by Marlin Peterson | Aug 8, 2012 | Science Illustrations
Amazing processes are busily revealing themselves in the search for my ever so complex preliminary arachnids. They have to nestle right onto the building, natural-like…and so its quite complicated. The angle of the armory roof is such, and the view from the...
by Marlin Peterson | Jul 3, 2012 | Science Illustrations
Here is a little text and an upcoming sketch from my proposal for the Dry Falls visitor center: (the gist is- “…YOU NEED A PROPER PAINTING OF THE RHINO GETTING EMBALMED IN LAVA!”) This image is a collage of both the digital mock-up and a stripe of...
by Marlin Peterson | Jun 11, 2012 | Science Illustrations
The acronym to know is GAP: Grants for Artist Projects. It is part of Artist Trust, a Washington organization that hooks up artists with grants. An incredible resource that I am so honored to receive. To make a long story short, after months of waiting and...
by Marlin Peterson | Jan 10, 2012 | Science Illustrations
Well, then again Brent might have something made from carbon-fiber on his delivery bike. I did this logo for a friend who started up a business delivering goods to the people and businesses on Vashon island, just outside of Seattle...
by Marlin Peterson | Dec 14, 2011 | Science Illustrations
I am finished with my paleo painting! It was quite the diabolical time sink, but I am quite pleased with how it came out. I have painted many discrete subjects over the years, but creating a fully rendered environment in and around a given creature is a full-on leap...
by Marlin Peterson | Nov 18, 2011 | Science Illustrations
These pictures are from the huge landslide that has yielded all the amazing fossils I am illustrating lately. It was in this slow churning slurry that the Diatryma footprints were found on a slab…making history! Also tree ferns, palms, tapir tracks, heron...