Impulse!
Posted: July 9, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: graphic design, logo Leave a comment »Impulse! is a women’s quartet based out of central New Jersey. These four lovely ladies perform at nursing homes, retirement communities, hospitals, and other events. Not only are they community-minded, they are also super-talented. They are one of 5 quartets found within Liberty Oak Chorus, which ranked 19th in the world last year. Previously called Sweet Revival, Impulse! hired me to work with them to create their new logo. To learn more about them, check out www.libertyoakchorus.org.
Left-facing Fish
Posted: July 1, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: fish, pen and ink 2 Comments »Well, the gang’s (almost) all here!
These fish are on their way to a taxonomic key to the freshwater fishes of the Talamanca region, Costa Rica. It’s a project that I’ve been chipping away at from time to time for the last few months. It led me from icy Pennsylvania to beautiful Costa Rica to a lockdown at the Smithsonian Museum Support Center… but that’s a story for another day. Enjoy!
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- Superior mouth (Alfaro)
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- Inferior mouth (Sicydium)
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- Subterminal mouth (Brycon)
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- Terminal mouth (Astyanax)
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- Protractile mouth (Eucinostomus)
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- Eyes on left side of body (Citharichthyes)
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- Eyes on right side of body (Trinectes)
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- Rounded sucker (Sicydium)
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- Elongated sucker (Awaous)
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- Rounded caudal fin
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- Truncate caudal fin
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- Emarginate caudal fin
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- Forked caudal fin
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- Triangular humeral spot (A. aeneus)
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- Rounded humeral spot (A. orthodus)
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- Spine serrated on one side (R. rogersi)
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- Spine serrated on both sides (R. guatemalensis)
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- Branchial opening aligned with eye (Gobiomorus)
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- Branchial opening aligned with preoperculum (Eleotris)
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- Short snout (Pseudophallus)
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- Long snout (Microphis)
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- Body covered in bony plates
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- Uninterrupted lateral line
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- Broken lateral line (Astatheros)
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- Anal fin modified into long gonopodium (phallichthys)
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- Preopercular lobe (P. managuensis)
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- No preopercular lobe (P. loiselli)
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- Straight snout (C. unidecimalis)
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- Convex head (Agonostomus)
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- Concave snout (C. pectinatus)
