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Throwback: In 2021 I began #ProjectAnimalia, a 365 day art project...which grew. As I prep new #animalart here's some OG #animals!

Day 4: Cuban land snail (Polymita picta)

#sciart #artchallenge #animalart #wildlife #medart #dailyart #snail #digitalart #scientificillustration #projectanimalia
Realistic illustration of a Cuban land snail, with a red, yellow, and black swirl shell.
February 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
mesabree.bsky.social
#ProjectAnimalia Throwback
(my daily #animalart project...which grew.)

Day 13: Surinam Horned Frog (Ceratophrys cornuta)

#sciart #medart #wildlife #medart #dailyart #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #frog #frogs #amphibians #surinamhornedfrog #scientificillustration #natureart
March 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
mesabree.bsky.social
#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
Realistic illustration of a Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) in flight, on a white background.
December 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
mesabree.bsky.social
Throwback: In 2021 I began #ProjectAnimalia, a 365 day art project...which grew. As I prep new #animalart here's some OG #animals!

Day 5: North African Ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus)

#sciart #artchallenge #animalart #wildlife #medart #dailyart #ostrich #scientificillustration #projectanimalia
Realistic illustration of a North African Ostrich
February 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
mesabree.bsky.social
#ProjectAnimalia continues with
756: Thorny seahorse (Hippocampus histrix)

Chameleon of the sea.

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #fishart #seahorse #oceanart #ArtAdventCalendar
Realistic illustration of a thorny seahorse on a white background.
December 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
mesabree.bsky.social
#ProjectAnimalia Throwback
(my daily #animalart project...which grew.)

Day 11: Picasso bug (Sphaerocoris annulus)
So wonderfully colorful!

#sciart #artchallenge #wildlife #medart #dailyart #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #insect #insects #picassobug #scientificillustration
Realistic illustration of a Picasso bug (Sphaerocoris annulus), a colorful bug with pale yellow, cerulean, pink, and black patterns.
February 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
mesabree.bsky.social
Throwback, while I make new art, and grapple with reality.

#ProjectAnimalia (my daily #animalart project)
Day 46: Peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus)

#sciart #medart #dailyart #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #mantisshrimp #Stomatopoda #oceanart
Realistic illustration of Peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus), on white background
April 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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#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
Realistic illustration of an Amazon leaffish (Monocirrhus polyacanthus), a brown and yellow fish on a white background.
January 20, 2026 at 2:52 AM
mesabree.bsky.social
Throwback, while I make new art in dark times.

#ProjectAnimalia (my daily #animalart project)
Day 57: Scrambled egg nudibranch (Phyllidia varicosa)

One for #InverteFest

#sciart #medart #dailyart #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #scicomm #nudibranch #invertebrate
Realistic illustration of a Scrambled egg nudibranch (Phyllidia varicosa), a slug-like creature in dark and light blue and yellow colors.
April 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
mesabree.bsky.social
Throwback #illustrations (while I make new art)
#ProjectAnimalia Day 83: West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus)

#sciart #medart #dailyart #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #biodiversity #manatee #oceanart
A realistic illustration of a West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) on a white background.
August 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
mesabree.bsky.social
New animal #illustrations...
#ProjectAnimalia continues with 752: Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

My enigmatic ground-hopping neighbor in Madagascar.

#sciart #dailyart #animals #scientificillustration #medart #sciviz #lemur #Madagascar #ringtailedlemur #animalillustration #dailyart
December 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
mesabree.bsky.social
#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
A realistic illustration of Marbled lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus), on a white background.
December 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM
mesabree.bsky.social
Throwback:
In 2021 I started #ProjectAnimalia, a 365 day art project... which ballooned. As I prep new #animalart, here's some OG #animals!

Day 1: Pale-browed Tinamou (Crypturellus transfasciatus)

#sciart #artchallenge #wildlife #medart #dailyart #scicomm #scientificillustration #sciviz #birdart
February 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
mesabree.bsky.social
Throwback, while I make new art, and grapple with reality.

