Nature Conservation: Massive Butterfly Genome Project

Article Summary 845 butterfly genomes have been sequenced, these include all the butterflies of the United States and Canada! Armed with the data, evolutionary biologists set out to create a tree that tracts the relationship between all the species Isn’t that such a cool graphic?! This is my favourite part of Genetics = phylogenetic trees! […]

Free Mood Boards: Big Cat Themed

I am going to provide 3 free Mood Boards, specifically focused around big wild cats! Mood boards are color palettes generated from images for design inspiration and coordinated themes. For a more in-depth look at mood boards, please see Free Mood Board: Dahlia Pink & Yellow Graphic Design Resources. Other Free Mood Boards include: Cacti […]

Deep Sea Explorations Interactive Graphic

Just Keep Swimmin’ or Scrollin’ in this case Reference The Deep Sea @ Neal.fun

Duotone Effect & Free Mood Boards: Iceland Horses

For today’s graphic design experimentation we are following on the Original Icelandic Horses Mood Board created in the previous post and we going to look at Duotone Effects. I will provide a Mood Board for the duotone image at the end of the post. All images in this post are free to use for your […]

Free Mood Boards: Horse Themed

I am going to provide 3 free Mood Boards, specifically focused around horses! Mood boards are color palettes generated from images for design inspiration and coordinated themes. For a more in-depth look at mood boards, please see Free Mood Board: Dahlia Pink & Yellow Graphic Design Resources. Other Free Mood Boards include: Cacti Spirals, Mandala […]

Nature Conservation: DNA Detective for Endangered Species

Article Summary The presence of an endangered Australian bird species, the Gouldian finches (Erythrura gouldiae), was detected by trace DNA from a frequented watering hole. It has been established that large animal and plants can leave enough trace DNA in their environment to be able to track their presence in a given location. Water bodies […]

Sunset Dreamcatcher Data Art & Free Mood Board

For the last year or so I have been investigating ways in which to create art from mathematical formula and data algorithms. I started off with simple golden spirals and got hooked on how to code and generate other types of artsy visuals using data. Check out my Phyllotatic Spirals and Mandala Dragonflies! It has […]

Mandala Dragonfly Data Art & Free Mood Board

Nature Conservation: The 100 million Euro Action Plan for Declining Insect Populations of Germany

A reported 76% loss of insect biomass has occurred over the last 3 decades. This prompted the federal government to announce a €100 million “action plan for insect protection” Their nine-point plan includes recommendations from leading entomologists: Protection of insect-rich habitats, such as the semi-wild fruit orchards and stone walls of the countryside Phasing out […]

Rainbow Bridge – Short Poem

Goodbye dear companion and friend Over to the great meadow you go to a new journey, we all know Goodbye dear companion and friend We all agree that this is not the end We will meet again at the rainbow bridge, and together we will cross it with newfound courage. Goodbye dear companion and friend. […]