https://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/06/18/some-frustrating-tweets/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/twitter.jpgtwitterhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/64728760_440493430077092_8756491465233793024_n.png64728760_440493430077092_8756491465233793024_nhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/64218158_2525398167478883_5157335388313878528_n.png64218158_2525398167478883_5157335388313878528_n2019-06-16T15:40:22+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/06/11/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-the-art-of-scientific-figures/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/figure-2.pngFigure 2A simpler, but far more effective means of demonstrating that drug B is more effective than drug A. https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/figure-1.pngFigure 1An overly technical, not-so-successful figure. 2019-06-11T17:57:22+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/06/04/thomas-kuhn-and-the-art-science-paradigm/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ugc_1810_and_ugc_1813_in_arp_273_captured_by_the_hubble_space_telescope.jpgUGC_1810_and_UGC_1813_in_Arp_273_(captured_by_the_Hubble_Space_Telescope)When we took physics to space, the paradigm of Newtonian physics began to fail! Image from the Hubble Space Telescope. https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/geocentric.jpgGeocentricThe geocentric universe! A popular subject for old astronomical engravings. https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/thomas-kuhn-portrait.pngThomas-kuhn-portraitThomas Kuhn is a modern enough philosopher that I had to go to Wikimedia to find this Creative Commons digital painting by Davi.trip to use!2019-06-01T20:37:49+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/05/28/the-science-of-painting-oil-paint-and-the-environment/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/your_country_needs_flax_and_will_pay_well_for_it.__-_nara_-_516250.jpg_YOUR_COUNTRY_NEEDS_FLAX,_AND_WILL_PAY_WELL_FOR_IT.__-_NARA_-_516250Perhaps if I had been around to see this sign during World War II, I wouldn't have been so surprised to learn that flaxseed oil and linseed oil are the same thing. https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bio5.jpgBio5This painting was made with a strange combination of water-mixable oil paint and woodstock oil. Clearly not a sustainable mode of art creation. 2025-10-23T02:28:26+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/01/15/science-of-paint-why-oil-paint/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/triglyceride_unsaturated_structural_formulae_v2.svg_.pngtriglyceride_unsaturated_structural_formulae_v2.svgRepresentative triglyceride found in a linseed oil.https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/800px-indian_pigments.jpg800px-indian_pigmentsPigment powders. CC Image by Dan Brady. (CC BY 2.0)2019-05-28T12:08:24+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/02/19/science-of-paint-acrylic-paint-and-the-environment/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/4k-wallpaper-adorable-blur-1148998.jpg4k-wallpaper-adorable-blur-1148998Hands look like this? Maybe you shouldn't wash them right away... If you wait for it to dry and peel it off it's better for the environment!https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cf2.pngCF2One of my own paintings. Oh look it's all the fast drying of watercolor and all the depth of oil painting. 2021-05-31T06:32:24+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/04/23/reflections-from-edinburgh-science-festival/2019-05-25T22:10:10+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/05/01/back-to-bugs/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/flight.jpgFlightNot one of my better photos, but a great example of the challenge of photographing an insect up close. The slightest movement introduces blur.https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ladybugmating-e1556731718953.jpgLadybugmatingSome of my first Scottish insects captured! Insect sex is one of my favorite photography subjects. You get two insects in one shot and they tend to be fairly still! https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/eyespots.jpgeyespotsOne of my favorite photos from that old instagram... and I think the one that got the most likes too!2019-05-25T22:07:02+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/05/21/science-theatre-scratch-night-two-this-time-its-personal/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/60439206_2707213226020610_4664630995113213952_n.jpg60439206_2707213226020610_4664630995113213952_nTerrible quality image of a high quality performance. I know you're not supposed to take pictures during a show... Playwright's privilege? https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/60434490_669839150105894_285286128825663488_n.jpg60434490_669839150105894_285286128825663488_nFriends bought me flowers for the show... felt like a celebrity. Ignore Tesco label. 2019-05-25T22:02:55+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2018/11/13/why-blog-about-science-and-art/2021-10-01T11:12:52+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2018/12/11/can-technology-perform/2019-05-19T21:03:17+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/05/14/sciart-on-youtube-3blue1brown/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3blue1brown.jpg3blue1brownHis fabulous logo, which I am unaffiliated with! 2019-05-13T21:22:47+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/05/07/sciartist-profile-jules-verne/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jv.jpgJVIn all his glory!https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/200000.jpg200000The book that started it all!2019-05-06T14:42:30+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/04/16/science-theatre-scratch-night/2019-04-15T22:38:59+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/04/09/microbiology-stories-and-a-science-comic/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/virus-comic-web-high-quality.jpgVirus-Comic-Web-(High-Quality)2026-06-17T16:01:05+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/04/02/revisiting-the-natural-history-museum/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/02-flat-fly_l.jpg02-flat-fly_lFly, Calliphora vomitoria. Giles Revell (1965 - ). 2002. Copyright Giles Revell. https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/black-rhinoceros-harris-images-of-nature-ee-hero-desktop-nhmcredit.jpgblack-rhinoceros-harris-images-of-nature-ee-hero-desktop-nhmcreditBlack rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis illustration. William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848). 