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Search Results For: Marine Life
Eel Grass Bed Ecology
Title: Eel Grass Bed Ecology

Contact: John Norton

Description: This illustration of the life in an eel grass bed marine community was created for use on an interpretive sign for the Center for Inland Bays, near Lewes, Delaware.
Asymm. Metamorphosis of Paralichthys dentatus
Title: Asymm. Metamorphosis of Paralichthys dentatus

Contact: Ikumi Kayama

Description: Poster describing how as the summer flounder develops, its left eye begins to migrate to the other side of its head and begins to swim more at an angle until it is parallel to the ocean floor.
Alaskan Halibut
Title: Alaskan Halibut

Contact: Ben Smith

Description: Illustration in graphite and Photoshop for the book- Sustainable Sushi: A Guide for a Changing Planet by Casson Trenor
Atlantic Seashore Ecosystem
Title: Atlantic Seashore Ecosystem

Contact: Taina Litwak

Description: Marine and intertidal invertebrates, fish and birds common to Delaware beaches and bays. Ecosystem fauna and flora including plankton species, seaweeds and dune plants. Original digital image - 4x12 foot mural.
Striped Bass and Menhaden
Title: Striped Bass and Menhaden

Contact: Stephen Di Cerbo

Description: Striped Bass (Morone saxitilis) and Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) Typical predator/prey relationship which occurs wherever both fish are found. Voracious feeders, striped bass will often "herd" schools of prey fish along channels and bars where they may feed on them more effectively.
Kelp Forest Ecosystem
Title: Kelp Forest Ecosystem

Contact: Barbara Harmon

Description: Kelp Forest food web: plankton, fish, sea urchins, sea otter, seals, killer whale, humpback whale.
Winter Survival
Title: Winter Survival

Contact: Frank Ippolito

Description: This digital rendering was used as an illustration for New York Times / Science Times cover article on survival strategies of various species during the winter months.
Butterflies of the Sea
Title: Butterflies of the Sea

Contact: Gary Raham

Description: Animalocaris descending on a potential trilobite meal. A priapulid worm emerges from its tunnel in the right foreground and two hyolithids forage in the left foreground.
Sea slug  lateral swimming style
Title: Sea slug lateral swimming style

Contact: Melisa Beveridge

Description: This image was created in Photoshop to accompany an article about Sea Slug swimming syles in the May 2009 issue of Natural History Magazine.
Warm water salmon stress
Title: Warm water salmon stress

Contact: Cindy Shaw

Description: Salmon are stressed as a result of warmer than usual river waters
Amberjack
Title: Amberjack

Contact: Ben Smith

Description: Illustration in graphite and Photoshop for the book- Sustainable Sushi: A Guide for a Changing Planet by Casson Trenor
Stripped Bass
Title: Stripped Bass

Contact: Taina Litwak

Description: Stripped Bass (Morone saxatilis>/i>) are a major game and commercial fish species of the Atlantic coast and the Chesapeake Bay. This is a detail of large mural - Mid-Atlantic Seashore Ecosystem.
Kansetsu-ho China Rockfish
Title: Kansetsu-ho China Rockfish

Contact: Stephen Di Cerbo

Description: This specimen is A China Rockfish, Sebastes nebulosus, printed in Oregon in 2004. They are perceived to be the tastiest of the rockfish, and like most of the west coast rockfish species are in population decline and currently, the annual harvest is heavily managed. Kansetsu-ho is the indirect Gyotaku fish printing method. The support (silk) is adhered to the fish specimen and then the layered pigments are applied to the silk.
Pacific Intertidal Zone
Title: Pacific Intertidal Zone

Contact: Barbara Harmon

Description: Inhabitants of the Pacific coastal intertidal: algae, barnacles, kelp, sea stars, mussels, crabs, sea lettuce, abalone, lichens, snails, sea palms, anemones, etc.
Hey, look at that (blue crab)!
Title: Hey, look at that (blue crab)!

Contact: Kim Harrell

Description: A Chesapeake Bay blue crab gets a close-up view of some unwelcome visitors. This poster includes cameos of other Atlantic coast marine arthropods.
Bowfish Skull <i>Amia calva</i>
Title: Bowfish Skull Amia calva

Contact: Anthony Galvan III

Description: Stipple rendering of a Bowfish, also known as a Dogfish.
Sea slug dorsal/ventral swimming style
Title: Sea slug dorsal/ventral swimming style

Contact: Melisa Beveridge

Description: This image was created in photoshop to accompany an article on sea slug swimming styles in the May 2009 issue of Natural History magazine.
Maelstrom
Title: Maelstrom

