Pale Squid Material:225g Fine Art Paper felt rather than read

felt rather than read

this entomological illustration arranges a diverse collection of insects across the vertical plate with characteristic French academic precision

Set in landscape format

drawing attention back to the subject's eyes and the grain of the original photograph

The composition arranges pods

Pale Squid Material:225g Fine Art Paper felt rather than readRendered with the meticulous precision of 19th century natural history illustration, this pale squid floats against a stark white field, its translucent mantle and trailing tentacles captured in cool, ghostly tones. The composition is at once scientific and quietly beautiful the absence of colour drama places all emphasis on form, texture, and the elegant symmetry of the creature's anatomy. It carries the cool stillness of a museum specimen plate