#aotearoa artist

[bastrod]

Aotearoas flightless. Part of a larger set of animal drawings im doing for a little project of mine.

#digital art #my art #artists on tumblr #digital artist #art #trans artist #illustration #aotearoa #animals #animal art #moa bird #kiwi #kakapo #little penguin #penguin #blue penguin

[devonannasmith]

Unicorn cup/snack bowl. Hand thrown in white stoneware and handpainted with black underglaze.

#devon smith #artists on tumblr #art #pottery #ceramics #nzpottery #nzceramics #artists from Aotearoa #underglaze #handmade #clay

[onichophora]

Kākā enjoying Kōwhai flowers in a vaguely Frances Hodgkins' style.

#art #artists on tumblr #my art #kaka #parrot #kowhai #native aotearoa fauna and flora

[mjhartwork]

finally finished the walkcycle for this background! Originally, it was just going to be a kiwi, but my professor told me to add some more secondary movement. Hence the ww2 british empire dogtags!

#had to explain digitigrade leg morphology to the class and professor but c'est la vie. The more people know...the better! #digital art #animation #walkcycle #aotearoa #nuclear post apocalypse #skeleton #skull #kiwi #bird #new zealand #nz #artists on tumblr #adobe animate #photoshop

[theslowtravel]

Dome Forest Walkway - a steep, muddy trek through a dense reserve. Cicadas and insects trill so loudly, you’d swear they crept into your raincoat.

I took the stairs two at a time to get to a spectacular lookout of rolling hills that photographed as nothing more than a soft green gradient. I found myself squinting into my camera, disappointed that hundreds of my blobby landscape photos couldn’t do justice to what I was witnessing. But then I recognized that my fixation prevented me from “witnessing” anything at all.

A frequent impulse that needs to be broken by frequent reminders.

#fujifilm #fujixseries #original photographers #photographers on tumblr #aotearoa #forest #new zealand #auckland #landscape photography #slow travel #original photography #fujifilmxseries #woods #trees #green moodboard #wilderness #photo diary #artists on tumblr #thoughts #internet culture

[acewinter334]

Auckland Art Gallery fashion exhibition

#art #art exhibition #small artist #auckland #aotearoa #new zealand #fashion #fashion show #gothic fashion #fyp

[dec0mposing]

H. V. Miller, Stamp Design. 1p. Hebe, New Zealand. Hebe or Veronica. (1940) Pen and ink on paper.

#H. V. Miller #Harry Miller #Harry Vye Miller #Harry V Miller #art #New Zealand #Aotearoa #Hebe #stamp #design #1940s #1940 #new zealand artist #Hocken #Hocken Collection #my archive finds

[oreganillo]

The art of my new single-page comic, TĒ MĀNGŌROA (The Long Shark). A short comic about the origin of the milky way according to the Māori of Aotearoa or New Zealand, featuring the Polynesian trickster god Māui. Read it in colour and with captions here: https://oreganillo.org/te-mangoroa

#maui #Aotearoa #decolonisation #cartoonist #comic art #artists on tumblr #brush and ink #brush pen #illustration #queer artist #commissions open #nonbinary #oreganillo #Māori #Mythology #TĒ MĀNGŌROA #milky way

[bethanythebogwitch]

Australian Pokemon: non-natives

For this set of my fakemon set in the Goorda region, based on a combination of Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand, I focused on non-native species. Both countries have a lot of introduced and invasive species to draw on for ideas. I previously made a regional Buneary and Lopunny based on invasive rabbits. Previous posts: regional standards, creepy lines, regional variants, birds, early-game standards, misc, misc, starter variants, starters.

First up is Sprigorse, the Long-Beard Pokemon, fairy/grass type. These Pokemon were introduced from a different region and have become an invasive species. Their bodies are made of wood and they wear crowns of flowers and long beards made of branches and leaves. Both the flowers and beards will spread seeds, growing foreign plants that outcompete natives. Sprigorse live in colonies in the forest and are led by the member with the longest beard. They are known to prank and attack travelers through the forest.

Sprigorse is based on two plants that are invasive in NZ: old man's beard and gorse. Both were brought in from Europe and are now outcompeting the native plants. Like the plants, Sprigorse is foreign import. I based it on a spriggan, a mythical creature from England, where both old man's beard and gorse are native. Spriggans were usually depicted as wisened old men and were said to inhabit wild places and were often malicious. Srigorse's name comes from "spriggan" and "gorse"

Next up is Tahrkid, the Ice Horn Pokemon, ice-type. Tahrkid's horns are made of ice and regrow stronger when broken, so they repeatedly smash their horns to strengthen them. They are highly dextrous and can leap between peaks and climb nearly vertical surfaces. Tahrkid was first introduced to Goorda from a region far away.

Tahrkid evolves to Yodhatahr, the Ice Horn Pokemon, ice/fighting type. Their horns are made from nearly indestructible ice, allowing them to pulverize boulders with a single headbutt. When two fight, the slam their horns together until one's horns break or it submits.

Tahrkid and Yodhatahr are based on a combination of mountain goats and the Himalayan tahr, a species of wild goat found in the Himalayas. Yodhatahr also has ram horns and Tahrkid appears to be wearing a coat and ski mask. Tahrs are an invasive species in NZ, where they can outcompete local herbivores in the mountains. The line's ability to climb nearly vertical surfaces is something real goats do and real goats also headbutt when fighting. Tahrkid's name comes from "tahr" and "kid" (juvenile goat) while Yodhatahr's name comes from "tahr" and "Yōd'dhā", the Nepalese word for "warrior". Presumably this line would originate from the Pokemon world's Himalayas and would therefore be known in the Pokemon version of Nepal.