Contact: Dorie Petrochko

Description: Maelstrom Multimedia Painting- Acrylic, gouache, watercolor, colored pencil 22" x 30"
Albacore Tuna
Title: Albacore Tuna

Contact: Ben Smith

Description: Illustration in graphite and Photoshop for the book- Sustainable Sushi: A Guide for a Changing Planet by Casson Trenor
Coastal plankton
Title: Coastal plankton

Contact: Taina Litwak

Description: Plankton are a critical portion of the ocean food chain. This sample contains diatoms, dinoflagellates, a fish egg, fish larvae (Trinectes maculatus - hogchoaker, and Morone saxatilis - stripped bass) a Ctenophor or comd jelly, copepods, and a blue crab larva, a megalops Mid Atlantic Seashore mural, detail section of 4 x 12 foot digital painting, Seaside Nature Center, Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware.
Brown Trout Headstudy
Title: Brown Trout Headstudy

Contact: Stephen Di Cerbo

Description: Von Behr Brown trout, Salmo trutta, arrived in the US at the New York City waterfront in February 1883 in the form of 80,000 trout eggs nestled in chilled, moss lined trays. These introduced Salmonid ova gave rise to the main gene pool of North American Brown Trout. These spotted jewels from the Black Forest streams of Europe sport variations of black and red accents with halos on canvases of browns and ochres and brillant yellows.
Fish External Anatomy
Title: Fish External Anatomy

Contact: Timothy Sullivan

Description: Scup Stenotomus chrysops Media: Watercolor, colored pencil, Adobe Photoshop
The Conchseller
Title: The Conchseller

Contact: Kim Harrell

Description: This mixed-media image shows a Bahamian market with a purveyor of conch touting his wares.
Detail: Death Trawl
Title: Detail: Death Trawl

Contact: Frank Ippolito

Description: Cover Artwork for a New York Time / Science Times article on the effects of overfishing in the oceans of the world.
<Mosasaur>Tylosaurus</i>
Title: Tylosaurus

Contact: Steven Melendrez

Description: Tylosaurus proriger
Northwest Otters
Title: Northwest Otters

Contact: John Megahan

Description: This is a line drawing of sea otters in the San Juan Islands.
Aquaculture 2010 Conference Logo
Title: Aquaculture 2010 Conference Logo

Contact: John Norton

Description: This logo was commissioned for the Aquaculture 2010 conference. The design was created in Adobe Illustrator.
Black Guillemots
Title: Black Guillemots

Contact: Sarah Drummond

Description: Black guillemots, Cepphus grylle. Scratchboard and watercolor 9.5 x 5, 2008
Bigeye
Title: Bigeye

Contact: Ben Smith

Description: Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) Illustration in graphite and Photoshop for the book- Sustainable Sushi: A Guide for a Changing Planet by Casson Trenor
Ghost Crab and Slipper shell
Title: Ghost Crab and Slipper shell

Contact: Taina Litwak

Description: The Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata) is resident of high intertidal zone. It's burrows can be up to 4 feet deep on sandy beaches. The Atlantic Slipper shell (Crepidula fornicata) is a gastropod mollusk and is commonly found on mid Atlantic coastal beaches. Detail - Mid Atlantic Seashore mural, 4 x 12 feet.
Rainbow Trout Headstudy
Title: Rainbow Trout Headstudy

Contact: Stephen Di Cerbo

Description: Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss are native to the US, west of the Rocky Mountains. They are part of the same salmonid group as the Pacific Salmon and include an anadromous variety, commonly referred to as steelhead. Their colors are magnificent, and spotting widely varied. Closely related to the cutthroat trout of the region, interference with the physical aspects of the water systems and transplanting has resulted in widespread interbreeding and reduction of biodiversity among the trout of the western US. Pen & Ink and Wash.
Sources of Coastal Pollution
Title: Sources of Coastal Pollution

Contact: David Fierstein

Description:
Cleaning Squid in Seven Simple Steps
Title: Cleaning Squid in Seven Simple Steps

Contact: Travis Vermilye

Description: Illustrated guide for cleaning squid
The natural interaction of aquatic sediment
Title: The natural interaction of aquatic sediment

Contact: Mieke Roth

Description: I am working on a series of large illustrations for a Dutch governmental institution that is in charge of the maintenance of the waterways in the west of the Netherlands. Over the next 10 years a large project is being conducted in which most of these waterways are deepened. This detailed illustration is a part the second large illustration of the series, incorporated in several newsletters for the general public. The aim is to inform and to get the public involved in the decision process. This specific illustration is explaining why, if a waterway is at the right depth, one shouldn't try to stop the accumulation of sediment at the bottom of the waterway. As are all the illustrations in this series, this is again a typical Dutch landscape.
Sea Turtles of the Sea of Cortez
Title: Sea Turtles of the Sea of Cortez

Contact: Rachel Ivanyi

Description: Leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea, with moon jelly, Aurelia sp., Loggerhead, Caretta caretta Olive ridley, Lepidochelys olivacea Black, a.k.a East Pacific Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, in eel grass, Zostera marina Hawksbill, Eretmochelys imbricata, eating sea sponge, Haliclona sp.
Surf dynamics
Title: Surf dynamics

Contact: Chris Sanders

Description: 8' x 4' mural commission for private client.
Oyster Life Cycle Illustration
Title: Oyster Life Cycle Illustration

Contact: John Norton

Description: A diagram showing the life cycle of the American Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) created for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Maryland Sea Grant.
American Eel Life cycle
Title: American Eel Life cycle

Contact: Melisa Beveridge

Description: American Eel Lifecycle was created with Photoshop and Illustrator to accompany an article explaining the life history of the American eel in the November 2009 Issue of Natural History Magazine.
Chiton Anatomy
Title: Chiton Anatomy

Contact: Sara Krause

Description: This image was created using Adobe Photoshop. It was published in Biology, 8th edition by Peter Raven et. al, McGraw-Hill, 2007.
Capelin
Title: Capelin

Contact: Ben Smith

Description: Capelin (Mallotus villosus) Illustration in graphite and Photoshop for the book- Sustainable Sushi: A Guide for a Changing Planet by Casson Trenor
Marauders
Title: Marauders

Contact: Stephen Di Cerbo

Description: Bluefish, Pomatomous saltatrix, are a popular gamefish and are found in most warm saltwater seas. They tend to have cycles in their population, and their cannibalistic tendencies contribute to size consistencies from school to school. Chokusetsu-ho is the direct method of Gyotaku, or Japanese fish printing. Base ink is applied to a prepared specimen and transferred to rice paper. Details and layers of subtle color washes are then added to render a dimensionally accurate of the subject.
Blue mussels
Title: Blue mussels

Contact: Sarah Drummond

Description: Mytilus edulis, pencil on paper, 6 x 6 inches
Tide Pool Cube
Title: Tide Pool Cube

Contact: Frank Ippolito

Description: One of six biomes earth cubes created for LifeUnderfoot poster series for Camridge Educational.
Whales models at 1/20 scale Cabrillo Marine
Title: Whales models at 1/20 scale Cabrillo Marine

Contact: Steven Melendrez

Description: Whale models sculpted at 1/20 scale for the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro CA.
Florida Pleistocene Marine Habitat Group
Title: Florida Pleistocene Marine Habitat Group

Contact: Michael Rothman

Description: This is a underwater coastal scene depicting the fauna and flora of a Florida reef habitat in the late Pleistocene. The Caribbean Monk seal swimming just above the turtle grass has become extinct in recent times. Most of the other species depicted still survive into the present. TO SEE CLOSE UP DETAILS OF THIS PAINTING, PLEASE CLICK ON THE SEQUENTIAL ICONS POSTED ON MY GALLERY PAGE.
Brachiopod Cross-section
Title: Brachiopod Cross-section

Contact: Sara Krause

Description: This is an illustration of Brachiopod anatomy and was created using Adobe Photoshop. It was published in Biology, 8th edition by Peter Raven et. al, McGraw-Hill, 2007.
Amphibian Deformities and Predation
Title: Amphibian Deformities and Predation

Contact: Elizabeth Morales

Description: Secondary factors that influence the frequency of deformities (fertilizer runoff, livestock manure, UV radiation, and pesticide runoff; that lead to increased predation by birds.
Conch
Title: Conch

Contact: Ben Smith

Description: Illustration in graphite and Photoshop for the book- Sustainable Sushi: A Guide for a Changing Planet by Casson Trenor
Starfish, Eel grass and hogchoaker
Title: Starfish, Eel grass and hogchoaker

Contact: Taina Litwak

Description: Eel grass (Zostera marina), common starfish (Asterias vulgaris), and Hogchoaker (Trinectes maculatus), a flat fish. Eel grass is a critical species all along the Atlantic coast, providing habitat for larvae of many fish species.
Ephemera
Title: Ephemera

Contact: Stephen Di Cerbo

Description: Brown trout, Salmo trutta, depicted here feeding during a hatch of Easten Green Drake mayflies, Ephemera guttulata. The genus name for the mayfly is an apt one, meaning something of no lasting significance. The life cycle of of mayflies spans the year, but after emerging from their aquatic form, the terrestrial Mayfly, its sole purpose being propagation of its species, seldom lives more than a few days. Rendered in Pen&Ink with colored ink washes, this image is utilized as part of a silkscreen design. The serigraph was then created with six manually generated color separations and printed with fine mesh screens.
Red chiton
Title: Red chiton

