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deepgreenravine

@deepgreenravine.bsky.social

oh i looooove this.

✨️Spooky Sara✨️ @pashion.bsky.social · Sep 18

Artwork by @pigsbliss on twitter its a very unusual art piece of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from the tv show the X files xfiles it features both agents standing at someone's doorway she is holding her fbi badge and he has his hands in his pockets their eyes are unusually placed its amazing art

September 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM

deepgreenravine

@deepgreenravine.bsky.social

me, working, minding my own business:
Rat Underpant:

deepgreenravine @deepgreenravine.bsky.social · Apr 22

i am not exaggerating when i tell you that i think abt this triumph of #sciart at least once a week.

This is a simple black and white drawing of a friendly looking rat wearing an undergarment that looks extremely itchy. The caption reads: “Fig. 1. The underpant worn by the rat.”

September 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM

deepgreenravine

@deepgreenravine.bsky.social

hi all - this is a little last-minute, but since I’m back here on Bluesky I figured I’d share! tomorrow I start teaching an 8-week online course on fish anatomy for artists through the Lyme Art Association. if it fits into your schedule, please join me! lymeartassociation.org/online-class...

This graphic depicts a drawing of shark teeth and shares some information about the course, which takes place online on Wednesdays from 530p-8p EST and runs from 9/17-11/5. #sciart

This is a colored pencil drawing of an anglerfish on black paper.

This is a black-and-white pen drawing of a Rio Grande silvery minnow, labeled with its common name and its scientific name (Hybognathus amarus) as well as its average size (3.5” in length).

This is an infographic about the bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma) and its dentition. Drawings show the whole animal, a ventral view of its mouth and gills, and its jawbones. Text reads as follows:

The bowmouth guitarfish is a large demersal fish native to the warm waters of the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. These unique fish are unfortunately critically endangered, but they generally fare well in captivity and can be seen in aquariums around the world.

Despite their elongated bodies, bowmouth guitarfish are rays. Adults may approach 9’ in length. They are armored for sally with ridges of bony thorns over their eyes and along their backs, and dappled with lighter spots.

As with other rays, the guitarfish’s mouth, nose, and gills are positioned ventrally - on the underside of its head. Bowmouths feed on smaller seafloor dwellers: crustaceans, mollusks, and other fish.

To accommodate this crunchy and well-armored diet, the bowmouth guitarfish’s teeth are modified into wavy bands of flat, blunt crushing plates.

September 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM

deepgreenravine

@deepgreenravine.bsky.social

hi everybody! long time no see! i have spent the past six months working on a project that i cannot disclose for at least a year. soon that will be over and i will be able to go back to making and sharing other illustrations! i missed you, bluesky!

September 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM

deepgreenravine

@deepgreenravine.bsky.social

my students are KILLING IT YOU GUYS

Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · May 4

Having (possibly) too much fun learning vertebrate anatomy with @deepgreenravine.bsky.social through the Lyme Art Association. Only been 3 classes and i already feel like I’ve learned so much. Reptile week is coming up lfg!!!

#sciart #goliathfrog #conrauagoliath #frog

May 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM

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Helen Whistberry

@whistberry.bsky.social

Fun little experiment in style for the first day of #MothMay. My take on a mint moth, which I had not heard of before, but have striking colors!

Art piece of a digital painting of a mint moth which has burgundy wings with gold highlights and black and gold on the under wings. Drawn in a symmetrical style, it is perched on almost abstract purple flowers with green leaves. Everything is drawn with shapes with black in between to emphasize pattern and form while being in no way realistic.

May 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM

deepgreenravine

@deepgreenravine.bsky.social

Remember when I said I needed to draw more newts? This marbled newt (Triturus marmoratus) is small, but now I have the itch. I definitely need to add more amphibians to my repertoire!

This drawing was made with watercolor and colored pencil.

This is a small illustration of a marbled newt. It is a lizard like amphibian, green in color with black spots and bumps of various sizes and a vivid orange stripe along its back. #sciart

April 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM

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Patrick Lynch

@patrlynch1.bsky.social

1/2 Great White Shark and Blue Shark. From my book "A Field Guide to Cape Cod," Yale University Press. a.co/d/eK4A0sd

🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #sharks #CACO #CapeCod

Side view illustrations of a Great White Shark and a Blue Shark.

April 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM

deepgreenravine

@deepgreenravine.bsky.social

#invertefest

deepgreenravine @deepgreenravine.bsky.social · Feb 16

swallowtail and chokecherry / colored pencil on 14x17 Duralar / 2023

Here we have a swallowtail butterfly (Papilio multicaudata) throughout multiple stages of its life - egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and imago - perched on a branch of its host plant, the chokecherry tree (Prunus virginiana)!

This is the drawing in its entirety. #sciart

This is a close crop of the adult butterfly, or imago, and a chrysalis.

This is a close crop of a cluster of chokecherries.

This is a close crop of a caterpillar - and of a tiny egg on a leaf!

April 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM

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Helen Whistberry

@whistberry.bsky.social

I don't know how to express this in a way that makes sense but my art improved by leaps and bounds once I realized it is less about translating exactly what you see onto paper than it is about creating an illusion in the viewer's eye of what you are seeing (and there are tricks, just like in magic.)

Art piece of a digital painting of a tan and brown wren perched on the end of a gray stick among red poppies and green grass.

April 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM

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Dr Robert Bohan

@robertbohan.bsky.social

Art.

