Katy Chalmers

@katypillar.bsky.social

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Art. Science. Neurodivergent. Queer. They/them. Naarm(Melbourne), Australia. I like to plant stuff and paint stuff. 🌱🎨 Dinosaurs and space will always have my heart. 🍉🇵🇸🌈

A large, white dog lays snuggled up with her head and paw on my lap.
A triceratops embroidery stitched into pale pink background fabric. The tie dye swirl fades from pink to purple to blue!
A work in progress picture of a tie dye triceratops in an embroidery hoop! The tie dye fades in a swirl from pink to purple to blue, small threads used to create the color pattern.
The sunset on a mild summer evening. The sun has just fallen below the horizon of the ocean, the sky fading from orange to yellow to pale green and then various shades of blue.
Various shades of green have been stitched into black fabric in an embroidery hoop. The colors and shapes mimic those of lichens and fungus often found on tree bark.
A large cluster of succulents with leaves that fade from bright red in the center to a deep dark burgundy and finally to black. Shiny, clear, raindrops are scattered across the plants, looking like jewels on a bed of dark velvet.
Silhouette of a stegosaurus filled with pastel rainbow tie dye in a swirl pattern.
An beetle embroidered on pale pink fabric. The beetle is the color of a blue sky with little fluffy clouds floating on its carapace.
Three rows of three beetles each. Each row is painted and decorated differently. The top is tie dye, the middle is fluffy white clouds on a blue sky colored beetles and the bottom row is deep indigo beetles spotted with white stars to look like a space beetle. #InverteFest #Invertfest
A fine line tattoo of a stegosaurus skeleton with a Santa hat and Christmas lights drawn on in ballpoint pen.
A watery jellyfish with many tendrils of different colors. Blue is the dominant color, but there is green, red, purple and orange.
View from the top of a mountain overlooking the distant lakes and coast. The view is framed on the left and right by gum trees.
A jumble of rainbow flashes on a dark wall.
A planetoid shaped world with green grass and moss and tall pine trees. Clouds float off the surface of the world and curve with the shape of the horizon. There is a rainbow that stretches across nearly the whole top hemisphere.
A blue and white sea slug painted on a sandy purple background. The animal has many feathery flowing appendages connected to its body. They fade from white at the connection to the body to a dark blue at their tips.
15 pairs of d10s lined up in rainbow order on a wooden table.
A collection of seven little drawings of cratered bodies in our solar system ranging from moons to small asteroids.
A blue watercolor TARDIS floats among a background of space and stars and pale aqua and yellow nebulae.
A blue and purple watercolor bobtail squid with patches of dark purple and blue dots all over its body. Dark eyespots gaze back at the viewer.
Three detailed beetle drawings in a row. Each beetle is dotted with starry sparkles on a deep purple indigo base color.
Three details drawings of beetles with rainbow tie dye on their elytra. The beetles have purple heads and the tie dye is reminiscent of pastel sherbet swirls.
Three beetles of varrying shapes with detailed legs and antennae. They are painted sky blue with a puffy white cloud pattern. Probably from a fantastical alternate universe.
A black and white pen and marker sketch of the Curiosity rover on Mars. Its camera is facing toward the viewer, and with a little imagination, could appear to be posing for the photo.
A piece of toasted raising bread that has swirls and raisins in a perfect sloth face pattern.
A watercolor painting of the sun on white paper. Sunspots are depicted using white space and blooming watercolor pigments make up the halo of corona.
Four orange jellyfish with long tentacles float in a sea of glowing blue.
Inside a cross stich hoop, a weighted companion cube has been stitched into the fabric using shades of grey and pink.
A dinosaur timeline 300 piece puzzle. Many many dinosaurs are included in the design.
A glass separatory funnel painted in watercolor. It is an upside down tear shape with an opening and glass stopper at the top. It funnels into another opening at the bottom with a stopcock for allowing liquids to pass through. In this painting, the separatory funnel contains a pale orange liquid floating on top of a higher density golden yellow liquid.
