Boy howdy, you folks are full of uncanny fondness for all kinds of freakish critters, vertebrate and invertebrate alike. Let's get this thing started with some rotifers...


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Hey, so a week or so ago piratecore came up with a genius idea for countering artist's block, the Quick and Crummy Sketch-Off: an open call for sketch requests, of anything, to be drawn as quickly as possible, with predictably hilarious results. The week before that, calamityjon posted a passel of gorgeous little brown-paper drawings (mostly of robots?), which ( Read more... )

Oh man, I spoke too soon re: Bombyx! As of a few hours ago (and within just a couple days of each other), all four formerly-pupating moths emerged as fat, downy adults. Look how pudgy they are! A couple of them just oviposited, so I guess I'll see if I can get another generation for the price of one. (= free)(well, free + about eight pounds of ( Read more... )

Hey, let's see if I can get back into a regular update situation over here. Whilst I take my sweet time on comic-inking, here are some vector portraits of sarcopterygian outgroups for a paper on fish phylogeny.


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Hey there! Busy times at work + two weeks of houseguests = total blog neglect, go figure. I was also dumb enough to get my laptop stolen in Sydney last weekend; so much for photos from Western Australia (sandgropers!). At least most of my research projects were backed up.
Mercifully the computer's been replaced, and it feels good to get back to a ( Read more... )

Hey, the weather just got beautiful in Canberra! It's warm outside and at night the air smells like jasmine. A possum just walked across the telephone wire. Time to scan some junk from October:


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Who's got a little bacteriophage pal? I think it might be daleof! (Biology major = bonus points <3 <3 <3 )


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kevingarcia is strikingly unfazed by the Tokyo subway system.


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Thanks to the folks who have graciously volunteered, thus far, to get cartooned at. It turns out so far that the people who read this thing are not only ladies and gentlemen of impeccable taste, but are also stunningly attractive, often with interesting hair. Good show!

We begin with b_zedan's partner/photographical superstar Chase, doin' the hot dog ( Read more... )

Hey there! I feel like drawing some humans this weekend. Want a little cartoon portrait for icons or propaganda or your own weird satisfaction? Post or link a photo in the comments, of yourself or someone else you think I should draw.

Here, I'll start-- yrs trly, sweet-talkin' a shingleback.


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