An incredible person has started a movement to tell the stories of #US #scientists and #science experts who have been dismissed because of the #trump #madness over there at the moment

If you know scientists who have lost funding or jobs because of *certain decisions*, you should contact them! They are also looking for #volunteers ❤️❤️

More here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/silencedsciencestories_faces-of-terminated-scientists-activity-7303887945944420352-Gb2j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAADNAIO0BuzwIm3tNVH5tUXHgOK6WxKwxPr8

#scicomm #stem #illustration #art #sciart #illustrators #terminated #federalscience #sciencematters #standupforscience

I got to see a Painted Bunting (a new bird for me!) in a small urban park here in Tucson, AZ. It was so colorful it HAD to be my Perpetual Journal art that week! 😍

#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #PerpetualJournal #Tucson #SonoranDesert #NativePlants #biodiversity #environment #ecosystem #ecology #nature #outdoors #ISS #InternationalSpaceStation #Lupine #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #bunting #PaintedBunting

For #MarshMadness and in (dubious) honor of #WorldFrogDay I've painted a water scavenger beetle, Regimbartia attenuate. These tiny, unassuming guys are famous for their ability to avoid predation by frogs... by crawling right out the other end, unscathed. Prevailing theory is that a strengthened exoskeleton keeps the beetles safe from digestive enzymes as they crawl their way through the frog's digestive tract, and air pockets trapped in the elytra allow them to breathe until they can get some fresh air outside.

#SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

A quick geometric pattern for today's #inkyDays drawing, before heading out for the Stand Up For Science rally here in San Francisco: https://standupforscience2025.org/

#ink #drawing #art #SciArt #StandUpForScience

Playing with a network pattern for today's #inkyDays drawing.

Here's an in-progress shot.

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https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-March-2025-N4N51BCM70

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Today's drawing takes inspiration from Aspergillus, one of the most interesting looking species I've ever seen under a microscope.

Here's an in-progress shot.

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Playing with some warmer colors in this harmonics inspired pattern for today's #inkyDays drawing.

#ink #drawing #art #SciArt #GenerativeArt

I was thinking about how one of most beautiful things that humans can do is to sing in harmonies. So, today's #inkyDays drawing is inspired by harmonics.

Here's an in-progress shot.

The finished drawing, and more, is now posted for my supporters on Patreon and Ko-fi:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/121307036
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-February-2025-H2H419XIDQ

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Playing with yesterday's pattern again, for today's #inkyDays drawing. Going with more stippling and a more diluted green ink this time.

Here's an in-progress shot.

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Feeling the need for more energy this morning, so I drew some mitochondria for today's #inkyDays drawing.

Here's an in-progress shot.

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Playing with patterns from a cell in today's #inkyDays drawing. These are mitochondria and rough ER, with little ribosomes.

#ink #drawing #art #SciArt #Biology

I went with intramembrane proteins as the inspiration for today's #inkyDays drawing.

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Seemed appropriate to draw virus particles for today's #inkyDays drawing.

I also finished a couple of medium sized drawings today. As a whim, I decided to draw a few ants on this floral pattern. I've posted photos for my supporters.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/119112327
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-January-2025-X7X018BMT2

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For today's #inkyDays drawing, I'm playing with a different color combination, including one of my new inks, in a turkey tail mushroom inspired pattern.

Here's an in-progress photo.
The finished drawing is now posted for my supporters on patreon and ko-fi:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/119112327
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-January-2025-X7X018BMT2

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Today, I'm playing with some different blues and this floral-diagram pattern.

Here's an in-progress shot.

The finished drawing is now posted for my supporters on patreon and ko-fi:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/119112327
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-January-2025-X7X018BMT2

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Dr. Munir Nayfeh

In 1959, Richard Feynman asked "What would happen if man could manipulate individual atoms?", and in 1977, Dr. Munir Nayfeh answered. Incorporating cutting edge laser technology, Dr. Nayfeh succeeded in manipulating individual atoms. This ground breaking work revolutionized particle physics, and has enabled the advent of electron microscopes.

Dr. Nayfeh was born in December 1945, in the village of Shweikeh near Tulkarem, in what was once Palestine proper 🇵🇸. Following the 1948 Nakba, Nayfeh's family was forced to settle in Jordan. He received his doctorate from the University of Stanford in the USA, and then worked at Oak Ridge National Lab. He then gained professorship at Yale, and finally achieved tenure at the University of Illinois.

Dr. Nayfeh's research interests are focused on the nanoscopic, in which he has studied atomic dynamics and their interactions with electric fields. He is also known for his work in improving solar cell performance with nanotechnology. In addition to his contributions to physics, Dr. Neyfeh often travels back to Palestine to teach high school students about nanotechnology and its impact on health care, inspiring the next generation of scientists.

#Palestine #PalestineScientist #FreePalestine #SciArt

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Some zooms into my Jurassic landscape packaging art, for the Megalosaurus coin, from the 2020 Dinosauria collection (Tales of the Earth range), by The Royal Mint and the Natural History Museum, London.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Megalosaurus

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Here's my stupid face with the Jurassic landscape packaging art, for the Megalosaurus coin, from the 2020 Dinosauria collection (Tales of the Earth range), by The Royal Mint and the Natural History Museum, London.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Megalosaurus

Hey! Did you know there's a whole instance dedicated to Science and SciComm?

https://scicomm.xyz/public/local

Edited to add: there are lot of others out there! Would love to see folks reply with instances Scientists and SciComm folks should check out. And to help folks in general find interesting science posts.

