Several skulls
Skulls are among my favourite subjects to draw. I find them fascinating and complex, like pieces from a puzzle ready to be assembled. In this particular case, the goal was to produce several drawings that could be easily compared to each other, using both standardised views and a similar aesthetic.
These drawings feature in a research article that I co-authored, and is published in Scientific Reports (an open-access journal from the publishers of Nature) under the title Unique skull network complexity of Tyrannosaurus rex among land vertebrates.
From left to right: chicken (Gallus gallus);
tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus);
opossum (Didelphis virginiana);
leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea);
and, an alligator (Alligator mississipiensis).
selected works
Projecto PaleoAngolapaleontological illustration
Grinding cerealarchaeological illustration
The oldest known fossil crocodilepaleontological illustration
The silent flight of the owlsbiological illustration
Kingfishersbiological illustration
An anatomy manualanatomical illustration
Filling the gaps of evolution in Brazilpaleontological illustration
Eurasian hoopoebiological illustration
Triassic of Algarve (Portugal)paleontological illustration
Holotype illustrationbiological illustration
Ocellated lizardbiological illustration
Joana Bruno is a scientific illustrator developing images, infographics and materials for science communication.
Joana Bruno is a scientific illustrator developing images,
infographics and materials for science communication.
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