Crystal Shin | Scientific Illustration Gallery

Scientific Illustration

Scientific illustration requires clarity above all else. Crystal enjoys this challenge and brings her sense of artistic composition to this demanding field.

Peacock Butterfly

Aglais io, peacock butterfly, is a colourful butterfly, found in Europe and temperate Asia as far east as Japan. Colored pencil on paper. Size 8 in x 12 in. Giclee print available.
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Jewel beetle

Cantao ocellatus is a species of shield bug in the family Scutelleridae found across Asia. Reddish or ochre in overall colour it has dark legs and bluish black antennae. Colored pencil on drafting film. Size 11.7 in x 8.5 in.
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Black Charpel Rose Beetle

Colored pencil on drafting film. Size 12.1 in x 9.5 in. Original artwork sold.
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Dandelion

Common Dandelion. Pen and ink on paper. Size 16 in x 12 in. Giclee print available.
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Rose

Prickly Wild Rose. Pen and ink on paper. Size 14 in x 11 in. Giclee print available.
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Lomatium roneonum darrach

Pen and ink on paper. Size 5 in x 3.9 in.
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Carex baja californica

Pen and ink on paper. Size 7 in x 5.8 in. Giclee print available.
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Carex cryptosperma

Pen and ink on paper. Size 10.5 in x 11.6 in. Giclee print available.
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Pediocactus nigrispinus

Pen and ink on paper. Size 12.1 in x 8.6 in.
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Horseshoe Crab

Carbon dust & Pen on drafting film. Size 12.5 in x 9.7 in.
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Ammonite

Ammonites are shelled cephalopods that have been extinct for 66 million years. Graphite on paper. Size 8.9 in x 12 in.
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Abalone Shell

Graphite on paper. Size 6.5 in x 10.8 in.
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Snail Shell

Graphite on paper. Size 7.8 in x 9 in.
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Bird Skull

Graphite on paper. Size 7.1 in x 10.9 in.
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N. muchingaensis

Mandible and maxilla. Nshimbodon muchingaensis is mammalian precursor that lived 260 million years ago. Graphite on paper. Size 3.8 in x 5.9 in.
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N. muchingaensis

Cranium and mandible. Nshimbodon muchingaensis is mammalian precursor that lived 260 million years ago. Graphite on paper. Size 3.2 in x 6.1 in.
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N. muchingaensis

Dorsal cranium. Nshimbodon muchingaensis is mammalian precursor that lived 260 million years ago. Graphite on paper. Size 6.4 in x 3.6 in.
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N. muchingaensis

Ventral view. Nshimbodon muchingaensis is mammalian precursor that lived 260 million years ago. Graphite on paper. Size 6.3 in x 3.6 in.
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N. muchingaensis

Foramen magnum. Nshimbodon muchingaensis is mammalian precursor that lived 260 million years ago. Graphite on paper. Size 2.1 in x 4.4 in.
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Mobaceras zambeziens

Skull, dorsal view. A roughly dog sized protomammal that lived 260 million years ago, preceding the dinosaurs. Graphite on paper. Size 4.6 in x 4.8 in.
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Mobaceras zambeziens

Skull, ventral view. A roughly dog sized protomammal that lived 260 million years ago, preceding the dinosaurs. Graphite on paper. Size 4.1 in x 5 in.
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Mobaceras zambeziens

Skull, lateral view. A roughly dog sized protomammal that lived 260 million years ago, preceding the dinosaurs. Graphite on paper. Size 3.7 in x 5.4 in.
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Mobaceras zambeziens

Skull, posterior view. A roughly dog sized protomammal that lived 260 million years ago, preceding the dinosaurs. Graphite on paper. Size 3.1 in x 4.4 in.
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