#science meets art

[twofacedgods]

The Geol Wall, and a Geological Map of Sicily

First embroidery project since I've started my PhD, and it's volcanic (as perhaps might be expected from me). In red and represented by radial stitches is Etna, a favourite of mine, if only because of its associated mythos — Empedocles, a philospher of Ancient Greece, is said to have thrown himself into the fires of Etna to prove his immortality (he was a proponent of reincarnation, in his time), but the volcano spat out one of his bronze sandals and revealed his folly to his followers.

Of course, this tale proved wildly popular in later years, and was satirised by Lucian of Samosata, in whose dialogue Empedocles received a fairer fate, and was carried into the heavens by a volcanic eruption to live out the rest of his years (on the moon, sipping dew!)

In more recent times Empedocles of Etna has also been the subject of a particularly nice painting by Salvator Rosa (1615 – 1673) called The Death of Empedocles (below), and he has even given his name to the underwater Empedocles volcano off the coast of Sicily, where it was embroiled in further rather explosive drama in the 19th century (it emerged as an island in 1831 and was renamed Ferdinandea; multiple countries scrambled to claim it, almost causing a major international incident, before it disappeared again five months later and the name Empedocles was reinstated).

So in some ways, Empedocles was indeed immortalised (if only in volcanology). How fun.

#geology #volcanology #embroidery #crafty things and progress posts #science meets art #volcano #etna #sicily #empedocles

[thesecondface]

The Paleontology Quilt (top)!

Bit of a rush job, since I want to take it with me to Cambridge next week but here's the quilt! Fabric patterns were made on procreate and then printed using contrado, so it's all been a bit experimental, and the colours are a little more desaturated than I'd hoped but it's come out alright for a first go!

The centre piece is the 'Quilted Organisms of the Ediacaran' (quilted organisms on a quilt! of course that would be my focus). Taxa include:

Charnia

Rangea

Dickinsonia

Spriggina

Fractofusus

Then, the far corner pieces are the cephalopods, because I love their suture variations. Baculites have been favoured simply because they look snazzier than belemnites (so technically, this is specifically an ammonoid piece). Taxa include:

Goniatites

Ceratites

Ammonites

Baculites

The interior border pieces have one with graptolites, one with crinoid stems, two with Vernanimalcula (the much contested first bilaterian animal), and 'The March of the Dinosaurs'. Together they include:

Didymograptus

Pentacrinites

Vernanimalcula

Triceratops

Ankylosaurs

Sauropods

Orthinopods

Carnosaurs (Tyrannosaur-like theropods)

Coelurosaurs (Bird-like theropods)

So, all in all, there are 18 prehistoric taxa on the quilt! Sure I could have included more but the creativity well dried up, impatience won out, and I got the first seven printed. I'd like to do a marine specific one in blues, at some point (with additional taxa, of course) and perhaps one looking at bone histologies and teeth. (And perhaps, after that, a museum exhibit style quilt, with a cabinet of full skeletal prints with borders and labels). But we'll see how this one turns out, post-quilting; looks promising so far!

#geology #paleontology #quilting #ediacaran #dinosaurs #ammonites #graptolites #vernanimalcula #crinoids #science meets art

[katiajewelbox]

🦋The first butterflies appeared in what is now the Americas 100 million years ago. They were small and drab, and fed on plants in the family Fabaceae. Over time, butterflies diversified rapidly into a wide range of forms and habitats. 🌿As demonstrated in this paper, one of the key factors that drove the diversification of butterflies was the evolution of host plant use. The ancestral butterflies diversified to feed on a wide range of other plants, including plants in the families Solanaceae, Brassicaceae, and Rosaceae. This diversification allowed butterflies to colonise a wide range of habitats, and it also led to the evolution of a wide range of butterfly forms. For example, butterflies that feed on poisonous plants have evolved bright colours to warn predators away. 🦋 🔬Such insights were possible after sequencing 391 genes from nearly 2,300 butterfly species, to reconstruct a new phylogenomic tree of butterflies representing 92% of all genera. 👩‍🌾The findings of this study have implications for our understanding of butterfly conservation. One of the most important things that we can do to conserve butterflies is to protect their habitats and diversity of host plants. Butterflies need a variety of habitats to survive, including forests, grasslands, and wetlands. They also need food sources, such as nectar and pollen. 🦬Whilst we can help to protect butterfly habitats by protecting ecosystems, planting native plants, and reducing the use of pesticides and pollution. One of the most impactful actions, in my view, is to reestablish mixed groups of large herbivores, that are able to move freely through a landscape. 🦓Whilst not included in this scientific paper, it is known that large herbivores play an important role in the diversification of plant species. The grazing and browsing of large herbivores can lead to a reduction in dominant plant species, which allows for the growth of less dominant plant species that are used by butterflies as food sources. 🐺Herbivores also transport seed in their fur and dung, and at the same time create natural disturbance during dispersal through an ecosystem. (NB: it’s important to recognise that large populations of herbivores can have the opposite affect, through overgrazing, if predators or other control measures are absent) For me such insights give a fascinating perspective on the interconnectedness of all life. Studies of butterfly phylogeny acts as a reminder that they depend on plants for food, and plants depend on butterflies for pollination. When herbivores thrive, so do plants and by association butterflies, enriching the entire ecosystem.

