The challenging aspect of this project was that my specimen was so tiny, dry and brittle. My task was to dissect and draw the beetle. This was done under a dissecting scope. I obtained specimens from the Smithsonian's entomology collection, 3 that I could dissect and 3 that I had to return. Well of course I ended up accidentally snapping off a leg on a beetle that was supposed to be returned! Anyway, this beetle has a pretty cool defense system in place in the form of a hot, noxious, high powered spray that it can aim with master precision. Predators beware!
Watercolor course: Assignment: Plant Portrait. I selected this specimen from a box at the supermarket marked "Ginger". I later learned that this in fact was not ginger, but was most likely a Jerusalem Artichoke.
Okay, one is a Photoshop painting and one is a photograph. Guess which one! :P The goal was to practice photoshop skills by doing photorealistic rendering of a biological tissue. I believe this image is of the gastric tissue of a pig. I'm not going to say how long it took, but suffice it to say, I did end up cropping it a lot.
More Photoshop painting. This piece shows the anastomoses between the Portal and Systemic systems of veins.
An Illustrator piece depicting a first aid procedure.
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