Over on Bluesky, I've launched the SciArt Feed. Now, people can freely subscribe and slide over to a feed of amazing imagery from scientific illustration to fine art; paleoart to comics; bioart to ceramics.Once I add artists to the list, all they have to do is add #SciArt or 🐡 to their skeets, and posts...

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“The modern proliferation of winged trilobites is as much a product of scientific meme-based humour as it is of genetic and ecological terrorism. Example: the terrifying & beautiful ’Cyphaspis aestiva’.” —from A Field Guide to Flying Trilobites Another one for the Field Guide! Working through it slowly. Done in ArtRage, Procreate, and a little Snapseed,...

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© Glendon Mellow Need to take some new photos of a few of these. I was looking for the one with the butterflies and the winged trilobite. It still kind-of holds-up, except for the anatomy of the hand.

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In late December, I unveiled a new winged trilobite that was not part of my initial round of sketches for The Field Guide to Flying Trilobites: Trinucleus ra, the Scarab-Trilobite. Here’s a look at the process. This sketch looks like pencil, but was done entirely in ArtRage Vitae. ArtRage is a wonderful digital painting platform for people who are used to painting traditionally, due to the lack of drop-down menus and the palette system. ©…

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Ogygopsis acheuliensis, the Acheulian Hand-Axe Trilobite, © Glendon Mellow Acheulian Hand-Axe Trilobite‪“While the exact nature of the ritual that led Homo ergaster to hurl their Acheulian hand-axes into piles is unknown, the discovery of a unique cache of these finely-crafted tools, laden with trilobite fossils, led to the start of the Fossil Wars.” —from A...

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I made myself a logo, riffing on the Assassin’s Creed logo which looks like the imprint of an eagle skull. I added the cuts on the right to make an “M”. Too subtle? Hm. This has been fun. Last summer, I decided to create a new Instagram account, @MellowAssassin, to share my game captures from...

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Follow me on Instagram @FlyingTrilobite My 2021 was focused on image-making & community-building.tl;dr:🎨Worked on adding colour to The Field Guide to Flying Trilobites⛈️Ran the 6th(?) #SciArtTweetStorm in the spring. 🟣 Co-hosted weekly SciArt Chats with Julia Krolik - we started by alternating on Clubhouse and TwitterSpaces, and made the switch to Spaces by the end...

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TL; DR: If like me, you need some new tech for your digital illustration work, the Kamvas Pro 16 is a smooth-running and impressive tablet, with a great price point. The true test for me was that I found I was joyfully losing myself in the act of painting. Let’s run down the pros and cons of the Kamvas Pro 16. PROS:TECH: A gorgeous screen with brilliant colours, and excellent pressure sensitivity (8,192 levels) and…

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© Glendon Mellow The scarab trilobite (Trinucleus ra) is an ancient, gold-smithed trilobite, haloed in blue flame. It arrests the light and gleams even in darkness. Only one has been found and is disquieting to behold. .☀Painted in ArtRage Vitae for the winter solstice (Dec 2021) with a Huion Kamvas Pro 16. I made a much-higher res version for publishing. Look for my Kamvas Pro 16 review soon (one was provided for the review). Might…

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I get so thrilled whenever someone gets a tattoo of my work. In 2019, I participated in Inktober, and used the daily drawing exercise to finally put down some ideas I had for a Field Guide to Flying Trilobites, which ultimately one day I’d like to see published as a book. This Paralejerus artibus, bat-winged trilobite is one of my favourites, and I’ve already completed a painted version. Jeff, or @jeff.rips on IG and @Jeffoglyph…

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