by Marlin Peterson | Dec 11, 2007 | Science Illustrations
nocturnal head portraits Finally we are to do a large project using scratchboard. it is such an amazing medium…for how it looks, and for its forgiving nature. Basically its paper coated with clay that you can brush or use a pen to get your blacks, then you...
by Marlin Peterson | Nov 1, 2007 | Science Illustrations
Those that know me, know me and my lady are David Attenborough junkies. Life in the Undergrowth will always remain the best, but the Life of Mammals is obscenely sweet. I especially was enthralled by the section focusing on termite eaters, and it was my...
by Marlin Peterson | Oct 27, 2007 | Science Illustrations
I love the fact that many insects pass through an aquatic stage on their way towards maturity. And those that spend their whole lives either in water, or never more than metatarsal-length away from it…fascinating! The myriad different paths of evolution that...
by Marlin Peterson | Oct 15, 2007 | Science Illustrations
We all (15 of us) have met each other, the personalities are beginning to emerge, and the projects with their fudgeless deadlines have just begun to descend upon me. We are starting with black and white, which seems fitting, and are steadily seeing on the horizon...