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Emily S. Damstra

@emilydamstra.com

• Science illustrator, coin designer, native plant gardener, goldenrod enthusiast • Great Lakes region of N. America • she/her emilydamstra.com

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Matt Emmons@secondatbest.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The Amber Tree, this month’s riso print I’ve always had a love for amber fossils, so this one was a great excuse to do a bit more reading on the prehistoric insects preserved within and trees that were responsible.

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Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite.com · last yr.

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Emily S. Damstra@emilydamstra.com · last yr.

I really like Bluesky (thanks, @jay.bsky.team) so I hope that a future iteration of its logo might depict a LIVE butterfly. Like bsky's logo, butterflies in popular culture are often shown w/ their wings unnaturally spread as if they are pinned (dead). Details: www.emilydamstra.com/please-enoug...

Please, enough with the dead butterflies! - Emily S. Damstra

We all have pet peeves, even though there's a lot going on in the world that makes them pretty insignificant. While acknowledging that there are many more

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Emily S. Damstra@emilydamstra.com · 2y ago

In this illustration of a false map turtle carapace, I show the scutes on the right side & the underlying bones on the left. Notice the way that the scutes overlay the bones, so that their edges don't line up. Like a brick wall! #sciart #herps

Detailed color illustration showing a dorsal view of a False map turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica) carapace.
Emily S. Damstra@emilydamstra.com · 2y ago

I 💜 blastoids. They're the fossils that got me interested in fossils. Specifically, the Mississippian species Pentremites godoni. ~25 yrs ago, I acquired this specimen and, using a microscope, made this pen and ink stipple drawing. Of my own work, it is one of my favorites. #sciart #FossilFriday

Two side-by-side detailed pen and ink stipple drawings of a blastoid; one is from a side view, one from an oral view.
Emily S. Damstra@emilydamstra.com · 2y ago

I created this digital illustration for an interpretive sign in British Columbia. It features the Blue-grey tail dropper slug (known from only 5 locations in Canada) & the iconic Banana slug. There's quite a size difference! A Douglas fir cone & twig hints at their habitat. #sciart #invertebrates

Detailed, realistic color Illustration of a banana slug, Blue-grey tail dropper slug, and a Douglas fir cone and twig Ariolimax columbianus, Prophysaon coeruleum, and Pseudotsuga menziesii
Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite.com · 2y ago

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Emily S. Damstra@emilydamstra.com · 2y ago

This stylish little beetle (3-7 mm) is the Goldenrod Leaf Miner, Microrhopala vittata. I illustrated it as part of project to highlight the fauna associated w/ goldenrod, my favorite wildflower and a biodiversity superhero. The beetles rely on goldenrod for all of their life stages. #sciart 1/5 👇

detailed color illustration of a Goldenrod leaf miner beetle, dorsal view
Emily S. Damstra@emilydamstra.com · 2y ago

Lichens! I illustrated these as Artist-in-Residence @ Glacier Nat'l Park & Rocky Mtn Nat'l Park. One isn't allowed to collect specimens in a NP, so I noted the exact placement of the rocks bearing these specimens, brought them to my cabin to paint, then carefully returned them to their home. #sciart

Detailed colored pencil drawing of The Elegant Sunburst Lichen; Xanthoria elegans.Detailed color painting of lichens from Rocky Point in Glacier National Park, Montana. Acarospora fuscata, Aspicilia ceasiocinerea, Rhizocarpum geographicum Detailed color painting of Lichens on pink granite from Rocky Mountain National Park. Rhizoplaca melanophthalma, Dimelaena oreina, Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca Detailed color painting of Lichens on pink granite at Rocky Mountain National Park. Aspicilia sp., Rhizoplaca melanophthalma, Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca
Emily S. Damstra@emilydamstra.com · 2y ago

Last fall, I witnessed one of our Front Porch Snakes trying to slip inside its usual hidey hole, only to find that a recent meal had made it too rotund to fit! I didn't realize, until watching this video w/ the sound ⬆️, that I had whispered "You're going to get stuck." #gartersnake #Yearofthesnake

Emily S. Damstra@emilydamstra.com · 2y ago

I don't always have access to a specimen when I need to illustrate something, so I was pretty happy to find an excellent specimen of a Western diamondback at the UMich Museum of Zoology's herpetology collection in 2006. This gouache painting shows the rattle, sectioned. #sciart #snake #Crotalus

Detailed color painting of the rattle of a Western diamondback snake. The rattle is illustrated as if cross-sectioned, so you can see inside and understand the way the parts nest.
Emily S. Damstra@emilydamstra.com · 2y ago

3 years ago this month, the US Mint released into circulation the 1st of 20 American Women Quarters. I was thrilled to have designed that first coin—Maya Angelou—and 3 others: Anna May Wong, Edith Kanaka`ole, & Pauli Murray. These women inspire me, especially in times like these. #coindesign #coins

Images of US American Women Quarters reverse sides: Maya Angelou, Anna May Wong, Edith Kanaka`ole, and the Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray.
Stephen Heard@stephenbheard.bsky.social · 2y ago

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An engaging history of the surprising, poignant, and occasionally scandalous stories behind scientific names and their cultural significance. Ever since Carl Linnaeus's binomial system of scientific names was adopted in the eighteenth century, scientists have been eponymously naming organisms in ways that both honor and vilify their namesakes. This charming, informative, and accessible history examines the fascinating stories behind taxonomic nomenclature, from Linnaeus himself naming a small and unpleasant weed after a rival botanist to the recent influx of scientific names based on pop-culture icons—including David Bowie's spider, Frank Zappa's jellyfish, and Beyoncé's fly. Exploring the naming process as an opportunity for scientists to express themselves in creative ways, Stephen B. Heard's fresh approach shows how scientific names function as a window into both the passions and foibles of the scientific community and as a more general indicator of the ways in which humans relate to, and impose order on, the natural world.

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