Mesa Schumacherさんのイラストまとめ

Project Animalia 506
Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)

Deepest diver in the world!
9800 ft/2990 m, about 4/5 down to the avg. depth of the ocean floor, chasing squid in the dark.

#medart #animalart #wildlifeart #sciart #scientificillustration #illustration #whale

Project Animalia 503
Barrow's goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)

This charismatic duck, a migratory visitor to my 'ole pacific northwest home. Striking plumage. :)

#sciart #medart #animalart #wildlifeart #illustration #birdart #birds #scientificillustration

Project Animalia
Day 492: Eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)

This little orange #newts is a producer of tetrodotoxin, potent neurotoxin to ward off predators!

#sciart #wildlifeart #scientificillustration #nature #animalart #medart #biodiversity

Project Animalia
Day 490: Atlantic ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata)

Halloween is coming! Here's the nocturnal ghost #crab, a pale little scuttler haunting the beaches at night!

#sciart #wildlifeart #crabs #marinebiology #scientificillustration #nature #animalart #medart

Project Animalia
Day 489: Red-billed dwarf hornbill (Lophoceros camurus)

I am getting real close to 500! What should I draw for the big 5-0-0?

#sciart #wildlifeart #bird #birding #hornbill #scientificillustration #nature #animalart #medart

Project Animalia
Day 484: Funnel weaving spider (Agelenopsis kastoni)

One of a large family, this spider weaves a radiating cone of trip wires from its cone-shaped abode!

#sciart #wildlifeart #spider #arachnid #animal #natureart #animalart #medart

Project Animalia
Day 478: Ground pangolin (Smutsia gigantea)

All #pangolins, are critically endangered. China outlawed use of their scales in Chinese medicine in 2020, which may offer some hope!

#sciart #wildlifeart #pangolin #endangered #animalart #medart

Project Animalia
Day 476: Mississippi map turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohni)

Only yellow in the stripes...
This is a version of some client work from this year that was begging to join this set!

#sciart #wildlifeart #turtle #illustration #medart #animalart #medart

Project Animalia
Day 470: Puff adder (Bitis arietans)

A version of this, puff adder in defensive position will be up in the National Zoo reptile house. Check out the real thing if you're in DC!

#sciart #medart #wildlifeart #animal #snake #snakeart #illustration #animalart

Project Animalia
Day 458: Serrated hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys erosa)
(Also #Sciartseptember day 8 "creeping")

Has a handy hinge on the back end of its carapace so it can close the door for protection!

#sciart #medart #turtle #herpatology #wildlifeillustration #illustration