Model shoot, circa 2037. Imelda the famous catwalk fashion icon, in the encircling wildfires that engulfed southern California.

#future #imaginary

#ai #aiart

Here’s another imaginary composite creature commission! This one was for a study group- a trio of friends who are studying the hammerhead shark, hedgehog and galah (or rose-breasted) cockatoo, respectively.

The HammerheadHedgeGalah is handprinted on Japanese washi paper, 9" x 11" (22.9 cm x 27.9 cm) in silver, brown and pink.

#linocut #printmaking #compositeCreature #imaginary #hammerhead #galah #hedgehog #printmaker #reliefPrint #MastoArt

I have an ongoing series of imaginary animals I invent but sometimes I print other people’s visions of #imaginary animals too.

#linocut #printmaking #compositeCreature #snailCat #snailShell #cat #MastoArt

These cats are inspired by a friend's dream:
"Years ago I had a dream about Swedish snailcats, that live along the rocky coast of northern Sweden. Their fronts are marmalade cats, and their backs are snailshells.

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#typewriters #fantasy #art #imaginary

#typewriters #fantasy #art #imaginary

Happy birthday to #philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) who, amongst other things speculated about a teapot orbiting in space.

This lino block print of Russell's Teapot is part of my series of Imaginary Friends of Science of charismatic thought experiments. In this case, the alledged china teapot, in orbit between Earth and Mars is an analogy….

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#linocut #printmaking #SciArt #RussellsTeapot #CelestialTeapot #teapot #space #planets #philosophy #skepticism #Imaginary #MastoArt

Some believe that the Crystal Cave Crab is #imaginary. Who am I to say?⠀
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100s of metres deep below the surface there are cave systems, where hot ground water saturated with sulfide ions meets cool oxygenated surface water. As a result giant gypsum selenite crystals can grow, sometimes many m in length. This occurs in the Mexican Cave of the Crystals, but also elsewhere, & likely in places we have yet to find.

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#linocut #printmaking #crab #MastoArt

The fabled iceberg squid, a gargantuan arctic squid, who camouflages himself as an iceberg, is the subject of this whimsical mini linocut print. Some believe the iceberg squid is imaginary, but who am I to say?⁠
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It is widely believed that the blue whale is the largest extant animal on earth, but the iceberg squid can dwarf even that mighty mammal. Improbably, it is its sheer size which makes it so hard to find -

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#MastoArt
#linocut #printmaking #imaginary #squid #iceberg #camouflage

The Æeolian #jellyfish, is a largely unknown & likely #imaginary creature. Unlike other jellies, it floats in the upper ocean of air, blanketing our planet.⁠
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The Aeolian jellyfish (Æolia noctiluca) looks like its sea-borne cousin Pelagia noctiluca (Pelagia = sea, nocti = night & luca=light). Aeolian come from the Greek Æolus, keeper of the winds, & refers to its air-borne nature. There are some important differences between them …
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#printmaking #linocut #washi #fantasy #jelly #MastoArt

Some believe that the chrysanthemum snake is imaginary. Who am I to say?⁠
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While other snakes are known to use scale roughness to aid in camouflage, give a bristly appearance, to produce "eyelash" fringes or even tentacles on their snouts, the cryptic chrysanthemum snake (also known as the daisy snake) is the only known snake with a collection of petal-like scale spikes on its head, which mimics the shape of a flower.
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#imaginary #linocut #printmaking #compositeCreature #snake #MastoArt

This is a #linocut of a couple of Snowflake Beetles a widely unknown, quite possibly, completely #imaginary creature. These miniscule #insects are camouflaged to match their environment, fresh fallen snow. Each of their hexagonal shields (the elytra) are disguised as snowflakes. Through an extraordinary instance of biomimicry, each pattern is as unique;
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#linocut #printmaking #snowflake

Some believe that the hammerhead hedgehorse is imaginary. Who am I to say?⁠
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Though it appears to be an extraordinarily tall hedgehog, with hoof-like feet and uncanny peripheral vision, the hammerhead hedgehorse is not closely related to the hedgehog. Its nearest neighbour, genetically speaking, is the pygmy hippo. They may appear to have horse-like hooves, but…
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#linocut #printmaking #MastoArt #compositeCreature #hedgehog #horse #hammerhead #imaginary

Some believe that the duck billed deer is #imaginary. Who am I to say?⁠
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About the size & white-spotted golden brown colouring of the S. American pudú deer or the Javan mouse deer, this rarely seen tiny deer-like quadruped of the Southwest Pacific is not in fact a deer at all. The unexpected duck-like bill is the first hint that this is perhaps not a regular ruminant mammal.
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#printmaking #imaginary #linocut #deer #monotreme #platypus #illustration #fairytale #cryptozoology #hybrid #MastoArt

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

Thought I'd start sharing the Critterdids..
Here's the Spink. Spinks are small fluffy rodents that live in fields. They are very social and playful. Their antennae seem to be a very important mode of communication, possibly indicating mood and/or important information.
#critterdids #imaginary

OnlineFirst - "Mapping the catastrophic imaginary
The organisation of environmental politics through climate change" by Nicholas Beuret:

#Catastrophicfutures #climatechange #climatepolitics #imaginary #environmentalpolitics

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/25148486231168395

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

The elusive cactibou, a desert cat who owes something to cacti and caribou antlers, is the subject of this whimsical mini linocut print. Some believe the cactibou is imaginary, but who am I to say?⁠
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Unexpectedly, this strange and elusive desert cat has traded some genes with local cacti species. …
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#imaginary #CompositeCreature #linocut #printmaking #desert #cactus #cat #caribou #antlers #myth #photosynthesis

What if... #Spain train system was drawn like a #metro transit map?

https://mapologies.com/metro-spain/

#mapologies #map #lines #españa #train #transitmap #undergound #subway #network #station #imaginarymap #mapa #metromap #subwaymap #transit #imaginary #spanishmap

“Pryxu Guarding a Tree”
#Pencil #Sketch #FantasyArt #imaginary #MastoArt