It’s no secret that I like and respect horseshoe crabs – for reasons that deserve to elaborated on some time. So when someone shared this CRABTCHA, I had no choice but to respond “Front and centre where it belongs 🧘‍♂️”

Happy World Ocean Day now prove you are not a robot.

(This CRABTCHA is brought to you by @jopabinia.bsky.social and yours truly.)

—franz

To which came the response “I'd like to see a horseshoe crab attempt a lotus position.”

Well, challenge accepted.

An attempt to focus on texture, tone and shading without fussing with colour. A rather successful one, I believe!

I did later try to apply colour but the various blending modes just don’t seem to work in the right way. No matter.