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
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,
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
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
ummmm — LOVE THIS!!!