Wildlife Art - Tumblr Posts
"World Snow Leopard Day"
2022
Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)
"World Jaguar Day"
2022
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
"The King of Winter"
2022
Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
Probably the best tiger I've made to date.
"Wanderer"
2023
African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
"Gus"
2023
Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
Some months ago whilst convalescing from a pretty nasty case of food poisoning I watched Chimp Empire on Netflix, and I thought it was amazing. Chimp society sometimes appears very unnecessarily violent and cruel (not unlike ours), yet there were moments in the series where I was deeply moved with how closely knit and empathetic those chimp families could be towards each other. Again, not unlike us.
Naturally, I grew very fond of Gus, the socially awkward chimp, so I had to draw him.
"Cretaceous Sunset"
2023
T.rex (Tyrannosaurus rex)
My favorite dinosaur, inspired by Prehistoric Planet, but with a few tweaks in the coloring.
"Massive"
2023
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Fun-loving Humpback whale. I had the great privilege and joy of seeing these animals in the wild almost a year ago, though unfortunately there was no jumping.
"Smile"
2024
Gelada (Theropithecus gelada)
Geladas are among my favorite monkeys, but all that fur sure is a pain to draw.
"Vanishing Homeland"
2024
Palestine Mountain Gazelle (Gazella gazella)
A Palestine Mountain Gazelle surveys the ravages of colonialism on its habitat.
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The myth that Israeli settlers are indigenous to the land of Palestine is absurd on many fronts, among them being their mistreatment of that same land they claim to belong to. For starters, the state of Israel is highly dependant on and contributing to the military industrial complex, one of the most oppressive and polluting entities on the planet. They're also famous (or rather, infamous) for uprooting and destroying native crops and trees and replacing them with invasive plants that not only require more water to tend, but that are also more susceptible to fires. In attempts to greenwash their occupation, they raze Palestinian villages and neighborhoods and build natural parks and reserves on top of them, thus continuing on with a centuries-old colonial practice that has been put to use on stolen lands everywhere. And just like the US-Mexico border wall on my side of the world, the equally racist Apartheid Wall on the West Bank divides up the landscape and severely impedes the free movement of both people and wildlife. The list goes on.
I guess the ecological impact of the current genocidal aggression on Gaza will not be fully apparent until the smoke clears. But already we do know that the first months of the bombing released more emissions than 20 climate vulnerable nations do in a year...so there's that.
All this to say that for people that are so zealous of their supposed "rights" to the land, Israeli Zionists really do seem to go out of their way to hurt it...to carve it up...to destroy it. And that's what colonizers, anytime, everywhere, do.
"Nature's Spear"
2024
Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
In the mood to draw rhinos. It's curious how in the two African species the horns sometimes grow ridiculously long.
The pose and perspective made this fellow challenging to draw and to shade, but it came out quite alright.
"Roseate Spoonbill"
2024
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
"Toco Toucan"
2024
Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco)
"Man-eater"
2024
Tiger (Panthera tigirs)
The Champawat Tiger was probably the most prolific killer in the history of man-eating animals. Before being shot down by Jim Corbett in 1907, she had killed some 436 people across two countries. Her two right canines had been broken off, which is probably why she stopped hunting her habitual prey and shifted to stalking human beings. Imagine the terror she inspired!
Something a bit different to commemorate World Tiger Day on Monday.
Painting of a male red-capped parrot, also called the Pileated Parakeet, by Edward Lear (1812-1888).
Illustration of an Ara macao (scarlet macaw) by Edward Lear (1812-1888).
Head of a chimpanzee (1835) by Edward Lear. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Nesocichla eremita, the Tristan thrush (1881) by Joseph Smit.
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