‘but [insert organism here] does nothing for the environment!’

to just

for a second. then follow these instructions:

(1) open up a web browser.

(2) type in ‘does [insert organism here] do anything for the environment?’

(3) learn something.

Vainionora americana 

American speck lichen

I heard the U.S. had a pretty big celebration this past weekend. And while I am not a fan of the U.S. as a political entity, I am a big fan of the nature and critters found there in the states, even down to the littlest specks. And by that, I am referring to V. americana, which is native to the eastern US. where it grows in the Blue Ridge mountains down to Alabama. It has a gray-green, rounded, crustose thallus that is areolate to wart-like in texture, often obscured by copious amounts of granular, yellow-green soredia from hemispherical soralia. It produces lecanorine apothecia with pale-pink to brown discs with thick, granular rims. Other members of the Vainionora genus can be found in central and South America, preferring warm, tropical habitats, making V. americana the northernmost species in the group. Just one small part of the diversity that truly makes America (and by that I mean all the Americas) wonderful. Diversity is always worth celebrating and protecting!

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All Summer in a day, Ray Bradbury adaptation stuff! Bunker Tunnel

God, concept design is hard. It was hurting my brain, trying to mash the style of Limbo into fitting an environment that was 1) indoors and underground, and 2) SUPPOSED to be claustrophobic.

ideas for reducing my waste in 2025

using what I have!

Quentin Specque

Environment Artist - Student Artside

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there was a floating island inside of an immortal bubble. noone else knew it was there, not even my imaginary friend. tho i think they did because the bubble was theirs.

sometimes there was a garden hanging over the edge. or a pokemon battle field. or a chest of things i liked. my dog would appear too. mainly, there was only a house. small, and easy to think about.

inside was always trying to escape outside. i'd let it a lot, it was so much easier to deal with the world when it was only as big as what i could imagine would come out.