So this is another "inspired by recent climate-related science" piece. The article is about how agriculture has changed nearby ecosystems to favour quick eats and quick life spans, which also means generally smaller animals, etc. As a larger mammal who wants to live a long time, I find this generally concerning, but am not sure how it would directly impact my life. 🤷♀️
Anyways, bonus mid-semester art because my university has been down for the last *three days* (which is problematic because it's all online schooling for me right now). 🙃
For anyone curious, this guy is supposed to be an eastern cottontail and its habitat stretches up to the great lakes. 🥰🐇
here's the cool article inspiring this one: https://phys.org/news/2024-01-microbial-awakening-high-latitude-food.html?fbclid=IwAR3Ynm3UoVh0mh4Bke_8PXjj8hqpxlazoLwpdTzxvfMv6-qFkKgPTlgXr48
"Roe V Wade" Abortion Rights Natural Uterus Herbalism -- this design features plants (yarrow flowers, red raspberry leaves, mugwort, and parsley) that have been used for centuries by women to regulate and influence female reproductive cycles and physiology. Subtle, earthy, and deeply feminist.
"Patron Saint of Dead Rodents" Barred Owl and Oak Leaves Design. The skulls and bones are eastern cottontail (rabbit), red quirrel, and mouse! "Don't patron saints save things?? Why are the rodents dead??" "Because this owl SAVES THEM to eat later, ahahha." <<< literally a conversation in my house.
"Community Not Capitalism" Hands on Homestead Design. I want to live in a community where my life is about connection with other people, sharing, interdependence, and health. I want to grow vegetables with people, do gardening, live off grid, and be punk and off-grid.
"The (cat) Lovers" Halloween Tarot Lovers Design. Love can be about compatibility and vulnerability and devotion to something bigger than yourself. Or it can skew reality and create a cult-like fervor. Your call, really.
"Nightlights of the Forest" Mushroom Lantern and Fireflies Design. Jack O' Lantern mushrooms (they glow in the dark) in an old school lantern surrounded by fireflies. Sound like just about the dreamiest forest nightlights ever.
"Where Is Your Space Space?" Climate Change Apocalypse Design. When climate change is wrecking cities, societies, and where you live -- where will your safe space be? Maybe sometimes it's good to focus on individual solutions for staying alive, not just preventing damage.
"Mushroom Cabin" Foraging Nature Cottage Design. Chants, blewits, boletes, amanitas, morels, trumpets, lobsters, baby oysters and chicken, honey, witch butter, russula, and puffball! These are the fungi dreams are made of :) Retire to a cozy cabin and be happy in the outdoors.
"Nocturnal Familiars" Night Animals and Paw Prints Design. These are northern and boreal animals who like to come out at night. From moths to owls to flying squirrels, and the paw prints are the bigger nocturnal animals like cats and raccoons and skunks and coyotes. Perfect for a little or big environmentalist or nocturnal fiend.
"The Permafrost Is Melting" Punk Caribou Bones Patch Design. Bit of an experiment, but I love punk patches and think climate change and the apocalypse is a good conversation starter. Go, team.
"Hunter's Treasures" Forest Camping Nature Doodles Design. Tracking, hunting, berries, mushrooms - there's nothing like exploring and living in the woods.
"Wolf and Raven Friends" Dark Lineart with Tree Design. Did you know there is a long recorded history of wolves and ravens being friends? From recurrent mythologies to scientific or academic observations!
"Cottagecore Treasures" Cozy Witch Doodles Design. A cozy witch, living in a cozy cottage, doing some cozy baking and cozy spells. Ah, that's the life.
"Resilient In My Roots" Lineart Tree Design. Whatever builds the foundation for your resiliency and makes up your roots, whether that's family or ancestry or hard-won determination or friends, I respect you for it.
"Goblin Cottagecore" Dark Forest Mushroom Teapot Doodles Design. Scissors and lockets and earrings, OH MY! Pinecones and leaves and salamanders, YES PLEASE! Berries and mushrooms? ALWAYS.
Junk and Treasure Doodles "Goblincore" Design. Daggers and snails and muffins and beads and acorns and leaves and teeth and tickets and fishhooks and gems -- OH MY.
"The Healer's Apothecary" Curious Plant Magic Bottles Design. Snakeskin, plantain, matches, yarrow, turkeytail mushroom, dandelion, hagstone and thread, nettle, and honey! Take your medicine with you, wherever you go. :)
Dark Witchy Tarot "Halloween Hermit" Design. The Hermit carries the knowledge of madness, solitude, social insight, and Jack O' Lanterns. Aaaaand maybe sugary treats and zombies.
