Smart Alyk
@smartalyk.bsky.social
In my Bacteria Era 🦠
Painting a new Species daily until I die. Starting as a beginner, watch my art evolve over time.
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Painting a new Species daily until I die. Starting as a beginner, watch my art evolve over time.
instagram.com/smart.alyk
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Smart Alyk
@smartalyk.bsky.social
· Aug 25
I made 2 folding art storage boxes to store my paintings in. Since I started in June I've been saving my art in a dresser drawer, so I built these that can be stored on a bookshelf.
DAY 174
SPECIES 174 - Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic & QoR Watercolor. Derwent Pencil. Sakura Pen
B. bacteriovorus is a predatory bacterium that hunts and consumes other Gram-negative bacteria.
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
SPECIES 174 - Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic & QoR Watercolor. Derwent Pencil. Sakura Pen
B. bacteriovorus is a predatory bacterium that hunts and consumes other Gram-negative bacteria.
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
DAY 172
SPECIES 172 - Thermus aquaticus
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. QoR Watercolor. Sakura pen. Derwent Pencil
Thanks to @ngerlach.bsky.social for suggesting it!
T. aquaticus can tolerate high temperatures, it was first isolated from Mushroom Spring in Yellowstone National Park.
SPECIES 172 - Thermus aquaticus
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. QoR Watercolor. Sakura pen. Derwent Pencil
Thanks to @ngerlach.bsky.social for suggesting it!
T. aquaticus can tolerate high temperatures, it was first isolated from Mushroom Spring in Yellowstone National Park.
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
DAY 172
SPECIES 172 - Thermus aquaticus
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. QoR Watercolor. Sakura pen. Derwent Pencil
Thanks to @ngerlach.bsky.social for suggesting it!
T. aquaticus can tolerate high temperatures, it was first isolated from Mushroom Spring in Yellowstone National Park.
SPECIES 172 - Thermus aquaticus
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. QoR Watercolor. Sakura pen. Derwent Pencil
Thanks to @ngerlach.bsky.social for suggesting it!
T. aquaticus can tolerate high temperatures, it was first isolated from Mushroom Spring in Yellowstone National Park.
DAY 171
SPECIES 171 - Mycobacterium leprae
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor. Sakura pen. Tombow Pencil
M. leprae is 1 of 2 species of bacteria that cause Leprosy
Thank you to @eustaquiolab.bsky.social for suggesting it!
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
SPECIES 171 - Mycobacterium leprae
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor. Sakura pen. Tombow Pencil
M. leprae is 1 of 2 species of bacteria that cause Leprosy
Thank you to @eustaquiolab.bsky.social for suggesting it!
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
November 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
DAY 171
SPECIES 171 - Mycobacterium leprae
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor. Sakura pen. Tombow Pencil
M. leprae is 1 of 2 species of bacteria that cause Leprosy
Thank you to @eustaquiolab.bsky.social for suggesting it!
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
SPECIES 171 - Mycobacterium leprae
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor. Sakura pen. Tombow Pencil
M. leprae is 1 of 2 species of bacteria that cause Leprosy
Thank you to @eustaquiolab.bsky.social for suggesting it!
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
DAY 170
SPECIES 170 - Thermotoga petrophila
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & DS Watercolor. Sakura pen. Tombow Pencil
T. petrophila is a hyperthermophilic, anaerobic, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped, fermentative heterotroph
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
SPECIES 170 - Thermotoga petrophila
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & DS Watercolor. Sakura pen. Tombow Pencil
T. petrophila is a hyperthermophilic, anaerobic, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped, fermentative heterotroph
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
November 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
DAY 168
SPECIES 168 - Prevotella intermedia
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC Watercolor. Sakura pen
Thanks to @lesliedaymicro.bsky.social for suggesting it!
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
SPECIES 168 - Prevotella intermedia
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC Watercolor. Sakura pen
Thanks to @lesliedaymicro.bsky.social for suggesting it!
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
DAY 168
SPECIES 168 - Prevotella intermedia
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC Watercolor. Sakura pen
Thanks to @lesliedaymicro.bsky.social for suggesting it!
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
SPECIES 168 - Prevotella intermedia
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC Watercolor. Sakura pen
Thanks to @lesliedaymicro.bsky.social for suggesting it!
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
DAY 166
SPECIES 166 - Burkholderia pseudomallei
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC Watercolor. Pigma pen
NOTES: This one was melting my brain, felt like I had to think in reverse. This is the colony view of the subject
Thank you to @eustaquiolab.bsky.social for suggesting it!
