#references were used

[lyrien-arts]

A thing I made early this year

Beleg and Mablung coming back from Nirnaeth

Each rectangle(?)frame? separated under cut

[skullywullypully]

Well, I still remembered the conversations I had with @wwjacksparrowd and @bleached-socks about an Airbender/Avatar Orihime last year. So I drew a headshot of Airbender!Orihime. Might do full body one day.

I'm also caught up on bleach tybw English dub too! Hate the cliffhangers. 😀

Don't ask me about the story plot of this au, I'm not that good with coming up with story ideas. I just kind of went along with the atla plot line (also cause I want to see Orihime go into rage avatar mode🤣🤣)

Though, in all honesty, it would make more sense for Ichigo to be the avatar because well he's the main character and also because he's part hollow, soul reaper, quincy, and Hooman.

But I wanted to focus on Orihime, so yeah...

(Excuse my grammar)

[anxious-alien-overlord]

Fish

[artmilkyway]

Moon and sun

[theres-no-protocol-for-this]

Same image with added tape under the cut.

[fungi-dilf]

meet Mr. Finley and his assistant

[markscherz]

Meet the seven new frog species we just named after iconic Star Trek captains!

Artwork by A. Petzold, CC BY-ND 4.0

At the right time of year along rushing streams in the humid rainforests that stretch the length of Madagascar's eastern and northern mountain ridges, otherworldly trills of piercing whistles can be heard.

Are they birds? Insects? Communicator beeps? Tricorder noises?

No, they're little treefrogs!

Boophis janewayae. Photo by M. Vences, CC BY-SA 4.0

Until recently, we thought all of the populations of these little brown frogs across the island were one widespread species, Boophis marojezensis, described in 1994. But genetics in the early 2000s and 2010s showed that there were several species here, not just one.

Now my colleagues and I have shown that they are in fact eight separate species, each with unique calls!

These whistling sounds reminded us so much of Star Trek sound effects that we decided to name the seven new species after Star Trek captains: Boophis kirki, B. picardi, B. janewayae, B. siskoi, B. pikei, B. archeri, and B. burnhamae.

Photos of all new species described by Vences et al. 2024. CC BY-SA 4.0

I subtly and not-so-subtly built some Star Trek references into the paper, but probably the best one is this one:

'Finding these frogs sometimes requires considerable trekking; pursuing strange new calls, to seek out new frogs in new forests; boldly going where no herpetologist has gone before.'

— Vences et al. 2024

There’s a real sense of scientific discovery and exploration here, which we think is in the spirit of Star Trek.

Of course, it doesn't hurt that there are at least two Trekkies amongst the authors (including yours truly). As fans of Star Trek, we are also just pleased to dedicate these new species to the characters who have inspired and entertained us over the decades.

On a personal note, this marks a milestone for me, as it means I have now described over 100 frog species! I am very pleased that the 100th is Captain Janeway's Bright-eyed Frog, Boophis janewayae (if you count them in order of appearance in the paper)—she is probably my favourite captain, and I really love Star Trek: Voyager.

You can read more about the discovery of these new species on my website! You can also read the Open Access paper published in Vertebrate Zoology here.

[1alchemistart]

the three lads! :]

[synthsays]

Monster Falls girlies how we feeling about this one.

Happy Fiddleford Friday Y'all

(Bonus art under cut)

And one for the fiddauthor peeps

[professorcalculusstanaccount]

The penultimate part of my story, The House of Glass. Tintin's investigation hits a wall. Follows directly from this!

If you're enjoying this comic, please consider donating to Eyad, he is a father of four trying to evacuate his family from the Gaza strip. His wife Amal, and their kids, Sami (11), Mohammad (9), Sarah (7) and Saad (5) are currently in a displacement school in the Zaytoun area. Eyad has been separated from his family, and is currently living in a tent in the Dier al-Balah area.

His blog is @abosamisblog

[3liza]

the number of afab people replying to the pain poll going "yeah I've broken limbs and had 1st degree burns and given birth but nothing tops my menstrual pain" is so fucked up it is unbelievable. and I was right there with everyone else until I stumbled on a low dose progestin regimen that just made me stop menstruating. which I would recommend to everyone except it just doesn't work for everyone. ask your doc about it though, it won't cause permanent side effects or injury to try it out. i take norethindrone 2.5mg 2x/day. this dose has to be different for each patient to work correctly, that's just what I take. there's some research to suggest synthetic progesterone like norethindrone is carcinogenic so I'm going to look into switching. anyway i just got extremely lucky. there is seriously nothing like it. it was the worst pain I ever felt until the urology incident and frankly I think the menstrual pain was already a factor in the outcome of the urology incident

[skullywullypully]

WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOO ITS FINALLY DONE!! I CAN SLEEP NOW!!

What have I done.....

These guys live rent free in my head.

I was inspired by Junji Ito artwork and try to pull off his creepy eye shadow style thingy (Which I don't think I accomplished 😅😅)

I also think I was kind of inspired by Chainsaw Man x American Gothic artwork by Basstual.

And of course we all know about the Barbie meme.

I used Magicposer for these pictures because it saves me a huge amount of time. Though I should go back to practicing anatomy and proportions in sketchbook, I just don't show off my lame anatomy skills to everybody 😅.

However, I did had to redo Judith's hands in the second picture manually and they look so chunky 🫠

But I'm glad it's all over!

Judith and Spitzel belong to @br0flovski

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[anniilaugh]

”So.. somebody forgot to mention it’s their birthday, huh.” 💚💛

[merlins-strawberriesandroses]

POV you’ve informed the Queen and the Court’s Sorcerer of something and they very clearly know something that they’re not letting on

[onlysushicat]

I just think they look good together

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