#vervain

[firstlawcedarprairie]

Carpenter bee and Vervain

[doxiedreg]

So I read the watership down graphic novel a few days ago (it was very good, great adaptation of the original book though some things were missing/lacking) and it gave me the itch to draw bunnies again. So instead of, idk, cooking or eating dinner I drew a bunch of watership down bunny rabbits :) Its almost 12 am and im starving but I just needed to get it done today, i wanted to share the watership down love. Who knows, maybe if I had stopped, it would have ended up in wip limbo/hell and i didnt want that to happen Anyhow, I sadly wasnt able to fit everyone but I tried to include most of the main bunnies. I was gonna squeeze blackavar in there but i was all out of brain juice and also canvas space. I used photo references of wild rabbits to try and get the shapes right but the ears were very challenging. Im afraid some might have turned out looking more like hares instead but I really tried my best! (this took me like over 4 hours rip) I also tried really hard to make their coat colors and patterns varied but still believable/natural-ish. Vervain is a lil random because honestly i didnt know what to do for him so i just let the vibes guide me. To fill the empty space beneath pipkin i included tiny El-ahrairah, the black rabbit of Inlé and frith because i despise having empty space on sketch pages. Anyhow im gonna try to figure out what to eat now, hope you guys enjoy!

[retrokinetics]

A commission for @alexilulu of her OC Vervain cosplaying Elphelt in her beautiful clean normal room

[silkburrito]

A third aoz kitbash wip has hit the Pentagon

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

[augment-techs]

Watership Down graphic novel reaction/icon images: PART III

[vixymix101]

Lil sketch of Vervain x Cowslip bc I thought it'd be funny lol

Vervain likes em big and chunky

[uxbridge]

Tiny flowers of white vervain in bloom

[los-plantalones]

butterflies of late summer.

[stray-tori]

belostain aesvics,,,

[lepurcinus]

Something to notice or maybe I'm the only crazy one who thought of it.

But doesn't it seem to you that Vervain and Orchis in the miniseries could have functioned as a sort of Anti-Hazel and Fiver?

Look at it this way, the two are the only sibling rabbits we've seen that at least stayed together for a long time (and well it makes sense that it's weird, rabbits aren't famous for their sibling relationships). You can tell they have a very strong and appreciative relationship with each other, we already know that about Hazel and Fiver. But in the case of Vervain and Orchis, we see that they both care for each other in a certain way. Vervain, a rabbit who we know was raised in Efrafa's cruel and harsh system shows respect and trust towards his brother. Then we see that despite not probing much further into it, after his death Orchis shows quite a lot of remorse and anger towards it, which makes it apparent that their appreciation was mutual and legitimate.

Now in terms of roles.

Vervain is a high ranking captain, he earned his position in full "right" due to his aggressiveness and harshness when dealing with other rabbits.

Hazel on the other hand is a "common" rabbit who slowly earned his position as chief after demonstrating his leadership and ability despite not being a particularly large or strong individual.

Hazel is compassionate and calm, Vervain is rough and aggressive.

Then we have Orchis, who like Fiver stands out for being a thin and small rabbit, which leads them to be easily intimidated by larger rabbits.

However, despite not having visions, both Orchis and Fiver prove to be able to overcome their physical weaknesses with intelligence.

Orchis is deceptive and cunning, Fiver has great reasoning, empathy and it's sincere.

I don't know about you. There would be more to look at but I think this is the highlights.

[firstlawcedarprairie]

Vervain

[bipolyjack]

recharging

[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Blue Vervain Verbena hastata Verbenaceae

Photograph taken on August 28, 2022, at High Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[silkburrito]

Modified the hip joints for a better connection to the haze'n thley legs basically just slapped the woundworts hip pegs could use some more friction on one of the pegs but it works a lot better than before

And here's all the aoz wips I'm working on rn

[oliviarosaline]

Lanceleaf Frogfruit

Phyla lanceolata

This perennial species in the verbena family is native to much of the United States and Mexico. It's usually found growing in disturbed wetlands, ditches, or yards and provides nectar for many beneficial insects when it blooms during summer.

The plant pictured was in disturbed bottomland woods near Butler Lake and the Meramec River in southern St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

June 20th, 2023

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline