Glendon Mellow

@flyingtrilobite

Art in Awe of Science 🔸 glendonmellow.com Art skeets 💀 #GlendonMellowArt SciArt Feed - no gen AI, just human artists: 🐡 bsky.app/profile/flyingtrilobite.com/feed/aaadepeaxdboc 🦋 Elder # 18,744 | 12Apr23 🚴🏼‍♂️ Cyclist 🇨🇦 🎨 BFA Hon

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Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· 28d

Made myself an iced long espresso and sprinkled some egg nog spice on the crema so I can pretend it’s not 45°C degrees with the humidex. #Toronto

Too-close fish eye view of my Balzac’s Stratford mug and creamy espresso with cinnamon and nutmeg. The mug has an illustration of a hand holding a skull-cup filled with steaming coffee.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jul 10

Got new progressive lenses so everything feels like a bouncy castle when I move my head

B&w photo of my face. 52 year old salt and pepper stubble, short hair at the side kinda silver, dark hair on top. Dark frames. Can’t tell here but they’re black on the front, and the arms are dark cherry red to match my flame Doc Martens.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jul 4

RULES FOR MY BLUESKY ACCOUNT NUMBER ONE

On a green metal pillar, a yellow diamond sign with a stick figure running from a bird of prey swooping down talons out. Underneath is a red “WARNING” sign

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jul 2

Receipt on the use of gen AI on the @gandersocial.ca goose image. From a LinkedIn convo. "We don't use AI except when we still use it" is their answer. tinyurl.com/gander-ai-go...

Glendon:
Is there any chance you will replace the gen AI images on your website with human-made ones? Maybe go the extra step and take a strong stance against gen AI content? It's going to be difficult to get Canadian artists and writers to embrace the platform if you're all-in on AI. I want to like you guys.

Gander:

Glendon Mellow we actually stopped using gen-AI images in our marketing about a year ago now. Aside from the goose which was an illustration by our ceo and on which he used AI filters to give it an “old print” style.

Our new branding has been out for quite a while, and uses no AI. Though the last remaining piece is the update to our website, which is coming soon. We’ve largely been focused on standing up the app and network so it’s taken a back seat.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jul 1

This Canada Day I hope we become a more progressive nation, and remember what real strength is. #CanadaDay #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦

Tall grasses with seeds against a bright blue sky and white clouds.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jul 1

(Left) Here’s @gandersocial.ca a month ago saying they’ve stopped using Gen AI in marketing (Right) Here’s @gandersocial.ca using gen AI in marketing this week Whyyyy

Screencap.
Me: is there a different stance on gen Ai images coming along with a revamped site?

Gander account: yup — we stopped using it

29 days ago

Gander post June 29th:

While we don’t technically launch until Canada Day…you can still go ahead and join Gander now. That’s the super-duper official part.

(Meta data image of the Canada geese flying that they’ve said was an illustration by founder Ben Waldman “tuned with AI” to look like an old ink drawing. )

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 29

Yesterday’s 100 km ride got me a lot closer to catching up on my distance goal for the year. My goal is typically to bike as many kilometres as the year, so 2026 km. My best was like, 3,500 km or something when I was out of work over the summer several years ago. #bikesky #StravaCycling #BikeTO

Strava distance goal and graph. The goal is a straight diagonal line up for the year, but I get less km in winter, so am behind.

Data:
Current: 963 km
To go: 1,062.8 km
Behind plan: 35.8

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 28

Morning coffee. #Bikesky #BikeTO #Toronto

Cool tinted photo of my blue mountain bike at the base of a large megalithic-looking rock, with the sun glinting through green leaves over the rock’s peak.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 25

Serious question: are paleoartists not using hashtags anymore? I've added a ton of hashtags so the SciArt Feed will pick up artists' work even if they don't use 🐡 or #SciArt. I'm eager to find low-friction ways for artists' work to appear in the Feed. Feedback welcome. #paleoart

3 columns of hashtags (and I've added more since making this graphic):

#SciArt
#LuxArt
#Scientificillustration
🐡
#MedArt
#SciVis
#Afrofuturism
#MedicalAnimation
#SciViz
#AnimalArt
#Medicallllustration
#SpaceArt
#Animallllustration
#NatureArt
#SpecEvo
#ArtSci
#NatureJournal
#SolarPunkArt
#BioArt
#Nature Journaling
#STEAM
#BirdArt
#PalaeoArt
#SundayFishSketch
#BirdGlamour
#PaleoArt
#VisualSciComm
#BotanicalArt
#PaleoStream
#WildlifeArt
#DataViz
#SciArtPortfolioWeek
#Wildlifelllustration
#Dinovember
#SciArtSeptember