#ProjectAnimalia (my daily #animalart project)
Day 49: Green lynx spider (Peucetia viridans)

#sciart #medart #dailyart #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #lynxspider #spider #arachnid #spiderart
Realistic illustration of a Green lynx spider (Peucetia viridans) on a white background
April 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
mesabree.bsky.social
Throwback, while I make new art, and grapple with reality.

#ProjectAnimalia (my daily #animalart project)
Day 37: Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus)

#sciart #medart #dailyart #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #horseshoecrab
Realistic illustration of a Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus), on a white background.
March 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
mesabree.bsky.social
Throwback to brighten the day!
(while I make new art)

#ProjectAnimalia (my daily #animalart project)
Day 72: Scarce seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella magnifica)

#sciart #medart #dailyart #sciviz #wildlifeart #scientificillustration #ladybug #ladybird #illustration #invert #biodiversity #bioart
Realistic illustration of a ladybug on a white background, seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella magnifica).
June 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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#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
A realistic illustration of a Piping plover (Charadrius melodus) running on a white background.
January 6, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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#ProjectAnimalia 772: Coral catshark (Atelomycterus marmoratus)

An Indo-Pacific catshark. Daytime hider, nighttime hunter.

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #coralcatshark #catshark #sharks
Realistic illustration of a Coral catshark (Atelomycterus marmoratus), a slender, marbled shark on a white background.
January 8, 2026 at 4:54 AM
mesabree.bsky.social
Throwback to brighten the day!
(while I make new art)

#ProjectAnimalia (my daily #animalart project)
Day 71: Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua)

#sciart #medart #dailyart #sciviz #wildlifeart #scientificillustration #penguin #birds #biodiversity #bioart
Realistic illustration of a Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), with a white breast and black back, standing on a white background.
June 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
mesabree.bsky.social
Throwback, while I make new art!
#ProjectAnimalia (my daily #animalart project)

Day 27: Painted comber (Serranus scriba)

#sciart #medart #dailyart #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #sciviz #fish #fishart #marineart #oceanart #oceans
Realistic illustration of a red and yellow fish, the Painted comber (Serranus scriba)
March 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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#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
Realistic illustration of a Seven-spot archerfish (Toxotes chatareus), and white-brown fish with black spots, shooting water into the air.
February 1, 2026 at 7:53 AM
mesabree.bsky.social
#ProjectAnimalia Throwback
(my daily #animalart project...which grew.)

Day 14: Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula)

#sciart #medart #wildlife #medart #dailyart #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #fishart #SundayFishSketch #alligatorgar
Realistic illustration of an Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula), a river fish with an elongated snout, that resembles an alligator.
March 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
mesabree.bsky.social
Throwback, while I make new art, and grapple with reality.

#ProjectAnimalia (my daily #animalart project)
Day 47: Short-beaked echidna

#sciart #medart #dailyart #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #australiananimal #australia #monotreme
Realistic illustration of a Short-beaked echidna on a white background
April 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
mesabree.bsky.social
Throwback #illustrations (while I make new art)

#ProjectAnimalia (my daily #animalart project)
Day 79: Harlequin poison dart frog (Oophaga histrionica)

#sciart #medart #dailyart #sciviz #wildlifeart #scientificillustration #illustration #dartfrog #frogs #poisondartfrog #biodiversity
A realistic illustration of a Harlequin poison dart frog (Oophaga histrionica), with a dark body, with bright orange and yellow irregular spots, on a white background.
July 15, 2025 at 5:28 AM
mesabree.bsky.social
#ProjectAnimalia continues with
757: Spotted tinselfish (Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi)

Getting into the holiday spirit with the oddly shaped "tinsel" of the deep sea...

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #fishart #tinselfish #oceanart #ArtAdventCalendar
Realistic illustration of the Spotted tinselfish (Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi), an angular silver fish with black spots and a long pelvic fin.
December 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM