#scientific illustration

Trying new things.. new subjects and new styles, trying to be less realistic and more artistic.

I’m so excited to finally be able to post this sweet commission of a dusky conure named Kai! I loved getting bogged down in the detail his fluffy feathery face ☺️ I still have some availability for commissions! Check out my website for more info: kcgillies.com/commissions

New works by Stephanie Young for Sunday April 24th.  Available online at Calmwater Designs between 6 & 9pm est. 

New Art Nouveau vases: Oceanscape Bottle; Any Given Tuesday; Galaxyscape; New Moonscape & A Handful of Forest by Stephanie Young of Calmwater Designs.

HowArtSci are you? Submission are open! 

I am super excited to invite you to participate in the inaugural ArtSciexhibition,La Rencontre, this spring at ETH Zürich, Switzerland! La Rencontre is an art exhibition for scientists by scientists - we encourage everyone to submit data, videos, illustrations, or any sort of artwork that conveys a scientific idea, message, or concept – whether related to your research, side project or simply data by other scientists that you love and want to illustrate. The goal is to inspire scientists to think about and present their research in new, creative ways that promote science communication. Pieces will be displayed on the green floor in CHN in ETH Zentrum from 22nd April to 6th May, with a vernissage on the 22.04 and an official closing/award ceremony on the 06.05.18. 

Submission are open - please contact [email protected] in case of questions, or check out our website: https://artsci.ethz.ch
or our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ArtSci.ETHZ/

I can’t wait to see what the magic of science and art sparks in you! <3 

Cerastoderma Edule
Patella Vulgata
Mytilus Edulis

Watercolour on paper

Illustrations for the bachelor thesis presentation of my best friend, who analysed rare earth elements in a series of shells including some of these :)

Watercolour on paper - Patella Vulgata (the common limpet)

My best friend analyzed rare earth element patterns in a series of shells - including one from the common limpet - for her bachelor thesis, this is an illustration I made for her presentation :)

Passiflora caerulea watercolour illustration 
This beautiful blue passionflower plant grew right in front of our tent in France - what a good time that was! 

Are you a scientist interested in art? An artist interested in science? Submit to ArtSci Hémisphères and get your work exhibited at ETH Zürich. Amazing prizes and artsciency fame waiting for you. Submissions close April 10th. 

artsci.ethz.ch 

Did you know that selenium deficiency is a thing? 

Up to a billion people around the globe are deficient, not getting enough of this trace element from their diet. This is why we are interested in understanding what controls selenium levels in soils. The atmosphere supplies Se to the soil environment - but where does this initially come from? I loved illustrating this study by Süss et al., (2019), investigating trace element sources using rainwater analyses. The data show that the terrestrial biosphere apparently has much more of an impact than we traditionally thought - at least during the summer. 

source:
Elke Suess, Franziska Aemisegger, Jeroen E. Sonke, Michael Sprenger, Heini Wernli and Lenny H. E. Winkel (2019): Marine versus continental sources of iodine and selenium in rainfall at two European high-altitude locations. Environmental Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b05533

Why y’all so negative?

scientific illustration (and its negative) of the common Red Snapper, Lutjanus compectamus

original done in watercolour

The ‘upside-down’ jellyfish (Cassiopea sp.) thrives in near-shore marine habitats. It is commonly found on seagrass beds or in mangrove forests, resting its exumbrella against the sediment - exposing its oral arms to the sunlight. Why this fellow is sunbathing all the time? Its oral arms carry symbiotic zooxanthellae, dinoflagellates (marine algae) of the genus Symbiodiniumthat assimilate carbon and nitrogen for this gelatinous friend.