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Morphology, Drawing, Fan-Art
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Morphology is the architecture of life. The ingenuity of form and function…..breathtaking through tattered remains. I prepare skeletons for study, draw things and take pictures. Due to the amount of work associated with specimen preparation, I post infrequently.

Im Sorry.

Thanks for your many messages, I’m aware that Photobucket has restricted access to all my images. I’m going to spend the next few hours fixing this. Sorry.

03 apr 12

The mechanism of grasp

While looking at the little screech owl, I took a series of photographs and made this gif to illustrate the of the automatic grasping action of the talons. The structure of bird feet is set up so tha...

02 apr 12

Eastern Screech Owl

Isn’t he cute? He looks almost alive. Unfortunately, he’s not. This little guy is an eastern screech owl. Following a heavy storm, he was found dead on a residential street, entangled in...

01 apr 12

Zoo Kingdom for Facebook

A while ago, I was asked create a series of fact cards for Zoo Kingdom, a facebook game made by Blue Fang Games, the makers of Zoo Tycoon. Each species introduced in the game, had a series of fact c...

12 jan 12

Questions.

I haven’t updated in a while. I’m very sorry. I would like to offer my gratitude to everyone who as taken the time to inform me of their interest in my blog. I’m deeply grateful for your support, an...

11 jan 12

Making sketches of an Eastern Screech-Owl …a sad power...

Making sketches of an Eastern Screech-Owl …a sad power line fatality. To use him to educate others, is the least we can do. He’s a magnificent little creature.

11 jan 12

Making sketches of a shortnose gar. These guys have very...

Making sketches of a shortnose gar. These guys have very interesting jaw structure.

07 sep 11

Baby Skunk Necropsy

Taking apart the baby skunk. In the interests of length, this entry is mostly about internal organs. All images are linked to high res versions, click to view. NOTE: This post contains graphic images...

01 sep 11

This baby skunk was picked up yesterday.His teeth are perfect and show no wear. Elongated front...

This baby skunk was picked up yesterday. His teeth are perfect and show no wear. Elongated front claws for digging. He’s very small This poor little guy is just a baby. He’s only the size of a squi...

01 sep 11

Collection Lineup

Here are some old and new photos of skulls I cleaned. With the exception of the sugar glider, these are all local North American species. Skunk, Coyote, Bear, Deer. Coyote, Spotted Skunk, Black Bea...

01 sep 11

Happy Birthday Mimi!

Today is my brother’s birthday. He is officially 20. Mimi is adopted. Twenty years ago, he was picked up from a box of free kittens outside Walmart. He was one of a litter of five. At the time, he...

06 aug 11

Color and detail II

It’s often the case, that only in death can many animals be examined in detail; their intricacy of texture and form eludes the eye admidst the fleeting motion of life. I had originally put this toget...

03 aug 11

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