Source: Cain Blythe’s Linked In page

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02041-9 (read full paper here)

#science #biology #evolutionary biology #evolution #nature #scientific study #phylogeny #biodiversity #butterflies #lepidoptera #scientific diagram #science diagram #art of science #science meets art #mandala #pollinators

[licollisa]

Consider: babybones-sitter chara AU

The symbol of peace between humans and monsters is hard at work :]

The sequel:

(A grudge was made and several embarrassing baby anecdotes were shared)

#Sans and Chara hating each other due to complicated past are OUT #Sans having to sit through hours of embarrassing baby stories from the recently revived royal child who had babysitted him is IN #i also liked the idea of them meeting when sans is at his science phase #undertale #chara #flowey #asriel #sans #babybones #babybones-sitter AU #lico arting

[canisalbus]

I just wanna say that your gay dogs have singlehandedly rekindled my obsession with the Renaissance, help

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#good GOOD #answered #quorine #for the record I don't think renaissance was the specialest most unique galaxy brained era like it's sometimes portrayed to be #I don't think it's even my personal favorite #but it was interesting! I like learning about it! several inventive things happening in fields of art and science at least #history art & religions are some of my special interests and renaissance italy is definitely one of the points where they meet very closely

[venacoeurva]

Perish (love how Tumblr decided that not only is it the queer site that constantly suppresses queer people, but now they’re happy to get desperate users (many of which are minors) to get their data harvested just like that koko one! Oh how they care.) I can’t wait to see the lawsuits.

#expedite your meeting with god posthaste whoever came up with this #are you harvesting data like the koko one does :] #I can’t wait until they’re sued into oblivion and this also includes current tumblr staff #vena vents #not art #trying to get mentally unwell people who cannot evaluate the situation or aren’t aware enough about the therapy shit #including minors I’m sure which I;m pretty sure is illegal #any kind of new ai that;s not simulating or performing some task for science and whatnot are on the shitlist until proven innocent #but this is insidious and I don’t fucking care if it;s actually queer owned advertising this is predatory

[katiekatdragon27]

More Flatland stuffff~~~

[Cursive transcript: I'm so sorry this is so sudden, but I had to keep my Chosen safe!]

So, uh, the 4th dimension, am I right?????

So, on my last post, people were more interested in A. Tesseract than I thought. I did not expect her to stir so much interest, but here you go lol.

More under the cut lol / lots of notes:

Some basic information on 4th dimensional beings:

They refer to themselves as "hypersolids" and "polytopes". Only Tesseracts prefer a different name than just "hyper(insert shape here)". When talking to other dimensional beings, they call themselves "Spacelanders".

They usually keep their eyes closed, and they do not emote much.

Their bodies naturally morph as they talk. They are also partially transparent, so you can see their inside movements. Not organs or anything, but the next emotions or actions they are going to express. Sort of like key frames or a fade in effect.

They call "Spacelanders" "Heightlanders".

Their civilization is located in space. They are able to breathe through little pockets of air on their rings that recharge when they enter the atmosphere of other plants. (This is why they are spotted relatively frequently)

Buildings are constantly moving spirals. They also fly everywhere, so they require a lot of energy to maintain their health. Luckily, any stars nearby tend to charge them up just fine.

Also, everyone goes by they/them along with another pronoun if they choose. Gender constructs be damned (or certain groups are fighting for that).

There will be more once I think of it, but that's what I have in the world-building department right now.

Some basic information on Angelica "A." Tesseract (she/they):

She tends to say "I'm sorry" after anything they might think could have been of inconvenience or offensive.

