#it took like 10 years for the spiderman logo to actually depict a spider

[spiderdaynightlive]

October Arachtober 8th is for learning to draw spiders!

Why? 10 & 8 are all you need!

1️⃣Draw an 8. This is the spider's body: head+abdomen 2️Draw 10 limbs (8 legs (longer) + 2 pedipalps ("arms"; shorter, near the front) ALL attached to the head!

Ta-da! You've now drawn a more accurate spider than many Spider-Man logos! (yes, really.)

For some extras, consider adding:

👁️Spiders have 8 eyes (or fewer, in intervals of 2: 6,4,2,0). These are NOT compound eyes, but multiple camera-type (like our own) eyes. Size, shape, position & # vary between families.

🦷Spiders have 2 fangs, w/ one bulky segment+one sharp segment, like 9

🕸️You can also add 2 spinnerets to the abdomen; they look like short narrow limbs. This is where the silk comes from! They don't spit/eject the silk, instead touching the spinnerets to something, then unspooling silk by moving away. Think a tape dispenser roll or something.