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Glendon Mellow

Art in Awe of Science
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Portfolio

Darwin Took Steps

Darwin Took Steps

© Glendon Mellow. Oil on canvas paper. Read the "Making of" blog entry.

Prints Available

Mythical Flying Trilobite Fossil III

Mythical Flying Trilobite Fossil III

© Glendon Mellow. Making of here (paint) and here (digital).

Prints Available

Pink Parasaurolophus

Pink Parasaurolophus

© Glendon Mellow. Pencil & Photoshop. Blog Post

Prints Available

Arthropod Meeting

Arthropod Meeting

© Glendon Mellow. Pencil and digital painting. Blog Post

Prints Available

Haldane's Precambrian Puzzle

Haldane's Precambrian Puzzle

© Glendon Mellow. A and B configurations shown. Oil on slate. Blog Post

Prints Available A : : Prints Available B : : Tees Available

Naturalist's Study of Magic Beans

Naturalist's Study of Magic Beans

© Glendon Mellow. ArtRage Studio Pro. Blog Post

Autumn Ent

Autumn Ent

My take on Tolkien's race in The Lord of the Rings. Pencil, later digital painting on an iPad.

Blog Post

Published in Mallorn

Trilobite Eggs

Trilobite Eggs

An old sketch painted in ArtRage for iPad using a Wacom Intuos Creative Stylus II. Interestingly, shortly after I posted this online, a new discovery about trilobite eggs was published. 

Blog post

Prehistoric Fish

Prehistoric Fish

A sketch, later painted in ArtRage for iPad. 

Blog post

Time-lapse video

Fossil Gears

Fossil Gears

© Glendon Mellow. Oil on slate. 

Phone case

Tip-Top Robot

Tip-Top Robot

© Glendon Mellow. iPhone painting, with the Sketch Club app.
Blog post.

Tylosaurus Reef

Tylosaurus Reef

© Glendon Mellow. Oil on canvas. Blog post.

Tylosaurus Reef (detail)

Tylosaurus Reef (detail)

© Glendon Mellow. Oil on canvas. Blog post.

The Last Refuge

The Last Refuge

© Glendon Mellow. Oil on Canvas. Blog Entry

Prints Available

Science Chess

Science Chess

© Glendon Mellow. Oil on canvas paper. Blog post.

Prints Available

Asthma Incubus - Distress

Asthma Incubus - Distress

© Glendon Mellow. ArtRage digital painting + Halftone app.

Blog Post

 

Mythical Flying Trilobite Fossil II

Mythical Flying Trilobite Fossil II

© Glendon Mellow. Oil on shale.  

Prints Available

Symbiosis: Human (detail)

Symbiosis: Human (detail)

© Glendon Mellow. Oil on canvas. Blog Post

Prints Available

Avimimus

Avimimus

© Glendon Mellow. Pencil, painted on iPhone 4 with the Sketch Club app.

Symbiosis: Tardigrade (detail)

Symbiosis: Tardigrade (detail)

© Glendon Mellow. Oil on canvas. Blog Post

Prints Available

Mother Mars (detail)

Mother Mars (detail)

© Glendon Mellow. Oil on canvas. Blog post.

You may also be interested in this post on Symbiartic at Scientific American: How a Martian Goddess Changed My mind About Copyright

Prints : Phone Cases

Sowing Seeds and Fossils

Sowing Seeds and Fossils

© Glendon Mellow. Pencil, photocopy transfer onto beechwood. Blog Post

Prints Available

Knowledge Pupates

Knowledge Pupates

© Glendon Mellow. Pencil and digital painting.

Blog post

Darwin Took Steps book covers

Darwin Took Steps book covers

Links, left to right:

Open Laboratory 2008

Open Laboratory 2009

La Mente di Darwin

Science Blog Banners

Science Blog Banners

Blog Links, clockwise:

The Meming of Life, Migrations, Retrospectacle, Of Two Minds

 

Science-Art Umbrellas

Science-Art Umbrellas

© Glendon Mellow
 View the interactive version on Symbiartic on Scientific American

White Flag under Trump

White Flag under Trump

Getting political here. Shortly before his inauguration, I wrote a series of posts about art and Trump for Symbiartic on Scientific American, and included this burning flag of surrender illustration. 

Created on iPad in ArtRage and Halftone. 

