The word 'disguise' for Illustration Friday brings to mind the tricks, patterns and colours used in nature to hide from predators.
I chose a butterfly to illustrate how cleverly animals and insects disguise themselves. Sometimes they hide from sight, blending in with leaves, wood or rocks, others make themselves conspicious hoping to scare off or deter a predator. Many species of butterflies are marked with ocelli or false eyes which can mimic a larger animal or divert the attack away from the butterfly's body. It's better to have the tip of a wing pecked off rather than your head if you are attacked by a hungry bird
26 comments:
Some of the IF subjects can be very tricky, as is this one, but as usual you've come up with the perfect interpretation. Beautiful!
This is a perfect disguise, indeed! AND just gorgeous, Cathy!!!
Such lovely soft watercolour tones!
Wonderful interpretation... your sketch is beautiful.
The colors are so ethereal and lovely!
Cathy, you have portrayed this master of disguise, and the "ocelli", wonderfully
Your sensitive portrayal Cathy, shows great respect for your subject.
Beautiful! And a perfect subject too.
this is truly perfectly rendered.. beautiful !
and seriously brilliant for the topic!
Beautiful and so many different colors in one little butterfly!
Thank you all for the kind comments :-)
Gorgeous looking butterfly. Beautifully drawn!
Beautiful. I love the colors in that butterfly.
Exquisite!
Well Cathy, this is just fantastic. I don't know...I have just moved house so I have been without the internet - I could have so easily have missed this and it is beautiful. I would love to be able to paint as well as you.
Great work.
Stew.
I like this lots. Great answer to this week's prompt!
Your works are so beautiful!
Congrats and thanks for your visit.
SO gorgeous! That iridescent quality of butterfly wings is such a difficult thing to capture, and you've done it so well!
Beautiful work, perfect Cathy!
He's so beautiful! You did an incredible job with that iridescent light and fantastic texture!
Just beautiful!! Light and lovely.
Lovely one :) and great job on capturing that wonderful butterfly essence :)
What a great subject you've chosen for this one, and as always, beautifully rendered! nancy
This is beautiful,especially the luminescent wings - they seem to shimmer on the page.
Wonderful, Cathy! I admire your accuracy in describing every slight detail of this butterfly, I can feel that you have loved this subject.
Just stunning.
Sue
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