Lots of possibilities.

it really does!! i think it's inspiring... I want to see the world through those eyes

she's so beautifully drawn-- the colors, the patterning, the curve of the legs-- beautiful and respectful in a way that you usually only see for a couple bugs. Butterflies, bees, some beetles and moths-- cicadas, too, recently-- but i've never seen anybody depict a tick like this! never a tick!

a few favorite closeups! the last one is a composite: I had big dreams of swarms of bees visiting my water dish/camera setup, but ended up with just the one. She did walk around a bit, though, so I combined two photos of her. I still have the dish somewhere-- might be worth trying again sometime!

🏅 ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜱᴀᴍᴘʟᴇʀ ɪꜱ ʙᴇᴇ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴏᴠᴇᴅ 🏅

yeah! i love the Paint Tiles project: mrmotarius.itch.io/paint-tiles

and there's also something explicitly for faking cross-stitch patterns (using Blender, so you can't directly put it into your game): mrmotarius.itch.io/mrmo-stitch

bsky.app/profile/psyc...

thank you, Amber! 😊 I think the pan flag is one of the absolute prettiest-- the colors are gorgeous!

i loved those!! hours of fun to be had there 😄

I'm currently still getting mathysphere.gay up-to-date with all the cross-stitch patterns, so it works out pretty well to also cross-post them here as I go :)

a few favorites from the ol' glamour photos. the underwater one was taken in a creek near me-- we've got some cool little sandbars all around from when the last set of glaciers came through :)