Beetles... Old Sketch Thursday 3-5-09

This week's old sketches are inspired by Weirdbuglady's post about scarab beetles. Two stag beetles I drew at RISD's nature lab. The nature lab is a great resource for drawing various plants and animals with the added benefit of their arrested mobility (though I suppose most plants are usually immobile...).

I always planned to make it a habit to go in and draw the animals and bugs there, but these are about the only ones I ever got around to. Both are pretty much drawn to scale.


And here below you can see the adorable stuffed silverfish that I ordered from Weirdbuglady's shop. Unlike real silverfish he is quite cuddly and does not eat book bindings or paper, which is fortunate because he currently inhabits my bookshelf.

Not dead... yet.

I didn't want you guys to think that I had abandoned my dear blog. It's been a crazy 2 months. Between weddings, finding a new place to live, and new work, I've been swamped.

However, fear not! I shall return with some blog goodness this weekend. I know you are all jumping for joy! Hurrah! Ok, you're probably not, but I'm posting a blog entry anyway. At least I'm looking forward to it.

In the mean time, enjoy this little animation I made, once upon a million years ago. Hopefully it works when I post it.



Did it work...?