How the blue swimmer crab painting looks currently overlaid on top of the lineart from back in 2022

Have to remind myself to keep chipping away when this painting moves at a glacial pace 🦀

Acrylic on wooden panel

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Thanks so much, your work is fantastic! 🦈

Thank you, will try to be a bit more active here 😊

Oh dear, that would not have been pleasant! Back when I was doing research, I had my fair share of rotting crabs in the lab to deal with, so I get it 😅 didn't eat crab for years and still don't really.

Thank you!

He certainly has been very patient, and so am I while painting him 😂

Returning back to my blue swimmer crab acrylic painting after a 22 month hiatus 🦀 forgot all about Blue Sky tbh, life got busy. But hello again!

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Ghost crab live on coasts all over the world but population is rapidly decreasing due to coastal development. Small size, but can run at very high speeds.

Portunids giving the SASS 👹🦀🔪

Four different styles I have used to paint my beloved European shore crab (Carcinus maenas). Had the joy of doing my Honours and PhD on these contentious little guys

Digital raster
Digital vector
Pen and ink
Watercolour paint

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Thank you!

The textures are coming along and I am loving the colours!

I just have to do it all over again when I paint the right arm (called a cheliped btw) 🙃

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What my paint palette looks like right now. Hard to remember which colours go where!

Using acrylic paint with the Masterson Sta-Wet palette

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Jo is all over it! There have also been some recent taxonomic reclassifications of Australian and Indo-Pacific Portunus as well but I haven't checked the overall divergence from Callinectes

Absolutely interested (sorry for me late reply 😅)

Hi all, I'm René - artist, marine ecologist & public servant. I'm still learning how to use this app & only post on social media infrequently.

Here is a male blue swimmer crab (Portunus armatus) I have been painting extremely slowly over 1.5 years. A lot more to do!

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Heheh that's more than fine! Half the time I can't even add an accent to my own name anyway, but I appreciate the gesture ☺️

Thank you Glendon, noted! Glad to see SciArt getting some more spotlight ✨️

Thank you for the welcome Franz! 🦀

Thank you Dani! 🦀