#amerillo342

“ #all of your posts about the raven cycle subconciously influenced me to read it

I'm so glad someone else knows this band omg. Also that song is horrific??? My ears and brain are all crying

Well, you’re in the right place if you’re already pursuing a university-level wildlife degree! Your next step is to force your way into getting some solid field experience under your belt. This will help you in two ways: one, fieldwork experience gets you more fieldwork experience-- that is, every job that you work will open the door to numerous more jobs. It will also tell your future employer/grad school committees that you know what you’re doing and that you’re capable of pursuing your goals!

This is both the most exciting and the toughest part of your career. When you’re starting out, you don’t have much experience to bring to the table. I recommend figuring out which of your professors are actively doing research you’re interested in, and asking if they have any assistant or technician positions available-- these may be paid or unpaid, or you might get academic credit for them. The easiest way into a first bird job is to work the connections with people you know. So, a professor whose class you enjoyed is always a good bet-- or maybe you’re involved with a local bird club, and you can see if there’s a migration banding station somewhere nearby you can volunteer!

In the early phase, the biggest thing is to keep your hopes up and your standards low (sad, but true). It’s very rare (though not unheard of) to land a paid bird job early on. As always, keep an eye on job listing boards (Ornithology Exchange and TAMUWildlife are my favorites).

Turquoise (what’s your favorite art work): that is such a tough question OMG. I really dig most of Van Gogh’s stuff. But starry night, or the sunflower one, are my personal favorites. 

Indigo (first pet): An akita named Dakota. He died of mouth cancer when i was 12 :/

Cotton Candy (favorite tv show): Take a wild guess ;p (steven universe, lol)

Champagne(least favorite fandom): I really try not to hate, but I really don’t like Beliebers (if that counts as a fandom)

[hi i love your icon]

Order of the Phoenix

Blink

Flowers for Algernon

A Child Called It

So I FINALLY got around to making a little walkthrough/tutorial thing on how I paint my stuff-

this is by no means an exact way to do things, a good artist should use lots of different resources and different styles :D This is just the horrifically derpy wierd way I do stuff yaaaay 

PLEASE feel free to ask if something is unclear, if you have any questions, or have ideas for another tutorial :D 

thanks for reading!