Out of the Void Posters
Out of the Void Poster by Bebops





I am constantly astonished and entranced by the myriad forms of life on this planet. To quote one of my very favorite authors, Annie Dillard, in
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, "the creator has pizzazz".

I hope to display a variety of animal images on this blog to delight us all. I have created many products featuring wildlife and pets for my Zazzle stores, Bebop's Place and Bebop's Weddings, using my original photographs and designs. I am also constantly amazed at the gorgeous animal products available from the rest of the Zazzle community. I am hoping others will enjoy this blog and even be moved to purchase some of these lovely items for gifts or just for the pleasure of having such beauty around.



Monday, August 27, 2012

A cat's green eye with a tiny star shaped sparkle is staring out of this Case-Mate iPhone case. Her beautiful brown and black fur surrounds the eye.




Write a funny caption for this funny seal poster! Photograph copyright © 2011 Fred Ziegler




You must have this cool cartoon octopus mug, it fits any season. Just keep in mind that the octopus is the new reindeer! Available in many syles and colour and also as a teapot.

Sunday, August 26, 2012

This lovely 2013 calendar poster features the exquisite cabbage butterfly (Pieris rapae). She has stopped flitting around the garden long enough to perch on verbena flowers. She has a black body which does not show beneath her four white wings, each with a black dot at the center. The two upper wings have a black band at the tips. Her face is a pale green. What a lovely, delicate creature she is! CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ENTIRE 2013 CALENDAR POSTER COLLECTION




Save the Honey Bee on Pink Daisy - Bag for Life




This iPhone case features an impressionism pastel painting of a lovely Holstein cow reclining peacefully in a sunny pasture.

Saturday, August 25, 2012

This tote bag features a Red Eft, the terrestrial juvenile stage of the Eastern Newt (or Red-Spotted Newt). This curious orange fellow with red spots has just emerged from the pond to spend two or three years on land before heading back to the water as a full grown salamander.




King Lion and Cubs greeting card featuring our original stained glass style art of an African lion watching over his three lion cubs hiding in the grass of the savanna with a sunny sky behind digitally painted by our talented children's book illustrator, Traci Van Wagoner. This majestic animal art makes a perfect gift for anyone who loves lions, all big cat lovers, king of the jungle lovers, Africa animal lovers, and safari animal lovers. This beautiful lion art also makes a perfect gift for him on Father's Day, Dad's birthday, or any other gift giving occasion when you want to make him fell like the king of the jungle.




Here's an iPhone case with a mean cartoon fish.

Friday, August 24, 2012

This hat features two adorable red squirrels in the fluffy white snow, surrounded by hearts, so in love! Great for Valentine's Day or any day you're feeling some love. The text can be customized or deleted.




A beautiful photo of a white horse creates a lovely cover for your journal notebook.




African Wild Dogs nature photo throw pillow features a beautiful photograph of two African wild dog puppies taken by Kurt Keller with a 35 mm camera in the early morning hours on an African safari in Botswana in winter. This was a rare treat since this is a rare species. The adults in the wild dog pack had just come back from a hunt and were feeding these adorable wild dog puppies. Wild dogs are usually on the move over a very large range, covering 900 square miles in the Serengeti. After a litter is born, however, they will limit their traveling and hunting to areas closer to the den. Anyone who loves wild animals, African animals, and all dog lovers will enjoy this animal picture of these adorable wild dog puppies.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

This iPad case features a Gray Catbird perched on a fence post.. He is a gray bird with a black cap and bright rusty feathers under the tail. Gray Catbirds are relatives of mockingbirds and thrashers, and they share that group’s vocal abilities, copying the sounds of other species and stringing them together to make their own song. Their call sounds like the meow of a cat.




This frog jumped aboard to make sure you didn't cook him!




Customizable wristlet Bagette with a photo of a squirrel drinking a cocktail from a martini glass through an umbrella straw with "Cheers!" written in red type. Your Bagette wristlet can be customized with your own text. A cute squirrel picture bag for any squirrel lover!

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Wear this silly bug-eyed spider shirt when you go trick or treating on Halloween or any time of year. He won't scare anyone but you are sure to get lots of laughs and goodies. He is a large black spider with white eyes bugging out of his head. More spiders are scattered on the front and back.




Here's a hummingbird throw pillow on a dark background. Looks lovely with matching placemats, napkins and coasters.




