Dispatches from the Middle Circle

Also, over the past weekend my nine year old was snooping through the stash looking to adopt a project so I told him he could help build this one. Those are his hands in the photos.

it's motobug's 35th anniversary everyone say happy birthday motora

starting dougram

The monarch butterflies that winter in Mexico’s high‑elevation forests are getting a reprieve — but not yet a rescue — as Mexico, the United States and Canada step up joint efforts to keep its famed migration from collapsing. New figures released this week by Mexico’s Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) show monarch colonies covered 2.93 hectares of oyamel fir forest in central Mexico this winter, up from 1.79 hectares in 2024-25 — a 64% increase.

From left to right im doing a classic green/brown scheme (pictured above). A grey moonscape with starfield above, a purple crystal landscape and a yellow desert.

Some more test shots with my darling Merlin

Queen Kriemhild from the 1924 movie "Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache". An interesting and different subject to draw.

Day 1: 6/20/26

My new nephew's birthday!

Smoke Jaguar Beta Galaxy Elemental from Mechwarrior 5: Clans (2024)

Red Planet

I did a thing! Kinda proud of these

Rakshasa by Matt Plog

Ghost Stealth Recon