Inktober is coming up! What should Josh draw?
Added 2020-09-16 18:06:32 +0000 UTCHi everyone! Melodie here. October is on the horizon, which means Inktober is too!
For those who don’t know, Inktober is a yearly event in which artists challenge themselves to draw something every single day for a month. It doesn’t matter what - there are lists of prompts you can follow, but you can also draw whatever you like - the intent is really to push yourself as an artist. It’s great for improving your skill, because it forces you to practice it everyday, which is what you need to do get better! And it’s so beneficial and rewarding to do it along thousands of other people that it’s really become something that spans across artistic communities. If you’re remotely artistically inclined, we encourage you to try it and follow along!
Last year we asked you to suggest animals for Josh to draw, and it was so much fun. So Josh is planning on participating, and would like your suggestions again. From now until September 30, comment on this post to decide what he should draw! You can give as many ideas as you want :) But there’s a theme: suggestions should be of “modern dinosaurs”, that is: a bird or a reptile.
He’ll post the list of prompts before October 1st so people can follow along. We can’t wait to see all your ideas!!
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Hahaha, very convincing argument Renée! I may need to make some adjustments to my list... also, I had no idea frogs were around back then, that's super enlightening thank you!
False Knees
2020-10-01 13:32:52 +0000 UTCSlight amendment, 9 out of 10 frogs come from three lineages during this time. The last ten percent from from other lineages. So, most known frogs, not all known frogs. I'm very into frogs right now. I'm going to be the "frog person" whenever quarantine is over.
Renée Krulich
2020-10-01 13:14:03 +0000 UTCThings I have learned about dinosaurs and frogs! THEY LIVED AT THE SAME TIME. WHOOPS! I didn't know that? I don't know, maybe I didn't not know it, but that's kind of amazing. Frogs purportedly date back 200 million years. There were three major lines of frogs at the time of dinosaurs and all known frog lineages come from those. They actually thrived because of the dinosaurs going extinct. In fact, some frogs were said to eat baby dinosaurs. There is no definitive proof of this to date, but it's a possibility. So, official twelve word essay is as follows: "You are what you eat and one frog reportedly ate baby dinosaurs."
Renée Krulich
2020-10-01 06:39:54 +0000 UTCAlright I didn't mean to procrastinate down to the last half of an hour of September, but here we are. In my defense I've been sick, but also as all professors told me in the past, if I had prepared properly it wouldn't be left to the last minute.
Renée Krulich
2020-10-01 06:30:29 +0000 UTCFinally, even though they aren’t descended from dinosaurs like birds are, my study species for my research is the yellow-chinned anole (Anolis gundlachi) in Puerto Rico. They are super feisty and have gorgeous blue eyes. They’re found on trunks and to a lesser extent on the ground. Males are territorial. They think about eating bugs a lot and the males do push-ups to attract females. They are not the smartest lol. Other Anolis species in the same habitat are A. stratilus, A. occultis (twig anole!), and A. cuvieri (lives in the tops of the trees). But any anole comic would likely be printed out and taped to my adviser’s door (‘:
Carly Fankhauser
2020-09-29 11:35:13 +0000 UTCAn homage to Jurassic Park would be fun to see. Water in a puddle rippling as a bird stalks an insect, like a grasshopper or something.
Carly Fankhauser
2020-09-29 11:28:56 +0000 UTCYesssss!!!
Carly Fankhauser
2020-09-29 11:24:50 +0000 UTCSeconding this!! Woodcocks have a special place in the hearts of most wildlife biologists due to the writing of Aldo Leopold (:
Carly Fankhauser
2020-09-29 11:23:09 +0000 UTCShoe-billed storks are so expressive, I bet they’d be fun to draw!! I love all the comics with crows, too. Maybe something with common ravens since they’re so antisocial relative to crows?
Carly Fankhauser
2020-09-29 11:21:59 +0000 UTCA finch! or a Japanese long-tailed tit!
Moshe Laramee-Gonzalez
2020-09-29 00:00:04 +0000 UTCReally good one
False Knees
2020-09-28 23:58:10 +0000 UTCOh puffins are the best, thank you!
False Knees
2020-09-28 23:57:52 +0000 UTCIdk if it's already been suggested, but I'd like to see a puffin or a lemming!
OneFoot_Out
2020-09-28 23:17:24 +0000 UTCGreat gray owl! My vote has been cast :)
Jessica
2020-09-28 22:42:19 +0000 UTCI JUST read a Nat Geo article about the Mary River Turtle. Small world?
