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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When waiting for the glue to dry on an art project at work today, I drew a salmon and got the colours all wrong 😅 #illustration #SciArt #SciArtSeptember #NatureArt

A pen drawing of a blue Atlantic Salmon with some text at the bottom.

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This chap has been staring at me for weeks wondering when I'm going to finish him 😶‍🌫️ #illustration #SciArt #NatureArt

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I saw strange fish carcasses along the beach today. I felt like I was back in Dredge 🐟☠️

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

And here we are, the completed drawing at last! I can finally put this one to bed and I love it ❤️ #illustration #fantasy #narrativeart #art

A pencil drawing of two men sitting side by side each other on a wild coastline. On the left, the man has caught a wild salmon and excitedly presenting it to the man on the right, who is flanked by two winged frogs and listens with adoration.

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

There are a few things I turn to when I'm feeling uninspired yet still want to draw - sea life and plants. So here's some plants 🌱🪴🌴 #illustration #SciArt #NatureArt #naturalhistoryillustration

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The spirits of flu have taken me badly this afternoon - just when I finally have a day off to finish the drawing 😅 So I'll share my clean lineart with you and hopefully the finished drawing soon ❤️ I changed Teague's face around a bit and much prefer it. #illustration #art #wip

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm not at all used to recording myself as I draw. But as I've been quiet trying to nail the sketch of this drawing for ages, I thought I'd share a small snippet into the outline I'm finally happy with 😅 #illustration #wip #drawing

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I drew another sea creature from memory, this time an octopus, with biro pen🐙 #SciArt #NatureArt

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The sea has some beautiful plants 🌱🌊

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Of course, Captain Barlow was going to be next on the list. His design pairs nicely with his first mate 🏴‍☠️ #illustration #art

Two pencil drawings of men in a side by side collage.

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

One of my better drawings of Teague thanks to my 3D headbust - honestly using it as a reference has made drawing humans so much easier. We have a complex facial structure, it's hard for me to follow by memory. #illustration #art

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I decided to give this some finishing touches to make it more of a complete picture, with a little shortcut made on the background 😅 But I actually quite like it. Perhaps I will revisit with a hand-drawn background later.

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The subtle beauty of common sea life such as mackerel and bladderwrack seaweed that often get overlooked 🐟 🌱 #SciArt #NatureArt #naturalhistoryillustration

A fully rendered pencil drawing of mackerel and seaweed.

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

One of my favourite videos from the Pembroke rally <3

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I'm finally a (very proud) member of the West Wales Maritime Heritage Society. Our 'little' boat was photographed for the Western Telegraph article! :] www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/2644798...

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A drawing of a European eel made with biro/ballpoint pen. I love these guys! #SciArt #NatureArt #naturalhistoryillustration

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I've been refining my pirate swordfight drawing today and as much as I like it, I've really come to the conclusion that drawing humans is not my strength at all 😅 I get far more satisfaction from drawing the non-human world. So I may have to reconsider where I focus 🤔

A pencil sketch of two men swordfighting.

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I bought a 3D head bust to help me improve drawing facial structure. It's going amazingly but goodness me, do characters look weird in the early stages 🧐

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Sketching the next key scene between Teague and Barlow. I've been wanting to draw a swordfight between them for a long time. Let's see how it goes 😅 #illustration #fantasy #narrativeart

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A jellyfish for today's work illustration. I am hoping to contribute more time to a fully rendered seascape drawing soon 🪼 #SciArt #NatureArt

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I'm looking over my latest and I'm starting to see a pattern here 🤔 #SciArt #NatureArt

Photo of three illustrations of marine life.

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

There's a seahorse that looks more serpent-like amongst the vintage collection and I love it #SciArt #NatureArt

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I think some vintage illustrations reveal objects on a scientist's workdesk no doubt. So this is what I imagine could be on one 😁 #SciArt #NatureArt

Pencil sketch of a squid in a jar with some seaweed.

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I was drawing more sturgeon fish sketches at work today, though this time from memory 😵‍💫 #SciArt #NatureArt

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I've just discovered #SundayFishSketch so here's my humble offering. I was at work so only had access to a biro/ballpoint pen 🐟 #SciArt #NatureArt

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Human artists! Use one piece only to convince people to follow you!

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

An illustration inspired by the vintage graphic of a scabrous bullhead. Fish are so awesome to draw 🐟 #SciArt #NatureArt #naturalhistoryillustration #illustration

A pencil illustration of a scabrous bullhead

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I was listening to the coast this morning and heard quite a bit. None of the sounds in this video were made by me.

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

'Why Humans Draw' A discussion on the philosophy of why humans draw pictures, even when it doesn't become commercially rewarded. welloftiamat.substack.com/p/why-humans...

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Illustration of coral with the Greek goddess Thalassa at the base from a 6th-century medical discourse How beautiful is this?

An old sketch of coral with a mermaid-like Greek goddess in the bottom right.

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Reposted by Jasmine 🏴‍☠️

Animal Aspects (Art History Animalia) @animal-aspects.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The easiest way to tell if they’re older ones from Greece or later ones from S. Italy is to look at which way the creatures’ bellies are oriented…they’re usually facing the outer rim in the former like this one, and towards the center in the latter like the ones above! 😎

photo of an object on display at Art Institute of Chicago
Info from gallery label:
Fish Plate
400-170 BCE
Greek; Athens Terracotta, red-figure
Gift of Philip D. Armour and Charles L. Hutchinson, 1889.98

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

One thing I love about natural history illustration is it's the perfect excuse to draw things from the sea 🐚 #SciArt #NatureArt #b&wart #naturalhistoryillustration

A pencil drawing of a seashell with annotations.

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

My pencil drawing of a kraken, one of my favourites from sea mythology 🖤 #art #illustration #b&wart #oc #pencilart

A detailed pencil drawing of a kraken in the deep sea.

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The first three pages of the rewrite are looking well lush 🐟🪼🌊💙 #illustration #comicart

A three page comic sequence of a man alone at sea fishing for tuna using a handline and violin.

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

A historic drawing of an archaeopteryx perched on a tree branch. And by historic, I mean I did it ages ago 😅 #SciArt #NatureArt #naturalhistoryillustration

Pencil drawing of an archaeopteryx perched on a tree branch.

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I drew this beauty years ago. It still takes pride of place in my portfolio 🦋 #SciArt #NatureArt #naturalhistoryillustration

A detail pencil drawing of an emperor moth with annotations.

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

For today's #PortfolioDay, I'd like to share three of my favourites 💙

A pencil illustration of a nautilus with digital colouring

A pencil illustration of two men facing each other over a raging sea with a sea serpent and a kraken in the middle

A pencil illustration of a sea serpent in a dark, gloomy sea

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Rock pools are always bursting with life and awe 🐚🪸🪼

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The little fortress of fish 🐟🐠🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The coast is always wonderful to observe 🦀🌊

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I found an old pencil illustration that I never finished of plesiosaurs and seashells. Wish I knew where I stored this, probably with the countless other sketches in my drawer 😅 #illustration #paleoart #palaeoart #paleontology #palaeontology #marinereptiles #jurassic #dinosaurart

Pencil compilation drawing of two plesiosaur skeletons with seashells and leaves

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Me: *realising my procrastination is not due to laziness but due to lack of motivation* Cue reviewing and reflecting on my comic Me: *realising my story has grown passed original idea again* Cue cutting of unnecessary scenes and rewrite Me: Oh the life of an artist 😅

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I remember I swore to get good at drawing when I was very young after I couldn't draw a dream I had. From then, I practiced all the time. I drew and drew and drew. But it didn't feel like work, I was enjoying every second ❤️

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