LMerlo

Illustration; Academia; Fantasy and Science Fiction.

Scientific illustration:

[LMerlo @LMerlo72]

While it's been a chaotic year, the last couple of months finally pushed me to dabble a bit with scientific illustration in addition to fiction. I'll be posting some of my work here and in IG (lmerlo_sciart) as well as hosting it on Behance (https://t.co/cVzP36V8J3).

[Andrew Kadel @[email protected] @FrKadel]

My daughter, who's had a degree in computer science for 25 years, posted this about ChatGPT on Facebook. It's the best description I've seen.

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Biodiversity matters. No matter the scale. On top of this more land in cities is being sealed. Urban biodiversity strategies include stuff like rooftop gardens, green walls, green space to population ratios, and urban tree quotas.

[LMerlo @LMerlo72]

@Himmapaan Followed you elsewhere just in case. You're an amazing, magical artist Natee, and you will make it through!

[LMerlo @LMerlo72]

@makmartizu My body is ready xD

[Dr Eleanor Janega @GoingMedieval]

@GeauxGabrielle I know most people are here in the mentions pointing out that this is a completely made up myth, and they are right, but here's some primary source stuff to back everyone annoyed by seeing this up:
https://t.co/GFIM3xFyXu

[LMerlo @LMerlo72]

Another older work I managed to finish after some very chaotic weeks. This time it's a male Jackson's chameleon (Trioceros jacksonii) in watercolour, a beautiful sexually dimorphic reptile from eastern Africa.
#sciart #reptiles #chameleon

[LMerlo @LMerlo72]

@makmartizu That's the true way xD

[Gabriel N. U. @SerpenIllus]

People like this exist, to my chagrin! This is why shows like Prehistoric Planet are SO important. Dinosaurs were REAL animals and not monsters. Also, it seems to me that comments like this one below are severely tinged with shades of toxic masculinity, homophobia, misogyny, etc

[T. rex Paddock @RexPaddock]

Please support #PrehistoricPlanet and it’s crew and contributors by not pirating it! You want more of these right?

[Ecolelogical @Ecolelogical]

@Arie_Trouwborst We, in the UK, should take a leaf out of the Australian's book. It's a fact that domestic and feral cats are adding to the biodiversity crisis.
https://t.co/NIFZZuyUMj

[LMerlo @LMerlo72]

@makmartizu @rinconoscuroyp @skhunt92 Son geniales! De hecho es mi pintor favorito. Mi colección de cuentos de Valdemar tiene sus cuadros como portada

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

Will I regret this? Let's find out.

This has been a very shouty week on Twitter. That makes sense, as one of the platforms big shouters has been very shouty. But what are we shouting about? Well, a bunch of things, but here's one:

[Amber Bellomio (DigitalDuck) @digital_duck]

I'm very excited to announce a project that's been in the works for over a year now. "Forgotten Bloodlines: Agate" is an almost entirely CGI documentary film focusing on prehistoric creatures of the Miocene, narrated by the wonderful @Nigelmarven. Details in thread

[Emily A. Miller, PhD @SturgeonSurgeon]

I got a preview of the new exhibit #IntoTheDeep @MontereyAq with @MBARI_News researchers, some who have been studying the deep sea for decades. Everyone was floored.

[LMerlo @LMerlo72]

I finally managed to finish a piece I began a couple of years ago. Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) skull shows their fearsome teeth that can rarely be seen through their oral tissue. Made with ink on Canson A3 paper. #sciart #scientificillustration #reptile

[don hertzfeldt @donhertzfeldt]

it is the 10th anniversary of when sundance asked me to guest tweet from their account for a day and then never asked me again

[LMerlo @LMerlo72]

A final piece of #sciart I hadn't shared here is a muscle study of Renoir's Diana. This one was extremely fun to do, despite the technique being something new to me.
Ballpoint pen and graphite illustration.
#anatomy #scientificillustration #art

[AIPT Science @AIPTscience]

What do you do when besieged by unknowable space gods? Dissect them and learn some stuff! The one and only @DoctorAtlantis, monster expert extraordinaire, takes a look at this odd but illuminating volume from @PetersenGames. @AIPTcomics #Lovecraft #gaming https://t.co/TmSMFZcitt

[LMerlo @LMerlo72]

My first attempt at #botanical illustration. African violets are fascinating plants to illustrate.

Watercolour and ink liner on Old Mill paper

#sciart #plants #illustration

[LMerlo @LMerlo72]

My journey into #sciart also meant dabbling in colour pencils for the first time. Here's a black-billed mountain #toucan, a rather colourful #bird from north-western South America.
Colour pencil illustration on Canson A4 paper.
#ornithology #sciart