V L
2020-09-28 21:09:57 +0000 UTCa Mary River Turtle!! They grow Mohawks of algae and can breathe through their butts.
Sarah
2020-09-28 21:00:48 +0000 UTCA Shoebill!
Natasha
2020-09-27 03:27:59 +0000 UTCQuail! So little and so plump! There are a few different subspecies but the Californian quail has a cute little head feather that looks a bit like a question mark 😄
kolt
2020-09-26 22:41:07 +0000 UTCI would like to suggest something I recently saw: a great blue heron attempting to eat a puffer fish.
Sean Gallagher
2020-09-26 01:43:09 +0000 UTCYou've probably drawn some already but magpies! So entertaining and inventive yet mean
Annika
2020-09-25 14:46:22 +0000 UTCAmerican woodcock! Delightful neckless strutters. And cedar waxwing! Also seconding the shoebill, those horrible evil-muppet-looking things.
Christine Slaughter
2020-09-22 06:09:49 +0000 UTCI'm going to need a 12-word essay on why the Black Rain Frog qualifies as a modern dinosaur
False Knees
2020-09-19 12:59:36 +0000 UTCRenée...
False Knees
2020-09-19 12:58:54 +0000 UTCShot for shot remake of Jurassic Park but with shoebill storks–probably end up scarring more children for life. Thank you! That's a fun one.
False Knees
2020-09-19 12:58:31 +0000 UTCGreat ones! Haha, are there any snakes in particular that are prone to wearing hats?
False Knees
2020-09-19 12:56:58 +0000 UTCWonderful suggestion!
False Knees
2020-09-19 12:55:35 +0000 UTCI had never heard of a grey heron before! Quite similar to Great Blue Herons by the looks of it! Thanks for the suggestions!
False Knees
2020-09-19 12:53:58 +0000 UTCThis is a really good one!!
Renée Krulich
2020-09-19 05:08:52 +0000 UTCCan I slide through an amphibian suggestion? It's super close to reptile! I'm gonna do it anyway and you can totally disregard it if it doesn't qualify. I'm bringing back 2019's suggestion of a Black Rain Frog aka Breviceps fuscus.
Renée Krulich
2020-09-19 05:08:00 +0000 UTCWhat about a shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex)? I mean it's even got 'Rex' in its scientific name! And also if someone replaced every raptor in jurassic park with them it'd be equally terrifying.
Cedar
2020-09-19 01:30:00 +0000 UTCI love the fat little birds -- especially bearded reedling, but maybe black-capped chickadee or tufted titmouse (which you've probably already done)? Oh, and any snake with a hat. :)
Survival Guide
2020-09-18 20:46:38 +0000 UTCI would love a California condor more than anything! The sanctuary just burned in the Dolan fire at Big Sur and the breeding program needs all the help it can get, plus they’re just huge and amazing and odd and beautiful and have the cutest flappiest babies.
Olivia MacRae
2020-09-18 17:49:37 +0000 UTCI would love a barn owl (because it's my daughter's favourite). Other suggestions are grey heron and cormorant because I like them and I see them by the river a lot.
Emma Jones
2020-09-18 17:31:22 +0000 UTCSorry Lin! Anything with fur is out this year! No fur, no fur! Down with fur!
False Knees
2020-09-18 17:21:03 +0000 UTCLeatherback sea turtle :)
Paul Lemaitre
2020-09-18 15:02:35 +0000 UTCQuokka please draw a quokka 🥺
Lin Eap
2020-09-18 14:49:18 +0000 UTCBearded dragon! I had one growing up so they have a special place in my heart
Doug
2020-09-17 16:45:29 +0000 UTCPolish chicken!
Julia Clark
2020-09-17 13:40:00 +0000 UTCKea parrot and Komodo dragon.
Krista Raveala
2020-09-17 07:46:01 +0000 UTCAmerican dipper?
alex grant
2020-09-17 02:47:14 +0000 UTCCassowaries!
Diane Shaw
2020-09-17 02:05:09 +0000 UTCEverything about Hoatzins is hilarious and horrid at the same time! And on the cul-de-sac-of-evolution theme, I also recommend Tuataras. (I would consider both of these species “sort of modern” dinosaurs, like how coelacanths can generously be called modern fishes.)
