Apr
23
May
01
Octopus vs. Velociraptor – T-Shirts!
Do you like Octopuses? How about Dinosaurs?
Then check out this new T-shirt I designed. That’s right – it’s an Octopus eating a Velociraptor in a tree.
(note: this is a compressed jpeg version – the original and t-shirts are much higher quality).
Buy this T-shirt at the
Laughing Mantis Zazzle store.
You can get it in black or white (or multiple other colors I believe).
It’s basically a re-rendering of my detailed digital artwork “Octopus arborealus”
Sep
24
Cardiac Development in the African Clawed Frog
Way back in 2005/2006 I was trying to finish up a Ph.D. in biology studying the genetics of heart development in the lab of Dr. Frank Conlon at UNC, using the frog as a model. My advisor at the time was also going up for tenure and wanted a decent animation of heart development for his presentation. Thus I convinced him to buy us a copy of Maya, with which I made the following video and started learning how to create 3D art and animations.
Jun
05
“Ocean Invasion #2: Nectar for the Orcas”
Killer whales feasting on the sweet nectar within petunias.
This is the second in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.
Jun
05
“Ocean Invasion #1: Octopus arborealus,” Daniel D. Brown, 2010
A fantastical tree octopus dining on velociraptor.
This is the first in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.