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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A tiny shadowbox about animals with blue blood. In these animals, oxygen binds to copper-based molecules, not iron. The turquoise beads also get their blue colour from copper. - #SciArtSeptember Day 23: Copper

A small, shallow box containing copper foil art of a horseshoe crab, an octopus, and a cuttlefish. The foil art is mounted on blue fabric. Around the foil animals are eight blue beads.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 27/09/2026

I believe they are not technically #quills, but this is the closest I have to today's theme for #SciArtSeptember 😅

Digital drawing in white ink against a black background of a cute hedgehog facing the viewer with a little smile on their face. They are wearing a crown of tiny daisy like flowers in the blue, pink, and white colors of the trans pride flag.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

An azure jay, from a photo by Nilton Firma. - #SciArtSeptember Day 4: Azure 🔹

An illustration of an azure jay, perched on a stick. The bird has its back to the viewer and its head turned to the left. The background is a light pink colour.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A young diamond trevally. From a photo by Jo Kuyken. - #SundayFishSketch + #SciArtSeptember Day 13: Diamond

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A barn owl’s face shape helps to focus sounds.🦉 - #SciArtSeptember Day 11: Heart

A drawing of a barn owl, standing. The owl is in three-quarter view, facing forward and to the left. The background is a flat white colour.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A small book, made using Atlantic bay scallop shells. The book features tiny drawings of estuary plants and animals from Nova Scotia. - #SciArtSeptember Day 16: Scallop

An open book made of paper pages and a scallop shell cover. The book is open to a simple ink drawing of a duck. The book's pages and cover are pink. The book rests on a wooden table.

A hand holding a pink and purple scallop shell. The shell is bound along one side with green thread, making it the cover to a small book. The background is a wooden table top.

A hand holding a small book made with a scallop shell cover. The book is fanned open, to show the pink pages inside the book. The background is a wooden table top.

A pink and purple scallop shell resting on a wooden table top. The shell is bound along one side with green thread, making it the cover to a small book.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A quillback rockfish. Not quite a drawing with a quill but with a dip pen, which feels of-a-sort. - #SundayFishSketch + #SciArtSeptember Day 27: Quill

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Katie Holten @katieholten.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

CHICAGO! On Tuesday, September 29th, I'll be at EXILE IN BOOKVILLE for a meet & greet, 12-1PM. Exile is a gem of a bookstore in the historic Fine Arts Building at 410 S. Michigan Avenue, 2nd Floor. It would be lovely to see you 🌿 #BookTour #NatureWriting #BookSky #Chicago #Trees

A poster for a book tour with photo of me smiling with a tree and book cover with forest in gold on green. Text on poster reads: JOIN KATIE HOLTEN ON TOUR FOR -> THE LANGUAGE OF TREES: How Trees Made Our World, Change Our Minds, and Rewild Our Lives.

Tuesday, September 29

12-1PM

Meet & Greet

EXILE IN BOOKVILLE

410 S. Michigan Avenue, 2nd Floor

CHICAGO

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A bitterling puppet, with a meander-patterned banner. Bitterlings are listed in The Fish Fauna of the Büyük Menderes River: Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Features, published in 2013. 🐟 - #SundayFishSketch + #SciArtSeptember Day 20: Meander

A photo of a fish stick puppet on a wooden table top. The fish is modelled after a European bitterling, with a primarily pink body and blue fins. It has colourful highlights throughout. The fish has a ribbon trailing from its tail featuring a red meander pattern. The puppet lies flat on the table.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Follow-through on my intention to include more history drawings: A paper doll of Philippe I of France. I’ve often thought of Versailles as like a doll’s house & especially feel this way about Philippe’s role. If you like, more description is continued in the thread. - #SciArtSeptember Day 10: Woad

A photo of a paper doll of Philippe I of France, the Duke of Orleans. This image shows the doll from the waist up, dressed, in a blue gown. The figure has loose dark brown hair and pale skin, and holds a white flower in one hand. The doll rests on a wooden table top.