SPECIES 166 - Burkholderia pseudomallei
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC Watercolor. Pigma pen
NOTES: This one was melting my brain, felt like I had to think in reverse. This is the colony view of the subject
Thank you to @eustaquiolab.bsky.social for suggesting it!
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
DAY 166
SPECIES 166 - Burkholderia pseudomallei
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC Watercolor. Pigma pen
NOTES: This one was melting my brain, felt like I had to think in reverse. This is the colony view of the subject
Thank you to @eustaquiolab.bsky.social for suggesting it!
SPECIES 166 - Burkholderia pseudomallei
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC Watercolor. Pigma pen
NOTES: This one was melting my brain, felt like I had to think in reverse. This is the colony view of the subject
Thank you to @eustaquiolab.bsky.social for suggesting it!
If anyone has a bacteria that I haven't done yet that you would like me to try, drop a comment below. I've got about 2 weeks before I leave bacteria permanently and enter a new era.
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#bacteria #microbiology #bacterium #bacteriology
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#bacteria #microbiology #bacterium #bacteriology
November 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If anyone has a bacteria that I haven't done yet that you would like me to try, drop a comment below. I've got about 2 weeks before I leave bacteria permanently and enter a new era.
☝️🦠_🦠
#bacteria #microbiology #bacterium #bacteriology
☝️🦠_🦠
#bacteria #microbiology #bacterium #bacteriology
DAY 164
SPECIES 164 - Aeromonas caviae
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, DS, QoR + HWC Watercolor, Tombow pencils
NOTES: Gradient backgrounds with watercolor ARE HARD! It ended up looking better once I hid it with colored pencils though. 🙃
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #art #paint
SPECIES 164 - Aeromonas caviae
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, DS, QoR + HWC Watercolor, Tombow pencils
NOTES: Gradient backgrounds with watercolor ARE HARD! It ended up looking better once I hid it with colored pencils though. 🙃
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #art #paint
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
DAY 164
SPECIES 164 - Aeromonas caviae
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, DS, QoR + HWC Watercolor, Tombow pencils
NOTES: Gradient backgrounds with watercolor ARE HARD! It ended up looking better once I hid it with colored pencils though. 🙃
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #art #paint
SPECIES 164 - Aeromonas caviae
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, DS, QoR + HWC Watercolor, Tombow pencils
NOTES: Gradient backgrounds with watercolor ARE HARD! It ended up looking better once I hid it with colored pencils though. 🙃
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #art #paint
DAY 163
SPECIES 163 - Anaerobiospirillum Thomasii
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor. Writech pens.
NOTES: Got my colors too mixed and everything become muddy. Happy with the flagella though. Almost reminds me of cherry blossoms.
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #art #paint
SPECIES 163 - Anaerobiospirillum Thomasii
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor. Writech pens.
NOTES: Got my colors too mixed and everything become muddy. Happy with the flagella though. Almost reminds me of cherry blossoms.
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #art #paint
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
DAY 163
SPECIES 163 - Anaerobiospirillum Thomasii
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor. Writech pens.
NOTES: Got my colors too mixed and everything become muddy. Happy with the flagella though. Almost reminds me of cherry blossoms.
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #art #paint
SPECIES 163 - Anaerobiospirillum Thomasii
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor. Writech pens.
NOTES: Got my colors too mixed and everything become muddy. Happy with the flagella though. Almost reminds me of cherry blossoms.
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #art #paint
DAY 162
SPECIES 162 - Bifidobacterium longum
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & QoR Watercolor. Writech pen
B. longum is considered to be one of the earliest colonizers of the gastrointestinal tract of infants.
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
SPECIES 162 - Bifidobacterium longum
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & QoR Watercolor. Writech pen
B. longum is considered to be one of the earliest colonizers of the gastrointestinal tract of infants.
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
DAY 161
SPECIES 161 - Kingella kingae
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor. Tombow colored pencil, Writech pen
K. kingae is a species of Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic bacteria that was first isolated in 1960 by microbiologist Elizabeth O. King
#sciart #art #paint
SPECIES 161 - Kingella kingae
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor. Tombow colored pencil, Writech pen
K. kingae is a species of Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic bacteria that was first isolated in 1960 by microbiologist Elizabeth O. King
#sciart #art #paint
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 AM
DAY 158
SPECIES 158 - Marinospirillum minutulum
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper, Chromatek Watercolor, Writech pen
M. minutulum is a helical, halophilic and Gram-negative bacterium. It requires seawater or high salt concentrations for growth
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
SPECIES 158 - Marinospirillum minutulum
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper, Chromatek Watercolor, Writech pen
M. minutulum is a helical, halophilic and Gram-negative bacterium. It requires seawater or high salt concentrations for growth
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM
DAY 157
SPECIES 157 - Microbacterium sp. strain 10M-3C3
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper, QoR & Chromatek Watercolor, Writech pen
Microbacterium sp. Strain 10M-3C3
is a Gram-positive, aerobic bacterium with club-shaped cells that form shiny, bright yellow colonies.
