Scientific Illustration

heracliteanfire:

Still Life with stag beetle, cherries, redcurrants and peas. Georg Flegel, ca. 1610 (via Réunion des musées nationaux)

spermatheca:

Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus cervus) and instars

(via spermatheca-deactivated20130418)

[Hercules Beetle, Cockchaffer, Stag Beetle] by Library & Archives @ Royal Ontario Museum on Flickr.

artistbynecessity:

These beetles make me miss drawing for my subjects back in Newcastle even if most of them were done in the wee hours of the morning. As much as I would want to be extra productive, I can only do so much paintings. But hey, I’m doing my best!

Lately I’ve been feeling so-so (adj. (1) not passionate; (2) at a loss for daily fulfillment or productivity), so I resolve to paint whenever I can, perhaps sometimes at the cost of my academic responsibilities. I can’t help but thinking who I would have been as an artist if I didn’t choose to be a diligent student.

Beetles by ~sharonnism

mary-beth:

Engraving of Stag Beetles with Roses (1892) 

(via greatplates)

untitled by lorraine jean on Flickr.

Thanks for the submission!

joewardillustration:

Dip Pen Insects, late 2011

Experimentation, observational drawing of locust carapaces, a cicada and stag beetle. Frustrating to begin with but eventually was starting to get the hang of it! 

(copyright is mine.)

rhamphotheca:

entomolog: Beetle a Day (by GunnerGirl on Flickr)

Odontolabis stevensi
Family: Lucanidae
45-82mm
Sulawesi Indonesia

beetles_00stur_0091 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

The stag beetle Lucanus cervus