water resistant veneer is our friend

Eastern River Cooter (Pseudemys c. concinna), family Emydidae, Ea. Tennessee, USA

This population of uniquely marked River Cooters used to be a subspecies called the Hieroglyphic River Cooter (P. c. hieroglyphica), but is not longer considered a distinct subspecies.

Alright, let's call this thing DONE.

My mom keeps going on these literature cruises between Helsinki and Stockholm, so I thought it would be fun to send Tuplajuusto and Bertel on one too. Feat. Lola, famous author "Axel Åhman", consistent character design and a bunch of librarians.

Making this taught me many important lessons about working with the pencil tool in MS Paint (main takeaway: don't).

John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)

"Woman in bed", sketchbook page, 1872

Don Balke (American, b. 1933). Snow Goose, 1988. Gouache and watercolor on board.

https://archive.org/details/555-milf-tar/