[Art] Axolotl as Totem

On an unrelated note, the print file for Goanna still isn't working on DeviantArt, and at some point I'll be submitting a support ticket. Thankfully there's a print file of this one!

Axolotl as a totem represents:

Regeneration, healing and health, refusing to grow, change as a sign of weakness, remaining firm in your beliefs, remaining unscarred despite trauma, associations with Xolotl, warning against sacrificing your youth.

read the full totem essay here.


Axolotl as Totem
Original @ Etsy / Prints @ DA




( Larger version and photos under the cut. )

[Art] Earthworm as Totem - pre-colouring.

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

Remember Michael on The Office going no. No. NO. NO. NO. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. yeah. That's us.

I was going to talk about how much I love nature.

I was really going to talk about how much I love nature.

AND THEN I FOUND A LIVE FUCKING SCORPION IN MY STUDY (or Maybe found it and then was rapidly grabbed and put away before she could hurt herself, which is what she clearly wanted to do) AND I CHANGED MY FUCKING MIND.


The SCORPION OF DOOM




I was going to be all like, hey I saw a western brush wallaby in the bushland today and it stared at us for ages and it was all magical and crap.

But then I changed my mind. Glen's all like 'I didn't know we had scorpions in Perth!' and I'm like 'I did, I didn't know we had them IN OUR HOUSE.'

We are now discussing the merits of moving anywhere but here. (I actually prefer close encounters with snakes over scorpions, but that's because snakes can't grab you with two pincers before stabbing the crap out of you.)

(Anyone concerned with the welfare of the scorpion should know that we 'rehomed it' in some bushland far far far away. FAR AWAY.)

(x-posted to Wordpress. Eventually.)