Mesa Schumacher
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Mesa Schumacher
@mesabree.bsky.social
Science and Medical illustrator, infographic artist.
Professional #sciart nerd.
Writer and kidlit author/illustrator rep. by Sorche Fairbank

MED/SCI: www.mesaschumacher.com
KIDLIT: https://imaginationillustration.mesaschumacher.com
#ProjectAnimalia 780: Speartooth shark (Glyphis glyphis)

I'm now back in the rhythm of daily animals, and my creative muscles are feeling stronger.
Here's an extremely rare river shark!

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #shark #sharks
January 24, 2026 at 2:59 AM
#ProjectAnimalia 779: Coyote (Canis latrans)

I once met a #coyote while running in the mountains.
We stood on the path staring each other down for about five minutes, then she vanished into the brush.

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart
January 23, 2026 at 5:52 AM
#ProjectAnimalia 778: Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis)

Not entirely finless, but lacking a dorsal fin.
Critically endangered with 1,249 left in 2023.

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #porpoise #whale #whaleart
January 22, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Reposted by Mesa Schumacher
my student evals in SciComm last semester said I shouldn’t make science so political
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
#ProjectAnimalia 777: Payara/vampire fish (Monocirrhus polyacanthus)

Another aggressive Amazonian fish! But three feet long and comes with fangs. 😚

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #fishart #vampirefish #payara
January 21, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Interested... #sciart #medart
Remember how I said it is YEAR OF THE MOTH!?

PL Weng put together an awesome list of Moths that you can celebrate each week from February until Moth Week! Think of it as a fun #SciArt Challenge!

Get ready to make this year Mothy!

#moth #teamMoth #YearOfTheMoth
January 20, 2026 at 3:55 PM
#ProjectAnimalia 776: Amazon leaffish (Monocirrhus polyacanthus)

It looks and acts liek a dead leaf, flitting harmlessly around—until it extends its long mouth and swiftly inhales its prey!

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #fishart #leaffish
January 20, 2026 at 2:52 AM
#ProjectAnimalia 775: Haller's round ray (Urobatis halleri)

A coastal ray that preys on invertebrates near shore.Named after a boy who it once stung on the foot. 😂 Watch out!

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #fishart #rays #fishes #stingray
January 19, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Oh #portfolioday! Hi. 😋

I'm a #sciart #medart and kidlit illustrator, and I draw a lot of things. But one of my favorite things to create are
unique, complex, accurate, anatomy dissections. I love a puzzle.

These pieces also happen to be real life #jigsaw #puzzles!
January 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
#ProjectAnimalia 774: Arapaima (Arapaima gigas)

This Amazon river #fish deserves an image search, if only to see that it can be over ten feet long, and takes multiple humans to lift.

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #fishart #arapaima #fishes
January 13, 2026 at 4:19 AM
My sanity-salvaging resolve for the New Year. Do stuff the hard way.

#sciart #medart #illustration #creativity
2026: The Year of Struggle
On finding meaning in life and art by turning away from easy things
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:55 AM
#ProjectAnimalia 773: Three-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma tridactylum)

The "Congo Eel" of the Mississippi flood plain, this #salamander has the largest recorded red blood cells of any animal!

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #amphiuma #amphibian
January 9, 2026 at 4:05 AM
#ProjectAnimalia 772: Coral catshark (Atelomycterus marmoratus)

An Indo-Pacific catshark. Daytime hider, nighttime hunter.

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #coralcatshark #catshark #sharks
January 8, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Just here in my room. Ssssss-snoozing.
From the #kidlit sketchbook.

#illustration #illustrator #kidlitart #childrensbooks #scbwi #kidlitillustration #dailyart
January 7, 2026 at 8:01 AM
#ProjectAnimalia 771: Piping plover (Charadrius melodus)

Tiny shorebirds, the size of sparrows. My daughter used to call them "little mice." ☺️

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #birdart #plover #pipingplover #birding
January 6, 2026 at 10:27 AM
#ProjectAnimalia continues.
770: Swollen olive snail (Oliva bulbosa)

A carnivorous marine snail which engulfs prey with its foot and digests it beneath the sand...

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #snail
January 5, 2026 at 4:23 PM
#ProjectAnimalia continues.
769: Blue spotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma)

A beautiful ray, with a dangerous tail.

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #ray
January 4, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Hitting the New Year running and throwing myself into making art of various kinds. Deciding to give myself a bit of room to play. :)

#illustration #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #scbwi #kidlitillustration #dailyart
January 3, 2026 at 9:26 AM
#ProjectAnimalia continues.
768:Australian white ibis (Threskiornis moluccus)

The legendary Sydney "bin chicken." The urban #birds are climate migrants, moving to cities as their floodplain homes dry up.

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #birdart
January 2, 2026 at 11:08 AM
2025 has been an elating and depressing year. I made some work I was proud of this year, and some work I was less proud of. Some I can show, some I can't. I learned a lot. I forgot a lot. I often felt left behind. Sometimes that terrified me. Sometimes I felt it might be a good thing...
#artvsartist
December 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
#ProjectAnimalia continues with
767: Collared brown lemur (Eulemur collaris)

Drew a "scratchboard" version of this some years back. Did you know there are over 100 lemur species?

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #lemur #collaredbrownlemur
December 30, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Moving pause of the day.

#sketchbook #sciart
December 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
#ProjectAnimalia continues with
766: Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

What can I say about this magnificent creature? Supra-speedway soarer, fence post posturer? I just love them.

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #turkeyvulture #buzzard #vulture
December 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I'm making a point to sketch more kidlit! I know it's December, but in my heart it's always a little bit Halloween.

#illustration #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #scbwi #kidlitillustration #dailyart
December 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
#ProjectAnimalia continues with
765: Javan deer(Rusa timorensis)

I once saw a kid deer play soccer on Java. On Maurititus, they're a beloved invasive species, and feature on the coat of arms.

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #deer #javandeer
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 AM