#OH THOUGHT THE MANTIS WAS FUNNY SO I DREW IT THAT'S WHY I'M HERE

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Fast fast messy sketch of some mantids! Coloured! Featuring a praying mantis I found (photograph) and this silly guy (Rhombodera sp.)(the illustration) on iNat!

#waited for the club to start drawing this #ended up not attending though had a low battery and a storm is coming.. #regretted it but damn that's the consequence of not living on the dorm and having to go back home #OH THOUGHT THE MANTIS WAS FUNNY SO I DREW IT THAT'S WHY I'M HERE #finally! I'm able to draw something! #art #2023 #mantidae #oh also the background texture is from a microscope photograph of this plant tissue i forgot the name of #we were observing anthocyanin! #insect art #arthropod #praying mantis #digital illustration #illustration #wildlife art