They are relatively soft-spoken, but they are incredibly smart compared to her peers.

Her quiet nature causes others to disrespect and step all over her.

She overthinks LITERALLY EVERYTHING. You could tell her something that is even the slightest bit vague and they have the chance of spiraling.

She KNOWS there are more than four dimensions, but they are struggling to prove it with science.

They are much more emotional compared to other hypersolids. They tend to cry easily.

She chose A. Sphere because of his confidence and drive to get his points across. They admire him for that.

Some basic information on A. Sphere in this:

He's much less snarky. His whole vision of the world was destroyed in the blink of an eye, and he's stuck in another world completely unknown to him. He's going though it currently.

He's still blunt about everything. If you suck, he'll tell you. If you are cool, it'll take a little longer, but he'll tell you.

He got his eye busted after the attack on Messiah Inc. When getting removed from "Heightland", his eye got caught in the blow last minute and it got damaged. He can still open it slightly, but he can't see out of it.

He was relatively indifferent to seeing his body transparent. He was more worried about his eye injury over anything else.

At first, he did not like A. Tesseract (cuz kidnapping), but he learns to appreciate the gesture and does his best to help her out.

[Cursive transcript: For now, I'm afraid so... sorry. / I'm so sorry. If I was just a but faster, I could have saved your eye.]

Yeah, their friendship starts out really rough.

A. Sphere adjusted to the environment very poorly at first. He was very standoffish and snappy, but it then soured to just sorta feeling sad all the time. He gets better eventually the more he learns about the world, but it takes a lot of effort out of A. Tesseract to get him there.

I mean, he expected to die, lost his eye, everyone in "Heightland" hates him now, he lost his business and research, and he fails to take the blame for anything for a while. I would also be super pissed and sad.

A. Tesseract was not any better. She feels an incredible amount of guilt for not stepping in in time to prevent A. Sphere's eye damage, and she constantly apologies to him for everything. This sucks for A. Sphere since he finds it super annoying.

[Cursive transcript: N. H.Sphere: You weren't supposed to bring them HERE! / A. Tesseract: I'm sorry, I had to save him- / N. H.Sphere: I should fire you-!]

N. H.Sphere is a mega grouch. He is A. Tesseract's boss who treats her terribly. Discrediting her work, ignoring their research, and just not valuing her opinion cuz women, he is not fun to talk to or just be around in general. No one knows how HR lets him stay in charge, but some theorize that he pays them off or something.

Despite all of the traumatic crap A. Sphere has gone though in this story, he still does not stand for disrespect from anyone. When he learns that A. Tesseract is constantly being pushed around by her bitchy boss, he decides to defend her.

This solidifies their friendship and later science partnership when the story ends. This also makes N. H.Sphere more resentful towards both A. Tesseract an A. Sphere. This leads to A. Tesseract actually getting fired from her job. Thanks A. Sphere.

[Cursive transcript: N. H.Sphere: Why are you so scared? He's fine! / A. Tesseract: It's my un-medicated anxiety!!]

One of the downsides of being in the 4th dimension and living in space is that the gravitational pull is super sporadic with no real patterns. Some areas have super powerful gravity while others have zero. 4th dimension beings have learned to adjust perfectly fine.

The pressure changes and general lack of oxygen negatively impact A. Sphere's body, however, so to help him be okay, he sits in those vacuum boxes that allow for added pressure to be put on him to help even his breathing. He usually isn't put in unless he is fading in and out of consciousness, since he hates the confined space. It freaks out A. Tesseract every time it happens.

Her boss thinks she's stupid for worrying so much and using company tech. A. Tesseract worries more for A. Sphere than keeping her job, so she ignores N. H. Sphere.

[Cursive transcript: Care to see him again?]

Outside of the partial angst and stuff, this dimension is the reason why A. Sphere shows up in A. Square's hallucination.

During A. Square's trauma-induced hallucination, he shows up in the 4th dimension briefly with the Monarch of Pointland. A. Sphere and A. Tesseract take notice, and she offers him the ability to talk to A. Square one last time for closure reasons.

In this version, this scene would be longer, with A. Sphere possibly apologizing for denying the existence of the 4th dimension and not being able to assist A. Square in the way he wanted to. It's more wholesome and conclusive than transactional like in the movie. The other stuff is there too, but having more sentimental moments would be so cool.

