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#SciArtSeptember

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Today's #SciArtSeptember prompt is "Chaos". I decided to take inspiration from a cool math thing: the "Chaos Game".

Rather than attempt precise drawing, I wanted a more organic feel....with just a hint of the underlying structure. The triangles didn't come out, but the resulting pattern turned out interesting.

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Today's #SciArtSeptember prompt is "Microscopic", which doesn't really give me any ideas because it's too big of a subject and I'm usually drawing microscopic structures and patterns. So I decided to play with microscopic Radiolaria in today's drawing.

I tried using circle templates, to help with getting the circles more perfect. Hmmm...I think I like free-hand circles better. But it was good to try it.

#SciArt#ink#drawing

For #sciartSeptember prompt royal: Queen Seondeok of Silla (c. 595 ~ 610 - 647), 27th ruler of 1 of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, from 632-647, who brought about a renaissance in culture & science & built the Cheomseongdae moon & star-gazing observatory.

Known for her intelligence, wisdom & benevolence, stories survive of her curiosity & cleverness even as a child. When her father the King was gifted peony seeds 🧵1/n

For the #SciArtSeptember prompt knighted, chemist Sir William Henry Perkin (1838-1907)! This #lino block print ‘William Henry Perkin Discovers Mauve’ is about how the British chemist & entrepreneur made the serendipitous discovery of the 1st synthetic organic dye: mauveine. ⁠

Perkins entered the Royal College of Chemistry in London in 1853 when he was only 15, studying with 🧵1/

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