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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I'm playing around with painting on canvas for the first time in years. Still figuring out if I like it 😅 Sea Angel (Gymnosomata) in mixed media, acrylic background with oil pastel and soft pastel on top #seaslug

painting of a translucent glowing sea angel in front of a dark background

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The Sea Unseen: A Marine Zine @seaunseenzine.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

The Sea Unseen, a marine charity art zine, will be out on 8 June 🦑 Delighted to reveal the cover of this year's edition! The artists have done a spectacular job as always, and I'm beyond excited for the release. See you on World Ocean Day! - Mod Circlejourney #marineart #zinerelease #comingsoon

Text "The Sea Unseen 2026" overlaid on a coastal nighttime scene featuring bioluminescent algae along the tideline, horseshoe crabs on the shore, and a whale breaching in the water.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Thank you for the great collaboration, I love the art you put to my words, especially the last pannel! 💖

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Day Five of #pleinairpril Fitting for Easter Sunday, we got a li'l bunny hopping around on the lawn. I usually do the plainairpril sketch outside, take a photo, and then do the colouring inside. This time, I didn't get a photo, so the bunny looks like an old photo of local rabbit dad Stripey.

oil pastel drawing of a sitting rabbit on a green lawn

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Day Four of #pleinairpril I got a stomach bug right in time for easter, so the plainairpril drawings got a little delayed. But I'm confident I can catch up!

Oil Pastel drawing of a male mallard duck swimming in water.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Day Three of #pleinairpril Goose I saw on the same walk as the swan. Canada Geese are my favourite kind of goose, I adore how expressive they are with their dark necks!

oil pastel painting on a canada goose on a green lawn. There is a fallen branch on the ground next to the goose.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Day Two of #pleinairpril A swan I saw while walking along the fjord. The next days are going to be more fjord fotos, bc I ruined my feet walking and will have to stay put for a few days 😅

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Day One of #pleinairpril Narcissus flower I recently saw on a walk.

Coloured Pencil drawing of a white narcissus flower in front of green leaves

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Day 5 of #Nudivember Tambja Affinis ... so I really messed up on those gills... #nudibranch #seaslug

painting of a sea slug. It has a vibrantly blue body with yellow-orange stripes. The gills are yellow on the outside, blue on the inside, and are up on the middle of the back. The rhinophores are light blue fading to a dark blue. This slug is very slug shaped.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Day 4 of #Nudivember Glossodoris electra beautiful ghosts of the ocean ref by Luc Bourdil #nudibranch #seaslug

painting of a sea slug. It's body & foot are white. The body looks like a 'sheet' over the foot, with a ruffled edge that is lined in orange. The rhinophores are orange as well. On the back, the slug has feathery radial gills.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Day 3 of #Dinovember Corythosaurus I've decided these guys are going to be candy coloured, to cheer myself up. #dinovember2025 #paleoart

Drawing of a quadropedal dinosaur. It has a long-ish neck, and turned-down snout, and a colourful crest on its head. On its back, it has a flat spinal crest. It also has a long tail. The dinosaur is drawn in shades of pink and green. It is holding a leaf in its mouth.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Day 3 of #Nudivember Halgerda theobroma a delicious pancake! ref by Martin Crossley on iNaturalist #nudibranch #seaslug

painting of a sea slug. The slug has a brown body with white-limned yellow stripes and spots, and a yellow foot with white edge. The rhinophores are dark brown and feathered with a yellow 'stem', and the gill is white with dark veins and looks like a piece of seaweed stuck to the slugs back xD

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Day 2 of #Nudivember Cerberilla tanna ref by carporali on iNaturalist

painting of a sea slug. It has a translucent, peachy foot, small, translucent, leaf shaped, dark brown cerata with white tips, long translucent oral tentacles, and short dark brown rhinophores (I might have the oral tentacles & rhinophores mixed up, still learning)

