StardustLarva's Visual Explorations

[StardustLarva]

Hmm, that is true, while it isn't mainstream as such, scientific illustration isn't dead. Perhaps I just feel it's been diminished as a result of the advancement of other mediums like photography. I have the view that there is much an illustration can convey that a photograph can not, however, which is one of the reasons I advocate illustration as a medium for communicating scientific subjects. Perhaps if I get my head down I could get somewhere with it.

I suppose my area of interest would be invertebrates, particularly arthropods, though due to my fascination with a lot of biological subjects, I would be happy to do anything in the vein of zoology or anatomy really. I will probably start focusing on building a scientific illustration portfolio again once my capabilities are considerably better than what they are now.

Anyway, enough text, here's some aesthetic oviposits:



Yesterday's warm up study of one of my mannequins. I've been focusing more on working with compressed charcoal rather than vine sticks, like Patrick suggested previously.



A painting experiment from the other night. As you may possibly observe, this was heavily influenced by Francis Bacon's work, hence my use of heavy, layered brush strokes. I also attempted to emphasise texture by mixing my acrylics with calcium powder. I don't think this one is that good, but man, it was fun to paint.