Mallard duck belt buckle.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Enjoy this seasonal 2013 wall calendar with exquisite photography of twelve different northeastern birds. Included are a Northern Cardinal, Blue Jays, Canada Geese, a Red-bellied Woodpecker, a White-Throated Sparrow, an American Goldfinch, a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, a Common Grackle, a Tufted Titmouse, a Red-Breasted Nuthatch, a Black-capped Chickadee and a pair of Redpolls. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ENTIRE 2013 WALL CALENDAR COLLECTION




This iPad case features two Brown Pelicans in the water of a canal. The bird in the foreground is taking off, his head stretched outward, his wings a blur at the sides, and his feet extended backwards as they splash the water. The second pelican, still sitting in the water, seems to be saying to the first bird "Go for it!". The background of the photo shows the wall of the canal at the top, reflected in shades of golden brown on the water, blending into greens and blues with a reflection of the flying pelican in the ripples. These wild birds are out exploring.




The original photograph in this print shows a Great Blue Heron foraging for food along the banks of a canal. We see the bird as he lifts his foot and points his beak toward his prey, his S shaped neck and white head with its dark blue stripe poised to spring. The heron's body, with its bluish gray feathers, stands out against the dark brown wood of the dock. A reflection of a white boat on the water shows off the bird's thin, dark legs. In the foreground of the scene, tall grasses grow at the edge of the rippled water. There is a wide white border around the photograph, with title and photographer's credit in small text under the photo.

Monday, August 20, 2012

This t-shirt features a confrontational green frog with an attitude staying cool on a hot day in the shallow water at the edge of the pond. The text reads: You got a problem? It can be customized or removed.




Unique and funny Labrador Retriever Art painted by Naomi Ochiai. Labrador gifts for Labrador lover's home. Great fun gifts for yourself, too. Black Lab, Chocolate Lab, Yellow Lab are all painted in the picture. Labrador working in the Apple Farm.




A cute ballet pig on a sticker.

Sunday, August 19, 2012

This poster features the Great Blue Heron, a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands. He is the largest North American heron. Notable features include flight feathers, red-brown thighs, and a paired red-brown and black stripe up the flanks; the neck is rusty-gray, with black and white streaking down the front; the head is paler, with a nearly white face, and a pair of black plumes running from just above the eye to the back of the head. The feathers on the lower neck are long and plume-like. Because this is the breeding season, he also has plumes on the lower back and an orange bill. He is standing in a shallow creek dipping his beak into the water hoping to snag a fish or frog. The bright sunny day light creates a wonderful mirror image reflection.




Super sweet Little Love Heart Ladybug design button pin. Featuring text which reads: Little Ladybug on my Arm you wear a Heart and that's your Charm.




This birthday card features a beautiful photograph of the eye of a siberian tiger.

Saturday, August 18, 2012

This poster features a gorgeous golden, orange and brown tortoiseshell cat sitting on a red pillow, staring out the window into a midnight blue sky. She casts a shadow on the gold colored wooden windowsill. I have digitally enhanced my original photograph to achieve a painterly effect.




Adorable kitten sitting in a hat - customize away - change t shirt style/color - change the words or drop them all together.




Cat friends tiptoeing through the snow. A delightful vintage print on an iPhone case.

Friday, August 17, 2012

This iPad case features a pair of house finches perched on a branch. The male has red plumage on his head and breast. The female is tan and brown with stripes. They stand out beautifully against the pure black background.




Purple iPhone case with a cute giraffe nibbling on a purple flower and holding some flowers with its tail while skating with roller skates which wheels are made of flowers.




Happy Halloween – Got Treats? Design features a just too cute Bulldog puppy, peeking out of a pumpkin. May be customized, if you wish, by your own name and/or message in the customize section of the listing. If you do not wish to customize, merely delete the “Your Text Here” in the customize section of this listing.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

These mallard ducks are surprised to find themselves surrounded by fluffy white snow from an early storm. Their lovely green iridescent necks, yellow beaks and intricately patterned wings really stand out against all that white! The text reads: Lord love a duck! It can be customized or removed.




A fun way to announce your upcoming wedding date with kissing tortoises from the Galapagos Islands.




This amazing wildlife iPad case features a closeup of an elephant's face.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

This decorative throw pillow features a brown horse browsing for fallen apples under the snow, against a backdrop of bare golden hills.




