becca | they/them
@beccagoesoutside
senior artist by day, conservation bio grad student by night. chicago. bugs, powerlifting, comics. no ai shop: weneedtogooutside.com newsletter: beccagoesoutside.com
just thrilled. not one, not two, but FIVE of these beauties visited my moth sheet and bucket trap over two nights while visiting my parents in michigan this week. 🪲🪳
a cool stick!! 🦉🌿 www.beccagoesoutside.com/comic-proces...
do birds experience spring like we do? i like to think so. at least a little bit. read how the comic was made: beccagoesoutside.ghost.io/comic-signs-... #birds #illustration 🌎 🌿🦉 #wildlife #nature
every time my sicko little brain comes up with shit like this
may or may not be horrifying myself by starting to sift through 420gb of old wildlife/plant photos so i can upload a chunk of them to inat as reference photos, wish me luck
urban coyotes illustration stages 🎨 #sciart #science #nature #art #illustration 🧪 🌎 🌿
i used the grid method to create this illustration of an eastern towhee and their white-crowned sparrow friend from my own reference photos! #art #illustration #sciart #nature 🦉
slowly, the image forms like puzzle pieces coming together into one cohesive image. one reason that i continue to occasionally use this method 10 years into my professional illustration career is because it is sooooooo satisfying. #art #illustration #sciart #nature 🦉
there are two common methods: filling in each square one at a time, or working from large shapes down to the finer details. i prefer the latter, but it's all up to you! #art #illustration #sciart #nature 🦉
the process is similar across digital and physical mediums. we start by creating a grid on top of our reference, and a second grid on our drawing surface (procreate file, paper, bedroom wall, etc.) #art #illustration #sciart #nature 🦉
the process is similar across digital and physical mediums. we start by creating a grid on top of our reference, and a second grid on our drawing surface (procreate file, paper, bedroom wall, etc.) #art #illustration #tutorial #birds #nature
my favorite birds are going absolutely bananas around the neighborhood on warm days. sparring and feasting and making madness. i just adore them.
a cormorant/merganser-inspired critter from a few years back.