2019-03-30T22:38:52+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/03/26/sciartist-profile-john-james-audubon/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/auduboncarolinaparakeet2.jpgAudubonCarolinaParakeet2Carolina parakeets, by John James Audubon. From The Birds of North Americahttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/john_james_audubon_1826.jpgJohn_James_Audubon_1826Portrait of John James Audubon by John Syme2019-03-24T11:44:14+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/03/19/light-and-pigment/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cmyk-rgb.jpgCmyk-rgbRGB verses CMYK color wheels.https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_20190318_202959.jpgIMG_20190318_202959Beautiful demonstration of RGB color.2019-03-18T23:16:24+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/03/12/technology-and-design-adobe-illustrator/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/macrophages.pngVirusesViruses bursting forth from a cell! Exciting stuff! Especially in vector format. https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/run-the-world-01.pngRun The World-01https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/vector-v-bitmap.pngVEctor v bitmapVector graphics scale up without distortion while bitmap graphics become pixelated at larger sizes. Image by Darth Stabro at Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)2019-03-10T13:01:37+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/03/05/new-project-cellf-started/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cell-squares-alligned-2.pngCell Squares Alligned 2And now with some alignment everything is SO much clearer. https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cell-squares-alligned-e1551608370530.pngCell Squares AllignedOh? Does the alignment make it any clearer?https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cells-1.pngCells 1Thoroughly unclear science communication2019-03-03T10:27:24+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/02/26/interdisciplinary-postcards/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_20190218_190456-e1550700538179.jpgIMG_20190218_190456My postcard is on top. I'm curious if this would be any good as a digital illustration.https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/postcards-e1550700464266.jpgPostcardshttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/artsci2.jpgArtSci2The entire display of images. https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/artsci1.jpgArtSci1The banner for InterSci, one of the organizations who hosted the event. 2019-02-20T22:10:06+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/02/13/the-supebrains-of-concert-pianists/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/4k-wallpaper-close-up-fingers-1246437.jpg4k-wallpaper-close-up-fingers-1246437Bimanual coordination. I suspect this person has a decent corpus callosum! 2019-02-13T09:01:44+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/02/05/skin-wars-or-writing-for-others-a-copout-post/2019-02-06T16:05:54+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2018/12/18/my-obsessive-admiration-for-scientific-illustrators-and-why-ill-never-be-one-of-them/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/straighthead-soldierfish.jpgstraighthead-soldierfishOstichthys archiepiscopus by Jean Charles Wernerhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ornithoptera-priamus.jpgornithoptera-priamusOrnithoptera priamus by Edward Donovanhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/martin_miles_cerambycidae.pngMARTIN_MILES_CerambycidaeCerambycidae specimen from my then day job at a summer camphttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/martin_miles_agaricus-campestris.pngMARTIN_MILES_Agaricus CampestrisAgaricus campestris, because mushrooms are adorable. https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/g-c-reticulated-edited.pngG.c. Reticulated EditedScientifically speaking, giraffes have that exact facial structure.https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/eastern-pondhawk.pngEastern PondhawkObserve the horrid asymmetry of the wings. This took me weeks to accomplish, by the way. https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/coloring-book.jpgColoring BookThe beetle page of my future coloring book. Work in progress. 2019-01-14T23:09:52+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/01/29/whats-the-deal-with-gold/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bullion-gold-gold-bars-47047.jpgbullion-gold-gold-bars-47047You guessed it. GOLD!2019-01-12T13:18:34+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/01/08/story-time-the-plant-book-drawing-to-learn-taxonomy/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/3.png3Erigeron annuus, eastern daisy fleabanehttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/14.png14Verbascum thaspus, the common mullein. 2019-01-08T17:32:29+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/01/22/sciartist-profile-leonardo-da-vinci/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/745076-1521648306.jpg745076-1521648306Do you see the dragon as well? Plenty of fun little surprises in Leonardo drawings! https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/e8241-leonardo-da-vinci-self-portrait-400x600.jpge8241-leonardo-da-vinci-self-portrait-400x600A portrait of genius. Look at that delightful linework in the beard and hair!2019-01-08T16:42:07+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2018/12/25/technology-and-art-light/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Edison.jpgEdisonChanging the face of art since 1879!2022-12-21T19:38:07+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2019/01/01/medical-drawing-and-aims-of-drawing-in-general/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dreamstime_xxl_84911447.jpgdreamstime_xxl_84911447Hopefully your surgeon also waits until you're stable before drawing in your blood. https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/anatomy-of-human-body-da-vinci.jpganatomy-of-human-body-da-vinciSublime anatomical illustration by Leonardo Da Vinci.https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Thyroidectomy_Illustration.jpgThyroidectomy_IllustrationAn example of Max Brödel's groundbreaking charcoal dust technique.2018-12-23T18:27:31+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2018/11/27/the-aesthetic-fantasy-of-space/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/lagoon-nebula.pngLagoon NebulaLagoon Nebula. Hubble Space Telescope. April 17, 2018.https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/jupiter.pngJupiterCloseup of Jupiter. Hubble Space Telescope. April 6th, 2017.https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/moon.jpgMoonThe birth of Astrophotography.2018-11-24T19:32:03+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2018/12/04/glass-the-earliest-materials-engineering/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/maze.jpgMAZEMaze by Allison Kinairdhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ancient_beads_ethiopia_2130292694.jpgAncient_Beads,_Ethiopia_(2130292694)Ancient beads from Ethiopa 1st Century BC. CC Image by A. Davey on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0). 2018-11-23T21:01:05+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/2018/11/20/colors-from-nature-who-inspires-whom/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/color-wheel.pngColor WheelA color wheel.: Arbitrary human invention? Or a record of pre-existing natural laws?https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/mandarin-duck.jpgMandarin DuckThe mandarin duck, one of the species featured in the book. There are certainly plenty of colors to choose from.2018-11-20T19:09:25+00:00monthlyhttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/contact/2018-11-13T15:36:00+00:00weekly0.6https://artfulscientist.home.blog/about/https://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/mad-scientist.jpgMad-Scientist...This is also mehttps://artfulscientist.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/hot-shot.jpgHot-ShotThis is me2018-11-09T21:49:48+00:00weekly0.6https://artfulscientist.home.blogdaily1.02026-06-17T16:01:05+00:00