Art inspired by biology, created by a biologist
Laughing Mantis Studio now has an intro animation! I mainly created this for the fun of it, but also to stick in front of any timelapses, or other videos. I make.
Created and rendered in Blender.
Thanks to the completion of a recent commission, I was able to get an incredibly usedul new tool: the Intuos Creative Stylus 2. I used it to draw this raccoon in the Procreate app (my absolute favorite art app) on my old iPad Air. This took about a week to draw (mostly on the bus and in the hours before bed. You can see a timelapse (condensed to a minute) below.
This is a recent pet portrait commissioned as a birthday present. 14″ x 11″ (20″ x 16″ matted) drawn with Gioconda pastel pencils on Pastelmat. See the “making of” timelapse below and on youtube.
Original is SOLD
Just a little sketch I made in Procreate on an IPad Air.
“Ember”
14″ x 11″ Pastel Pencil on PastelMat
This is a drawing of the mythical Phoenix, engulfed in flames after resurrection. It is based on an actual photograph I took at the San Diego Zoo. Yes, believe it or not, they have a Phoenix there, although it is of the white ecotype, is not flaming, and is erroneously labeled as a “Secretary Bird”. You can buy prints of this piece HERE.
Original is SOLD
