#bee head

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Delirium: Photo of Gioia (1987)

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Le foto di Gioia (1987)

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Happy Halloween!

For Halloween, I've taken the blog's Bee Logo and modified a few parameters to give it a touch of spookiness. It now sports orange fuzz, green-tinted wings, glowing eyes (like a jack-o-lantern) and violet eyes and mandibles. There's also a flourish of leaves to keep the image autumnal. The Mantis Logo is included here too, as spectral Mantids (a reference to the Ghost Mantis - Phyllocrania paradoxa) floating around the orange Bee head. Going forward, this logo will be included in Halloween related posts, and earlier posts have been updated to feature this bit of artwork. It seems appropriate to add this little touch to celebrate the season. Furthermore, I may adjust logo parameters again for other holidays, but that's a post for another (Christmas) time. And yes, there's still not much I can do about the current positioning of the logo's ocelli without a total logo overhaul.

Done in Photoshop.

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Have a look at the blog’s full-sided Bee Head logo as well. This badge of art appears in the corners all the photos I’ve taken. I had previously sketched it for some time, but it wasn’t until moving into the online space that I took it digitally, and created a bit of insect artwork. In terms of inspiration, it’s primarily based on the heads of Leafcutter Bees (note the enlarged mandibles), but I’ve taken a few artistic liberties to try incorporate minor characteristics from other Bee subgroups into the design. Don’t look too closely at the coat of fibers along this head or the wing venation. They aren’t exactly foolproof. As well, let’s also ignore the positioning of the ocelli; it’s an artistic choice, but in retrospect, it would’ve been wiser for me to portray them accurately. 

Done in Photoshop.

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