The butterfly theme continues. Inspired by the release of the butterfly stamps last month by the post office I have finally finished this drawing I have been working on for 2 years, 2 months. It probably took about 30 hours in total; I got quicker as time progressed as I learnt the tricks of AI. It shows the critically endangered and endangered species of UK butterflies as listed in Butterflies of Britain & Ireland by Michael Easterbrook in the top half of the hour glass and the wings of those that are extinct in the bottom. The large blue is flying up from the pile in the bottom half because it has been reintroduced since extinction. I spent hours on the wings of the large copper and mazarine blue, the first to become extinct, which are mostly obscured in the final drawing! This is A4 size and not as shown here.
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