Thank you very much for letting me draw this little fella. It’s nice drawing things I don’t usually draw, I get to experiment and see where it leads me.
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🐢 A monograph of the testudinata
London: Printed for Samuel Highley, 32 Fleet Street: [1832-1836?]
Original source
Image description: Illustration of a tortoise from “A monograph of the testudinata,” showing a detailed side view of the animal. The tortoise has a domed shell with distinct black and yellow radial patterns forming star-like shapes. Its skin is textured with scales, visible on its legs and head. The head is raised, featuring a dark face with yellow patches near the eyes. The limbs and feet are thick and covered in large, rough scales with visible claws. The illustration emphasizes the tortoise’s characteristic shell pattern and rugged texture of its skin, typical of the species Testudo radiata.
This isn’t Deltarune but here’s a thing I drew/colored not long ago for school
putting this here just cos:
A 135 year old tortoise is a first time dad and I had to find out via magazine in a grocery store check out line?!?
Miami zoo tortoise turns 135 and celebrates his first Father’s Day - National | Globalnews.ca
ALTThe color of good taste. 💚🌲🐊
Emerald Green Tortoise – MagSafe iPhone Case
no hay muchas bandas con el aura de toda esta gente, siempre hicieron música que eleva el espíritu transmitiendo una incierta (singular!!!!) sensación de calma y bienestar conjurada x la belleza de lo que expresa su música (quiero pensar que es música un poco budista), algo x lo demás urgente dadas las condiciones del mundo de mierda del que participamos. no sé, déjenme creer que no es casualidad que en estos últimos tiempos nefastos primero tortoise sacara un nuevo álbum/ep, y x otro lado los chicago underground de pronto aparecieran con esta belleza… para mí son superhéroes y el arte es demasiado importante en tiempos de crisis (creo que ahora entiendo lo que david bowie decía cuando decía we can be heroes just for one day)
My friend has a tortoise named Sonic and I love him dearly.
One interesting thing to note about Sonic is the he’s exceptionally cute (to me) until he opens his mouth to eat some grass, during which he shows his tongue with a point on the end and the edges of his jaw that look like he has lots and lots of sharp teeth. It looks like a mouth that an eldrich horror might have. Then Sonic bites down on the grass and goes back to being a cute tortoise.
I hope my friend asks me to watch him at some point. I love this guy.
“Stray Sod”
Artist: Maggie Vandewalle Watercolors
Artist’s Statement
Today has been a day…drawing wouldn’t draw, the post lost a package, the recycling bin wound up at the bottom of the hill in the middle of the street due to gale force winds (at least it was empty), and Jinx tried to trip me up on the stairs at least five times in the last two hours. So I’m posting this because it brings me great joy. I’m calling the day done, here’s to tomorrow!
My own case is far less unequivocal. Nest-making devoted to personal hibernation. No eggs buried under the monk’s rhubarb or hidden at the foot of the muscadine vine. None laid on the grass-plot. No preening, no dalliance. No seasons of the kinds mares enjoy, heat of the bitches, ervo of the gilts coming into their own. None of the endless head-bobbing suggestions that ducks fling after drakes. Who would there be to fling mine upon?
And so Mr. Gilbert white has always supposed that I am male.
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ALTThis is Shelly, a shy, 50 pound, sulcata tortoise. Due to well intentioned but misguided decisions by my mother, Shelly ended up in our care after her original owner passed away.
We did not have the room, funds, or time, to house such a big beautiful creature. Shelly stayed with us for 5 days while I found her a reptile rescue who then quickly took her in.
I would like to share the rescue’s donation link so Shelly and the other reptiles can get the support they need.
Nettoyage d’un aquarium de zoo… et les tortues s’approchent pour un brossage de carapace au balai-brosse 🐢🧽 On dirait un spa improvisé ! Respect au soigneur pour la patience et la douceur.
You know the house is peaceful, calm and warm when all three make an appearance. three bells from the dinosaur pit!
