by @franzanth.bsky.social
#InsertAnInvert2024 is a challenge that runs throughout 2024, where I invite you to celebrate a different invertebrate species each week through art. To see the species list, go to: https://insertaninvert2024.carrd.co/
Blue Appaloosa It's #InternationalPolychaeteDay! Polychaetes are also called Bristle Worms and most species live in the ocean. There are over 10,000 species known. To celebrate, here are some Gossamer Worm keychains I made for #InsertAnInvert2024. The segments are jointed so they wiggle! #SciArt
Blue Appaloosa For #JapaneseCrabDay, Hairy Stone Crab keychains and magnets I made for #InsertAnInvert2024. Love the bright blue antennae! 🦀
Meera I realize that water striders aren't the *first* insect you might think of given the prompt "diving," but they CAN dive. And skate and jump and glide! I think they are the perfect little creatures to complete my quixotic #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025 project. 🎖️🎖️
Meera Oops reposting with the tag! One of my students earlier this year was an absolute springtail stan. This is for you, Riley. #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025
Meera During my second season of fieldwork on Mt. Rainer, an entomology postdoc from UW-Madison was also on the mountain, collecting grylloblattids. We stayed in the same field house for a few nights. #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025
Meera 11 months of #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025 down! I can see the finish line!
Meera Transparent blobs are hard to draw. These guys are so much cooler than I can render them; please look up some macro photos! #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025
Meera Me to myself this morning, realizing it's mid-month and I hadn't done anything for #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025 yet: "You're not allowed to do any other hobbies until you draw."
Meera Finishing up October with this COMPLETE PERFECT ANGEL #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025
Meera Not my favorite (I swear insects are the hardest inverts to draw) but HOW AMAZING are these guys' eyes? Look up male mayflies of the Baeditae family. #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025
Meera This cockeye squid wishes everyone on the streets a day of safety and ferocious community. #InsertanInvert2024 in 2025
Meera Fuck Bruce Harrell. Anyway, here's a clam! #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025
Meera Rapidly sketched from a challengingly hard-to-parse set of reference images, the latest #InsertanInvert2024 in 2025 is a badass barnacle that parasitizes sharks!
Meera June is escaping me but snails cannot escape their zombifying parasites #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025
Meera Well this one's a weirdo. But pretty, in my opinion! #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025
Meera Sea monkeys! If only I'd had a microscope back when my sister and I had a tank of these guys. #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025
Meera #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025 is back with a real banger! Frog Crab, I love you. Never change.
Meera A season's worth of #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025 is complete, with April's final worm! #InverteFest
Meera This green spoonworm is officially my favorite new (to me) creature from #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025. And it introduced me to my favorite new (to me) video series: m.youtube.com/watch?v=v-MQ...
Meera Wormy wormy wooooooorm! #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025
Meera Finally started on April's prompts for #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025! Ribbon worm convolutions are amazing.
Meera I'm enjoying all the "Shells" prompts for #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025. Here's a local chiton that was very fun to draw. They have a ton of variation in color and stripe/shell patterning, so this particular individual doesn't necessarily exist in the real world, but they really are well-dressed!
MagDo Enypniastes eximia from #InsertanInvert2025 in its final form (except if I get crazy and start adding gold detailing on glaze), utterly pink and shiny. Consensus at home is "Great job, we hate it !" #InsertanInvert2024, #SciArt, #pottery, #ceramics Color is not quite right, will do better pics
Meera Ok yes I'm behind on #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025, but I'm delighted with this latest prompt and drawing! Feather duster worms are SO cool.
💜 Foxe Repost, sorry! But I changed the font, made my own background pattern, and added a bit of shine to the heart. 💜 I'll drop the other basic cards in the comments. I finished laying the groundwork and I'm working on the next card already :3 #art #spider #bugs #inverts #bugsky #insertaninvert2024
MagDo The good pictures of the final shape of the tri- discoblob cup from #Insertaninvert2024 The glazing of this one is exactly as I pictured, the inside is almost as interesting as the outside. Celadon bloom outside, + Midnight rain inside #ceramics, #pottery, #SciArt bsky.app/profile/trem...
Meera Another arachnid mom and babies for the last February prompt of #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025!