[Art] Earthworm as Totem - pre-colouring.

[moonvoice]

I love earthworms.
No really.
I was one of those people who saved earthworms that had stranded on footpaths.
And thankfully I know a lot of other people around me who did exactly the same thing.
<3


Earthworm as Totem - pre-colouring

Comments

[toeknuckles]

I'm one of those folks too. Still am. 8-)

Love, love, LOVE this one. Those beautiful leaves and the little hearts along his back...eeee!!!

[moonvoice]

Earthworms are love. They're such simplistic animals (comparatively), but this is still one of my favourite pictures in the deck.

[skyfiery]

Wormy! Squees from the cute. =3

[moonvoice]

Yay! :D

[white_rabbit]

Awwww! I am in LOVE with this little guy!

Guilty of being one of those people. Especially on days after it would rain and they would be washed onto the pavement. Now I also collect them to put them in my compost box. :)

[moonvoice]

I used to save them all the time. I still would, except I don't see as many out here.

[goddess_incarnate]

I love the hearts on your earthworm! :D

[moonvoice]

Hee. :D

[silverjackal]

You've managed to make a worm cute. :D (Not that they're not wonderful, unique creatures that fulfill and important ecological niche, but...)

[moonvoice]

It's all the hearts, I think. *grin*

[foxfirefey]

This is amazing awesome.

[moonvoice]

Thank you! :D

[urbanimal]

I still am one of those people, much to the disgust of my neighbours. This is beautiful.

[moonvoice]

I'd still be saving them, except I don't see them much out here!

[lupagreenwolf]

This is all full of <3 and win!

[moonvoice]

:D

[donnalotus]

*squee* Earthworm!!! How beautiful, I love love love :D

Earthworm is one of the most humbling medicines to have, and such a powerful, quiet teacher he is. One of the girls from Circle has Earthworm medicine and she can just move earth in the garden like it's sand. She doesn't fully appreciate it, which is really sad. I think I will have to get her a print of this when it is done!

[moonvoice]

I love earthworm as a teacher. And, totally doesn't surprise me that your friend with earthworm totem doesn't appreciate her awesomeness; it's such an earthworm thing. She's likely to undersell herself until she consciously tries to balance out earthworm with a 'showier' totem.

[burningbright]

OMG the *earthworm hearts*.

I walked with one of my clients once, after a rainstorm, and we picked up earthworms and put them back on soil to save them. I love earthyworms.

Now that my budget is bigger, I keep watching your art for an original to buy. A lot of it is stuff that is lovely but doesn't speak to me... I might have to consider buying this one though if no one else is more keenly interested. >_>

[burningbright]

*Doesn't speak to me personally, I should say; not something I connect with like I do with say, the Grackle as Totem piece. Or some of your work outside of the as-totem prints that I can't quite afford. *hehe*

[moonvoice]

I love this one, so it's awesome that it's spoken to someone else (whether or not you do get it / or are even connected by the end, I really appreciate that you've shared this with me).

[hrafn]

I do that, too. Even though I suspect a lot of them around here are actually invasive species :\

[moonvoice]

Invasive worms? Noooooo. :( (And, I'd still save them too.)

[hrafn]

Yeah, apparently a significant part of North America has no native earthworms. But thanks to European settlers (like my ancestors), now we have them. And in parts of the continent where the forests evolved without earthworms, the decomposition cycle is being adversely affected by the worms' presence. Here's one such link, but "invasive earthworms" as search terms turns up plenty: http://www.allaboutwildlife.com/invasive-species/invasive-eartworms-in-american-soil/4545

Living in the city, though, which I do, I don't think it makes any damn difference what worms are in the dirt around here, since I'm not exactly living in wild, natural, native woodlands.

[redsixwing]

I am also an earthworm-saver.
They're so necessary, especially around here where the soil is clay, except where the earthworms have done their work. And quite pretty, in their many dusky pinks and browns. I look forward to seeing what colors this one will have!

[gone_fishing]

OMG. I love the twee-ness of this. The little hearts. This is freakin' adorable. <3

[ariestess]

I LOVE earthworms and always try to save them when I find them on the sidewalks. And the hearts on his back? So cute!