The final line for this post starts with Dimpole, the Ball Pokemon, poison-type. Dimpole were introduced to Goorda from another region and have become an invasive species. They bounce and roll on their spherical bodies in such numbers that they coat the land during breeding season, causing a trip hazard for humans. They enjoy bouncing and being sent flying, so humans will hit them with sticks and golf clubs to get them out of the way.

Dimpole evolves to Foretitoad, the Toad Pokemon, poison-type. Foretitoad are an invasive species in Goorda. They leak toxins wherever they go, allowing them to reduce fertile fields to bare ground, while also making them too toxic for predators to eat. Females have spikes on their backs that they use to carry their eggs. When the young hatch, they use their paddle-shaped tails to send the young flying into new habitats.

(Male on left and female on right)

The Dimpole line are based on cane toads and toad golf. Cane toads may be the most notorious invasive species in Australia. Because of how many there are, people have invented various ways to kill them, the most infamous being toad golf: hitting them with gold clubsPart of the reason cane toads are so invasive is because they're too poisonous for most native species to eat. Dimpole is tadpole merged with a golf ball while Foretitoad is a toad with a golf ball belly and throat bouch, gold visor shaped head crest, golf club shaped tail. and the females have spines shaped like golf tees. Also their eyes look like the logo of Golf Australia. Golf is also not originally from Australia and, like cane toads, is terrible for the environment. Dimpole come from "dimple" and "tadpole" while Foretitoad comes from "fore", "fortitude", and "toad". @reikomania helped me come up with the design for this line.

#pokemon #fakemon #original pokemon #australia #new zealand #aotearoa #gorse #old man's beard #spriggan #mountain goats #himalayan tahr #tahr #cane toad #tadpole #golf #golf ball #art #new artist #artists on tumblr #drawing #digital art

[acaciajuice]

Always thought about trying out Tumblr so why not now! Kicking off this new blog with some old-ish kākāpōs. :>

#birblr #bird art #birds #aotearoa #kakapo #animal art #illustration #trans artist

[artfoli]

The Garden | LEBEN YOUNG

Sourced from beaches and rivers across New Zealand, layers of sand, coal, stone and paint are built up into surfaces that cover and contour various forms and objects, evoking geological time and processes. Small, individual objects are combined to produce larger components that oscillate between object and topographical representation. A free and playful approach to the assembly of the work allows for loose threads of narrative to escape and weave throughout the installation.

#exhibition #art #new zealand art #aotearoa #nz art #new zealand artist #leben young #the garden #art exhibition

[bastrod]

Birds :D, also lizard.

#digital art #my art #artists on tumblr #digital artist #art #trans artist #illustration #animal art #animals #aotearoa #huia #pekapeka tou-roa #kereru #tuatara #lizard #bat #pidgeon #bird

[poppysplace-edits]

finally got to a roimata mangakāhia moodboard for @genderbinaryisforlosers <3 (image description under cut)

a nine image grid, first is a slightly blurry close up image of someone's dark brown eye in a dark brown skinned face crying, next is the rocky cliff of plymouth against a light gray sky, then a wooden table with several tubes of paint, some are open with a bit of paint squeezed out, then the back of someone with long wavy black hair and a gray jacket looking at a large painting in a gold frame, a black question mark spray painted on a tan wall, a kea bird which is a large tan bird with gold, tan, and teal feathered wings and a hooked beak, a piece of charcoal sitting on some scribbles on a white background, a horopito shrub which has muted green and maroon mottled leaves, and lastly a Black woman with very short natural hair and large gold hoop earrings facing right but you can only see her hair, ear, and cheek area, end id.

#flower chatter #request accepted #within the wires #roimata mangakahia #night vale presents #wtwcommunity #moodboard #artist aesthetic #aotearoa #irl people #nature aesthetic

[onichophora]

Jewelled Gecko (Naultinus gemmeus), endemic to the southern half of the South Island. This particular individual was kept in a display at the Otago Museum, this female, I'm guessing as she has the "jewels" that males don't usually have, came up to the glass when I wiggled my finger at her.

#art #artists on tumblr #onichophora #jewelled gecko #gecko #reptile #aotearoa #new zealand

[mjhartwork]

I made a background for an animation in class, the prof said we could do any style, so I experimented!

#i spent 11 hours on this and then it turned out it wasnt even due the next class... #we had a lab day to work on it in-class and the prof just. sent me home #which is great because working in the lab sucks because i gotta lay down like every 15-20 minutes if i have to work sitting up #and that's more comfortable to do on the dorm's floor than the lab's floor where all my classmates are #digital art #aotearoa #new zealand #nz #rainforest #skeleton #skull #fungus #fungi #mushrooms #nuclear #artists on tumblr

[theslowtravel]

Karangahake Gorge - A winding canyon carved by the Ohinemuri River. A former hotbed of mining activity that has been re-taken by nature.

#fujifilm #fujixseries #new zealand #original photographers #photographers on tumblr #slow travel #aotearoa #auckland #landscape photography #photo diary #fujifilmxseries #fujinon #rain or shine #original photography #photographers of tumblr #artists on tumblr #travel diary #travel photography #travel blog #travelblogger