My Attempt At Drawing The Character Rathgrithr From The Actual Play D&D Game What’s Left Of Us. (I

One Mountain, Two Tigers: A New Species of Gloydius (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Upper Lancang Valley in Xizang, China, with Comments on the Diagnostic Characters and Evolution of the G. strauchi (Bedriaga, 1912) Species Complex

Jinlong REN, Junjie HUANG, Wei WU, Ke JIANG, Jiatang LI

Abstract

The Hengduan Mountains Region (HMR) in China, a globally significant biodiversity hotspot, has garnered attention for its potential to harbor cryptic species within the Asian pit viper genus Gloydius Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981. Based on comprehensive morphological comparisons and molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Gloydius strauchi complex, this study identified a previously unrecognized species of Asian pit viper. Discovered in the upper Lancang (Mekong) hot dry valley of Xizang, China, this species is geographically proximate to G. huangi but exhibits clear morphological distinctions from other members of the genus, representing the second Gloydius species identified along the upper Lancang River. We describe here this new species and highlight the significance of skull and hemipenis morphology, which were instrumental in its diagnosis and in resolving taxonomic boundaries and ambiguities within the G. strauchi complex. This study provides insights into the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of this newly described species, enhancing our understanding of diversification patterns in this genus.

Read the paper here:

One Mountain, Two Tigers: A New Species of <italic>Gloydius</italic> (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Upper Lancang Valley in Xizang, China, with Comments on the Diagnostic Characters and Evolution of the <italic>G</italic>. <italic>strauchi</italic> (Bedriaga, 1912) Species Complex

A drawing and some music I made a while ago.

This was sort of what got me practicing drawing, since it was one of the first pieces I was proud of, but I couldn’t (and still can’t) consistently make things I was proud of or that looked like what I’d imagined in my head.

Colouring update. I don’t have much time the rest of today, so that’s probably all for today.

A piece I’m working on. I’m bad at colouring, so I wanted to share it before I possibly ruined it. Nonetheless, I’ll follow up later with the coloured version.

A plant study I did in watercolour. I actually really like it. It’s the first time I’ve done watercolour in a bit, and I’m happy how it turned out for the most part.

Just got some markers. These are my first two times using them. I still have a lot to learn, but they’re pretty fun.

Reference: https://www.pintrest.com/pin/20200919--70437486273223/

(Although I still haven’t quite learned how to do likenesses, so it doesn’t look that much like him)

An apple. It's really flawed, but I'm proud of it, since it's the best one I've done so far. Maybe next week I'll draw a better one.

Trying hatching. This is actually a wip, since unfortunately I sorta messed it up when I did the full piece(made the background black, which made the guy look washed out).

Been having a bit of art block recently. Still keeping up with practice, but haven’t really finished anything I’ve been happy with. Decided to just sit down for a bit and see what came out and I got this thing. Idek what it actually is, to be honest, but I like it.

(Oops it has one two few petals. That was definitely an intentional decision and not bc I forgot what flowers look like)

I was thinking about birds earlier today(many such cases), when my thoughts wandered a bit too far and the phrase “ratite-oulli” popped into my head. I knew I had to draw it, so here’s a quick 10 minute sketch. Nothing is to scale at all, and the cassowary is sorta terrible, but this is a shitpost anyways, so…

A little colored pencil doodle cause I was hungry.