Glendon Mellow
Trachys jewel beetle.
Painted in ArtRage. Commissioned by @ BioInFocus (Morgan Jackson).
https://glendonmellow.com/scientific-illustration
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Scientific Illustration — Glendon Mellow

Glendon Mellow
Nov 8, 2022 at 1:41amMastodon for iOS
Show threadacmNov 8, 2022
@FlyingTrilobite really like the plane-of-focus feel to the painting!!
Show threadGlendon MellowNov 8, 2022
@acm_redfox Thank you! Painted in ArtRage and then tilt-shifted with Instagram. I thought it worked well here.
Show threadacmNov 8, 2022
@FlyingTrilobite Heh, those seem like... good words. I'm a Photoshop person, but that gives me no insight into a graduated defocus effect -- i guess Insta has Some Tools!