Biology Folder

A series of drawings that illustrate my Biology folder - drawn while in the depths of hellish boredom during a Biology trip.


This creature is supposed to have wings, but unfortunately his creator has not yet figured out the best structure to suit his anatomy.

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No, the moth is not a physical part of this creature. The body can still function without it - however, it allows the body to communicate and feed and 'think'. The body is driven by a primal instinct and does not have a brain of its own. Without a moth it will simply walk and walk until its body wears out. A moth is given to it at the moment of 'birth' by its superiors and provides the basis for its living. The moth provides the body with an ability to think and feed and the body provides the moth with protection and ready food. The source of the connection between the two entities is unknown.

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Shame about the very black lines across the hawk-girl's face. But on the folder it was hawk-girl with the flap down and normal girl with the flap up... However, I drew the girl and was then disappointed with myself for reverting to my habit. Therefore the flap came in handy in adding a little more interest. The hawk-girl has become very attractive to my pen, suddenly.

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Sack-Puss. Poor thing, with a nickname like that. But this cat doesn't eat that often, or move that often either, unless it has to. Slow and lazy and fat. It is the strange creature on the end of it's tail that eats for it and protects it from predators. Originally this vicious thing was a parasite. However, after finding it works perfectly well with this lazy race of cats, they have over the decades become a part of each other.

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I think this grumpy fellow came into being because of a mixture of disgust at myself for the typical pretty-girl I had previously drawn, and partly because Chris Riddell's illustrations in The Edge Chronicles (go read) were going round my head. Chris Riddell is an absolute genius with his pen.
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