A photo of a paper doll of Philippe I of France, the Duke of Orleans. This image shows the undressed doll, wearing a white shift, next to a blue gown that the figure can wear. The doll and dress rest on a wooden table top.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Papier-mâché miniature fawn. The figure is mounted on a screw that goes through the back of the box. - #SciArtSeptember Day 7: Fawn 🦌

An photograph of a tiny sculpture of a fawn suspended in a small wooden box. The fawn appears to be leaping. The back of the box is lined with green and gold paper. The box rests on a wooden table.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A little narwhal in the style of a medieval curio, mounted on a panel. Two ideas were overlapping in my mind: Narwhals’ tusks can distinguish changes in water temperature and chemistry; the horns of unicorns purify water and detect poison. 🦄 - #SciArtSeptember Day 9: Ivory

A photo of a small narwhal sculpture on a patterned board. The narwhal is made from white clay and coloured to resemble ivory. The piece rests on a wooden table next to a penny, for scale.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A stoplight parrotfish embroidery. The larger beads are made from fossil coral. 🐠 - #SciArtSeptember + #SundayfishSketch Day 6: Coral

An embroidery of a stoplight parrotfish on grey felt. The fish is brightly coloured, with green, orange, and pinks. The embroidery has glass and stone beads. The embroidery sits on a wood table.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Bengal tiger and antelope. 🐅 From a photo by Tanishq Jain. - #SciArtSeptember Day 3: Sanguine

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phbutler.bsky.social @phbutler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

New work! Lord of The Rings/ The Silmarillion fan art: Telperion and Laurelin - The Two Trees of Valinor. Drawn in pen and ink, coloured in Procreate #lotr #thesilmarillion #illustration #penandink #sciart #cypress #oak #valinor #treeart

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#SciArtSeptember is on the way! Thanks to all who have been getting the word out. ✨ You can join in by posting, reposting, liking, or commenting - only ever when it works for you. This year’s prompts bridge the worlds of art and nature. So excited to see where you take them. ✨ 🐡 #SciArt #SciComm

A banner image promoting the art challenge Sci Art September. The image features text and a drawing of a sea otter on an off-white background. The text includes the title, Sci Art September, month-long art challenge. The text also includes a list of weekly categories and daily prompts. The first category is colour. This category covers the first 10 words of the month. The daily words are: Malachite, violet, sanguine, azure, saffron, coral, fawn, ruby, ivory, woad. The second category is shape. It covers the 11th through 20th words. The daily words are: Heart, teardrop, diamond, crescent, honeycomb, scallop, eyelet, almond, star, meander. The third category is medium. This category covers the last 10 words of the month. The daily words are: Kaolin, silk, copper, down, jade, cedar, quill, linen, pelt, carbon. At the bottom of the image there is a description. It reads: Year 6, 2026; from nature; hosted by @LizLagomorph.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

In one month! #SciArtSeptember returns for a 6th year. Open to all who are curious about the places where art and science connect. Make new work, post works in progress, or share old favourites. Post when and what you like. 🐡 #SciArt #SciComm

A banner image promoting the art challenge Sci Art September. The image features text and a drawing of a trout on an off-white background. The text includes the title, Sci Art September, month-long art challenge. The text also includes a list of weekly categories and daily prompts. The first category is colour. This category covers the first 10 words of the month. The daily words are: Malachite, violet, sanguine, azure, saffron, coral, fawn, ruby, ivory, woad. The second category is shape. It covers the 11th through 20th words. The daily words are: Heart, teardrop, diamond, crescent, honeycomb, scallop, eyelet, almond, star, meander. The third category is medium. This category covers the last 10 words of the month. The daily words are: Kaolin, silk, copper, down, jade, cedar, quill, linen, pelt, carbon. At the bottom of the image there is a description. It reads: Year 6, 2026; from nature; hosted by @LizLagomorph.

