dribbble invite up for grabs

i've got a dribbble invite if anyone is interested. let's see some portfolios, people!

bestiary: arctic hare

so finally (at least to me), the difference between hares and rabbits? hares are bigger. longer ears. taller hind legs. i find it interesting that they can be loners but you can also find them in groups of thousands. i'd love to see that. thousands of arctic hares! i'd probably miss them though. it'd probably be winter and i'd probably not seem them camouflaged in the tundra. also, i wouldn't be out in the dead of winter in a patch tundra. i kind of like that during mating season, they pair off and do their own thing. they establish their own territory away from others. and crazier still, they can run up to sixty kilometres an hour! what?! lepus arcticus in moleskine.

the king's speech (spoken like a true prince)

while playing with a print set i just bought, the idea's just came like flashes and this is the result. this is hand made with no digital mucking about aside from scanning it. i had a good laugh researching this one, i must say. i'm not completely set on the title and alternative title. i think it needs one or the other but i'm not sure which yet...both will have to suffice for now.

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bestiary: arctic fox

sly samoyeds? i suppose not. their white coats definitely help them camouflage in the winter although i'm not sure how much that helps them as predators. they eat fish, rodents, rats, and such but in the dead of winter, there can't be that many of those critters around, can there? ah, solution. they get their proverbial sloppy seconds by eating in the wake of the kills of polar bears. those beautiful white coats do protect them well from the cold though. they can survive temperatures around -50 centigrade.....brr chilly brr. also crazy: females give birth to sometimes fourteen little babies. fourteen! vulpes lagopus in moleskine.

bestiary: arapaima

still considered a fish, these guys breath air. i always thought that would qualify the animal as a mammal. because of this trait, they keep to the surface of fresh water. and while they feed on fish, their stomping grounds give them access to birds which they also sometimes eat. so they breath air and they eat birds. that's a hell of a fish! this proximity to the the surface also exposes them to humans too though, and we like to hunt everything apparently. strangers still, their tongues are kind of bony and have their own teeth! crazy. arapaima gigas in moleskine.