This shirt displays a clever hunter - cute jellyfish




Bring nature indoors with this inquisitive badger portrait. In the bluebell filled Hockley woods, Essex, England. From original artwork painted in acrylic by Sarah Trett.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

This lovely Case-Mate iPhone case features a beautiful purple finch sitting high up on a branch, surrounded by green leaves. He has a brilliant red head and a pale pink breast. His sturdy beak is perfect for cracking seeds. He is the bird that the famous ornithologist, Roger Tory Peterson, described as a “sparrow dipped in raspberry juice.”




This lovely MacBook sleeve is covered with bluebirds!




Cute baby lynx design. Your little one will be delighted with this soft pillow at bedtime. Suitable for all little princes and princesses! Customize with that special name.

Monday, August 13, 2012

This deck of Bicycle playing cards features the spectacular male Indigo Bunting perched on a branch. This tiny bird is not often seen. He is shy and tends to avoid humans. His habitat is farmland, brush areas, and open woodlands. He has incredibly brilliant iridescent blue feathers and a very sweet song. Here he is set against a lovely pastel blue sky.




A wonderful sticker with a black and white version of our popular image of two alpine/oberhasli mix young does standing together facing opposite directions. One sister looks at the camera while the other stands watch.




From the artist:

"A digital painting of a wolverine in the northern wilderness. I do not know if you have ever heard the term "roaring silence." Roaring silence is encountered only when it is extremely quiet; no cars, no airplanes, none of the typical man made sounds. You can hear the stillness and it is quite loud. It's the sound of the planet, or the universe. I am not sure what causes it. It is becoming ever harder to experience.

The wolverine is one of those species which needs large quiet spaces to survive. The wolverine resembles a small bear. The animals frequent remote boreal forests, taiga, and tundra in the northern latitudes. The wolverine, Gulo gulo (Gulo is Latin for "glutton"), also referred to as glutton, is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae (weasels). It is a stocky and muscular carnivore, closely resembling a small bear. The species has a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to its size, with the documented ability to kill prey many times its size. With short legs, broad and rounded head, and small eyes with short rounded ears, it resembles a bear more than other mustelids.Though its legs are short, its large five-toed paws and plantigrade posture facilitate movement through deep snow.

Wolverines are solitary, requiring much room to roam. Individual wolverines may travel 15 miles (24 kilometers) in a day in search of food. Because of their habitat requirements, the animals are found primarily in remote reaches of the Northern boreal forests and subarctic and alpine tundra of the Northern hemisphere, with the greatest numbers in northern Canada, the U.S. state of Alaska, the Nordic countries of Europe, and throughout western Russia and Siberia. Their populations have experienced a steady decline since the 19th century in the face of trapping, range reduction and habitat fragmentation, such that they are essentially absent in the southern end of their European range. It is, however, estimated that large populations remain in North America and northern Asia. Recently compiled genetic evidence suggests that most of North America's wolverines are descended from a single source, likely originating from Beringia (the area of the Ice Age land bridge between present day Alaska and Siberia) during the last glaciation and rapidly expanding thereafter, though there is considerable uncertainty to this conclusion due to the difficulty of collecting samples in the extremely depleted southern extent of the range.

The adult wolverine is about the size of a medium dog, with a length usually ranging from 26–42 in., a tail of 6.7–10 in., and a weight of 20–55 lbs, though exceptionally large males can weigh up to 71 lbs The males are as much as 30% larger than the females and can be twice the female's weight. Shoulder height is reported from 12 to 18 in. It is the largest of terrestrial mustelids; only the marine-dwelling sea otter and giant otter of the Amazon basin are larger. Wolverines have thick, dark, oily, fur which is highly hydrophobic, making it resistant to frost. This has led to its traditional popularity among hunters and trappers as a lining in jackets and parkas in Arctic conditions. A light silvery facial mask is distinct in some individuals, and a pale buff stripe runs laterally from the shoulders along the side and crossing the rump just above a 9.8–14 in. bushy tail. Some individuals display prominent white hair patches on the throat or chest. Like many other mustelids, it has potent anal scent glands used for marking territory and signaling. The pungent odor has given rise to the nicknames "skunk bear" and "nasty cat."

