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Beetle Doryphore

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:bug: No !! it's not a scarab!:disbelief:
This little colorful beetle is called the Doryphore^_^
I am collecting bugs right now.. No worries, I don't kill anything for the sake of art;p There's a lot of unusual creatures that come to water when it's 110 degrees during the summer. I collected a cicada and made an origami ballon to keep it cushioned o.o I hope it dries well so it doesn't draw other bugs to eat it.. Oh well..;p Anyways lots of bugs.
Oh and I don't stick needles through them because it's too creepy. I keep them in little boxes, draw, photograph, then release back into nature's embrace for general compost. This is completely non-digital. It was scanned a while ago. Sorry if it's small and for watermark. I couldn't find the original which is about 8x8 or so. I probably have it stored away for safe keeping.. which might mean I won't find it till next spring cleaning or when I move. This is all color pencil.. and it's more complete than most of my work if you notice. I came back and enhanced colors over and over again. I tried to make a little bit of a background since I wanted it to be more natural rather than specimen looking v.v It's hard to draw them alive and in the wild.

Tools: Prisma color pencils, pencil, canson paper
(watermark photoshop, the only digital thing done to it).
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