Happy Todays theme was survivor and these guys were recently downgraded from endangered to threatened! Long way to go but still good news for the 🐌

These are named for the dark band that runs along the “shoulder” of their shell

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“Theoretical” makes me think of speculative zoology. Which makes me think of hypothetical display structures on, say, Triceratops…

(Look somebody else suggested this years ago; it’s not entirely my fault.)

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Missed yesterday, but I'm back

I've always felt like northern shoveler ducks are "unassuming." Quietly flying under the rader, looking vaguely like mallards.

Art is from a local duck personal project from while back.

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I nearly forgot about Now I have some catching up to do.

is "Massive" -- sauropods are definitely my favorite massive subject matter to illustrate! 🦕

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Day 4 'massive'

Here is one of the most massive things I know - the humongous fungus in Oregon (dark honey fungus, Armillaria ostoyae) which extends over 4 sq miles!

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Another Day two was 'little known' and I used it to draw one of my favorite lesser-known North American mammals, the spotted skunk 🦨

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Its I will try matching my illustrations with prompts provided for the entire month. Today's prompt is 'Earthly' and here is a panel of Cory catfishes. They are bottom dwellers and fit the prompt well I guess!

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Here’s to the start of a month-long drawing challenge! 🖊🐛 For the fun of it, I decided to string together the prompts into a continuous story about Southern Appalachia. Enjoy!

Panel/prompt 1: Earthy

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