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I am very sorry how messy these particular doodles are, I was drawing all these super late at night during my shift, so I was not paying much attention to the flow of the images. When the inspo hits, you don't really realize how incohesive they are until you start photographing the images to post lol

Thank you once again for reading this whole thing, and have a wonderful day :)

#once again i apologize for the terrible camera quality #i really hope this is cohesive enough #i got my siblings to and dad to watch flatland #this would be a win if they didn't fall asleep 🙄 #except for one of them but they thought it was too weird #uncultured #stupid ass au i made b/c i can't cope with my favorite character dying like a normal person #anyways im really starting to enjoy a tesseract and the story she can tell #i don't think anyone has made a character that acknowledges that there are multiple dimensions without experiencing the horrors #so i think im original in that aspect lol #if not please tell me so the two can meet and complain about society and geek out about science or something #flatland #flatland 2007 #flatland the movie #a square #a sphere #a tesseract #flatland oc #flatland fan art #katiekatdragon27

[kornyart]

Mindworks Universe 🧿 Meet my Ocs :D

Finally gathered the b a l l s for this so have the first OC intro post here :D ive had them since 2018, its a universe called Mindworks based off of personafied science and art.

#digital art #ocs #art #science #mindworks #my ocs #oc stuff #original character #hmmmm #my ocs my beloved #oc drawing #oc illustration #procreate #procreate illustration #oc card #meet my ocs #oc artist #mindworskstgd #humanization #character design #personification #how does tumblr work #notice me tumblr #aaaaaa #im not sure how this platform works and im tryin to branch out to other platforms i wonder if this will work AAA #at this point idc #i just wanna ramble #i love my ocs #:) <3 #yipeeee

[transjemder]

Introducing Jericho (he/they)! He’s a Archaeopteryx :^) bonus ref image under the cut!

#anthro #furry #Archaeopteryx #<< been copy pasting that word cos its too hard for me to spell rn hehe #jem art #Jericho was dethawed outta a block of ice like a cartoon caveman but was able to escape the science facility #he now hitchhikes the country on the run but is learning about modern society along the way #(which is how he frequently meets Rainer ) #they are buds!

[mandolinearts]

nothing to see here, just a diplomat bad at his job and an engineer with morals on the run from an interstellar corporation ✨️

#artists on tumblr #original art #aesthetic #space #science fiction #sci fi #to those who break the codes of yesterday #my art #the fact that they didn't meet at worlds...devastated

[foursidecity]

Still trying 2 decide if going to school for art is worth it or no because on one hand I'm always in a constant state of being afraid of someday getting bored at my art but on the other hand it's the only thing I do and it'd be fun

#when i think abt college i honest to god dont even think about careers like idc abt that i just wanna meet cool people and learn new skills #im too disabled for the work grind unfourtunatly #id make a killing doing freelance work as an illustrater/character designer though i love it so fun #im between going to school for history/sciences so i can do archival work in the future or taking a bunch of silly art classes #either way id be doing both tbh #dustbunnies.txt

[thesecondface]

Rugs and mugs arrived!!! No clue where to put the rugs, may use the reptilian one as a tapestry over my bed, but the mugs match my quilt corners (too lazy to get up and properly photograph but here's the lot)

#crafty things and progress posts #geology #quilting #paleontology #science meets art #the adult equivalent of fridge drawings but I can't bring myself to regret jt

[tothechaos]

i get to go to my first conference in october OwO its for museums and museum studies! ill be making a poster and (potentially? hopefully!) giving a presentation!!

#its because i know the director of the conference hehehe #shes teaching a grad class that i wanted to take but wasnt able to but i got to meet and talk to her one on one #and i talked about my interest in curation and mentioned some of my curation experience #notably a digital exhibition i made for the martyrdom of saint sebastian and the eroticism of penetration last semester #and she really liked it! she said a lot of student posters at the conference are about the science of museum studies not the art part! #IF I GET TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AT A BIG FANCY REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN MY FIELD OF INTEREST ABOUT VISUAL METAPHORS FOR PENETRATION.......... #anyways. its very exciting!

[treasure-goblin]

UGH I LOVE THAT MY SCHOOL IS ACTUALLY INVESTING INTO THE CHILDREN I LOVE MY JOB

#in a meeting rn and they're talking about updating the art supplies for all the kiddos so they can try new things and i love working here #after an hour talking about how to make the science projects understandable and fun for the kids too #and asking how each teacher will need to adjust and what they'll need to succeed #love my job #tre talks #reyes #cal rambles