Art post: new critter

[radiantfracture]

I thought I should be painting some more critters to build my critter repertoire.

This is a small gouache painting of Goniobranchus gleniei, a beautiful leopard-spotted nudibranch. It looks a lot like it's wearing a leopard-skin rug on its back. The painting is about 4" square(ish); the nudibranch is teensy.



The reference photo came from an Instagram account called diveskillz.

[ETA: one more!]

This critter is a little bit murkier, but some of the watery effects were fun. It's Goniobranchus aureapurpureus.



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Comments

[sovay]

This is a small gouache painting of Goniobranchus gleniei, a beautiful leopard-spotted nudibranch.

I love that. My favorite sea slug is Stiliger ornatus.

[radiantfracture]

Oh wow! That's delightful. What a beauty.

[sovay]

Oh wow! That's delightful. What a beauty.

There is a glass model of one in the Harvard Museum of Natural History that I used to visit.

[radiantfracture]

I'm now admiring the Blaschka Glass Invertebrates collection. What a brilliant idea.

[sovay]

I'm now admiring the Blaschka Glass Invertebrates collection. What a brilliant idea.

I like them even better than the glass flowers. You should absolutely visit if/when you come.

[radiantfracture]

Let's say it's a when! Just maybe a fairly like far when

[haertstitch]

looks real
pretty little bugger.

[radiantfracture]

Ha, exactly how I feel

[sabotabby]

A stylish fren

[radiantfracture]

lol

[sovay]

This critter is a little bit murkier, but some of the watery effects were fun. It's Goniobranchus aureapurpureus.

I like your nudibranchs!

[radiantfracture]

I like your nudibranchs!

In the unlikely event that I am accepted by the art crawl, I'm leaning hard into the invertebrates.

[skygiants]

Love these nudibranchs!!