"It's Giving Me The Death Giggles"

Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Western U.S.

Purple Frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), female, family Nasikabatrachidae, endemic to the Western Ghats of India

Adult frog described in 2003. The juvenile frog was described in 1917. (Though, of course, the adult frog was known by local people).

This frog spends most of its life underground, and emerges to mate during monsoon rains.

Unlike many burrowing frogs, which emerge to feed above ground, this species feeds on termites underground (as well as feeding above).

Females are more purplish, and males are more brownish (and much smaller).

Rainbow-bearded Thornbill (Chalcostigma herrani), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Colombia

Crested Jayshrike  (Platylophus galericulatus), male, family Platylophidae, order Passeriformes, Malaysia

The only species in this family

I’ve been thinking a lot about this tag lately, which encompasses so much context in three little words.

You’re exactly right @magicmumu2. I’ve been fascinated in the way that desirable femininity has been portrayed in old Hollywood and how it was systemically withheld from fat black women. Despite emancipation being several decades before the 1930s, women that looked like me were erased of everything except our servitude. The closest it gets would be Lena Horne or Mae West but they’re both only checking half the box and in the lightest way (litcherally), at that. 80-90 years ago, I would only get to depict a maid, if the film wanted financial backing and wider distribution, at least. On occasion today, fat black women are portrayed as classic, glamorous beauties.

Samarinda Reed Snake (Calamaria hilleniusi), family Colubridae, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo

Another commission finished! I had a lot of fun with the sea. Attempting to make it translucent on the beach and getting darker further out was a lot of fun to figure out. The clouds as well. I'm a big fan of clouds in general.

The character is so pretty and very cute. It was also very fun translating the reference image into this style. I love getting to draw other people's characters

Another commission finished! I had a lot of fun with the sea. Attempting to make it translucent on the beach and getting darker further out was a lot of fun to figure out. The clouds as well. I'm a big fan of clouds in general.

The character is so pretty and very cute. It was also very fun translating the reference image into this style. I love getting to draw other people's characters

Another commission finished! I had a lot of fun with the sea. Attempting to make it translucent on the beach and getting darker further out was a lot of fun to figure out. The clouds as well. I'm a big fan of clouds in general.

The character is so pretty and very cute. It was also very fun translating the reference image into this style. I love getting to draw other people's characters

Another commission finished! I had a lot of fun with the sea. Attempting to make it translucent on the beach and getting darker further out was a lot of fun to figure out. The clouds as well. I'm a big fan of clouds in general.

The character is so pretty and very cute. It was also very fun translating the reference image into this style. I love getting to draw other people's characters