#compositecreature — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #compositecreature, aggregated by home.social.
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My mandriltee for #MerMay! Some believe that the mandriltee is imaginary. Who am I to say?
Though it appears to be rotund, short-armed mermaid with strange facial markings, the mandriltee is neither fish nor primate and certainly not the composite creature of myth. Their name, however, is inspired by their unlikely ressemblance to the mandrill, and they are of the order Sirenia (which 🧵
#linocut #printmaking #washi #mastoArt #mandrill #manatee #mermaid #imaginary #compositeCreature
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My mandriltee for #MerMay! Some believe that the mandriltee is imaginary. Who am I to say?
Though it appears to be rotund, short-armed mermaid with strange facial markings, the mandriltee is neither fish nor primate & certainly not the composite creature of myth. Their name, however, is inspired by their unlikely ressemblance to the mandrill, & they are of the order Sirenia (which comes from the word …
#linocut #printmaking #mandrill #manatee #mermaid #imaginary #compositeCreature #MastoArt
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This is a whimsical mini linocut of the blue Batbearoo, a widely unknown, & quite possibly, completely imaginary composite creature. Despite its looks & its name, the Batbearoo is neither bat nor bear, but a flying marsupial most closely related to the quolls.
The Batbearoo (Dasychiroptera ursus) shares a common ancestor with the marsupial quoll family of Australia, & …
#imaginary #linocut #printmaking #compositeCreature #bat #bear #marsupial #illustration #makeBelieve