May
10
Preying Mantis, Daniel D. Brown, 2012, pencil
Just a simple preying mantis sketch I did in a couple hours as a gift to my friends @Avenirex and @SarahQPgh.
May
10
Baby Red-Eared Slider Turtle, Daniel D. Brown, 2012, pencil
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:
Apr
04
Ocean Invasion #12: We’ve Got Crabs
“Ocean Invasion #12: We’ve Got Crabs”
Blue crabs invade my friends’ apartment building. Note: In the original photo there is a street where there is now water.
This is the 12th in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.
Photo taken with iPhone cam. Crabs modeled in Blender (with reference photo help from Dr. Tom Shultz, molecular biologist at the Duke Marine Conservation Molecular Facility and Amy Frietag of the “Southern Fried Science” blog and Duke Marine Lab). Textured and post-processing in GIMP.
Apr
02
Ocean Invasion #10: The Loggerheads Got In!
Loggerhead sea turtles invade a kitchen like a a colony of ants.
This is the tenth in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.
This work was modeled using Blender software. Texturing and post-processing was done using GIMP. Completion took approximately one month on and off.
May
25
Dr. Kira Krend and “Oahu Amakihi”
So this is pretty rad… here is recent Ph.D. recipient Dr. Kira L. Krend holding up “Oahu Amakihi,” which I designed specifically for her. It was commissioned as a graduation present for Kira by her friend, the illustrious scientist/writer Christie Wilcox (of “Observations of a Nerd” fame).
As mentioned in my original post, the islands in the pond are the Hawaiian islands where Kira studied the Oahu Amakihi honeycreeper (perched on Oahu) and the disease ecology of malaria (mosquito). I couldn’t really figure out a good way to get a Plasmodium into the image…
