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Published: 2019-01-29 18:57:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 1767; Favourites: 214; Downloads: 0
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I love bugs - most often, I like drawing them, looking at them, admiring their shape and colour. This one attracted my attention because of the shiny wings. I wanted to test myself, and this is how this #TinyTuesday drawing came to be. I think I will do more of these bud studies, as I really find them enjoyable. What do you think, do you like insects? Any favourites (please don't say spiders, I am terrified by them)?Related content
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Wow ! The colors and the style are amazing and beautiful ! I love bugs too, they are so fascinating !
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So shiny that I have the urge to eat it haha
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Don't mind me saying, but you have some strange hunger triggers.
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Haha yeah. Sounds bout right, since one of my..special interests is eating related
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I am not the only one that is extremely interested in bugs! I like dragonflies, they're very elegant.
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Dragonflies are on my list, they just require a lot of time. So soon enough, I will try to draw some.
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It's cursed!! Haha joking, as usual your painting style is lovely. This one feels very smudgy, I think?
I'm generally not a fan of bugs, but, umm, I actually do like spiders...
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Hahaha... I had forgotten about the link between scarabs and the stories of Ancient Egypt. Funny enough, I think I haven't used any smudge tool at all on this one. 
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I like him ! I love a lot of bugs too like beetles, butterflies, dragonflies and bees.
(Spiders are not my favorites but I personally find them fascinating.)
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Dragonflies are so graceful and fast. And their set of four wings and how they move is really fascinating. Spiders evoke a deep fear in me. Not fear as I would fear a reasonably dangerous animal, but something unexplainable, that makes me angsty for a long time after an encounter with one. I used to carry a can of bug spray with me a while back when I used to live in a home that always got infested with new spiders every day. I would come home and have it ready in case there was a new and especially big one on the hallway to my studio apartment. I am a horrible person, I know, but I can't cope with them for some reason.
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No no ! It's understable ! I fear some of them too (especially the big hairy ) but for some reason I'm still fascinated (as long as they aren't too close). I read somewhere that it was an instinctive fear (like the fear of snakes).
Oh and I totally agree for the dragonflies (yeah, I know I'm easily fascinated by many animals (and by many things more generally)).
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A sense of wonder is always a good thing, especially if it sparks curiosity and a will to learn.
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Indeed, I'm curious and I really like to learn. Β
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Dragonflies, mayflies, crickets, ladybugs &other beetles, social insects (ants, termites, bees), &I'm sorry (not really) but I actually do like spiders (not insects though, double checked just now). There is much to like about this strange extraterrestrial-looking beingsΒ Β
p.s. after skimming through your gallery a bit, I find myself to be very hungryΒ Β
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I thought I remembered something from biology classes from long ago about spiders not being insects, but I wasn't sure, and was too lazy to fact-check, apparently... Sorry about that. I knew there was something special about arachnids, but I always thought they are part of a different family/class (?) due to the number of legs and dismissed it.
I find these creatures to be really awe-inspiring too, and I think they are so different from larger creatures on our planet that I should really go deeper into studying them... To think that at some point there were dragonflies with a wingspan of more than 1 m.
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Just something I thought it might be so &wiki confirming it. Don't be sorry, we (re-)learned something!Β Β Not like it means much to a muggle on such things like myself.Β Β Have a pleasant day!
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