I Just Really Like Ants

A new assortment of silly little guys!

Thylacinus potens

Maximucinus muirheadae

Boltonimecia canadensis

Megatylopus gigas

I posted my march-april zine for paid patrons on my patreon. here's part of my favorite page from this one.

Hiii! I had the outline ready yesterday, but today I finished it. This time I drew a Ticket Taker ant. I also tried a new drawing method, and surprisingly, it turned out even better. :DDD

Ant - SimAnt

They're ants! And you can simulate them! Ants in your computer!

(If you need ideas let me know I have many)

Do I really have to pick just one? There’s so many good ones. I picked a favorite but I also have like 3 runner-ups and even more special mentions. Sorry you’re getting 4x as many ants as you asked for!

Anyways! Number one… the absolute winner in my heart… is Oecophylla smaragdina. They’re just so gorgeous and their color palette is perfect and they have such fun body shapes. I also love it when ant queens look significantly different than their workers. The contrast is so pretty

…aaand now for the runner ups! First we have the green headed ant, Rhytidoponera metallica. They remind me of jumping spiders with how shiny they are

Next up is the silver spiny ant, Polyrhachis schlueteri!!! These guys are literally perfect. They look like little drops of mercury. Maybe I’m just biased towards shiny silver as a metalworker, but there’s nothing about this species that isn’t gorgeous

And last but never least, we have Polyrhachis trapezoidea. I’m already an absolute sucker for yellow, and these guys pull it off so amazingly well. This ant looks like it shops as Sephora and I love that for her

AH!! I-- WHAT?? WHAT--

I-- I THOUGHT TOM WAS JUST FUCKING WITH ME?? I DIDN'T THINK-??

How-- HOW ARE YOU EVEN TALKING??

.. This could be interesting to study,, to be fair. . .

Uh.. I'm- I'm broke- I have cola?? Bacon-?? I don't really have anything sugary at the moment uh--

5/17/26