Smart Alyk
@smartalyk.bsky.social
In my Protist Era 🦠 New artist painting a new species daily. Watch the art evolve as I paint earth's complete evolutionary history over 40 years instagram.com/smart.alyk
DAY 455 SPECIES 455 - Trichomonas tenax STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC Watercolor, Sakura pen T. tenax is a single celled protozoan that mainly lives in the human mouth #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 454 SPECIES 454 - Phytophthora palmivora STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen P. palmivora is a destructive water mold. Its name "Phytophthora" means plant destroyer. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 453 SPECIES 453 - Lophomonas blattarum STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen L. blattarum is a single celled protozoan that lives as a harmless resident in the guts of cockroaches. It has a large tuft of flagella that looks like a brush #sciart #protistsonsky
DAY 452 SPECIES 452 - Synura sphagnicola STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen Synura sphagnicola is a colonial golden brown alga that's restricted to acidic waters #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 451 SPECIES 451 - Fibrocapsa japonica STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, DS & QoR Watercolor, Sakura pen F. japonica is a golden brown alga that forms harmful blooms in coastal waters worldwide #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 450 SPECIES 450 - Phaeocystis pouchetii STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR Watercolor, Sakura pen P. pouchetii is a single celled marine haptophyte that forms floating colonies in cold arctic waters #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 449 SPECIES 449 - Teleaulax amphioxeia STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC Watercolor, Sakura pen T. amphioxeia is a small single celled photosynthetic marine alga #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 448 SPECIES 448 - Spironucleus salmonis STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen S. salmonis is a microscopic protozoan that lives in the intestines of salmon and trout. It's usually harmless but can turn damaging when the fish are stressed #sciart #protistsonsky
DAY 447 SPECIES 447 - Vaginicola crystallina STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & Qor Watercolor, Sakura pen V. crystallina is a single celled protozoan that lives inside a transparent vase shaped protective casing called a lorica #sciart #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 446 SPECIES 446 - Stentor igneus STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen S. igneus is a small trumpet shaped single celled ciliate with a pink coloration #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 445 SPECIES 445 - Chromulina elegans STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. HWC Watercolor This was supposed to be a painting of Chromulina elegans, but I painted Caenorhabditis elegans the nematode instead. I was seeing "C. elegans" in my references and got them mixed up #sciart #protistsonsky
DAY 444 SPECIES 444 - Miniacina miniacea STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen M. miniacea is a large immobile single celled protozoan. It builds a hard calcium rich bright red or pink branched skeleton resembling a tiny coral #sciart #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 443 SPECIES 443 - Braarudosphaera bigelowii STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen B. bigelowii is a single celled coastal marine alga with a fossil record that spans 100 million years #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 442 SPECIES 442 - Chrysochromulina parva STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen C. parva is a small single celled freshwater alga with worldwide distribution #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 441 SPECIES 441 - Syracosphaera nodosa STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen S. nodosa is a marine calcifying single celled phytoplankton species. It has little radiating plates from the center, but it ended up looking like sliced kiwi! 😅 #sciart #protistsonsky
DAY 440 SPECIES 440 - Algirosphaera robusta STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen A. robusta is a species of single celled marine alga that often lives 50–150m deep in a low light zone. The cell is covered with microscopic lime plates #sciart #paint #protistsonsky
DAY 439 SPECIES 439 - Cryptomonas erosa STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen C. erosa is a common freshwater alga #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 438 SPECIES 438 - Dinobryon sociale STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen D. sociale is a freshwater colonial golden alga. Its name means "whirling moss that lives in a community". #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 437 SPECIES 437 - Aureococcus anophagefferens STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor A. anophagefferens is an extremely small single celled coastal alga that's 2 microns in diameter #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 436 SPECIES 436 - Pedinella hexacostata STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen, Tombow Pencil P. hexacostata is a tiny alga shaped like a barrel that both photosynthesizes and eats #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 435 SPECIES 435 - Ciliophrys infusionum STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen C. infusionum is a protist that shifts between two shapes #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsinsky
DAY 434 SPECIES 434 - Pteridomonas danica STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen P. danica is a tiny bacteria feeding marine protist. It has a long anterior flagellum and a crown of stiff slender tentacles. It reminds me of Sputnik 🚀 #sciart #protistsonsky
DAY 433 SPECIES 433 - Cafeteria roenbergensis STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen C. roenbergensis is a tiny single celled marine organism #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 432 SPECIES 432 - Vaucheria sessilis STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & DS watercolor, Sakura pen V. sessilis is a yellow-green algae that looks like felt mats growing on mud #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 431 SPECIES 431 - Ophiocytium capitatum STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen O. capitatum is a species of yellow-green algae found in fresh water shown partially covered in iron deposits #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 430 SPECIES 430 - Gonyostomum semen STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen G. semen is a large bright green freshwater alga that thrives in brown, slightly acidic water #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 429 SPECIES 429 - Diplophrys archeri MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen D. archeri is a tiny single celled freshwater protist. In its center is an oily lipid droplet of fat storage #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic
DAY 428 SPECIES 428 - Proteromonas lacertae MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen P. lacertae is a single celled protozoan that lives in the rectums of reptiles, mainly lizards. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 427 SPECIES 427 - Trachelomonas hispida MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen T. hispida is a microscopic freshwater euglenoid with a oval mineralized shell called a lorica that's covered in small spines #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
DAY 426 SPECIES 426 - Rhynchomonas nasuta MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen R. nasuta is a tiny single celled flagellate with a name that means "Big nosed flagellate" #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
