My visceral reaction to AI agent use described in The Cut. What happens when individuals are able to ignore all existing resources and send AI agents off to optimize their domestic lives from scratch? Waste. dodoland.substack.com/p/the-mom-wh...

Marjane Satrapi's work made me fall in love with graphic novels. I had the pleasure of attending a reading by her years ago, and found her just as inspiring in person. This breaks my heart too. 💔

My musings on raising a creative kid while human creativity is under siege. open.substack.com/pub/dodoland... #arteducation #creativekids #creativity #STEAM #illustration #sciart #medart

#ProjectAnimalia 789: Cayenne caecilian (Typhlonectes compressicauda) A legless amphibian from South America! A bit overwhelmed this week, it was nice to escape into this dark texture. #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #caecilian

#ProjectAnimalia 788: Basketwork eel (Diastobranchus capensis) A deep water pacific eel with interesting skin! I find my mind escaping to the deep sea more and more these days... #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #sundayfishsketch #oceanart

#ProjectAnimalia 787: Seven-spot archerfish (Toxotes chatareus) I'll never get over the amazing hunting strategy of this #fish. Shooting water up to 2m to knock insects off vegetation. #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #sundayfishsketch #oceanart

#ProjectAnimalia 786: Atlantic stingray (Dasyatis sabina) I've spotted this bottom-feeder in the Chesapeake Bay. Swims softly but carries a poisonous barbed tail. #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #stingray #oceanart #fish

New to my feed? I began #ProjectAnimalia in 2021, and drew an #animal every day. This year I'm going for 1000. Follow along for some #animalart escapism... And let me know if you have requests! 785: Regal moth (Citheronia regalis) #sciart #dailyart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration

#ProjectAnimalia 784: Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) A marsh and mudflat wader with flamingo-like legs. Their tuxedo plumage has always fascinated me. 🙃 #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #birds #birding #birdart

#ProjectAnimalia 783: Volta's electric eel (Electrophorus voltai) Named for the inventor of the battery, this #ell has the strongest bioelectricity generator known—up to 860 volts. #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #fish #fishart #electriceel

#ProjectAnimalia 782: Clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum) A day I'm in the ocean is a good day. Lucky for me, Mauritius has amazing reefs, with residents like this #triggerfish! #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #fish #fishart #snorkling

#ProjectAnimalia 781: Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) Happier in the water than the air, here in charismatic summer plumage! They perform a beautiful courtship dance. 💕 #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #grebe #birding #birdart

#ProjectAnimalia 780: Speartooth shark (Glyphis glyphis) I'm now back in the rhythm of daily animals, and my creative muscles are feeling stronger. Here's an extremely rare river shark! #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #shark #sharks

#ProjectAnimalia 779: Coyote (Canis latrans) I once met a #coyote while running in the mountains. We stood on the path staring each other down for about five minutes, then she vanished into the brush. #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart

#ProjectAnimalia 778: Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) Not entirely finless, but lacking a dorsal fin. Critically endangered with 1,249 left in 2023. #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #porpoise #whale #whaleart

my student evals in SciComm last semester said I shouldn’t make science so political

#ProjectAnimalia 777: Payara/vampire fish (Monocirrhus polyacanthus) Another aggressive Amazonian fish! But three feet long and comes with fangs. 😚 #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #fishart #vampirefish #payara

Interested... #sciart #medart

#ProjectAnimalia 776: Amazon leaffish (Monocirrhus polyacanthus) It looks and acts liek a dead leaf, flitting harmlessly around—until it extends its long mouth and swiftly inhales its prey! #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #fishart #leaffish

#ProjectAnimalia 775: Haller's round ray (Urobatis halleri) A coastal ray that preys on invertebrates near shore.Named after a boy who it once stung on the foot. 😂 Watch out! #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #fishart #rays #fishes #stingray

Oh #portfolioday! Hi. 😋 I'm a #sciart #medart and kidlit illustrator, and I draw a lot of things. But one of my favorite things to create are unique, complex, accurate, anatomy dissections. I love a puzzle. These pieces also happen to be real life #jigsaw #puzzles!