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Day Two of #Dinovember Spicomellus ... life is doing a number on me right at the beginning of the month, this time. So this spiky buddy was a real chore to get done... But here he is. I imagine if he was in a game, he'd be a halloween coloured variant. #dinovember2025 #paleoart

drawing of a dinosaur. It has a round body, a long neck with a triangular head, and a long tail, as well as four stumpy legs. The dino is covered in spikes all over, most notably big spikes on the neck and the booty area. It is drawn with a beige-blue striped pattern, and the spikes are white.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Day One of #Dinovember Velociraptor I have decided to be more cartoony (and digital) with the dinos. This little one is going on a great adventure. It is a child, and not fully grown yet. #dinovember2025 #paleoart

cartoony drawing of a velociraptor. It stands upright on a rock, one arm-wing raised. It has a vaguely bill-reminiscent snout, a long feathered tail, and the characteristic curled up toe on its feet. The velociraptor is brown and green coloured.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Day One of #Nudivember Cuthona anulata finding refs for this little guy was challenging, I think it might go by multiple names? Anyway, my dude turned out a little chonky xD

painting of a sea slug. It is white-translucent. It has many slightly curled cerata on its back, and two extended oral tentacles at its head.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Day 31 of #invertober Death's Head Hawk Moth a good baby. #invertober2025 ref by marek285 on iNaturalist

drawing of a caterpillar. It is plump and light green, with yellow head and legs. On the back, it has a pattern of blue-green segments with dark spots.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Day 30 of #invertober Christmas Beetle I am fully caught up & ready to face the last day of the month! #invertober2025

drawing of a beetle. The beetle has a beige shell with dark dots on the elytra, and reddish orange hairy legs.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Day 29 of #invertober Red Sea Urchin I like urchins, and especially urchin fossils <3 #invertober2025

drawing of an urchin. It has a dark red shell, and the quills are pink, red, and orange.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Day 28 of #invertober Pearly Green Lacewing I love lacewings. Another one of the critters I wish I could give more time #invertober2025

drawing of a lacewing insect. It has a green body and delicate translucent wings.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Day 27 of #invertober American Dog Tick ... so I don't like ticks. at all. and drawing it didn't change that. #invertober2025

drawing of a tick. It's a brownish red and has legs. It's also kinda gross to look at, and I don't like it.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Day 25 of #invertober House Centipede this is my third attempt at the leggy guy... too much segments for my end-of-month brain. #invertober2025

drawing of a orange-beige centipede on green paper. There are lots of legs. Each leg is segmented. The centipede's body is segmented, too. Too much segmentation going on.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Day 24 of #invertober New Zealand Mussel once again, deceptively simple, surprisingly difficult & time consuming to draw #invertober2025

drawing of eight mussels. The shells are yellow- green, brown-red, or brown-green
also features some kind of seaweed stuff, and a speckling of pocks

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Day 23 of #invertober Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle it's always nice to get the opportunity to draw a neat little guy I didn't know existed before #invertober2025

drawing of a beetle. The elytra are beige, the rest of the body is iridescent black and is covered in little white hairs

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Day 22 of #invertober Sea Angel just a quick drawing while my health is still subpar. I'd love to properly paint these beauties one day, though #invertober2025

drawing of a sea angel. it has a translucent body and translucent wing/flipper thingies, and a vibrantly yellow-orange head

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Day 20 of #invertober By The Wind Sailor made it all the way to day 20! #invertober2025

painting of a jellyfish-looking colony organism. The colony has a translucent gallert 'sail' on top of a blue and translucent flat oval body. greenish tentacles are trailing down from the underside of the body.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

did someone say Dinosaur Art Challenge???! ... I guess I know what I'm doing this November.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Day 19 of #invertober Vampire Squid was feeling a little too ambitious and tried to paint the squiddy friend. Mistakes were made, but also important learning experiences. #invertober2025

painting of a swimming squid. The squid is red and purple, with skin between its arms, and teeth thingies on the underside of its arms.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Day 18 of #invertober Black and Yellow Mud Dauber poor pseudo-wasp has the unhappy distinction of being the first critter on the list I do not find delightful... Sorry, buddy, it's not your fault you look uncanny. #invertober2025

painting of a wasp like insect. It has spiral antennae, yellow segmented legs, and brown wings. The body is black, and it has a unrealistically thin looking 'waist' with a round abdomen, which looks like a mistake, but this is actually what the animal looks like

