tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89865286970405406432024-03-13T10:30:27.563-07:00amarth - animal art - menagerieamarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760797638047136819noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-2302260760568654762014-06-23T18:01:00.000-07:002014-06-23T18:01:04.776-07:00Calendar of first dozen animals available!Includes the first dozen creatures from this series!
I also have done three new animals, will be posting those guys soon (red squirrel, grey fox, and tiger)
http://www.redbubble.com/people/resonanteye/calendars/12178082-totem-animal-calendarAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904287904659919058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-27095579032322814382014-02-28T17:55:00.000-08:002014-01-20T13:06:53.487-08:00
This series is ongoing; it may never end.
When I was a kid, I had the complete set of Wildlife Treasury animal cards. Complete set. I would spend hours looking at them, and reading about every animal. I memorized them, I stuffed my brain with trivial facts about each creature. I wished there were more animals, so that I could have more cards.
I think this series is my attempt, as an amarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760797638047136819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-65007527029110344022014-01-14T12:45:00.000-08:002014-01-17T11:11:55.190-08:00
Red squirrel will be done today. I also found a better image of River Otter!
(original otter is sold- but there are shirts and prints of him!)
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17904287904659919058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-28569366859341626782013-12-14T14:38:00.002-08:002013-12-14T14:38:47.454-08:00Red Squirrel begun!Upcoming animals:red squirrel, aye-aye, tarsier, wolverine, fennec, sturgeon, mantis, and shrew.
On the list:
naked mole rat, leopard seal, striped hyena, american catfish, american common toad, aardwolf, moon rat, leaf-nosed bat, king cobra, persian cat, coyote, grey fox, condor, pudu, antelope, moose, and more...
Here is the beginning of Red Squirrel. He is based on the European red amarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760797638047136819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-11110507229205916922013-11-29T22:42:00.000-08:002014-11-03T12:38:02.801-08:00
Bear is finished! He is based on the spirit bears of British Columbia; these are brown bears, but have pale coats, making them rare. The brown bear, the grizzly bear, live mostly on berries and fruit, and small animals. They eat moths in the spring to get more fat in their diet! And when the salmon come into the rivers to spawn, these bears catch and eat many of them.
You can buy a print of amarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671459200837957971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-6926261658855658022013-11-16T13:33:00.001-08:002013-11-24T03:33:30.125-08:00
shirts are available of these animals, kid's sizes too!
and pillows too! http://www.zazzle.com/anjimarth
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There are 16 animals in this series now, counting Bear.
Once Bear is done, the next animal will be Mantis. I think I need to do a few insects now, and perhaps another sea creature too.
If you have animal suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments! I'm always thinking of which animals to add next.amarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760797638047136819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-11939842724409893102013-11-14T19:50:00.002-08:002013-12-15T17:03:53.379-08:00Working on Bear right now.
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Axolotls are very odd animals. They're amphibians, related to frogs, toads, and newts. They have a frill of gills behind their head that they use to breathe, since they live in the water all the time.
The one I've drawn is an albino, but they come in various colors just as salamanders and newts do. The Aztecs used to eat them (much as we eat frog's legs today!)
They have no eyelids. They're amarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760797638047136819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-78806880567557499012013-11-08T20:32:00.002-08:002013-12-15T17:04:43.123-08:00
The lesser short-nosed fruit bat flies at night and eats fruit, pollen, and nectar. They LOVE mangoes and other juicy, sweet fruits and will suck all the pulp out of them, leaving the skin behind.
They use their sense of smell to find food and to fly. They also have good eyesight for a bat, and can make noises to communicate with each other.
They live together in small families, roosting in amarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760797638047136819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-6908833283459126622013-11-08T20:27:00.002-08:002013-11-08T20:27:31.995-08:00
Hammerhead sharks live in the open ocean. They all swim together during the day, in great schools. At night they separate and hunt.
Because their eyes are very far apart, they have a wide angle of vision and can see many things in their periphery that other sharks might miss. Their mouths are small, for sharks, and they hunt near the bottom of the ocean.
Unlike makos or tiger sharks, amarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760797638047136819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-86811088986113581732013-11-08T20:08:00.000-08:002013-12-15T17:05:17.186-08:00
The walrus has a serious personality. They're huge, massive animals- even polar bears find it difficult to harm one. They eat molluscs and fish, and they live in the Arctic.
Male AND female walruses have tusks. They use these to fight as well as to crack holes in the ice to breathe through (when they are under water).
Walruses spend most of their time swimming from place to place in large amarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760797638047136819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-63991735865339847782013-11-08T20:00:00.000-08:002013-12-15T17:05:21.119-08:00
The pangolin is an interesting animal, and now endangered. They roll up into a pinecone-like ball which predators have a difficult time unrolling, so they're pretty calm in the wild, unafraid. This is sort of a bad thing for them, since it means humans can capture them.
