These stag beetle drawings are the first in a series of co-op themes created by Vani and I. Vani is my life long best friend, and we have created many drawing themes in the past. For this theme we chose 3 Stag beetles (Dorcus titanus, Odontolabis spectabilis, and Prosopocoilus occipitalis) to draw. The first three images are Vani’s creations and the last image is mine.
Stop by and check out Vani’s blog, Captain Primate to see more of his awesome artwork and insect collections.
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Gettin’ old.
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These are amazing! I love the paper you selected to draw them on. It really makes them look all the more artistic. Beautiful work!
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Much appreciated!
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love these! love beetles (well in theory .. not on or near me!! ) look great 🙂
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Thanks Cam. They’re really quite loveable. ;))
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The one on the upper-right above… the slightly zoomed one from Vani… maybe it is my warped mind… but when I first looked at it, I saw a profile view of the smoking caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland!
Good stuff, my warped brain aside, though!
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Ahhh ha ha ha ha! I have begun to wear reading glasses and without them everything looks like a hooka smoking caterpillar. So I know what you mean.
Thank you, warped brain aside.
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Those are all really good drawings… I can’t make myself NOT see the smoking caterpillar now though!
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These are so neat! I love the natural, earthy feel of them with the toned paper and subtle colors. I’m especially liking that first one. Excellent work!
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Thanks Jenna! The first one is Vani’s drawing, he is one of the few inately gifted artists that I’ve ever had the pleasure to know. For him those were just a few quick sketches.
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What can I say other than, you do a gorgeous beetle. lady!
am:)
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Thanks AnnMarie, we had a lot of fun doing this theme together. We may just make it a weekly thing.
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Epic stuff!!
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You got that right!
Thank you, Vanzi.
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I guess Ringo will always be the 4th
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Unfortunately he was unavailable to pose for us or we would’ve included him.
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awesome! now I am of to visit Captain Primate!
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Why thank you very much!! I’m sure he’ll appreciate that also.
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