Blue-tounged Skink

Tiliqua.
Really resisting the urge to draw him over Tokyo. Seriously, consider the true life a lizard must lead. The only creatures who fear you are your food. Practically next to fish on the food chain and they survive. They are the most wildly distributed island animals. So if you find yourself on an deserted island with birds and small mammals, you're not far from mainland. If there's a mess of colorful lizards, figure out which ones are tastiest. You might be there a while.

Boa

The bottom jaw of the constrictor are two separate pieces. As it eats, they independently "walk" down the body of its victim. I have a reptile book from the 70's with a photo series of a man in a canoe being attacked by an anaconda. For years I wondered, "what is the photographer doing while this is going on?" Rereading it now, turns out the man was a hunter, preventing the snake from escaping. "You only get smarter by playing a snake."

Sunflower

The seed growth in the sunflower is one of the best examples of math in nature.

Moth

The "powder" the comes off a moth's wings are actually scales, so handle with care. Also worms are covered in hair. It's unlikely I'll draw one of those.

Pine cone

Trees fascinate me deeply. Its interesting that the first organism to make landfall on ancient earth, to begin building toward the sun, are also the simplest of fractals in their shape. I read once that the ancestor of all trees was a type of fungus that grew tall to spread its spores and had to harden its base to do so.

The Pistachio

Pistacia Vera.
People have been enjoying pistachios for almost 10,000 years. And like people, they survive in a variety of climates. Their shells enable them to endure both deserts and temperatures below freezing. Their flowering trees are unisexual, the plants being either male or female, giving them a certain sensuality I think I've captured here.

The Cast

Running Bear will be overseeing development here at Septapus Inc.