Astrapionte

I'm Astrapionté and I'm an aspiring zoologist that studies and draws animals! :)

I'm a humble southern boy at heart. Unfortunately growing up, not many people that I knew cared about the natural world. When I was around 7, I started making Animal Encyclopedias for my family. I also began collecting Zoobooks, spending hella time in the non-fiction section of the library, collecting Schleich and Safari LTD figurines, and obsessing over any animal-related media for the rest of my childhood, such as my all time fav franchises: Happy Feet, Hungry Shark, Ice Age, Rio, Madagascar, and Angry Birds.

One of the things I love to do in life is educate the general, uninterested public about the wonders and beauties- and even not-so-beautiful wonders- of the natural world.

Furthermore, as a young wildlife artist, the animals that always interested me had little to no photographic or artistic representation available online. I want to build a menagerie of references for people like me who want to illustrate obscure, fragmentary, and unheard of species. Also note, I use my art to explore ideas and speculations, even if they are inaccurate.

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