The Nookden

[ID: a sheet with illustrations of some members of the Mustelidae family, colored with unnatural or bright colors, numbered with their corresponding names in a list bellow. The sheet is titled Maystelid 2026 by @ vuelode_irbis. In order, it features 1. Japanese badger, 2. Vietnamese ferret-badger, 3. Saharan striped polecat, 4. Japanese marten, 5. (extinct symbol) Chamitataxus, 6. Mustela mopbie, 7. Patagonian weasel, 8. (extinct symbol) Sea mink, 9. Colombian weasel, 10. Black-footed ferret, 11. Malay weasel, 12. Kolonok, 13. (extinct symbol) Megalenhydris, 14. Nilgiri marten, 15. Yellow-bellied weasel, 16. Amazon weasel, 17. Greater grison, 18. American ermine, 19. Beech marten, 20. Northern hog badger, 21. African striped weasel, 22. Spotted-neck otter, 23. Back-striped weasel, 24. Long-tailed weasel and 25. Northern river otter. End ID]

I've been playing around with publisher since it's going to be eliminated soon, and decided to make one of these charts with the drawings I made for this year's Maystelid! It's the first time I get to make one of these and I'm very happy with the result <3

Spanish and latin names versions below the cut

i finished my favourite challenge #maystelid

last year i discovered this challenge made by @nookdae.bsky.social and oh boy how much joy i experience while drawing these lovely creatures! 

Maystelid 2026 Day 31 - Malay Weasel

Maystelid Day 31- Malay Weasel

Maystelid day 31 - Malay weasel

[ID: digital drawing of a Malay weasel standing on its back legs and looking at the viewer. It stands among uncolored grasses, the scientific name, Mustela nudipes, is written next to it. It was drawn over the photo of a notebook page with some notes. End ID]

These ones have always looked like elegantly adorned, rich people attending some luxurious play, so I tried to convey that look, hehe.

Maystelid days 28, 29 and 30 - Megalenhydris barbaricina, Japanese badger and Nilgiri marten

[ID: digital drawings of various mustelids done over the photos of notebook pages with scarce notes.

First one is a sketch of a Sardinian river otter, a giant species that lived in Sardinia, an island in the Mediterranean sea. The specimen is drawing simming down to the bottom of the sea to look for food. The scientific name, Megalenhydris barbaricina, is written besides it. The sketch was made with a purple pen.

The second one features a Japanese badger standing. It was colored bright yellow with dark purple legs and face markings. It's surrounded by grass and short plants; its scientific name, Meles anakuma, is written above.

The third one is a Nilgiri marten coming down a big tree, this one was colored yellow and dark purple too. The scientific name, Martes gwatkinsii, was written besides it. End ID]

Maystelid day 27 - gummy shark Northern river otter

[ID: digital drawing of a northern river otter swimming to the right. It's been colored blue with a pale green underbelly, its legs and tail are darker and its scientific name, Lontra canadensis, is written above. There are bubbles coming from it. The drawing was made over the photo of a notebook page with some notes. End ID]

20. colombian weasel

21. northern hog badger

22. amazon weasel

23. beech marten

24. back-striped weasel

25. greater grison

(forgot the river otter)

28. megalenhydris

I read that they probably specialized in crustaceans, so I gave them a lobster

Maystelid 2026 Day 23 22 - Amazon Weasel