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I’m an interdisciplinary artist. Natural patterns and creature camouflage fire my imagination. I'm also at immysmith.net & patreon.com/immysmith
wild-e-eep:
“Clump o’ Cups #FencepostOfTheWeek No.172
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wild-e-eep:

Clump o’ Cups #FencepostOfTheWeek No.172

wildflowercapture:

and slowly, ever slowly, lucidity becomes me as the pale dusk fades 

(Source: ghostclam)

Blue-thighed Rainfrog, Pristimantis crucifer

Blue-thighed Rainfrog, Pristimantis crucifer by Andreas Kay
Via Flickr:
from Ecuador: www.flickr.com/andreaskay/albums

(Source: Flickr / andreaskay)

medievalpoc:
“ The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination From Harry Potter to The Hunger Games, by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas  Stories provide portals into other worlds, both real and imagined. The promise of escape draws people from all backgrounds...

medievalpoc:

The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination From Harry Potter to The Hunger Games, by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

Stories provide portals into other worlds, both real and imagined. The promise of escape draws people from all backgrounds to speculative fiction, but when people of color seek passageways into the fantastic, the doors are often barred. This problem lies not only with children’s publishing, but also with the television and film executives tasked with adapting these stories into a visual world. When characters of color do appear, they are often marginalized or subjected to violence, reinforcing for audiences that not all lives matter.

PREORDER HERE | Also available in eBook | Request Exam or Desk Copy

Cover Artist: https://www.paullewinart.com

connett:
“My favorite MANTIS is the one I painted this year in “MANTIS MUNDI” ”

connett:

My favorite MANTIS is the one I painted this year in “MANTIS MUNDI” …

connett:
“This is my most recent large painting, “MANTIS MUNDI, The Mantis’s World” - 30 x 40" This took me many hundreds of hours to complete.
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connett:

This is my most recent large painting, “MANTIS MUNDI, The Mantis’s World” - 30 x 40" This took me many hundreds of hours to complete.

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Another cute cryptic tortoise beetle of happiness. The world can be a garbage fire, but we have each other… and beetles.

See more of my art at www.patreon.com/immysmith & immysmith.net

[Image description; a tortoise beetle drawn in colour pencil, over a page of messy ink lines and splatters. The beetle is drawn as if to camouflage it on the background.]