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El Barkla

@elbarkla

art human. games too much. all work tagged #elbarklaart is mine. she/her πŸ’œπŸ€πŸ€πŸ–€

WOO, OFFICIALLY 500+ FOLLOWERS!!! πŸŽ‰

Drew a silly comic to say thank you πŸ€ The best part of my art getting shared is seeing strangers be cute in the notes. I love your passion for your hobbies, the baffling snippets of your friendships, the knowledge you're building connections by sharing my work. What a privilege to be a messenger of love πŸ’—πŸ₯°

Hii this is my first time asking anything and I just wanted to say I loved your praying mantis drawing and was wondering if maybe you can do a Cone head Mantis? They're really pretty and people don't talk about them enough :') I don't know if it's ok to put requests here so forgive me if I'm breaking Tumblr etiquette, and obviously you don't actually have to do it

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Cheers for messaging! I'm afraid I don't do requests (because I'm bad at following through) but thanks for letting me know about the Conehead Mantis! Extremely cool creature, love the satyr horns. If I draw one I'll let you know β™₯πŸ›πŸœ

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Y'know when you're doing a quick painting study and get all swept up in the moment πŸ˜… I didn't know this would turn out so hyper-realistic, I'm suddenly nervous about AI accusations for the first time in my art journey (fuck AI, to be clear)

Very glad you all like my art πŸ₯° I feel obliged to share a correction - the face fingers are merely part of the maxillae, and are known as the maxillary palps (thank you, nice reddit biologist β™₯ ). But my favourite response so far:

Yes, girl! ✨You CAN have beautiful wings! You CAN catch and eat hummingbirds!✨

i love you visible brushstrokes. i love you glue warped scrapbook pages. i love you awkward poems. i love you junk journal with faded receipts. i love you poorly composed journal layout. I love you unintentionally blurry photographs. i love you asymmetrical beading. i love you curling freeform crochet. i love you fingerprints on pottery. i love you reused materials. i love you improvised instruments. i love you mistakes. i love you bravery to make it anyway. i love you creativity that hasn't been wiped clean of every drop of humanity and sanitized and commodified.

β€œThe Australian outback is dangerous and uninhabitable” nah, skill issue

If an area has an indigenous population, it’s very habitable, you (colonialist) are just bad at inhabiting places

is this region uninhabitable or is your definition of inhabiting stuck on "building big permanent towns and crops and livestock"

My favorite art is first sentences of scientific papers, I love reading sentences like "movement is of integral importance to animals" or "snow has long been recognised for its ecological importance" fuck yes so truee

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