Art inspired by biology, created by a biologist
A sketch of a foxglove plant for my ex (when we were together).
I’m sure there’s some sort of sappy connection I could make with the fact the chemicals in foxglove are used to treat a fluttery heart.
Just a simple preying mantis sketch I did in a couple hours as a gift to my friends @Avenirex and @SarahQPgh.
My 4 year old nephew Max recently got into the habit of asking everyday when he gets home whether there are any letters in the mail for him. Also, his current nickname is “Turtle.” So I decided to include a turtle sketch in a letter I am sending him.
Here is his turtle:
My buddy RJ‘s pet velociraptor.
I shot the photo with my phone cam, and modeled, textured, and rendered the dinosaur in Blender. A little bit of post-processing was done in GIMP.
My older work “Echinodermata,” which depicts the branches of the echinoderm lineage with a cladogram in the sand, was recently used in an excellent post: Veins of Water: The Evolution of the Echinoderm Water-Vascular System, by Kevin Zelnio at Deep Sea News.
This work was also used as a backdrop in an interview with Dr. Christopher Mah (of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and the Echinoblog).