#ProjectAnimalia 774: Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) This Amazon river #fish deserves an image search, if only to see that it can be over ten feet long, and takes multiple humans to lift. #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #fishart #arapaima #fishes

My sanity-salvaging resolve for the New Year. Do stuff the hard way. #sciart #medart #illustration #creativity

#ProjectAnimalia 773: Three-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma tridactylum) The "Congo Eel" of the Mississippi flood plain, this #salamander has the largest recorded red blood cells of any animal! #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #amphiuma #amphibian

#ProjectAnimalia 772: Coral catshark (Atelomycterus marmoratus) An Indo-Pacific catshark. Daytime hider, nighttime hunter. #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #coralcatshark #catshark #sharks

Just here in my room. Ssssss-snoozing. From the #kidlit sketchbook. #illustration #illustrator #kidlitart #childrensbooks #scbwi #kidlitillustration #dailyart

#ProjectAnimalia 771: Piping plover (Charadrius melodus) Tiny shorebirds, the size of sparrows. My daughter used to call them "little mice." ☺️ #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #birdart #plover #pipingplover #birding

#ProjectAnimalia continues. 770: Swollen olive snail (Oliva bulbosa) A carnivorous marine snail which engulfs prey with its foot and digests it beneath the sand... #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #snail

#ProjectAnimalia continues. 769: Blue spotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma) A beautiful ray, with a dangerous tail. #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #ray

Hitting the New Year running and throwing myself into making art of various kinds. Deciding to give myself a bit of room to play. :) #illustration #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #scbwi #kidlitillustration #dailyart

#ProjectAnimalia continues. 768:Australian white ibis (Threskiornis moluccus) The legendary Sydney "bin chicken." The urban #birds are climate migrants, moving to cities as their floodplain homes dry up. #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #birdart

2025 has been an elating and depressing year. I made some work I was proud of this year, and some work I was less proud of. Some I can show, some I can't. I learned a lot. I forgot a lot. I often felt left behind. Sometimes that terrified me. Sometimes I felt it might be a good thing... #artvsartist

#ProjectAnimalia continues with 767: Collared brown lemur (Eulemur collaris) Drew a "scratchboard" version of this some years back. Did you know there are over 100 lemur species? #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #lemur #collaredbrownlemur

Moving pause of the day. #sketchbook #sciart

#ProjectAnimalia continues with 766: Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) What can I say about this magnificent creature? Supra-speedway soarer, fence post posturer? I just love them. #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #turkeyvulture #buzzard #vulture

I'm making a point to sketch more kidlit! I know it's December, but in my heart it's always a little bit Halloween. #illustration #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #scbwi #kidlitillustration #dailyart

#ProjectAnimalia continues with 765: Javan deer(Rusa timorensis) I once saw a kid deer play soccer on Java. On Maurititus, they're a beloved invasive species, and feature on the coat of arms. #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #deer #javandeer

A little sketch of friendship. :) #illustration #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #scbwi #kidlitillustration #dailyart

I love love love that they hired a painter to do these portraits and then acknowledged her by name. Artists of all kinds supporting each other is so beautiful.

#ProjectAnimalia continues with 764: Blue-spotted mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris) Watching these guys wallow around mangrove swamps mudflats is something I miss about the Pacific. #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #fishart #fish #mudskipper

Feeling festive, missing winter! #illustration #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #scbwi #kidlitillustration

Blue moon... (a little color study) #artoftheday #digitalart #illustration #illustrator

#ProjectAnimalia continues with 763: Leopard whiprays (Himantura leoparda) An Indo-West Pacific ray which grows 12 ft long, and can have a tail 4 times their body length. #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #fishart #fish #rays #ArtAdventCalendar

Art of the day, and some nostalgia for my wild childhood. #illustration #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #scbwi #kidlitillustration

Want to know what it takes to illustrate a children's book? Art takes time. Here's my substack about sustained effort, and the humility of compromise in art markets. #illustration #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #writing #creativity #arttakestime #scbwi #kidlitillustration

#ProjectAnimalia continues with 762: Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) The #Heron with the widest range. I'd shot a photo of this guy years ago, and I finally drew it! #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #birdart #birds #ArtAdventCalendar

#ProjectAnimalia continues with 761: Sooty grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus) A west coast grouse. The males have two air sacs in the neck for display and to make a hooting call. #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #birdart #birds #birding #ArtAdventCalendar

#ProjectAnimalia continues with 760: Narrownose chimera (Harriotta raleighana) More from the deep sea. Chimeras are sometimes called "ghost sharks." They're relatives of sharks and rays. #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #fishart #chimera #ArtAdventCalendar

#ProjectAnimalia continues with 759: Marbled lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus) Also called the leopard lungfish, this fish must breathe air to survive. #sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #fishart #lungfish #ArtAdventCalendar