Joel Popp

A watercolor painting of a Turkey Vulture. It is half finished. The left side is finished including the wing, head, and half of the body and tail.

Another day another feather!

Update of the Turkey vulture.

#birds #bird #sciart #vulture #birdart #illustration #watercolor

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22x28 inches. I'm used to 11x14!

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Thanks! And yes, highly underrated bird. If only everyone knew how much good they do

09.02.2025 04:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I would like that!

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A work in progress watercolor illustration of a turkey vulture.

Ever get in way over your head with an illustration? Cuz I am with this turkey vulture on a very large piece of watercolor paper 😅

Work in progress! Note to self: buy smaller pieces of paper.

#sciart #watercolor #birdart #birds #animalart #wip

09.02.2025 02:55 — 👍 110    🔁 9    💬 12    📌 2

Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.

Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

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A digital Illustration of a Pristine Crayfish crawling over a piece of net fabric.

Pristine crayfish (Cambarus pristinus)
Commissioned by a graduate student for their advisor. A fun gift featuring the species they study, and the net matches the equipment they use. 🐡

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❤️

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If you see this post a bird :)

Some Mallards I painted for a Graduate student's project. The foreground hen is equipped with a GPS backpack

#art #SciArt #birds #ducks

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Bobolinks are my favorite 😍

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