In my Protist Era 🦠
New artist painting a new species daily. Watch the art evolve as I paint earth's complete evolutionary history over 40 years
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It's shaped like a Bota bag, the traditional Spanish leather wineskin
It's vase shaped shell is transparent and glassy with the stringy area at the top aiding in movement and capturing food. It's common in coastal environments
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The shell is built of cemented sand grains and particles
E. bovis is a highly pathogenic intestinal protozoan that causes bovine coccidiosis, a major parasitic disease in cattle. It causes significant economic losses for the livestock industry
DAY 371
SPECIES 371 - Cyphoderia ampulla
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen
C. ampulla is a widespread shelled amoeba found globally in freshwater sediments, Sphagnum moss, and debris
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DAY 369
SPECIES 369 - Hyperammina elongata
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen
H. elongata is a species of single celled foraminifera with an extended tubular shell beginning with a small chamber
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DAY 368
SPECIES 368 - Leishmania infantum
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen
L. infantum is a parasitic protozoan responsible for the disease Kala-azar. It's primarily transmitted through the bite of infected female sand flies
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DAY 367
SPECIES 367 - Eimeria bovis
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor
NOTES: Its hard to see but I was carefully playing with some color outside of the cells lines. Happy with the results
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DAY 370
SPECIES 370 - Helicostomella subulata
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen, Tombow pencil
H. subulata is a planktonic ciliate belonging to the diverse group of marine microzooplankton known as tintinnids
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