Making a butterfly 🦋 (Patreon)

Hey all! I've been taking some time to work on a personal project. I got into native gardening last year, and my local native gardening chapter is hosting an art show in april. I decided i wanted to apply for it! I'm going to be making 3 butterfly wall hangings by modifying nazfx's butterfly pattern. They are large - cats for scale!
First up is a monarch! The wings are done with sublimation using photos i took of a monarch that eclosed in my backyard. Her egg was laid on my native milkweed, which she ate as a caterpillar and then set up her chrysalis in my yard. And i got to see her up close when she eclosed! 🥰 She's still not done but I'm getting close to finishing her up. I'll also be making a zebra longwing which is florida's state butterfly. And, i haven't decided what the 3rd will be yet! 🤔 i wanted to work on these while i was feeling inspired and before the deadline to submit. I'll be picking work back up on the whale shark and cat in a box patterns soon!