also like this one a lot, mostly for the colors and weird posture
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8reosPleg1qgzqeto1_500.jpg
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:56 (twelve years ago) link
attn londoners: lear exhibition @ royal society. free but by appointment and office hours only :(
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/grrlscientist/2012/aug/29/1?newsfeed=true
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8425/7881364128_57864793c9_c.jpg
― ledge, Friday, 31 August 2012 10:21 (twelve years ago) link
oh man, that looks so cool!
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 31 August 2012 13:51 (twelve years ago) link
I've been kind of obsessed with the idea of getting a tattoo of a pre-historic man lately and in my GISing i came across the work of Zdeněk Burian. A littler later period than the stuff on this thread but still pretty cool.
http://i.imgur.com/IErKA.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/7qpmL.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/RVw3v.jpg
― ○ (gr8080), Friday, 31 August 2012 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
my new favorite thread― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Friday, August 3, 2012 11:21 PM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Friday, August 3, 2012 11:21 PM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
when I opened it up and saw the first picture, I imagined it was yours.
― how's life, Friday, 31 August 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
:D
just learned about Maria Sibylla Merian, 17th c illustrator of insects and flowers
http://assets.nybooks.com/media/photo/2009/06/15/rowland_1-040909_jpg_230x866_q85.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jfMkW5ejZvE/S8OgIFsqkDI/AAAAAAAAHVM/zSBPmFU0FSI/s1600/Maria-sibylla-merian01.jpg
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4008/4584727244_aa799ffb14_m.jpg
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Monday, 17 September 2012 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
love them 'pillars
― pet carrier (Crabbits), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
today i just want to disappear so i just keep looking at this picture and it gets a tiny bit better
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8032/8071723349_d06f5053c2_b.jpg
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
beautiful
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
LL-- any tips on good textbook illustrations of early man? i am considering a tat(oo)
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
hmmm
i have a book illustrated by richard m powers that i really like -- it's about early man and i think it's part of a series. not so much realistic line drawings but stuff like this, which i love
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6588562073_750453f586_b.jpg
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
this is the cover of the booki love it but it's probably too creepy for a tattoo on a guy with a sunny disposition
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6588603327_918a4974e2_b.jpg
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ I read this at school, I think. Or at least a book very much like it. IIRC there was also a record that our teacher played that was a dramatisation of some of the events in the book. It was all presented as the cave people's 'inner thoughts', because as the RP-voiced explained, there was no way of knowing if these people actually had any form of language.
― a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
RP-voiced
'RP-voiced narrator at the beginning'
― a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
the illustrations are great! i love that book.
ooooo know what you should do? visit an out of date natural history museum and take pictures of the illustrations they have there. (hard from where you are, i'd imagine, but maybe some have websites?)
just an ideai realized that i developed a taste for inanimate nature while daydreaming at museums when i was a kid -- just like rock after rock after rock, diorama after diorama. i love that shit.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
good idea
style i'm looking for is something like halfway between Frazetta/Vallejo and straight-up science textbook, but squarely homo-sapien, not neanderthal etc
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 23:18 (eleven years ago) link
this doesn't really help out much in your quest, but so much to look at here!http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/virtual.html
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
inanimate nature
This...http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-rx/images/1010/at-museum-blue-whale-20764-1.jpg...is huge, the life size blue whale at the Natural History Museum in London
― a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 23:21 (eleven years ago) link
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeesi love the most boring things on earth
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 23:24 (eleven years ago) link
maybe i'll just use this for a tattoo http://i.imgur.com/kEYys.jpg
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 23:25 (eleven years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcwwljvBkb1rdpo47o1_500.jpghttp://farm3.staticflickr.com/2769/4250788825_e1f3c60f6c.jpg
