Bloody Foxes! • Biology Illustration • 2022
Fox receives a young blood injection.
Sculpted & posed foxes using ZBrush, then filled their silhouettes with blood cells with X Particles. Each fox’s clock indicates age.
Elderly foxes awaiting their turn.
The rejuvenated foxes’ clocks are rewound.
Poses.
Original sculpt.
More detailed than the end result ended up necessitating of course, but can be repurposed!
Read the article:
https://tinyurl.com/SFABParabiosis22
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Sculpture + generative art.
Editorial science illustration for an article about parabiosis: “Scientists are zeroing in on the ways that parabiosis — treating old animals with young blood — alters gene activity, shining light on its rejuvenating effects.” For Simons Foundation - Aging Brain. Thank you Emily Singer!
https://tinyurl.com/SFABParabiosis22
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The research did not involve foxes. But, "Art is what you can get away with”? Foxes jumping are hilarious — not just hunting, but play-jumping. What better than some derpy hopping after a nice young-blood injection? 🤪
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