me, writing my thesis: “Graphite is a versatile medium that can be turned to a diverse range of styles and techniques, and in this case I chose to forgo the meticulous rendering that I have been trained to employ as a scientific illustrator and instead opted for a looser, more stylized approach. I used expressive hatching rather than building up the rendering in slow layers, with the aim of avoiding stiff photorealism but rather creating the impression of a field sketchbook; naturalistic and, of course, accurate, but still approachable and likely even familiar for visitors.”

me, actually creating the illustrations: must. draw. every. leaflet.

I realized that I haven’t been drawing Maia as drowned in layers of robes as I ought to have been, so here he is in some winter finery, looking left… again. 

….on another note, I just ran out of pages in my watercolor sketchbook, so now I have no other option but to work on my thesis