day one-hundred-and-fifty-eight - rosy-faced lovebird

awww

© jem barratt

i think they look that cute to counteract how shocking their scientific name is - agapornis roseicollis. gasp! pornis!

mine looks a lot more 80s than the actual thing. and personally, i prefer masked lovebirds. both in bird form and in matryoshka form. i especially like the way they gang up on albinos.

definitely.

xj

day one-hundred-and-thirty-one - red deer

why hello there. how are you today?

© jem barratt

that's how posh i imagine that deer is. now i know i've drawn a deer before but this guy was particularly striking with his foliage millinery so i just had to draw him. this guy i mean.

i think i might draw other animals with hats, as a series. but it will have to be better than this one. it just doesn't cut the mustard (is that a saying?).

catch you on the flip.
xj

day twenty-three - bee-eater

if there's one thing i like, it's birds (you may have noticed). i also like words. but if there's three things i don't like, it's counting.

here's a hilarious anecdote: i used to be extremely disinterested in birds (except finches). and now i like them a lot. what a riot.

but it is true. one such object of my liking is the bee-eater:

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this guy is eurasian, but i was most excited by the carmine bee-eaters in the latest ep of "the great rift: africa's wild heart". they were so 80s. i simply frothed with excitement.

in a good way.

they're so bright, and weird and like little birdy banditos. they BATHE in DUST. they have BEARDS. my only regret is that i didn't draw all 26 species at once.
xj