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Alariko @alariko.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Citadel and storm

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 06/10/2025

I got a couple requests for the Vladdy/Freid grand slam video with the Curb music so here it is

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 30: Dream Northern white rhinos are functionally extinct. Hope for their future may rest with Southern white rhinos someday carrying their calves - now embryos in storage. - #rhinoceros #wildlife #animalart #sketchbook

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Emily Tull SGFA @artbyemilytull.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Today is also World Embroidery Day - happy stitching to all my fellow stitchers. For National Marine Week post, I am sharing one of my favs & probably the most complex artwork. "Cooked 3" Hand embroidery thread painting www.emilytull.co.uk/store/p65/cr... #WildlifeArt #embroidery #FiberArt

A Jade green background with the front 2/3s of a crab body two claws situated on the top half of the rectangular image. The red, cooked crab has been hand embroidered

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Jess @jesserintaylor.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Took a bit of a break from drawing, was able to come back with a tree drawing. I found this tree standing with its rock in Cannock Chase Forest. Lots of beautiful ancient oaks still hanging around there and summertime is really beautiful in England, it’s hard not to draw it Graphite on paper

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 3: Jewel An eastern grass jewel butterfly. - #sciart #scicomm #butterfly #nature #sketchbook

A mixed media illustration of a butterfly perched on a flower. They style is expressive and uses pastel colours (orange, teal and pink) on a white background.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 4: Riverbank A young crocodile spies above the waterline. - #sciart #crocodile #animalart #sketchbook 🐊

A mixed media illustration of a crocodile’s head bisected by a stylized waterline. The crocodile is bright green and teal. The area below the waterline is black and the area above is dark brown.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 6: Prairie A watching coyote. - #sciart #coyote #illustration #animalart

A mixed media illustration of a coyote in a stylized prairie environment. The coyote is standing in grass; these elements are coloured with orange, yellow and white. The area representing the sky is a dark brown.

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Maija Karala @maijakarala.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember 8 - Niche Niche is the ecological space occupied by a species: the resources it uses and the effects it has in an ecosystem - which often spread across species like ripples in water. The Sulawesi knobbed hornbill spreads the seeds of rainforest trees, effecting the entire forest.

Head and neck portrait of a Sulawesi knobbed hornbill, a large and colourful tropical bird with a curved bill and a casque-like ornament on its head. In its bill, the bird is holding a small red fruit of a wild fig.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 8: Niche Fossas fill an ecological niche often occupied by cats. - #sciart #scicomm #fossa #madagascar #wildlife

A mixed media illustration of a fossa. The illustration uses interpretive colours - orange for the animal and foreground and bright blue for the background. The fossa stands on a rock and faces to the right.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 9: Vanishing Amur leopards are critically endangered. Zoos around the world maintain a captive population.

A mixed media illustration of an Amur leopard. The cat lies on its side and faces to the left. The style of the work is unfinished, like a sketch.

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Day 9 #SciArtSeptember prompt is vanishing. This #linocut print rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) is handprinted on Japanese white and yellow papers. The rusty-patched bumble is a pollinator native to North America and was common here in Ontario as recently as the 1980s. 🐡🧪 #printmaking 🧵

My linocut print rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) is handprinted on Japanese white and yellow papers, 8" x 8" or (20.3 cm x 20.3). It is black with copper feet and veins on its wings with a fuzzy yellow back with distinct bronze “rusty patch”.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 10: Tawny A nyala doe, grazing. - #sciart #antelope #wildlife #animalart

A mixed media illustration of a nyala antelope, neck bent down as if to eat grass. The Illustration is sketchy and a monochromatic brown. The grass is suggested by white negative space, the same colour as the background.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 12: Wandering Gulls are found worldwide. Most species migrate with changing seasons. - #sciart #seagull #seabirds #aves #birds #sketchbook #illustration

