Jay Rasgorshek
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Jay Rasgorshek
@jrasgorshek.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Hello! My name is Jay Rasgorshek. I am a scientific illustrator based in the NW who paints murals in the summer. I've worked with DK Books, Science Friday, USFS, BLM, NCA, Rutgers, Ghent, and many more.
Portfolio: jayrasgorshek.com
Portfolio: jayrasgorshek.com
One of my smoky quartz illustrated. Dug from the bitterroot mountains.
The reason smoky quartz is so dark is that it gets radiated from the earth. The more dark and opaque a smoky gets, the less it’s been exposed.
#sciart #specimenillustration #geology
The reason smoky quartz is so dark is that it gets radiated from the earth. The more dark and opaque a smoky gets, the less it’s been exposed.
#sciart #specimenillustration #geology
October 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
One of my smoky quartz illustrated. Dug from the bitterroot mountains.
The reason smoky quartz is so dark is that it gets radiated from the earth. The more dark and opaque a smoky gets, the less it’s been exposed.
#sciart #specimenillustration #geology
The reason smoky quartz is so dark is that it gets radiated from the earth. The more dark and opaque a smoky gets, the less it’s been exposed.
#sciart #specimenillustration #geology
With all the absolute insanity in the world, I continue to paint and contribute to the city of Boise. This was sponsored by PFCU and created for Idaho River Sports. I had a blast and met several organizers like Idaho Rivers United.
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#sciart #murals #scientificillustration
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#sciart #murals #scientificillustration
July 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
With all the absolute insanity in the world, I continue to paint and contribute to the city of Boise. This was sponsored by PFCU and created for Idaho River Sports. I had a blast and met several organizers like Idaho Rivers United.
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#sciart #murals #scientificillustration
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#sciart #murals #scientificillustration
Hire me if you want to combat climate change. Whenever I install a mural, a storm inevitably rolls in whether we are in a dry season or not. #murals #artprocess
June 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hire me if you want to combat climate change. Whenever I install a mural, a storm inevitably rolls in whether we are in a dry season or not. #murals #artprocess
Some progress updates from my newest mural near White Water Park.
June 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Some progress updates from my newest mural near White Water Park.
One of my favorite minerals are the Bunkerhill Pyromorphites. Most pyromorphites range from olive to granny smith apple green, but the Jersey lvl 9 vein of pyromorphites are bright orange due to trace amounts of arsenic mixed in with these lead chlorophosphate crystals. #Sciart #Idaho
April 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is one of my favorite comics to read in the last 5 years.
anyway, incredibly excited to have @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social onboard, here's their first blog
A Manga About Transforming Into A Plant For The Greater Good - Aftermath
Fool Night asks if humanity can enrich their hearts in eternal darkness
aftermath.site
February 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is one of my favorite comics to read in the last 5 years.
Reposted by Jay Rasgorshek
Every artist I know is really struggling right now. Financially, emotionally, their confidence, in general.
If you like an artist's work, support them any way you can. Buying their stuff or subscribing to their Patreon is great, but words of encouragement are also incredibly helpful.
If you like an artist's work, support them any way you can. Buying their stuff or subscribing to their Patreon is great, but words of encouragement are also incredibly helpful.
February 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Every artist I know is really struggling right now. Financially, emotionally, their confidence, in general.
If you like an artist's work, support them any way you can. Buying their stuff or subscribing to their Patreon is great, but words of encouragement are also incredibly helpful.
If you like an artist's work, support them any way you can. Buying their stuff or subscribing to their Patreon is great, but words of encouragement are also incredibly helpful.
Reposted by Jay Rasgorshek
wounded II (study) • graphite on moleskine and washi paper
February 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
wounded II (study) • graphite on moleskine and washi paper
Reposted by Jay Rasgorshek
Reposted by Jay Rasgorshek
Three years ago, I stood outside three hours in frigid conditions for the gift of a 30-second view of this magnificent bird.
The genus of the Varied Thrush, Ixoreus, comes from the Greek "ixos," or mistletoe.
The genus of the Varied Thrush, Ixoreus, comes from the Greek "ixos," or mistletoe.
December 19, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Three years ago, I stood outside three hours in frigid conditions for the gift of a 30-second view of this magnificent bird.
The genus of the Varied Thrush, Ixoreus, comes from the Greek "ixos," or mistletoe.
The genus of the Varied Thrush, Ixoreus, comes from the Greek "ixos," or mistletoe.
Here’s some cool new hematite amethyst material coming out of a brand new spot in NA.
The geodes themselves are a couple hundred pounds and are lined with lemon yellow agate and are incased in limestone. They are from a very remote corner of main land America, one that has few visitors.
#geology
The geodes themselves are a couple hundred pounds and are lined with lemon yellow agate and are incased in limestone. They are from a very remote corner of main land America, one that has few visitors.
#geology
December 1, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Here’s some cool new hematite amethyst material coming out of a brand new spot in NA.
The geodes themselves are a couple hundred pounds and are lined with lemon yellow agate and are incased in limestone. They are from a very remote corner of main land America, one that has few visitors.
#geology
The geodes themselves are a couple hundred pounds and are lined with lemon yellow agate and are incased in limestone. They are from a very remote corner of main land America, one that has few visitors.