April 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM

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deepgreenravine

@deepgreenravine.bsky.social

Colorado hydrological map / graphite and digital / 2025

Here it is, folks - my first map is finished (for now)! This is a pretty comprehensive look at the various and sundry bodies of water crisscrossing my beautiful home state. This map will be part of an upcoming field guide project! Stay tuned 👀

This is a topographical map of the state of Colorado, with rivers, lakes, streams, reservoirs, and other bodies of water drawn in a deep teal blue. #sciart

April 8, 2025 at 5:47 AM

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deepgreenravine

@deepgreenravine.bsky.social

(reposting due to a typo)

Happy #fossilfriday! Here’s an assortment of shark teeth (fossil and contemporary) from my collection, accompanied by a small plastic tiger shark. I pulled the bull shark tooth off the seafloor myself!

This drawing was made with watercolor and colored pencil. #sciart

This image features an assortment of shark teeth of various sizes and shapes against a white background.

This image labels all of the teeth with the species to which they belong, as follows.

Fossil: 1) tiger shark (Galeocerdo sp.) 2+3) crow shark (Squalicorax pristodontus) 4) white shark (Carcharodon planus) 5) megalodon (Otodus megalodon) 6) requiem shark (Physogaleus contortus) 7) mackerel shark (Otodus obliquus)

Contemporary: 8) mako shark (Isurus sp.) 9) bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)

April 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM

deepgreenravine

@deepgreenravine.bsky.social

i am not exaggerating when i tell you that i think abt this triumph of #sciart at least once a week.

April 22, 2025 at 5:37 AM

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Yuki Maehara Art 🇯🇵

@yukimaeharaart.bsky.social

My Sunset Paintings
#Sky #Sunset #Painting
#Art #Artwork #OriginalArt
#FineArt #Landscape

April 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM

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Francine Fox

@francinefox.bsky.social

Today’s labors on the snake! Check out my last post to see the progress.

It’s back to teaching tomorrow, but the semester will be over in a few weeks and maybe I’ll have more painting time.

#watercolor #candy #snakes #wildlifeart #eden #apples #reptiles #wip #painting #surrealart #realism #red

Close up of a red snake and candy apple watercolor.

April 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM

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inzaenity

@psalidodont.bsky.social

paleozoic menagerie
#paleoart #prehistoric #art #aquatic

April 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM

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Art History Animalia

@arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social

Easter eggs 😉
“ŒUFS (Eggs),” #sciart by Adolphe Millot (1857-1921) from Nouveau Larousse Illustré (1897-1904), Vol. 6, p. 473. Not just bird eggs, but also cartilaginous fish, turtles, butterflies and moths, and even a cuttlefish!
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“ŒUFS (Eggs),” illustration by Adolphe Millot (1857-1921) from _Nouveau Larousse Illustré_ [1897-1904], vol. 6, p. 473. A symmetrically organized collection of various eggs, mostly birds but also with examples of cartilaginous fish, turtles, butterflies & moths, and cuttlefish.

April 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM

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Raven Amos (Holiday Dragon Edition)🎨🐦‍⬛

@alaskanime.bsky.social

#PaleoArtist #PaleoArt

Everyone deserves a chance to see and experience your wonderful works! The fact it bumps you up in search to add alt text to your images is just gravy on top - here’s a fellow scientist w/low vision breaking it down for you (with helpful links and tools)

Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩‍🦯 @veron4ica.com · Nov 29

I’m glad so many people have found my “capybara method” for how to write alt text and image descriptions helpful! However, I know conflicting access needs exist and not everyone can write their own #AltText, so here’s an ongoing thread of tools that can help. Inclusion in thread ≠ endorsement

An infographic titled “How To Write Alt Text” featuring a photo of a capybara. Parts of alt text are divided by color, including identify who, expression, description, colour, and interesting features. The finished description reads “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.” Credit to Puzzle agency, original information from Veronica With Four Eyes and veroniiiica dot com

April 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM

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Lauren

@tinylongwing.bsky.social

I'm delighted to be able to share my latest artwork for the @songbirding.com podcast and audiobook series! Singing female American Redstart, because female birds definitely do sing and we're finally starting to pay attention. 🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt 🧪

Illustration of a singing female American Redstart on a bright sunny spring day. Her head is tipped back, beak open, while she is perched on a mottled brown branch. She is overall grayish on the body but has a patch of bright yellow at the side of the breast, and a black and yellow tail. Behind her are pale pastel well-lit dogwood flowers and soft green leaves.

April 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM

deepgreenravine

@deepgreenravine.bsky.social

(reposting due to a typo)

Happy #fossilfriday! Here’s an assortment of shark teeth (fossil and contemporary) from my collection, accompanied by a small plastic tiger shark. I pulled the bull shark tooth off the seafloor myself!

This drawing was made with watercolor and colored pencil. #sciart

April 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM

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Glendon Mellow

@flyingtrilobite.com

Sharing with the #SciArt Feed:

CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · Apr 19

Friendly reminder to scientists/science communicators - the images you share (and thus grow followers, trust, credibility upon) are 100-fold better when you use alt-text because they are more accessible to broader audiences.

Want to go one step further? Attribute the source!

It's the BlueSky way.

CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · Aug 31

There’s been a recent increase in #astrophotography images of the cosmos on here, so I’ve put together an alt-text checklist to assist with writing.

Our Universe is wonderful, so let’s ensure everyone gets to experiences it.

🙏 TY to all the folks who already use alt-text! #accessibility 🔭🧪📸

1/3

April 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM

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H. Pettijohn

@punkpaleo.bsky.social

Happy #FossilFriday, check out these Lissodus teeth from the Substation Quarry! An array of blunt teeth would have helped these little sharks crush up crunchy crustaceans as they swam through a grand, ancient lake. These teeth almost certainly represent a new species! (1/2)
#paleontology