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General / 26 July 2020

Art Portfolio
Contact form
For business inquiries: my ForenameSurname at gmail.
Others, please use the form. No N-F-Ts, etc.
To send portfolios for Quanta, use the link in the Quanta section below.
OlenaShmahalo.com/operatingsystem
Personal site. A visual story I built in 2009, inspired by our place in the cosmos.
About

Art Direction for Quanta: Overview
As Quanta's art director, I worked on nearly every feature story from fall of 2014 - 2021. My work included developing the publication's aesthetic, direction of illustration and photography, editing, concepting, graphic design, storyboarding, guiding creative staff, and more.
Quanta Artwork
My lede illustrations published on Quanta Magazine.
Art Direction for Quanta: Pinterest board
A wide selection of articles I worked on.
Quanta Submission Form
Interested in creating art for Quanta? Send portfolio submissions here.

Sketchfab Science Spotlight (text)
Why & how I created real-time 3D models for Quanta.
SVA Creators Feature (video, 2:40)
A short video about my photography, artwork, & approach to social media
Adjust Your Margins Interview (text)
About my work; synthesizing art, design, science, and gardening
SciViz 2019 Talk (video, ~20:00)
"Galaxy Leggings, Truth Serum, & the Visibility Cloak"
How I approach creating & directing scientific/editorial illustrations at Quanta Magazine

Unsplash
Free & Creative Commons selections from my photo archives (plants, landscapes, textures)
DNA Analysis Reveals a Genus of Plants Hiding in Plain Sight
In 2018 I wrote about the science behind Philodendron bipinnatifidum & related species' reclassification to genus Thaumatophyllum. Featuring photography by Haarkon.
Bloom & Grow Radio Interview (Podcast, ~30 min)
TheOperatingSystem: Plant Propagation 101 and Using Plants to Disconnect