#geology
Reposted by Jay Rasgorshek
Table No. 43 - Nudibranchia
Kunstformen der Natur (1904)
by Ernst Haeckel 🦑 🐡
#art #SciArt #MarineBiology
💙📚 #Booksky 📚👀
Kunstformen der Natur (1904)
by Ernst Haeckel 🦑 🐡
#art #SciArt #MarineBiology
💙📚 #Booksky 📚👀
November 27, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Table No. 43 - Nudibranchia
Kunstformen der Natur (1904)
by Ernst Haeckel 🦑 🐡
#art #SciArt #MarineBiology
💙📚 #Booksky 📚👀
Kunstformen der Natur (1904)
by Ernst Haeckel 🦑 🐡
#art #SciArt #MarineBiology
💙📚 #Booksky 📚👀
Reposted by Jay Rasgorshek
Hello! I've finally made the jump over to bsky as I no longer use Twitter and I'm excited to test out this new platform. I absolutely love the visual communication of science, and I'm a professionally-trained medical illustrator! Here's some of my infographic work:
#SciArt #SciComm
#SciArt #SciComm
November 20, 2024 at 8:25 PM
One of the illustrations created for an interpretive panel for the USFS. (I did a bunch of native bush florals as well)
This was commissioned to show the non native Spruce root system compared to the native Larch's system at a camp ground where several old growth spruces were felled.
#sciart
This was commissioned to show the non native Spruce root system compared to the native Larch's system at a camp ground where several old growth spruces were felled.
#sciart
November 20, 2024 at 12:30 PM
One of the illustrations created for an interpretive panel for the USFS. (I did a bunch of native bush florals as well)
This was commissioned to show the non native Spruce root system compared to the native Larch's system at a camp ground where several old growth spruces were felled.
#sciart
This was commissioned to show the non native Spruce root system compared to the native Larch's system at a camp ground where several old growth spruces were felled.
#sciart
Reposted by Jay Rasgorshek
Terrific new mural in Sand City CA - created last month at the 5th Sand City Mural Festival. By SF Bay Area muralist Liv Losee-Unger (orluarts on insta).
#mural
#mural
November 15, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Terrific new mural in Sand City CA - created last month at the 5th Sand City Mural Festival. By SF Bay Area muralist Liv Losee-Unger (orluarts on insta).
#mural
#mural
Some of my specimen work in Mineralogy/Crystallography.
-Watermelon Tourmaline (Himalayan Mine--San Diego, CA.) 2024
-Idaho Mineral Poster. 2022
-Idaho Aquamarine, Smokies, and Feldspar. 2022
-Azurite and Malachite (Peacock mine--Near the 7 devils region. ID) 2023
#sciart #geology #gouache
-Watermelon Tourmaline (Himalayan Mine--San Diego, CA.) 2024
-Idaho Mineral Poster. 2022
-Idaho Aquamarine, Smokies, and Feldspar. 2022
-Azurite and Malachite (Peacock mine--Near the 7 devils region. ID) 2023
#sciart #geology #gouache
November 17, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Reposted by Jay Rasgorshek
Some photos taken from my most recent mural up along the Idaho/Washington Border celebrating the Camas Lily, an important flower to the Nez Peirce and the Palouse Prairie.
October 17, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Some photos taken from my most recent mural up along the Idaho/Washington Border celebrating the Camas Lily, an important flower to the Nez Peirce and the Palouse Prairie.
I miss doing en plein air painting so much but I just don’t have the time to dedicate to it anymore. These were some of my last sketchbook paintings that I’ve done circa 2018 or so at the boise zoo.
November 15, 2024 at 4:25 AM
I miss doing en plein air painting so much but I just don’t have the time to dedicate to it anymore. These were some of my last sketchbook paintings that I’ve done circa 2018 or so at the boise zoo.
Reposted by Jay Rasgorshek
Sci artists: bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 12, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Sci artists: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Reposted by Jay Rasgorshek
『君にプレゼント』
自宅の庭で時々みかけるニホントカゲ。尻尾が青くてちょっと宝物を見つけた感がありますね😊
#渡辺孝夫デジタル作品集
In Japan, there is a lizard with a beautiful blue tail named “Nihon-tokage” (Japanese Lizard). I see them in my garden, and when I see them, I feel very lucky.
#Illustration
自宅の庭で時々みかけるニホントカゲ。尻尾が青くてちょっと宝物を見つけた感がありますね😊
#渡辺孝夫デジタル作品集
In Japan, there is a lizard with a beautiful blue tail named “Nihon-tokage” (Japanese Lizard). I see them in my garden, and when I see them, I feel very lucky.
#Illustration
November 8, 2024 at 2:26 PM
『君にプレゼント』
自宅の庭で時々みかけるニホントカゲ。尻尾が青くてちょっと宝物を見つけた感がありますね😊
#渡辺孝夫デジタル作品集
In Japan, there is a lizard with a beautiful blue tail named “Nihon-tokage” (Japanese Lizard). I see them in my garden, and when I see them, I feel very lucky.
#Illustration
自宅の庭で時々みかけるニホントカゲ。尻尾が青くてちょっと宝物を見つけた感がありますね😊
#渡辺孝夫デジタル作品集
In Japan, there is a lizard with a beautiful blue tail named “Nihon-tokage” (Japanese Lizard). I see them in my garden, and when I see them, I feel very lucky.
#Illustration