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Bone Blossom © Troythulu
Artists who create with fractals are kinda nuts. I mean, it's like Minecraft in a blender a lot of the time, and the people creating it are almost...worshiping the process. Which is whacked out.
That said, I couldn't deny the wonderful beauty of this piece, Bone Blossom by Troythulu when it came wandering through my Twitter feed. I really wanted to go on mocking fractal art, Troythulu: this artwork ruined that for me. *sigh*
You can find Troythulu's creations on his blog The Call of Troythulu and on Twitter @Troythulu.
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Links
Space art:
What's the meaning of this? U.V. Ceti - Jacob Rutka, The Grid. Great story about sublime space-art being a possible joke by the artist.
In celebration of the Mars Rover Landing - Mary Edna Fraser
Touchdown! - Sci-ence
Spacecraft 3D App - Stay Curious
Cartoons:
Visual Field - xkcd
Old Friends - Beatrice the Biologist
Show Me Your Cyberface - Sci-ence
Atheism & Skepticism:
Geeky Ceramic Jewellery for people who love science and skepticism - Annalee Newitz, io9
Cool Ceramic Jewellery for Scientists - Maggie Koerth-Baker, Boing Boing
Copyright & Career:
It Isn't Enough to Feel Righteous - Almost Diamonds
On choosing to be where you don't belong - Artologica
From STEM to STEAM: adding art to science - CultureLab
Career Advice for Budding Natural Science Illustrators - ArtPlantae Today
Paleo-Art:
My New Art Logo - Weapon of Mass Imagination
Fossil Gears - The Flying Trilobite
Judging a Book by Its Cover - ART Evolved - interesting discussion on scientific accuracy Vs. artistic licence in the comments.
Moonlight Huntress - The CAW Box
Ocean Art:
Shark Sculpture Sale on Etsy - Blacknick Sculpture
New Facebook Page - The Tiny Aviary - check the artwork accompanying it! Fantastic!
Lionfish Almost Done - JPop Studios
Medical Art:
Wax Model of a Decomposing Body in a Walnut Coffin, Italy, 1774-1800, The Science Museum, London - Morbid Anatomy
Conference Collective Memory - Graphic Medicine
"Objectify This: Female Anatomy Dissected and Displayed" Exhibition Curated by Street Anatomy's Vanessa Ruiz, September 7-29, Chicago - Morbid Anatomy
Botanical Art:
Do Art & Botany Need Each Other? - ArtPlantae Today
Sunflower - Willy Chyr
Bonsai as Natural History, Shaped by Artists - Visual Science
Street Art:
Street art scientists need to let us do the thinking for once - Alchemy
Painting is proceeding in all this heat - Marlin Peterson
Colour:
The Most Unappealing Color - Gurney Journey
Biodiversity:
New Species Wants You to See No Weevil - Biodiversity in Focus
Circle of Life - The Episiarch
Drawing and Weeding - Traces
Animals - Art @ Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox
Children's Illustration:
That's no monkey... - Josh Witten, The Finch & Pea
Kickstarters and Shows:
Halfway There! - Alicia Hunsicker's Boundless Kickstarter to paint at CERN!
Fall is Coming - Artologica
Awesome:
Canada's 2012 Lucky Loonie - News from the Studio
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