ll 50 of the illustrations for this book
Barents Sea Eco Atlas is the second book of Russian Seas Ecology series that I've illustrated.
Every Atlas is a result of advanced research and contains extensive data, analysed by ecologists, biologists, hydrometeorologers, oceanologists, physiographers, and other researchers.
My part in this project was to create a set of 50 scientific illustrations, one for each species of mammals, birds, plants and algae.
I'm really enjoying this project and I would like to point out that these are some thick scientific books =D
here's a Narwhal illustration (Monodon monoceros)
the algae page; mainly red and brown species
the Beaked redfish (Sebastes mentella) is, indeed, red
all the fish))) its a big school
a fairly named Spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor)
This is a particularly pleasant part of the job – I get to play with the specimen at a museum. Ok, not play, to research;)
and yay, the result! the Little auk (Alle alle) in flesh
the Atlantic puffin specimen aged poorly, so I had to work on the colours of the bill from photos
and here is the Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) illustration
the Atlas is in public access and you can read the entire book here