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Saturday, 3 November 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
hey gr8080 i figure this is maybe a little hairier (?) than what you're looking for, but here is a prehistoric man for you
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdxzw2ZxAI1r38ji3o3_r1_500.jpg
― passion it person (La Lechera), Monday, 26 November 2012 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that is v v close to the style i want, thanks
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Monday, 26 November 2012 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
moffe growing vpon the chest of man
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Monday, 26 November 2012 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
this is that guy's website http://www.marcosoliveira.50webs.com/
and here is an adorable animal he drew
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y76IcrB8u18/ULEmKNjpXoI/AAAAAAAAA3g/oFNtKQcsmLE/s400/Eliomys+quercinus.jpg
― passion it person (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 00:17 (eleven years ago) link
some cool patterns herethis set would make a fun coloring bookhttp://farm9.staticflickr.com/8486/8252158741_3b3ca23471.jpghttp://farm9.staticflickr.com/8486/8253221300_61881f0abc.jpg
― passion it person (La Lechera), Friday, 7 December 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
post that to the trypophobia thread imo
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Friday, 7 December 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
also i meant to spam this thread with my cinematographer wizard appreciation thread because although it's not illustrated, it could be of interest to anyone who enjoys nature imagery Ken Middleham appreciation thread
― passion it person (La Lechera), Friday, 7 December 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
Caption these monkeyshttp://farm7.staticflickr.com/6202/6059024763_cf20343320_o.jpg
― passion it person (La Lechera), Sunday, 9 December 2012 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
when i was younger i had these time-life books abt the world w/ these illustrations of different environments and have been searching for a scan online w/ no luck. the illustrations were extremely lavish would have maybe 100 different species animals coexisting on one page.
― clouds, Saturday, 15 December 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
from Marvels of Insect Life
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8504/8317453243_84599d200e_b.jpg
― passion it person (La Lechera), Friday, 28 December 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
Cannot get over the look on this flying squirrel's face
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8364/8338415868_b1edbefa37_b.jpg
― passion it person (La Lechera), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
thinkin baout things
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Saturday, 9 February 2013 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/RC8nSNP.jpg
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Sunday, 10 March 2013 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
That looks like a fun party.
― emil.y, Sunday, 10 March 2013 23:07 (eleven years ago) link
hippo is tripping balls from the looks of things
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Sunday, 10 March 2013 23:45 (eleven years ago) link
party elephant
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Sunday, 10 March 2013 23:53 (eleven years ago) link
Sexy bear dancing
― Another turning point, a stork fuck in the road (ledge), Sunday, 10 March 2013 23:58 (eleven years ago) link
http://books.google.com/books?id=juyfAAAAMAAJ
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Monday, 11 March 2013 05:21 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/6JjfuCj.jpg
via: http://papirmasse.com/art/2013/artist-interview-pat-perry
(not too nuts abt the other stuff)
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
bio div library just added a bunch of new animal illustrations, including hilarious ones like "how ya like me now" flying squirrel
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7298/8949592281_3183c213b3.jpg
and the simply named "torrid jerboa"
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7447/8949613047_e34b17c72f.jpg
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
Right thread for this?
http://io9.com/how-europeans-imagined-exotic-animals-centuries-ago-ba-1545362205
― emil.y, Tuesday, 18 March 2014 00:23 (ten years ago) link
this thread is wonderful + makes me super happy
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1916440_1265018098540_2762066_n.jpg?oh=e1000519a0a851bbc028204344f9b8f2&oe=5524ED5C&__gda__=1433279661_542d56256fe86320171218461d45af6c
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:00 (nine years ago) link
https://manboobz.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/pitcher_plants_-_pflanzenleben.jpg?w=1182&h=1154
― Mordy, Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:07 (nine years ago) link
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7613/16775579422_b591c94601_b.jpg
“A Group of Carnations”, a plate from Robert Thornton’s Temple of Flora (1807) – Source.