People not only eat pangolins, they also use their scales as medicines (which don't work). They're being poached extensively.amarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760797638047136819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-39746463588004888802013-11-08T19:56:00.002-08:002013-12-15T17:06:48.661-08:00
We all know and love elephants. This is an African elephant, the larger of the species. Elephants live in family groups, and travel together seeking food and water.
While they're very kind to each other, they are not so kind to the plant life around them. In some places, elephants defoliate entire forests, pulling down trees and stripping the bark.
In the wild, elephants live a long time- up amarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760797638047136819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-16609442038584987772013-11-08T19:49:00.002-08:002013-12-15T17:06:31.053-08:00
The barn owl is the one which says "SHREEEEE", not "hoo". They live pretty much everywhere. You'll only ever see them in the daytime if something woke them up and chased them.
They eat rodents, bugs, smaller birds- anything that's big enough to catch and put in their beak, and small enough for them to lift while flying. Since they eat so many mice and rats, farmers love them.
They're seen as amarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760797638047136819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-68554298690999376162013-11-08T19:22:00.000-08:002013-12-15T17:06:25.228-08:00
Rats! Some people hate them as pests and others keep them as pets. This is a domestic, pet rat. Domesticated rats are usually very friendly. All rats are cautious and intelligent.
Rats, unlike other mammals, can't vomit. So they're very careful about what they eat, not trying new things until they're sure they are safe. Rats primarily want grain, in the wild, and will swarm on crops when they amarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760797638047136819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-32539808936907983372013-11-08T18:45:00.002-08:002013-12-15T17:06:02.735-08:00
Fruit bats live in the trees, in large groups. They eat fruit or lick nectar, for food. They use their sharp teeth to puncture fruit to get to the juices, not to bite or drink blood.
They sometimes are the main pollinators of certain flowers, since they're fuzzy and drink nectar. Many plants rely on them to reproduce.
They're very social. They also, unlike most bat species, have very very amarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760797638047136819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-86203446111223265832013-11-08T18:37:00.000-08:002013-12-15T17:05:49.969-08:00
River otters are shy. They've been hunted for their fur for many centuries, and know how to stay hidden well in riverbanks and under water.
They're excellent fishermen, using their whiskers to sense changes in the current or small movements in the water as they hunt.
They construct slides on the banks of rivers, and on beaches, so they can slide fast all the way from the top of the bank to amarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760797638047136819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-38271197802257531192013-11-08T18:28:00.000-08:002013-12-15T17:08:16.746-08:00
The horned owl is just about the biggest owl ever (but not quite) and lives in the Americas. This is the owl you can hear at night actually saying "Hoo", in American forests.
Sometimes, crows will spot one of them as they sleep, and chase them away. They eat rabbits, mice, voles, rats...just about anything furry they can lift. And they're big, so they can lift pretty large animals.
They can amarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760797638047136819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-58136840230408270292013-11-08T18:18:00.003-08:002013-12-15T17:08:12.295-08:00
Elk are powerful and fast. They're grey in the winter and turn brownish again in summer. The coastal elk where I live spend a lot of time out in the mudflats, I think they lick the salt deposits there. They're also hunted for food, so they're very wary during the autumn during hunting season, and spend more time hiding then.
Their antlers, like deer's antlers, are shed every year. You can findamarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760797638047136819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-4838923650263627052013-11-08T18:02:00.002-08:002013-12-15T17:08:07.826-08:00
Next we have the pacific octopus. This one is not full-grown, they can grow to be up to six feet long. They're placid creatures. To hatch their eggs, the mother octopus withdraws into a cave or crevice in a rock with them, and gently fans them at all times. She doesn't eat during this time, and dies when they hatch.
Octopi are intelligent too, probably the most intelligent of all invertebratesamarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760797638047136819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-91413156917153424952013-11-08T17:58:00.000-08:002013-12-15T17:08:02.023-08:00
The next is the hippo. Hippos are incredibly dangerous animals, they're tough and have a short temper. They kill more people every year than crocodiles and alligators put together!
While they're unfriendly to almost all animals and humans, they do have at least one friend- small birds that spend the day picking them clean of insects. This is good for both the hippo and the bird- the hippo amarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760797638047136819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986528697040540643.post-75548856292472580752013-11-08T17:55:00.002-08:002013-12-15T17:07:57.289-08:00
Fierce and proud, boars live a long time, and are dangerous to hunt. They're very tenacious and also, omnivorous. They tend to stay in the same area their whole life and can get aggressive defending their young. Prints can be found here, the original painting is sold.
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