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Mars Drake
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A series of a raven landing on a tamarack branch I just finished for a commission 🪶
#sciart #raven #bird #art
A realistic digital painting of a raven about to land on a tamarack branch with its wings spread. A realistic digital painting of a raven landing on a tamarack branch with its now bending slightly as it folds them. A realistic digital painting of a raven on a tamarack branch with its wings folded, cawing.
April 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Here's another WIP this one is for a commissioned work and is one in a sequential line up of three soon to be paintings! The client wanted a series of a raven landing on a tamarack branch
#SciArt #ScientificIllustration #Art
A sketch of a raven about to land on a tamarack tree branch
March 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Demolition
Digital paintings
Of Rugeley power station Of a dust cloud
March 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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The first session will be about TAXONOMY AND SYSTEMATICS!

Stop in to ask questions on March 15 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT. See the thread below for details.

Meeting Room: meet.google.com/pce-zppo-nxs
Tips: ko-fi.com/chrisalice
A cartoony drawing of a white woman sitting on a desk, gesturing to a blackboard that says "ALIE'S OFFICE HOURS". The woman is wearing color-coordinated summer attire and looks happy to be there. Several people's arms are raised in the foreground, as though waiting to ask her questions. A tiny trans flag peeks out of a cup on the desk.
March 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Calling this piece done for now!

Another installment in my challenge to make myself do one piece of sci-art a month to fill my portfolio and get out of my comfort zone.

#SciArt #ScientificIllustration #Anhinga
An illustration of an anhinga, a long necked water bird with its mouth outstretched reaching for a small fish turning away from the birds open beak.
March 6, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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A WIP for today working on a piece of an anhinga and bluegill sunfish!

#SciArt #ScientificIllustration #Illustration #Art #Anhinga
An anhinga or snake bird, an aquatic bird with a long neck extending its neck out towards a swimming bluegill sunfish
March 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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If you would like to learn more, I highly recommend my newest book - The Cicadas of North America - which contains over 400 full-color illustrations of every cicada species on the continent*!

*(except for the two new ones from Martinique and Guadeloupe that were just described in September)
The cover of my book, "The Cicadas of North America". The cover shows the title in the top-center, with "Owlfly Publishing" along the top edge and "written & illustrated by Chris Alice Kratzer" at the bottom. There are 22 cicadas of various shapes and sizes arranged radially out from the center. Their colors range from brilliant reddish-orange to deep black, sandy yellow, forest green, and foamy turquoise. It seems like someone really put a lot of effort into this!
March 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Thought I'd post some old art here! Done for an internship :)

These are now three years old but still some of my favorite works, entomology is a favorite subject of mine and I'm hoping to do some more soon

#SciArt #ScientificIllustration #Entomology
A scientific illustration of a flea beetle. It has ring like markings. A scientific illustration of a flea beetle with long antennae and splotchy brown patterns A scientific illustration of a flea beetle, it is round and shiny. A scientific illustration of a flea beetle, it has a blueish gray body and an orange pronotum, head and limbs.
February 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Raven couple, digital painting.
#corvids #raven #birds #birdart #wildlifeart
A digital painting showing a couple of ravens perched on pine tree branches.
February 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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My first post here and an attempt at birds, here is a brown headed cowbird. A common brood parasite in North America.

#SciArt #ScientificIllustration
A digital painting of a Brown-Headed Cowbird, a small bird with a finch like beak and iridescent coat with a brown head.
February 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM