June has some really fun art themes: JuneBug, Junicorn, JuneFae. Plus it’s Pollinator Month.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So I thought I’d mash them up a bit. \u00a0<\/p>\n
First in this months’ 4 sketchbook posts: a Junicorn Junebug.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I have no idea what kind of insect it draws on. I think there’s fly or bee or monster mixed up in it, and how you get such a narwhal-like spiral horn out of chitin I’ll<\/em> never know. I guess I’d have to be a magician (or a weird gene-splicer*) to learn….\u00a0<\/p>\n As I’m trying to do with the Sketchbook patrons: 3 of the Sketchbook posts are early for Patrons, then Public, and one stays just for Patrons. It’s still really hard to figure out which one (although I think I have all four ready)(Already!).\u00a0<\/p>\n * I have<\/em>been reading Oryx and Crake<\/em> recently…\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" June has some really fun art themes: JuneBug, Junicorn, JuneFae. Plus it’s Pollinator Month.\u00a0 So I thought I’d mash them up a bit. \u00a0 First in this months’ 4 sketchbook posts: a Junicorn Junebug.\u00a0 I have no idea what kind of insect it draws on. 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