want to buy one ($7 NZD plus postage).
What I picked up at Wellington Zinefest:
October 5, 2025 at 5:53 AM
What I picked up at Wellington Zinefest:
New zine debuting tomorrow at Wellington Zinefest. More highlights from my dream journal. A sequel to 2023's "Large Birds Try Their Luck". Weighs in at a whopping 48 pages.
Grab one between 11:00 and 16:00 at the Vic Uni campus on Vivian St.
Grab one between 11:00 and 16:00 at the Vic Uni campus on Vivian St.
October 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
New zine debuting tomorrow at Wellington Zinefest. More highlights from my dream journal. A sequel to 2023's "Large Birds Try Their Luck". Weighs in at a whopping 48 pages.
Grab one between 11:00 and 16:00 at the Vic Uni campus on Vivian St.
Grab one between 11:00 and 16:00 at the Vic Uni campus on Vivian St.
Currently reading "Surface Detail" by Iain M. Banks.
September 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Currently reading "Surface Detail" by Iain M. Banks.
September 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
My hands look like this...
...so that my hands look like this.
...so that my hands look like this.
September 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
My hands look like this...
...so that my hands look like this.
...so that my hands look like this.