All Pointing Our Beaks Up Into The Sky

Hickory Nut Gorge Green Salamander (Aneides caryaensis), family Plethodontidae, endemic to the Hickory Nut Gorge, NC, USA

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus), males, female (mid-background), family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Stearman Beach, West Vancouver, BC, Canada

Dumeril’s Monitor (Varanus dumerilii) juvenile, family Varanidae, Phuket, Thailand

And it pisses you off because bruh how am I supposed to practice this shit if I can't even do this first couple of fucking lines to make a good cylinder.

And then you start drawing and it sucks and you keep doing it, and you learn new skills and tricks, and you even end up developing an art style naturally (which they told you you would do, and you didn't believe them, but it came free with the constantly drawing in a way that made you comfortable and learning the medium).