And so I made a Tumblr.

rhamphotheca:

Moss mimic stick insect (Trychopeplus laciniatus), San Cipriano Forest Reserve, Colombia

photo via Project NOAH: Dan Doucette

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/20633726

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headlikeanorange:

A horned viper (Wild Arabia - BBC)

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diepod-stuff:

animoose:

dduane:

ninemoons42:

sauntering-vaguely-downwards:

Neil Gaiman’s Advice to Aspiring Artists

I might actually be crying.

Yep, crying.

Neil knows.

Thanks Neil. I needed this.

Mmmaaaaaaaannn

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fairy-wren:

paperalligator:

Chirp.

omg. hoopoe, peacock pheasant, ruff, andean cock of the rock, cockatiel, northern cardinal, california quail, royal flycatcher, … :O

bapplejack:

fat-birds:

European Bee-Eaters.

It never fails to crack me up that the first time I posted this, half of my followers thought this was a picture of a large caterpillar :’)

OMFG THIS WASN’T A CATERPILLAR WTF

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crystalmeowth:

I called my brother upstairs to clean his room and he goes “Optimus prime doesn’t clean rooms”

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moreanimalia:

gaksdesigns: Vibrant Macro Photographs of Butterfly Wings

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destrozosurbanos:

Illustrations  by Erol Osman

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its-diego:

elo993:

Go home Diglet, you are drunk.

goddamn it, so close.

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earthlynation:

white forest

source

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captivating-animals:

Zebra Train by ~MJWallace

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ktshy:

theartofpaigey:

lauren-draws-things:

rossagg:

madamecuratrix:

memorian:

Honor

Gothic, glamorous take on Japanese-inspired style.

I think I’m in love….

stiff square shoulders, obi-esque middle, and pleated fabric, oh my

OooooooOOOoooooooh…

Some amazing design shape work…

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qinni:

The whole film took me altogether about 5 grueling months (usually 10-12hours a day) to do. I often felt my butt was going to grow into the chair I usually sat at. 

Please note that this was simply my way of doing my film to achieve the soft-shaded style I wanted; there are many other ways of doing this and some are a lot faster with different results~! :)

• My film on DeviantArt | My film on Vimeo
• My film gifs on Tumblr
• You can see my storyboard animatic here (although the original had music, but like I mentioned, my placeholder music was by Joe Hisaishi, you know, Miyazaki’s composer, so it’s not really legal to upload it). 

This tut differs a bit from my dA version, because tumblr lets me put the combination of gifs and jpegs :D. 

Here’s a book that will really help you start animating:

• The Animator’s Survival Kit 

here’s some books that are good for composition, storytelling and colours:

• Dream Worlds: Production Design for Animation
• The Art of Pixar: The Complete Color Scripts and Select Art from 25 Years of Animation
• Prepare to Board! Creating Story and Characters for Animated Features and Shorts

I hope these helped

I ask that no one removes the credit or source for this tutorial/guide please. thanks :)

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fairy-wren:

Black Swan. Photo by A-motive

earth-song:

This shot features the highly endangered and very elegant Japanese cranes. To be able to watch their graceful dances in the stunning snow-covered landscape is real privilege I will never get used to.

Manual exposure, spot metered off the snow. by by Marsel van Oosten

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