Blog – Hatchling Makes

Inktober Day 26: Mata mata turtle

Day 26: Mata mata turtle One of my fave turtle species and one that was introduced to me by my pal Natelle! Mata mata turtles live in the leaf ...

Day 25; Sarcastic fringehead Possible the best name for any animal I’ve ever come across!! 😂😂 these tiny fish can open their jaws to a honestly ...

Day 24: bat eared fox Less than a week to go! I’m honestly going to be a bit glad when it’s over I think. Whilst I love inktober it does take up...

Day 23: Sea Pen  Is it a quill? Is it a feather? Nope! It’s a sea pen!  In a similar way in which corals live in colonies, the sea pen is a group...

Day 22: Malagasy Leaf Nosed Snake Into the final stretch!! How’s everyone still going with their inktober prompts? Today’s animal is the Malagas...

Day 21; goblin shark A super simplified goblin shark for today. Goblin sharks live in deep water and are the only extant species left in their s...

Remember my whale shark illustrations from a couple months ago? Well I sent them to be made into eco friendly stickers so I could check quality a...

Day 20; pink fairy armadillo Only 11 days left to go!! I’m definitely finding this challenge to be, well challenging, even though I prepped my s...

Day 19: Hairy frogfish This was a hard one to do in black and white!! The hairy frogfish, despite its name, is not hairy at all but has thin spi...

Day 18; Spoonbill/shoebill When I made my first prompt list for inktober I didn’t proofread it super well and it wasn’t until a couple weeks lat...

It seems it’s art vs artist time again so here’s my grid. It’s strange to see how much this has changed from the last time I did one of these! H...

Day 17; Vampire squid One of my all the fave animals today! The vampire squid. The webbing between its tentacles gives it a cape like appearanc...