Wolverines, like other mustelids, possess a special upper molar in the back of the mouth that is rotated 90 degrees, towards the inside of the mouth. This special characteristic allows wolverines to tear off meat from prey or carrion that has been frozen solid. Wolverines eat a bit of vegetarian fare, like plants and berries, in the summer season, but this does not make up a major part of their diet. —they are tenacious predators with a taste for meat. Prey mainly consists of small to large-sized mammals and the wolverine has been recorded killing prey such as adult deer that are many times larger than itself. Prey species include porcupine, squirrel, beaver, marmot, rabbit, vole, mice, shrew, lemming, caribou, roe deer, white-tailed deer, mule deer, sheep, moose, and elk. Smaller predators are occasionally preyed on, including martens, mink, foxes, canada lynx, weasels, Eurasian lynx, and coyote and wolf pups. Wolverines often pursue live prey that is relatively easy to obtain, including animals caught in traps, newborn mammals and deer (including adult moose and elk) when they're weakened by winter or immobilized by heavy snow. The diet is sometimes supplemented by bird's eggs, birds (especially geese), roots, seeds, insect larvae and berries. A majority of the wolverine's sustenance is derived from carrion, which they depend on almost exclusively in winter and early spring. Wolverines may find carrion themselves, feed on it after the predator is done feeding (especially wolf packs) or simply take it from another predator. Whether eating live prey or carrion, the wolverine's feeding style appears voracious, leading to the nickname of "glutton" (also the basis of the scientific name). However, this feeding style is believed to be an adaptation to food that is scarcely encountered, especially in the winter.[14]Wolverines easily dispatch smaller prey, such as rabbits and rodents, but may even attack animals many times their size, such as caribou, if the prey appears to be weak or injured. These opportunistic eaters also feed on carrion—the corpses of larger mammals, such as elk, deer, and caribou. Such finds sustain them in winter when other prey may be thinner on the ground, though they have also been known to dig into burrows and eat hibernating mammals.

Males scent-mark their territories, but they share them with several females and are believed to be polygamous. Females den in the snow or under similar cover to give birth to two or three young each late winter or early spring. Kits sometimes live with their mother until they reach their own reproductive age—about two years old. Wolverines inhabiting the Old World (specifically, Fennoscandia) are more active hunters than their North American cousins. This may be because competing predator populations in Eurasia are not as dense, making it more practical for the wolverine to hunt for itself than to wait for another animal to make a kill and then try to snatch it. They often feed on carrion left by wolves, so changes in the population of wolves may affect the population of wolverines.

The world's total wolverine population is unknown. The animal exhibits a low population density and requires a very large home range. The range of a male wolverine can be more than 240 sq mi., encompassing the ranges of several females which have smaller home ranges of roughly 50–100 sq mi. Radio tracking suggests an animal can range hundreds of miles in a few months. Female wolverines burrow into snow in February to create a den, which is used until weaning in mid-May. Areas inhabited non-seasonally by wolverines are thus restricted to zones with late-spring snowmelts. This fact has led to concern that global warming will shrink the ranges of wolverine populations.

The PBS series Nature released a documentary, "Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom" as episode #166 on 14 November 2010. This 53 minute documentary focuses on the efforts of a number of naturalists in the United States to track wolverines, collect genetic data, and learn more about wolverine populations, individual behavior and social behavior. It also tracks the raising of two male wolverines in captivity at an Alaska nature reserve from birth to maturity, and profiles the naturalists making these efforts."

Sunday, August 12, 2012

This Rickshaw messenger bag features two adorable African Penguins standing on a rocky ledge. They are aquatic, flightless birds whose wings have become flippers. Each has a black stripe and black spots on the chest. The pattern of spots is unique for every penguin, just like human fingerprints. They have pink glands above their eyes and pink and black feet.




Hilarious cute silly grey wolf playing a red electric guitar cartoon pillow design is unique and fun and a great gift idea. Can also add custom text and change background color (click customize, then edit, then background) when ordering.




Here's a great shirt with a beautiful moth in muted tones.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

This Bagettes wristlet features brown horses grazing on a warm summer day against a bronze gradient background.




This tile or trivet is embellished with an illustration featuring a vivid red cardinal perched upon a translucent branch with green ivy leaves and a hummingbird hovering near a pink lily blossom all set against an orange and light blue gradient background.




This great poster features "The Red Fox" © Molly Harrison 2012.