#sciart #watercolor #paint
SPECIES 157 - Microbacterium sp. strain 10M-3C3
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper, QoR & Chromatek Watercolor, Writech pen
Microbacterium sp. Strain 10M-3C3
is a Gram-positive, aerobic bacterium with club-shaped cells that form shiny, bright yellow colonies.
#sciart #watercolor #paint
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
DAY 157
SPECIES 157 - Microbacterium sp. strain 10M-3C3
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper, QoR & Chromatek Watercolor, Writech pen
Microbacterium sp. Strain 10M-3C3
is a Gram-positive, aerobic bacterium with club-shaped cells that form shiny, bright yellow colonies.
#sciart #watercolor #paint
SPECIES 157 - Microbacterium sp. strain 10M-3C3
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper, QoR & Chromatek Watercolor, Writech pen
Microbacterium sp. Strain 10M-3C3
is a Gram-positive, aerobic bacterium with club-shaped cells that form shiny, bright yellow colonies.
#sciart #watercolor #paint
DAY 156
SPECIES 156 - Marinomonas arctica
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper, QoR Watercolor, Writech pen and Tombow colored pencil
M. arctica is a Gram-negative, psychrotolerant and motile bacterium that was isolated from sea ice in the Canadian Basin.
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #art #paint
SPECIES 156 - Marinomonas arctica
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper, QoR Watercolor, Writech pen and Tombow colored pencil
M. arctica is a Gram-negative, psychrotolerant and motile bacterium that was isolated from sea ice in the Canadian Basin.
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #art #paint
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
DAY 156
SPECIES 156 - Marinomonas arctica
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper, QoR Watercolor, Writech pen and Tombow colored pencil
M. arctica is a Gram-negative, psychrotolerant and motile bacterium that was isolated from sea ice in the Canadian Basin.
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #art #paint
SPECIES 156 - Marinomonas arctica
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper, QoR Watercolor, Writech pen and Tombow colored pencil
M. arctica is a Gram-negative, psychrotolerant and motile bacterium that was isolated from sea ice in the Canadian Basin.
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #art #paint
DAY 155
SPECIES 155 - Aliinostoc magnakinetifex
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. QoR & DS Watercolor. Writech pen
A. magnakinetifex is a cyanobacteria characterized by filaments with large, spherical to oval reproductive akinetes cells.
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
SPECIES 155 - Aliinostoc magnakinetifex
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. QoR & DS Watercolor. Writech pen
A. magnakinetifex is a cyanobacteria characterized by filaments with large, spherical to oval reproductive akinetes cells.
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
November 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
DAY 154
SPECIES 154 - Gloeothece rupestris
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. HWC & QoR Watercolor. Charsoco pens
G. rupestris is a freshwater cyanobacterium that forms gelatinous colonies, and is often found on wet rocks.
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
SPECIES 154 - Gloeothece rupestris
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. HWC & QoR Watercolor. Charsoco pens
G. rupestris is a freshwater cyanobacterium that forms gelatinous colonies, and is often found on wet rocks.
#sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #paint
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
DAY 151
SPECIES 151 - Snowella lacustris
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & QoR Watercolor, Writech & Kingart pens
The name Snowella is a tribute to Julia Warner Snow (1863-1927), an American Phycologist (algae researcher) who made significant contributions to the study of algae
SPECIES 151 - Snowella lacustris
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & QoR Watercolor, Writech & Kingart pens
The name Snowella is a tribute to Julia Warner Snow (1863-1927), an American Phycologist (algae researcher) who made significant contributions to the study of algae
November 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
DAY 151
SPECIES 151 - Snowella lacustris
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & QoR Watercolor, Writech & Kingart pens
The name Snowella is a tribute to Julia Warner Snow (1863-1927), an American Phycologist (algae researcher) who made significant contributions to the study of algae
SPECIES 151 - Snowella lacustris
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & QoR Watercolor, Writech & Kingart pens
The name Snowella is a tribute to Julia Warner Snow (1863-1927), an American Phycologist (algae researcher) who made significant contributions to the study of algae