#SciComm #SciArt #Science

Today's Mathtober prompt is "Commutative". How could I resist drawing it with cute little mushrooms? I couldn't.

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Today's Mathtober prompt is "Set", so I decided to draw a set of fungi in which every cap is a different color. I liked it so much that I decided to draw some on watercolor paper too. I might bring these to upcoming shows.

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Today's Mathtober prompt is "Elliptic", so I had to play with some budding blobs for today's drawing.

I also played with some different ink combinations in some cute little fungi drawings.

I've now posted these for my supporters on patreon and ko-fi:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/113168313
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-October-2024-K3K6152CKA

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Sometimes, my daily drawings go a bit wonky. When that happens, I just try to play with the mess. Today, I took inspiration from the Mathtober prompt "Antiprism", which is a really cool topic, even though I got messy with it.

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#inkyDays 10/24/24

Today's Mathtober prompt is "Spider Graph". I didn't draw any creatures this time, just an abstract chart with ink in various shades of blue.

I also finished the Haversian system drawing. Well, almost. I still need to sign it, and cut it off of the watercolor block when it's fully dry.

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Today's Mathtober prompt is "Polynomial". So, of course, I drew ants crawling along the curve of a polynomial equation. Especially since the ants were having a moment, yesterday.

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#ink #inktober #Mathtober #SciArt #art #ants #MathArt

Today's Mathtober prompt is 'Moment', so I drew ants meandering along a curve with the words "ants are having a moment" in today's drawing.

I also made a little bit of progress on the big piece inspired by Haversian systems.

These are now posted for my supporters on Patreon and Ko-fi:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/113168313
https://ko-fi.com/post/InkyDays-October-2024-K3K6152CKA

#SciArt #Mathtober #inktober #ants #art #GenerativeArt #Procedural

Today's Mathtober prompt is "Curvilinear", so I'm playing with some curvy little fungi patterns in today's #inkyDays drawing.

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#inktober #Mathtober #SciArt #art #ink #GenerativeArt

It's been such a busy weekend at the Maker Faire. So early this morning, on this last day of the Maker Faire, I drew some busy bees before we headed out.

Here's an in progress shot.

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#inkyDays #MakerFaire #SciArt #bees #wip #art #ink #drawing

Had to leave early in the morning again today, so we could get to the Maker Faire early enough to prepare for the doors opening. I'm exhausted, but enjoying so many people saying my work is amazing....and giving short little 'lessons' on coding and chemistry and how I create my artworks, when people ask me to.

So I went with a simple pattern for today's drawing, before heading out this morning.

#SciArt #MakerFaire #art #GenerativeArt

Got up super early this morning, so we'd be on time to finish setting up and being ready when the doors opened at the Maker Faire today.

Before we left, I sat down for a quick drawing. Today's Mathtober prompt is "Deltoid", so I played with a network of triangles.

#MakerFaire #Mathtober #inkyDays #art #SciArt #GenerativeArt

Today's Mathtober prompt is "Log". I was feeling playful earlier today, and I decided to avoid log-scale, and instead draw a structure that often produces logs.

Yes, I'm late posting, though I drew it this morning. I've been busier than usual today :)

#mathtober #SciArt #MathArt #inkyDays #art #MastoArt

Today's Mathtober prompt is "Simply Connected". I had fun with this one.

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Going back to the first Mathtober prompt for this month (Tangent), and playing with that pattern a little differently in today's #inkyDays drawing.

Here's an in-progress shot.

I also made more progress on this large piece I've been working on, inspired by Haversian systems in our bones.

#inktober #SciArt #MathArt #GenerativeArt #MastoArt #art

Today's Mathtober prompt is "Cyclic Hexagon". This looked pretty cool concept, and fairly easy to draw by hand, so I decided to play with colors and negative space.

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I'm having a lot of fun with these Mathtober challenges! Today's prompt is "Midpoint Polygon".

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Today's Mathtober prompt is "Frustum". I went with a fun pattern I've been playing with recently.

I also made progress on a large-ish piece I've been working on. It's inspired by the Haversian systems in our bones.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/113168313

#mathtober #math #SciArt #ink #drawing #art #MastoArt #inktober

Today's Mathtober prompt is "Consistency". This got me thinking about what I've been drawing consistently: ants. So, of course, I drew ants following harmonic patterns.

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I couldn't resist trying these Integer Partitions with bees. I figured partitions of three might fit on a page in my sketchbook. They barely fit. Ended up with some overlapping wings in today's #inkyDays drawing.

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#MathArt #SciArt #art #bees #GenerativeArt #ink #drawing #inktober

I'm not quite done with yesterdays Mathtober prompt: Integer Partitions. I wanted to see if I could draw the partitions of 5! It kinda works, but the alignments are a little wonky. Oh well.

#MathArt #SciArt #art #ants #inkyDays

Today's #mathtober prompt is "Integer Partitions".

So, for today's drawing, I drew Integer Partitions with ants. I guessed that the partitions of 4 would fit on a page of my sketchbook.

I wrote a little about my years of math anxieties, along with today's drawing on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/113168313

#SciArt #MathArt #art #ink #drawing #art #ants #GenerativeArt