Contact: Sarah Drummond

Description: Tonicella marmorea, pencil on paper, 8 x 6 inches
Florida Pleistocene Marine Habitat left side
Title: Florida Pleistocene Marine Habitat left side

Contact: Michael Rothman

Description: This is the Left side detail of the overall mural. A Caribbean Manatee and Goliath Grouper are the largest animals in this underwater coastal scene of a Florida reef habitat in the late Pleistocene era. Both the Manatee and the Grouper are endangered species.
Harp Seal
Title: Harp Seal

Contact: Chris Gralapp

Description: Created for the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Conch Shell
Title: Conch Shell

Contact: Sara Krause

Description: This image was created using carbon dust on illustration board.
<i>Ribeiroia ondatrae</i> Flatworm Life Cycle
Title: Ribeiroia ondatrae Flatworm Life Cycle

Contact: Elizabeth Morales

Description: Life cycle of Ribeiroia ondatrae, a trematode flatworm
Conger Eel
Title: Conger Eel

Contact: Ben Smith

Description: Illustration in graphite and Photoshop for the book- Sustainable Sushi: A Guide for a Changing Planet by Casson Trenor
Atlantic Seashore Ecosystem
Title: Atlantic Seashore Ecosystem

Contact: Taina Litwak

Description: Right hand section of 4 x 12 foot digital mural, Seaside Nature Center, Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware. Rock weed (Fucus), Horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus), Knobbed whelk and eggcase (Busycon carica), Piping plover,(Charadrius melodus), Skate egg case (Raja eglanteris), Dune grass (Ammophila breviligulata), Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata), Clam worm (Neris sp.), Razor clam (Ensis directus), Sand shrimp (Crangon septemspinosa), Long clawed hermit crab (Pagarus longicarpus), Mud snail (Nassarius obsoletus), Sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca), Barnacle (Balanus sp.), Mole crab (Emerita talpoida), Atlantic Slipper shell (Crepidula fornicata), Lobed Moon snail (Polinices duplicatus), Red knot (Calidris canutus), Quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria)
Permian Extinction
Title: Permian Extinction

Contact: David Fierstein

Description: Depicts a theory of the causes of a mass extinction in the Permian. Published in Scientific American October 2006. 3D modeling and rendering using World Construction Set and Lightwave 3D.
Three Jacks
Title: Three Jacks

Contact: Stephen Di Cerbo

Description: Crevalle Jack, Caranx hippos, occurs worldwide in tropical and subtropical saltwater. Wonderfully colored, they are blueish-black to metallic green in the dorsal area, silvery and sometimes yellowish in the ventral area, with a dark dorsal fin and yellow anal fin. There is a prominent black opercular spot and a rounded spot on the lower rays of the pectorial fins. Chokusetsu-ho is the direct method of Gyotaku, or Japanese fish printing. Base ink is applied to a prepared specimen and transferred to rice paper. Details and layers of subtle color washes are then added to render a dimensionally accurate of the subject.
Toad crab
Title: Toad crab

Contact: Sarah Drummond

Description: Hyas sp., pencil on paper, 8 x 6 inches
Typical Dutch landscape and it's maintenance
Title: Typical Dutch landscape and it's maintenance

Contact: Mieke Roth

Description: A typical Dutch landscape, original format is 3 x A4. I made this for a Dutch governmental institution that is in charge of the maintenance of the waterways in the west of the Netherlands. The next 10 years a large project is being conducted in which most of these waterways are deepened. On the left the consequences of lack of maintenance are shown: water on places it shouldn't be. This large illustration is the first of a series that is incorporated in several newsletters for the general public. The aim is to inform and to get the public involved in the decision process.
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Title: Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Contact: Kim Harrell

Description: Portrait of a loggerhead sea turtle.
Florida Pleistocene Marine Group - right side
Title: Florida Pleistocene Marine Group - right side

Contact: Michael Rothman

Description: This is a right side detail of the mural prepared for the University of Florida Museum of Natural History. This is a underwater coastal scene depicting the fauna and flora of a Florida reef habitat in the late Pleistocene. The Caribbean Monk seal seen swimming just above the turtle grass has become extinct in recent times. The Loggerhead sea turtle (just below the seal), is depicted hunting for mollusks. Most of the other species shown in the image still survive into the present.
Fish
Title: Fish

Contact: Jennifer Fairman, CMI

Description:
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