Man I just love drawing little mice characters, they have a snail they use as a house/car. These are super old but thought it’d be nice to post anyway.
hey science side of tumblr, if you’re not on your union mandated lunch break, a question for you
when these resin casts are made and the top is sorta like, opaque (if that’s the right word) how come when the liquid resin is poured on top and then sets, that it becomes perfectly clear
Because of light refraction! Basically when you sand Resin casts (or in this case, from sanding the pinecones down) you wind up with an absolute fuckton of tiny scratches in the surface, and light that hits it bounces in all kinds of weird directions. But, since liquid resin can still bond with set resin, pouring a *very thin* layer of it over the top fills in the imperfections and makes the surface smooth like glass, so the light travels in a normal pattern again
Pencil process and pastel illustrations of my brother’s dogs Dixie and Dave.
I was still getting the hang of drawing dogs here, learned a lot from this! Made me want to do more animal portraits in the future. Also was still new to using pastels but glad I pushed through those difficulties anyway.
Oh my god how have I not found this before. It lets you toggle between photos of the flowers, leaves, fruits and seeds. It shows a map of where the plant is native. It gives you links to like 12 websites with more info about the plant. Amazing
This website was made by this one guy who is a nerd about flowers
I’ve only tried to look in the USA so it may not have other areas but this is one of the best resources I’ve found
(there are a LOT of photographers, biologists and botanists who have contributed to it)
