Tag: melanin

While mammals come in a range of colors, birds, reptiles, plants, and fungi cover a wider color spectrum. So we’re stuck having to bleach and dye our hair if we wanted to mimic the colors of bluebirds and paint our lips to attain a color of a toucan’s beak. Which leads us to: why do […]
I’ve been painting eyes in the style of other artists with unique styles that I really like: @nogobed @amdebrincat and @ellysmallwood (these are all instagram handles) Eyes are similar across many organisms and the receptors that convert light information to signals (opsins) for the cell to use is similar across all organisms. What this means […]