Watercolor painting of an Erlenmeyer flask containing liquid. Inside is a bright pink flash of phenolphthalein, a pH indicator often used in titrations.
Three drawings of different crystal formations drawn in pen. One is hexagonal pyramid shape, typical of quartz. One is a botryoidal shape, and the last is a hexagonal column shape often found in aquamarine.
A close up look into a maidenhair fern. Many fronds can be seen growing out from the center of the plant. The leaves look green and healthy.
A pen drawing of a dew covered spiderweb suspended between two sticks. In the upper left corner is a small spell bottle with a similar spiderweb contained inside.
A large white dog leans her head up against the baseboard of a bed while lounging in a bean bag.
A bright white moon with dark craters floats in a blue to purple to pink ombré sky. Paint splatter stars dot the background, a reminder of the human element involved in painting the lifeless form.
A stegosaurus painted in a cartoony style looks off to the left of the viewer with its front legs raised as if to lift off from the ground. Its skin is green with textured darker green spots. The usual armoured plates that adorn the back of the stegosaurus have been replaced by large insect looking wings and the thagomizer at the tail has been modified into webby sail type wings.
Fluffy clouds rendered from colored pencil are piled onto an ice cream cone. Red lady bugs are scattered on top of the clouds, looking like sprinkles. The background is a dark sky blue paint splat across the page.
A large brontosaurus sculpture stands with its head pointing away from the viewer. It has green, wrinkly skin and stands in a mulch flower bed surrounded by plants. Blue sky peeks out from behind fluffy clouds in the distance.
A realistic depiction of Moo Deng in a flower crown made of blue hydrangeas. She looks off to the viewer’s right and her mouth is opened in a cheeky expression that says she’s going to try to bite anyone in her way. The bright pink under painting is still visible in the background.
A crested pigeon prances across a brick path searching for thing to eat. A spikey black creature sticks up straight out of the top of its head.
Smooth pebbles of various sizes and colors sit atop a plate on a black surface. A tag on from of the stones reads “Gizzard stones from a large moa.”
A photo of manicured nails painted with dark purple polish with scattered holographic glitters. In my hand I hold four purple d6 dice in various colors of purple.
Two wet puppers sit politely on a dark wooden deck. In the front left is a black Labrador whose fur is clumped and spiky from the rain. On the right is a larger white Maremma sheepdog with longer fur that is also very wet and spiky. Her paws are covered in mud and wet paw prints are scattered across the deck.
A large bulbous trunk reaches toward the blue sky from the bottom of the image. Rounded branches shoot out from the trunk at nearly perpendicular shading the viewer with slender leaves. The bark is finely textured, with a few large cracks revealing a dark crumbly layer underneath the outer bark.
A detailed acrylic rendering of the Moon is centered on a blue and purple star-filled background. The surface of the moon is covered in dark craters that stand in stark contrast to its bright face.
A large white dog sprawls across a tile floor. She’s positioned with her paws up near her face and belly exposed for scritches.
A hand is raised gracefully in front of the full moon. Four white moths rest across the fingers, with their wings spread. The skin of the hand is painted in pale peachy coral tones and the texture of the acrylic paint strokes is noticeable. The moon is framed by a dark blue sky peppered with white paint splatter stars.
Three watercolor budgies on a background of white paper. They are loosely rendered with pencil and blue and green and yellow paint. They are loosely pale hello and blue one in the front has a sassy stance, appearing to make eye contact with the viewer.
A Watercolor painting and drawing of bismuth crystals. They form in a rectangular stair step formation that looks like clusters of reverse pyramids and have a rainbow iridescent sheen.
A zoomed in look at my forearm where a skeleton of a stegosaurus has been tattooed in fine line detail. Colorful drawings of tattoo flash can be seen taped up on the wall in the background
Zoomed in shot of a white fluffy dog sideways on a black beanbag. The dog’s nose is prominent and golden eyes have a mischievous glint to them. A singular tooth is peaking out of the dog’s mouth.