Esntr - ༯

Yoshitaka Amano

paradise kiss ai yazawa

Stellar sketch from Sphaera Mundi, 1620, by Italian Jesuit astronomer Giuseppe Biancani: “Illustration locates stars by the antarctic circle. They are not shown as embedded in the sphere of the fixed stars. This early depiction of the constellation of the southern cross shows it unconfined.”

(Linda Hall Library)

sketch book cover collage

Clione limacina or Sea Angels

Sea Angels are a type of predatory sea snail. They’ve evolved an impressive defense mechanism for a mollusk- they produce a chemical compound that deters fish from eating it. This is the only example in which a chemical defense is produced by a mollusk that isn’t gained from its diet. 

A Bathing Ape: Kaws Bapesta FS-029 (2005)