I’m only on panel 2/8 but hopefully these next few will go quicker than the first one. More animals and fewer lichen and ferns means quicker turnaround time.
Tag: thesis or bust
this is a very niche problem to be having but… god it’s hard to make salal leaves and red alder leaves look obviously different in a pencil drawing
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’m including three species of fern here, and the first two are easy to draw but the remaining one is The Worst
photographic proof I’m actually working on my thesis. this is the illustration for the sign about nurse logs.
should be thesis-ing, am instead doodling decreasingly-humanoid elves on my editing notes.
classmate: okay so I know it’s ‘ibid’ when you repeat a citation in Chicago style, but what do you do in APA?
me: use Chicago.
researching for this thesis is going to make me even more of a delight at parties than I already am
me, working my thesis project: the hardest part of interpretative writing is using accessible language to explain scientific concepts. trying to concisely describe what nurse logs do without just saying “ecological facilitation” is SO GODDAMN DIFFICULT
me, ten minutes later: god I love interpretative writing
A Pretty Taste for Paradox 