A mixed media illustration of a seagull as it takes off in flight. The image is completed in pale blues, with yellow highlights on the bird’s beak, eye, and legs.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 19: Depths A diver swims behind a surfacing sperm whale. Sperm whales are the 3rd deepest-diving mammal. - #whales #whale #ocean #sketchbook 🐳

A mixed media illustration of a woman diver swimming behind a sperm whale. The whole drawing is completed in monochromatic indigo blue.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 26: Forage All rose hips are edible (but be careful in your preparation). From a photo by Guilhem Vellut. - #botany #botanicalillustration #roses #garden #sketchbook #art

An illustration of a single rose hip attached to a small branch with leaves. The colours are simple - red, green, and yellow ochre.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 25: Tireless Przewalski’s horse has been the focus of intense conservation and captive breeding programs. The horses once again range the Asian steppe. - #wildhorses #equine #sketchbook #art #horse

An illustration of a Przewalski’s horse standing with its head and neck in a relaxed pose. The horse is drawn in yellows and oranges. The legs of the horse disappear into the white background, into a texture that resembles grass.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 13: Bottleneck Wisent herds have been reintroduced to Eurasia and now number in the thousands. All living animals are descended from 12 individuals. - #SciArt #wisent #wildlife #conservation #sketchbook

A mixed media drawing of a wisent and her nursing calf. The wisent are both shown in shades of brown, with blue extremities.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

#SundayFishSketch + #SciArtSeptember Day 14: Mimic A mimic filefish, from a photo by Francois Libert. These devious nuggets mimic the poisonous saddled pufferfish. - #sciart #fish #aquarium

A mixed media illustration of a mimic filefish. The fish is set against a bright purple background.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 16: Rift Atlantic rock crabs are new arrivals to the Greenland-Scotland ocean ridge. From a photo by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. 🦀 - #sciart #invertebrate #arthropod #crab

An illustration of an Atlantic rock crab. The crab is a monochromatic orange on a solid black background.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 15: Spawning Sockeye salmon undergo colourful transformation. - #SciArt #salmon #fish #sketchbook

An illustration of a sockeye salmon in its characteristic red and green spawning colours. The background of the image is a pale green.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 17: Trawl A Belgian fisherman (garnaalvisser) uses a draft horse to catch shrimp. - #drafthorse #horseart #sketchbook

An illustration of a man riding a draft horse, which is carrying the tack and baskets used in traditional shrimp fishing. The image of the man and horse is completed in indigo blues. The background is a flat, off-white.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 18: Cenote A Mayan tetra, from a photo by Marco Endruweit. - #FishArt #tetra #wildlife #sketchbook

A mixed media illustration of a Mayan tetra fish. The fish lays on a mauve background.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 20: Glacial The Southern Ocean is home to several unique orca subspecies, including these C type orcas. - #orca #orcawhale #whales #sketch

An illustration of two orca whales spy hopping - looking above the waterline with their heads in the air. The whales are dark blue and appear on a simplified background.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 23: Scouting Working dogs use their noses to find target species during conservation projects. - #beagle #dogs #sketchbook #drawing

An illustration of a beagle, walking with its nose to the ground. The illustration is simple, with blues taking the place of dark colours on the dog. The background is flat beige.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

#SicArtSeptember Day 22: Fellowship A field scientist collects data from an evening grosbeak. - #sciart #scicomm #nature #sketchbook

An illustration of a pair of hands holding a small song bird. One of the bird’s wings is held, stretched out. The illustration uses shades of blue and beige.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 24: Numbered A sea otter with ID tags. - #seaotter #marinemammal #sketchbook #illustration

An illustration of a sea otter floating on its back, on water. The illustration uses playful colours and blue outlines.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

#SciArtSeptember Day 11: Venomous A Mojave rattlesnake. 🐍 - #SciArt #rattlesnake #snake #illustration

A mixed media illustration of a rattlesnake. The snake’s head is in the centre of the image and it coils towards the bottom left corner. The snake’s head is yellow while the body and background are completed in purples.

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