a few of my favourite Beatrix Potter mycology illustrations 🍄✨🐇
‘But her interest went far beyond the mere aesthetics or symbolism of mushrooms — she was studious about their taxonomy, taught herself the proper technique for accurate botanical illustration, and worked tirelessly to get an introduction to the eminent mycologist Charles McIntosh. With his help and encouragement, she continued advancing her microscopic observations, which kindled in her an intense fascination with how mushrooms reproduced — something poorly understood at the time.’
Just finished this little custom piece for @officialtedtalks 🍋 big pink lemonade summer vacation vibes on this one 💝 thinking about opening up commissions soon and taking a couple each month if you all are interested because I had a blast making this 🍋
Airports are so different from the last time i flew a machine gargled my license and u have to take food out of your bag?? The gorgeous futuristic bathroom had a system of locks and lights that terrified and confused all the women and femmes and the paper towel dispensers spat out half an inch of towel at a time
[Image Description: Two blue anomalocaris with red tails, eye stalks, and frontal appendages, they are in the sea in front of green algae and there are small trilobites in the distance. At the top and bottom of the image there is text from Anne Carson’s Sappho translation, with the quote “someone will remember us I say / even in another time”]
We really are gonna have to move to a deeper, less controlled kind of internet soon. Too much is owned by too few companies and it’s odd to see how they’re trying to sanitize their platforms even at the extreme cost it will bring.
