I Wanted To Try Out Different Angles For The Face, So This Is The One I Did Today. My 3rd Drawing Using

Still can’t do faces that well, unfortunately. anyways, here’s an attempt at the bug man. Literally did not even include his most iconic feature. I’m so busy rn, and there were definitely better ways I could have spent my time, but I can’t say I regret wasting it on this. As the saying goes, “it’s just so much fun, too much fun, oh come on”

Working on improving at faces, and I’m really happy with the progress I’m making. They’re not all great, but I really love the one of the man on the right. I’m trying to get better at just getting key details across and doing quick sketches, so I kept these all to 5 minutes.

An attempt to draw Sancho from Limbus Company. I’m trying out a more simplified style for this one. I can’t do expressions at the moment, sadly, but advice on that (or just general art advice tbh) would be appreciated.

More stream-of-thought rambling under the cut.

Maybe it’s the text placement, but for some reason this gives me “live laugh love” vibes. Also apologies for the bad cursive. I was taught it in primary school but haven’t used it in over a decade. A few weeks ago, the thought came to me to try using it again, so I started doing that. Still not good at it.

Bit of fanart for actual play D&D series What’s Left of Us. This is an attempt at the character Emery. I’m happy with the pose, although for some reason it still seems a bit more rigid than I would have hoped, and I’m a bit disappointed about my colouring. Either way, it’s progress, I think.

A watercolour piece of a kitchen. Reference from Pinterest. I honestly prefer the uncoloured version and other steps in the progress to the actual finished product, but I’m still learning, so that’s fine, I guess.

One Mountain, Two Tigers: A New Species of Gloydius (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Upper Lancang Valley in Xizang, China, with Comments on the Diagnostic Characters and Evolution of the G. strauchi (Bedriaga, 1912) Species Complex

Jinlong REN, Junjie HUANG, Wei WU, Ke JIANG, Jiatang LI

Abstract

The Hengduan Mountains Region (HMR) in China, a globally significant biodiversity hotspot, has garnered attention for its potential to harbor cryptic species within the Asian pit viper genus Gloydius Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981. Based on comprehensive morphological comparisons and molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Gloydius strauchi complex, this study identified a previously unrecognized species of Asian pit viper. Discovered in the upper Lancang (Mekong) hot dry valley of Xizang, China, this species is geographically proximate to G. huangi but exhibits clear morphological distinctions from other members of the genus, representing the second Gloydius species identified along the upper Lancang River. We describe here this new species and highlight the significance of skull and hemipenis morphology, which were instrumental in its diagnosis and in resolving taxonomic boundaries and ambiguities within the G. strauchi complex. This study provides insights into the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of this newly described species, enhancing our understanding of diversification patterns in this genus.

Read the paper here:

One Mountain, Two Tigers: A New Species of <italic>Gloydius</italic> (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Upper Lancang Valley in Xizang, China, with Comments on the Diagnostic Characters and Evolution of the <italic>G</italic>. <italic>strauchi</italic> (Bedriaga, 1912) Species Complex

It’s done! I’m actually really happy about it. There’s some parts that don’t work at all, but overall I think it turned out well.

A little colored pencil doodle cause I was hungry.

Study from reference on Pinterest

Altogether, I’m fairly happy with it, but it does look a bit “off” in some ways.

I wanted to try hatching again, so I made this little piece based on the song “Let the Maggots sing” by the band Mili. It’s definitely busier than I wanted it to be, and very sketchy, but I enjoyed doing it, and I enjoyed the outcome. I might polish it up and ink it later, but this was mostly meant to be a quick sketch, and I already spent more time on it than I originally planned, so it’ll probably remain like this. As always critique is welcome, since I do want to improve.