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Day 17 of #invertober Blue Lined Flatworm I think this is my favourite artwork of the month so far. Minimalism is great, & I got to use my jelly gouache colours! #invertober2025

drawing of a frilly flatworm on a yellow background. The worm is white with a dark blue dorsal line and a blue band around the edges of its body.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Day 16 of #invertober Giant Isopod ... sorry friend, I did you dirty... #invertober2025

drawing of a pale underwater isopod. It has a sort of peach colour.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Day 15 of #invertober Queen Alexandra's Birdwing Still playing around with the oil pastels - oily crumbs everywhere xD #invertober2025

drawing of a butterfly. It has a yellow abdomen and light blue-green, narrow wings

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

WIP of day fourteen of #invertober Bobbit Worm Grief support group did a number on me yesterday, and I didn't manage to finish this one. But I'll try and refine it once I have the energy. (also, once again, oil pastels be stinky!) #invertober2025

unfinished drawing of a worm. It has five tentacle-antennae thingies and four pincers on its head. It is very long, curling all over the page, and the segmented body has an iridescent sheen.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Day 13 of #invertober Banded Sugar Ant Ant ant, all alone... It needs friends #invertober2025

drawing of an ant on a green background
the ant has a black abdomen & head, and a yellow-brown thorax and legs

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Day 12 of #invertober Pacific Razor Clam I thought this would be an easier subject, and then I had such a difficult time rendering the shell 😂 #invertober2025 (reposted bc I forgot alt text...)

drawing of a clam with an oval shaped shell. The shell is yellow and brown. The clam has a beige siphon that is sticking out on the side.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Day ten of #invertober Common Earthworm So cute, so cute! I have loved earthworms since I was a kid

drawing of an earthworm. It is orange-brown with darker brown segments

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Day nine of #invertober Flamboyant Cuttlefish forgot to post these guys yesterday. Anyway, flamboyant cuttlefish are among my favourite critters! #invertober2025

drawing of three flamboyant cuttlefish. they are very colourful, pink purple and yellow with white accents, and they look kind of like orchids.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

day eight of #invertober Bee-killer Robber Fly ... so I accidentally used references for Mallophora bomboides instead of Mallophora fautrix xD but I guess they are both floofy #invertober2025

drawing of a floofy fly. It looks like a bee, but it isn't a bee. It is covered in white floofy hairs, and has orange wings.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Day seven of #invertober Scaley-Foot Gastropod Today was a real struggle, but tkat said, we made it a whole week! :D #invertober25

drawing of a snail on a dark blue background. The snail has a beige and orange coloured house on its back. Its body is read, transitioning into a foot covered in many beige scales.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Day five of #invertober Painted Spiny Lobster First ever drawing with oil pastels. Now my fingers smell weird xD #invertober2025

a painting of a lobster on brown paper. the lobster is very colourful, with a green and blue tail, a yellow and black spotted carapace, and pink and beige antennae.

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an octopus made of sandpaper @sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I made a unicorn sona 🦄 #art #oc #ocsky 🎨

Drawing of a fluffy unicorn person on a green background with some info beside it. The unicorn is light brown with color points. It has a long fluffy tail and mane that falls into its eyes. It is waving. Its name is Earwig, and it is agender and uses it/its pronouns. It likes sweet apples, bugs and snakes, sleeping, and lying in the sun. It dislikes baths and talking. It can't see past its hair and runs into trees.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Day four of #invertober Palmetto Weevil What a handsome fellow! I kept it super simple today #invertober2025

drawing of a weevil. it is red and black spotted, and has very funny satellite dish antennae

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Day Three of #invertober Giant Green Anemone This one was super challenging to draw! It turned out more colourful than the reference... 'Twas fun, though. And anemones are so pretty 💚 #invertober2025

picture of a round anemone with colourful tentacles

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Day two of #invertober Red-Banded Leafhopper I saw a cousin of this guy in the garden once, such a pretty (but invasive) bug! Also, switching sketchbook was the right call, I had a much better time today. #invertober2025

drawing of a leafhopper. it has red and blue stripes and a yellow head.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Day one of #invertetober Japanese Sea Nettle ... turns out this paper doesn't work for any wet medium, going to have to skip sketch books #invertetober2025

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Some more bird art, drawn for the Writing Olympics server in March. Cardinals are such striking birds ❤️

digital art of a cardinal bird sitting on a branch

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