― Mordy, Friday, 20 March 2015 21:07 (nine years ago) link
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8200/8166830537_4902064477_o.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8204/8166859510_bfa3ef4b5a_o.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7126/8166859448_3e950cd893_o.jpg
Source
― Mordy, Friday, 20 March 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
love this thread
here are some from Histoire Naturelle des Indes (or "the Drake manuscript") ca. 1586 http://www.themorgan.org/collection/Histoire-Naturelle-des-Indes
http://thenonist.com/images/uploads/drk.mantte.jpgMANTTE (Manta Ray)This fish is very large and no less vicious. When the negroes dive in the sea for pearls it jumps on them to make them drown and afterward eats them.
http://thenonist.com/images/uploads/drk.centpierne.jpgCENT PIERNE (Centipede)A very poisonous beast. It feeds in places where there is wine and vinegar. It only moves around at night. A person who has been bitten by this animal lives only for twenty-four hours afterwards. It finds the Indians in their beds in order to kill them.
http://thenonist.com/images/uploads/drk.cappe.jpgCHALIRATI (Crocodile), PECHE ESPADE (Sawfish), and CAPPE (Eel)
http://thenonist.com/images/uploads/drk.periqitelegere.jpgPERIQITE LEGERE (Sloth)The nature of this animal is to climb with its belly uppermost and, climbing this way, it moves faster than a man could on foot. The skin of this animal is very excellent for people suffering from the falling sickness (epilepsy). The head of the afflicted is covered with it and then one realizes how effective the skin is.
http://thenonist.com/images/uploads/drk.sagovai.jpgPORC EPIC SAVVAGE (Wild Porcupine), SAGOVAI (Monkey), and CRABLE SAVVAGE (Scorpion)
http://thenonist.com/images/uploads/drk.tiberon.jpgTIBERON (Shark)This fish is very vicious in the sea so that when a sailor throws himself in the water for some reason this fish turns on his back and tears out a leg or an arm and eats it.
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtpLAKACAAApCgR.jpgMarganahv (Cuckoo)Bird living in the woods is very excellent food.
http://36.media.tumblr.com/61988df9237b7955517c7481172ce6e7/tumblr_n9gf6k0pdq1rl1rfao1_500.jpgPovlle Dv Perov (Hen from Peru)This bird takes shelter in smoky places where one makes a fire and when it can get into a garden it eats the melons.
― drash, Saturday, 21 March 2015 00:30 (nine years ago) link
a few more
http://thenonist.com/images/uploads/drk.monnebarbve.jpgMONNE BARBVE (Bearded Mona)This animal is the size of a greyhound. When it sees people in the woods it breaks off branches and throws them at the men. Their habitat is normally in the forests between Nombre de Dios and Panama.
http://thenonist.com/images/uploads/drk.movqvites.jpgMOVQITES (Mosquito)They are small flies which are so small that one cannot see them, they are very dangerous. When there is no wind and the weather is calm, they come in droves attacking people, stinging them in such a manner that one would take them for lepers. Where they bite, the flesh swells up like a pea and if one kills said flies where they have stung, this protects them from the swelling. The Indians make a fire in their houses in order to keep them away and they only appear at night, retreating during the day close to the sea in the sand.
http://thenonist.com/images/uploads/drk.tigrefermilliere.jpgTIGRE FERMILLIERE (Tiger and Anteater)Savage beast. However, whenever this small animal called anteater encounters a tiger looking for prey it turns on its back and throws itself on the tiger's neck and pierces its throat with its snout and claws and does not release him until he is dead on that spot.
http://thenonist.com/images/uploads/drk.piovchedemer.jpgPIOVCHE DE MERThis is as valuable as a louse.
http://thenonist.com/images/uploads/drk.cifre.jpgCIFRE (Monkey)This is a very agile beast. The Indians cannot tame it or feed it for they die of grief and do not eat in captivity. They have a face like a human and are very mischievous and rebellious and throw themselves against people mainly in their faces and eyes.
― drash, Saturday, 21 March 2015 03:36 (nine years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Haeckel_Discomedusae_8.jpg/800px-Haeckel_Discomedusae_8.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Haeckel_Lacertilia.jpg/376px-Haeckel_Lacertilia.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Haeckel_Trochilidae.jpg/800px-Haeckel_Trochilidae.jpg
Source:Kunsformen der Natur
― Mordy, Saturday, 21 March 2015 21:23 (nine years ago) link
those are ernst haeckel, discussed upthread
― groundless round (La Lechera), Saturday, 21 March 2015 21:38 (nine years ago) link