Melody Lu
2020-09-16 22:52:04 +0000 UTCGood friends have one... she is 6 ounces of kick-ass, i wouldn’t want to hold six of her! lol
gstar
2020-09-16 22:30:20 +0000 UTCMy suggestions are for a Secretarybird and a Marine Iguana!
Fletchabirb
2020-09-16 21:52:31 +0000 UTCAll great suggestions, thank you Patrick!
False Knees
2020-09-16 21:37:39 +0000 UTCovercompensating for something I think!
False Knees
2020-09-16 21:37:21 +0000 UTCI want to hold six all at once!
False Knees
2020-09-16 21:36:43 +0000 UTCCrows have officially entered the mix, everyone
False Knees
2020-09-16 21:36:02 +0000 UTCIt is now required homework for everyone to google this bird
False Knees
2020-09-16 21:35:06 +0000 UTCHooray!
False Knees
2020-09-16 21:34:46 +0000 UTCUH yes?!
False Knees
2020-09-16 21:34:39 +0000 UTCHoly!
False Knees
2020-09-16 21:34:21 +0000 UTCI'd love to see a California Scrub Jay! Their long eyebrows are just so cute A gecko would be fun too, the crested gecko is very smol fierce There's many kinds of rattlesnakes, and they're largely very bland, to blend in, but some sort of study could be fun, to get the rattler and their posture, etc. Not sure how many seabirds you've drawn, but boobies and/or gannets are fun!
Patrick Kennedy
2020-09-16 20:57:35 +0000 UTCgreater sage grouse!
Mary DeMona
2020-09-16 20:29:22 +0000 UTCA parrotlet!
gstar
2020-09-16 19:46:20 +0000 UTCThe humble-yet-precious Oak Titmouse (or any sort of crow, they're such good dudes!)
Madeleine E Guekguezian
2020-09-16 19:31:47 +0000 UTCoh an inca tern! they have delightful little moustaches
reubensandrye
2020-09-16 19:24:49 +0000 UTCSteller's Jay!
Andrew Funk
2020-09-16 19:11:27 +0000 UTCUH definitely an emu!?
Zach Mitro
2020-09-16 18:51:52 +0000 UTCDouble crested basilisk- the little lizards that run on water!
Stasis Nelaimischkies
2020-09-16 18:49:12 +0000 UTCooooo pretty dino!!
False Knees
2020-09-16 18:44:39 +0000 UTCHoatzin look very prehistoric and interesting to me!
Luke Thies
2020-09-16 18:43:07 +0000 UTCI love drawing meadowlarks
False Knees
2020-09-16 18:39:06 +0000 UTCCute E. Pie
False Knees
2020-09-16 18:38:46 +0000 UTCI'll add both individually, haha
False Knees
2020-09-16 18:38:24 +0000 UTCThat's the one!
Richard Frangiamore
2020-09-16 18:38:20 +0000 UTCAnother favourite!
False Knees
2020-09-16 18:38:08 +0000 UTCOne of my favourites!
False Knees
2020-09-16 18:38:00 +0000 UTCAnole?
False Knees
2020-09-16 18:37:29 +0000 UTCOne of those tiny lizards with the poofy sack on its chin. What are those again...?
Richard Frangiamore
2020-09-16 18:36:20 +0000 UTCA barn swallow, it's so nice to see them sheering over the fields
Jasper Bogaert
2020-09-16 18:22:37 +0000 UTCScrub jay vs. mourning dove fight
Wesley
2020-09-16 18:22:06 +0000 UTCTurkey vultures! The majestic hug machines/entrail snackers of the northeast US!
Jamey
2020-09-16 18:18:45 +0000 UTCwestern meadowlark!
Lori Stokes
2020-09-16 18:15:58 +0000 UTChahaha
False Knees
2020-09-16 18:15:57 +0000 UTCAmazing
False Knees
2020-09-16 18:15:01 +0000 UTCI had a tegu for a ringbearer at my wedding last month and he was VERY popular with the people who tuned in to watch the stream of the ceremony!
Dani
2020-09-16 18:13:51 +0000 UTCWow they are gorgeous!!
False Knees
2020-09-16 18:12:30 +0000 UTCfrogmouth owls!!!
Crash of '06
2020-09-16 18:09:17 +0000 UTCA ruby crowned kinglet.
Natalie Burton
2020-09-16 18:09:03 +0000 UTCDraw a tegu! They got fat cheeks and an interesting scale pattern.
Dani
2020-09-16 18:09:00 +0000 UTC
