As of 15th of October, 2024 I have officially cycled 10,000 km (6213 miles) on Cobalt Thunder, my 2013 Felt Nine 70 mountain bike, since spring 2020. Beauty shot of my blue bike against autumn leaves and blue sky with white clouds.

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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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