i thought i’d share a little resource with you today. if you’re into dabbling around with imagery, need inspiration for visual projects or graphic design moodboards or whatever – you might be interested in the Biodiversity Heritage Library. they have hundreds (thousands?) of hi-res images from a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries. you can delve into a world of insects and botanicals and fungi and sea creatures… gorgeous even just to look at.
i haven’t even scratched the iceberg of what they have to offer (mixing my idioms there, deal with it). but i couldn’t go posting all the pics ever, so i played a bit with this set of illustrated British fungi – pairing them with street style that have caught my eye recently.
street style: Vanessa Jackman
street style: Citizen Couture
street style: A Love Is Blind
street style: The Locals
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Oh… what a treasure trove!
i’m love, what a fantastic treasure!
thanks for share :)
Amazing!!
(my comment was too short, but seriously, amazing is all I’ve got..though I guess I could make a plug for nudibranchs!)
Oh wow! Than you so much for sharing this. Truly wonderful.
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Oooooh thanks x infinity for sharing!
Gorgeous! I actually have a butterfly poster which reminded me of the first two pictures.
I love the juxtaposition between the street fashion and fungi shots! It’s given me many ideas … :-)
Wow, not only are those great but you got them to really pop with the streetstyle in the middle of them.
wooww!! it´s fantastic! thanks a lot fot sharing!
Who’d of thought street fashion paired with fungi could be so inspiring? Haha
Love those! :-)
aah ive just finished my biology a-lelvel so seeing then was a good reminder. Love how you incorporated the images with outfits, perfect. i’ve just re-started my fashion blog now that ive finished my a levels, would appreciate if you would take a look.
Thanks
http://mystylewarrior.blogspot.co.uk
Thank you for this treasure and and for all those other beautiful, inspiring images and projects.!
This. Is. Amazing. I was looking for a high res botanical drawing of a petunia for a new tattoo, and now I know where to find it!!!
What a great find, thanks for sharing!
Best,
http://www.maggiefinejewelry.com
Thank you for this! Can’t believe I’m stumbling across you now!
Thank you so much for sharing ♡ I love these images!! I have a book with birds’ drawings and the other day I made a random collage with pressed flowers:
http://instagram.com/p/aX45zLN5Yl/
Thought you might like it (^_^)
Ugh love, love, love! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing this! This is exactly the inspiration im searching for to my next illustrations!!
I like your blog! I greet: )
Ah Miss Moss. You are a smart gal. And elegant too.
Thanks for sharing this reference! It reminds me of Ernst Haeckel’s Art Forms of Nature drawings …
Wow this is great! Love the skulls!
ohh thank you for sharing this lovely resource!
best,
arielle
http://www.ariellebush.com
Thanks for the shout out and all the great comments. Glad to know you all like out work!!
Martin Kalfatovic
BHL Program Director
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ummmm — LOVE THIS!!!
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