Ren Slagel
@renslagel.bsky.social
Natural Science Illustrator 🌱 🐌
My portfolio: renslagel.com
My portfolio: renslagel.com
I'll be at Gather256 in York, PA for #smallbusinesssaturday today!
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I'll be at Gather256 in York, PA for #smallbusinesssaturday today!
A few pages from my sketchbook recently
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A few pages from my sketchbook recently
I'm going to be at Bug Fest as vendor! This is gonna be a really cool event with lots of bug themed art and activities to enjoy. The best part? The market part of the event is outside so no ticket required!
#phillyart #philadelphia #bugs
#phillyart #philadelphia #bugs
June 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I'm going to be at Bug Fest as vendor! This is gonna be a really cool event with lots of bug themed art and activities to enjoy. The best part? The market part of the event is outside so no ticket required!
#phillyart #philadelphia #bugs
#phillyart #philadelphia #bugs
June 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
June 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I went to Maine! I'll be posting some of my fav sketchbook spreads over the next week. This is from the summit of Cadillac Mountain, the highest point in Maine.
#sciart #sketchbook #watercolor #pleinair
#sciart #sketchbook #watercolor #pleinair
June 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I went to Maine! I'll be posting some of my fav sketchbook spreads over the next week. This is from the summit of Cadillac Mountain, the highest point in Maine.
#sciart #sketchbook #watercolor #pleinair
#sciart #sketchbook #watercolor #pleinair
May 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Today is World Biodiversity Day and I want to share some of PA's diverse pollinators. I created this interpretive design to educate visitors about the abundance of pollinators in PA. Creating an interpretive board like this is of my dream career projects! Who's your favorite?
#sciart #PA
#sciart #PA
May 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Does anyone recognize this species? It's the dobsonfly and its larvae called a hellgrammite. These are always such a fun find during a stream study both because they are so cool and because they are an indicator of stream health.
May 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Does anyone recognize this species? It's the dobsonfly and its larvae called a hellgrammite. These are always such a fun find during a stream study both because they are so cool and because they are an indicator of stream health.
Mycelium is the basis of fungi and incredibly mysterious. I illustrated this as a representation of the relationship between mycelium and trees (and everything else in the soil).
#fungus #sciart #mushrooms #mycelium
#fungus #sciart #mushrooms #mycelium
April 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Mycelium is the basis of fungi and incredibly mysterious. I illustrated this as a representation of the relationship between mycelium and trees (and everything else in the soil).
#fungus #sciart #mushrooms #mycelium
#fungus #sciart #mushrooms #mycelium
This is a sketchbook page from when I visited Cincinnati over the summer. I 100% recommend visiting Newport Aquarium, it is a super cool place.
#sciart #NewportAquarium
#sciart #NewportAquarium
March 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is a sketchbook page from when I visited Cincinnati over the summer. I 100% recommend visiting Newport Aquarium, it is a super cool place.
#sciart #NewportAquarium
#sciart #NewportAquarium
I created this guide for a younger age group to understand the differences between predators and prey animals. I had the idea to illustrate it as if it were part of a kid's science magazine. Formatting all of the text was a fun challenge.
#sciart #illustration #infographic
#sciart #illustration #infographic
February 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I created this guide for a younger age group to understand the differences between predators and prey animals. I had the idea to illustrate it as if it were part of a kid's science magazine. Formatting all of the text was a fun challenge.
#sciart #illustration #infographic
#sciart #illustration #infographic
February 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I went to the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca today and sketched this octopus specimen! It was a great way to spend a rainy day.
#sciart #octopus #sketchbook
#sciart #octopus #sketchbook
February 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I went to the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca today and sketched this octopus specimen! It was a great way to spend a rainy day.
#sciart #octopus #sketchbook
#sciart #octopus #sketchbook
Colorized Boletes! I had such a fun time doing this guide, I definitely want to illustrate more mushrooms soon.
#sciart #mushrooms #boletes
#sciart #mushrooms #boletes
February 14, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Colorized Boletes! I had such a fun time doing this guide, I definitely want to illustrate more mushrooms soon.
#sciart #mushrooms #boletes
#sciart #mushrooms #boletes
February 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I love mushrooms, seriously they have been an obsession of mine for a long time. It occurred to me recently that I never really illustrate them. I decided to remedy this with a selection of mid-atlantic boletes. I'm planning to do a greyscale and color version of this :)
#sciart #boletes #mushroom
#sciart #boletes #mushroom
February 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Colorized California Mollusks! Working in greyscale is great but something about a full color illustration hits different.
#sciart #mollusks #Photoshop
#sciart #mollusks #Photoshop
February 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Colorized California Mollusks! Working in greyscale is great but something about a full color illustration hits different.
#sciart #mollusks #Photoshop
#sciart #mollusks #Photoshop
Have you ever heard of endosymbiosis? Its when species conduct a relationship with one inside of the other. The Spotted Salamander is the only known case of algae endosymbiosis occurring inside a vertebrate. As soon as I read about this, I knew I had to illustrate it.
#sciart
#sciart
February 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Have you ever heard of endosymbiosis? Its when species conduct a relationship with one inside of the other. The Spotted Salamander is the only known case of algae endosymbiosis occurring inside a vertebrate. As soon as I read about this, I knew I had to illustrate it.
#sciart
#sciart
Finished! I've illustrated a selection of mollusk visitors to California tide pools.
#sciart #mollusk #california
#sciart #mollusk #california
January 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Finished! I've illustrated a selection of mollusk visitors to California tide pools.
#sciart #mollusk #california
#sciart #mollusk #california
Who knew drawing frogs was so fun? These are two of my favorite native frogs, although I've only seen the Leopard Frog in the wild.
January 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Who knew drawing frogs was so fun? These are two of my favorite native frogs, although I've only seen the Leopard Frog in the wild.
New stickers for all the gastropod lovers! Super happy with how these turned out. Check out my website for where you can find them in the wild :)
January 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
New stickers for all the gastropod lovers! Super happy with how these turned out. Check out my website for where you can find them in the wild :)
I recently redid the text on this illustration and am much happier with it. Has anyone seen a Pawpaw tree in real life?
December 31, 2024 at 3:49 PM
I recently redid the text on this illustration and am much happier with it. Has anyone seen a Pawpaw tree in real life?