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  1. petoly

    little flys? ######?

    if you leave their leftover foods at the bottom of the tank then it's probably phorid flies. do they seem to move in short bursts of speed? they are a little biger than hydei flies. Extra food for your animals lol =)
  2. petoly

    I'm about to do this tattoo

    thanks guys. color is going to take quite some time for this Meluzynn, Je viens, je viens =)
  3. petoly

    I'm about to do this tattoo

    and ironically enough my idolo molted to adulthood right after I did this tattoo. lol kinda funny. Except half his wings are mismolted =(
  4. petoly

    I'm about to do this tattoo

    We got to start it. First session outline and with shading. Next Sesh is color
  5. petoly

    ...And POOF...It's gone.

    man I want one of those so bad. how do you keep the humidity high enough for a screen cage? a room humidifier?
  6. petoly

    Welcome in Switzerland

    I miss Switzerland =( nice pics.
  7. petoly

    Easy feeders to culture?

    Patrick, be careful with the dermestid beetles in the roach bins. I also have them in mine, however you have to watch their population, and control it. Otherwise they will take over and eat everything. The beetles grow and reproduce much faster than the roaches, and when there's no carcases for...
  8. petoly

    I'm about to do this tattoo

    I will. hoepfully we will outline it in a couple of days. he's almost done. I'm in california working from my home since last may because I was sick of shop drama and was going to the wrong shops I guess lol. Starting next week I'm going back to the first shop I started at 6 years ago. I found...
  9. petoly

    I'm about to do this tattoo

    well that's lame. my client just told me he's on antibiotics so the tattoo part is off till he's done taking them and they are out of their system. oh well I'll just revive this thread from the dead or start a new one when We actually do it.
  10. petoly

    Holiday gift exchange?!

    THANK YOU ANDREW! IT'S FREAKING AWESOME! so is the Wreath! I needed one! =)
  11. petoly

    I'm about to do this tattoo

    new school cartoony realistic full color
  12. petoly

    I'm about to do this tattoo

    no he just thinks it's badass and wants me to do it
  13. petoly

    I'm about to do this tattoo

    I get to tattoo this. I just finished with the sketch and I'm about to tattoo the outline right now. it's going on a shin I will post the picture when the outline is done. I figured I would share since you don't see these very often.
  14. petoly

    My New Little Buddy

    he is definitely the coolest anole species ever =)
  15. petoly

    Holiday gift exchange?!

    I can if you really want one but I have a post on how to make them...it's really not hard man.
  16. petoly

    Holiday gift exchange?!

    I sent mike one of my home made rheostats, 3 double shield mantids, a culture of springtails, 5 small lipped feeder dishes, some hot cocoa, some fruit rollups, popcorn, a red led keychain, and some water crystals. Looking forward to your package Andrew =) thank you! I will do as you say in...
  17. petoly

    Holiday gift exchange?!

    Andrew I fully expect you to send me your Knight Anole (lol)! I will not open the box unless there's something scurrying in it. nah jokes aside. Mantid_Mike I hope you like your package.
  18. petoly

    First time drawing a mantis

    light has 5 main elements and it works universally.in order or brightness you have a highlight, surface light, core shadow, reflective light and a cast shadow. Technically the reflective light is lighter than the core shadow. If I have time I will post up a diagram but for now I'll explain in...
  19. petoly

    Metallyticus violaceus consolidated

    here's a video of the female's behavior when it comes to laying an ootheca. She's looking for a good spot what is going on with embedding vid in this forum? does the format keep changing? I'm not doing anything different than before yet it just won't embed.
  20. petoly

    First time drawing a mantis

    good start. but it needs a lot of work. you need to work on your values. Pop darker darks and lighter lights for contrast, you're losing the front arm and lots of the thorax because it's all the same shade of grey. Don't use just one stick of vine charcoal, add some compressed charcoal in there...
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