Links:
Don't Close the Studio Door
Stop Saying Art Will Flourish Under Trump
Art Vs Trump Roundup
Museums Will Rescue Us

Education: Science Vs Religion

Education: Science Vs Religion

Blog Post  Prints Available

FLYING TRILOBITE

FLYING TRILOBITE

© Glendon Mellow

Incredible Hulk Anatomy (fan art)

Incredible Hulk Anatomy (fan art)

Hulk © Marvel Comics. Done without permission but reshared by Agent M via Twitter and Tumblr. This illustration was also chosen as the Image of the Week on Scientific American, and seen on io9, Neatorama, and many more sites.

Blog post, (including captions)

Trapping Man-Thing (fan art)

Trapping Man-Thing (fan art)

Man-Thing © Marvel Comics. Fan art. 
Painted in ArtRage, with the pencil sketch side by side. Love this character. 

Blog post

Trilobite Boy and Gargoyles

Trilobite Boy and Gargoyles

My original character, Trilobite Boy. 
© Glendon Mellow, painted in ArtRage 2.5. 
Blog post
Prints - Phone Cases

Trilobite Boy and Gargoyles (detail)

Trilobite Boy and Gargoyles (detail)

My original character, Trilobite Boy. 
© Glendon Mellow, painted in ArtRage 2.5. 
Blog post
Prints - Phone Cases

Dimetrodon Sphinx

Dimetrodon Sphinx

A character from the same world as Trilobite Boy. 
Pencil, painted on iPhone 4 using the Sketch Club app. 

Trilobite Boy - Waking

Trilobite Boy - Waking

Trilobite Boy waking up from an enrolled position. He's more trilobite than boy when he sleeps. 

Part of a small series of quick sketches of the character that I did as an exercise for a couple of weeks. 

ArtRage Studio Pro. Blog Post

 

Trilobite Boy - Late Sk8

Trilobite Boy - Late Sk8

Trilobite Boy on his way to the Royal Ontario Museum. I tried a small series of quick sketches of the character as an exercise for a couple of weeks. 

ArtRage Studio Pro. Blog Post

 Tees Available : : iPhone Cases Available

Trilobite Boy - Fans

Trilobite Boy - Fans

Part of a small series of quick sketches of the character that I did as an exercise for a couple of weeks. 

ArtRage Studio Pro. Blog Post

Tees available - after a number of requests, I made the t-shirt design available that the girl on the left is wearing. Been pretty popular, too! 

Trilobite Boy - Butter Tarts

Trilobite Boy - Butter Tarts

The last in the series of quick sketches with this character. His favourite breakfast is the Canadian dessert, butter tarts. 

Painted in ArtRage Pro. 

Blog post

Life As a Trilobite

Life As a Trilobite

The original painting of what become my Trilobite Boy character. 
Oil on canvas. 
Blog post
Prints

Trilobite Boy Rocks Out

Trilobite Boy Rocks Out

Commissioned painting. Oil on wood panel. 

Blog post

Prints

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Darwin Took Steps
Mythical Flying Trilobite Fossil III
Pink Parasaurolophus
Arthropod Meeting
Haldane's Precambrian Puzzle
Naturalist's Study of Magic Beans
Autumn Ent
Trilobite Eggs
Prehistoric Fish
Fossil Gears
Tip-Top Robot
Tylosaurus Reef
Tylosaurus Reef (detail)
The Last Refuge
Science Chess
Asthma Incubus - Distress
Mythical Flying Trilobite Fossil II
Symbiosis: Human (detail)
Avimimus
Symbiosis: Tardigrade (detail)
Mother Mars (detail)
Sowing Seeds and Fossils
Knowledge Pupates
Darwin Took Steps book covers
Science Blog Banners
Science-Art Umbrellas
White Flag under Trump
Education: Science Vs Religion
FLYING TRILOBITE
Incredible Hulk Anatomy (fan art)
Trapping Man-Thing (fan art)
Trilobite Boy and Gargoyles
Trilobite Boy and Gargoyles (detail)
Dimetrodon Sphinx
Trilobite Boy - Waking
Trilobite Boy - Late Sk8
Trilobite Boy - Fans
Trilobite Boy - Butter Tarts
Life As a Trilobite
Trilobite Boy Rocks Out

Images + text © Glendon Mellow