#lightning bug
Bug/Fire Retypes of Ponyta line
Firebug pt. 2
[ID: A digital painting of a common eastern firefly with its wings outstretched, done in bright reds, yellows, and oranges. The firefly is set against a deep navy background, with a swirling yellow light around the firefly’s abdomen. Yellow light catches on the wings and body.]
Firebug
[ID: A drawing of a common eastern firefly with its wings outstretched, done in yellow and orange, on a navy blue background.]
Lightning Bug is the moniker of New York-based musician Audrey Kang, who started out playing music with her group of best friends as part of a personal, private project. She eventually chose to release the music she made online, and although she lacks presence on social media, she managed to gain a small yet loyal following through her SoundcloudandBandcamp profiles. In late January, she released Floaters, her first full-length album, and a few days later, played her first show as Lightning Bug at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn. With Floaters, Kang experiments with a number of genres, including dream pop (”Lullaby No. 2″, “Gaslit”), shoegaze (”Luminous Veil”), and noise pop (”Labyrinth Song”). She even sneaks in a short, classically-inspired piano solo (”The Sparrow”) and an acoustic-guitar driven track (“Real Love”). Despite the variation in style throughout, Floaters still feels cohesive– largely due to the combination of the softness of Kang’s voice and the atmospheric qualities of the soundscapes that she and her friends create.
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Before I painted this I had no idea what fireflies looked like before they became beetles. Then after I found out they just became even cooler!
Also here are some cool facts I found out when I was researching them:
1. They can glow at every stage of their lives. From the egg to pupa stage its usually like a faint glow and then in the adult beetle stage they flash or blink.
2. They stay in the larva stage for like 2 years until they pupate.
3. When they’re in the larva stage they eat all kinds of other insects even snails and slugs.
4. I just think they’re really cool. Also after I finished this painting I served seeing so many firefly larva it was so cool!!
Also I do have prints of this illustration in my etsy shop. It’s linked below.
I drew two characters from our DnD campaign, to make cardboard minis. The sorceress is based on an image with a dragonborn sorceress with far too many mammalian mammaries and cleavage, so if DnD-buffs recognise it, that’d be why! The player wanted something similar but non-sexualised.
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