#GraphicMedicine
#SciComm

#insectArt
#ScienceComic

#InverteFest
#Sciencelnk

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 21

Back from the annual solstice ride with friends. #Bikesky #BikeTO #Toronto

Across the water, the Toronto skyline including the iconic CN Tower, with setting sun peeking out from behind tall buildings seen from the east looking west. Dramatic clouds underlit with sepia orange and cream tones against the fading blue sky lend drama to the scene.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 17

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you. "In the Green Forest, the green forest, The laughing brook chuckles all day. Paddy Beaver's building a dam, Joe the Otter tells him SCRAM! Chatterer's upon the land, Oh what a sight!"

Image from the Japanese cartoon, shown in Canada in the late 70's, Fables of the Green Forest, based on some books I had as a kid. A male woodchuck in a red vest with stick-and-kerchief. A numbe rof other animal characters, most wearing vests, including Polly woodchuck, the evil fox, a bear, mouse, frog, rabbit, squirrel and skunk.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 17

🫠

Skeet of mine from Mar 20, 2026:
If the US elects Platner, another rubicon on the fascist road gets crossed. It blurs everything.

For years after, MAGA will crow "Dems elected totenkopf tattoo guy!" every time they do something awful.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 15

Explain your @ Name of my blog, started in '07. Layers: 1) not everyone knows what trilobites are & if they flew 2) not everyone knows "flying" trilobites are fossils in a particular pose 3) I'm fascinated by the idea of mythical chimaeras based on fossils we know today 🐡 #GlendonMellowArt

The scarab trilobite (Trinucleus ra) is an ancient, gold-smithed trilobite, haloed in blue flame. It arrests the light and gleams even in darkness.

Painted in ArtRage Vitae for the winter solstice (Dec 2021) with a Huion Kamvas Pro 16. Might use this as the cover to the Field Guide. © Glendon Mellow

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 11

I'm being snarky, sorry. Not toward you, Daniel. Stuff like this: pluralistic.net/2026/02/19/n...

Doubtless some of you are affronted by my modest use of an LLM. You think that LLMs are "fruits of the poisoned tree" and must be eschewed because they are saturated with the sin of their origins. I think this is a very bad take, the kind of rathole that purity culture always ends up in.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 10

Soon, soon

A poppy in the backyard at Merry Mellow Manor. It has popped but the cap is still on, so the orange-red of the poppy petals are still contained.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 9

A past commissioned painting for #WorldOceanDay. The Last Refuge 2010, Oil on canvas #GlendonMellowArt 🐡🧪🎨 glendonmellow.com/portfolio

Mood: Hark! In the deep! Trilobites!

Deep blue background with arcs of light from a submersible light. Middle distance is a thermal vent and tube worms, green and orange. Trilobites crawl in the near distance and middle distance on the vent. A bit painterly and not overly polished brushstrokes.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 8

Artist! Quote with your fanart! One of my favourite Marvel comic characters, Man-Thing. Pencil, and digital (ArtRage), from 2011.

Pencil drawing of a swaying tentacle faced swamp monster, entrapped in crystals on his lower half. Right: same, but painted, with dark clouds, and the crystals replaced by ice. Bright red eyes, tree growing out of his hunchback. Copyright Marvel. Created by Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, and Gerry Conway and artist Gray Morrow.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 7

Need to admit my knee is hurt and see a doctor. Still biked 37 km today. Only a third of what I wanted. My wife @mfollett.bsky.social (re-)introduced me to the Merlin app and I had a great time collecting the sounds of birds at Biidaasige Park and Tommy Thompson Park this morning. #bikeTO #birds

My blue mountain bike in front of some limestone rocks, overlooking the beaver pond at TT park. Blue sky, fluffy clouds. Lots of green.

Screencap from Merlin app. Blackpoll Warbler, Bank Swallow, Chestnut sided warbler, tree swallow, mourning warbler.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 7

Morning coffee. #BikeTO #Bikesky

Ireland Park Toronto. Blue bike against red chairs on the quay of the lake, sun rising over the horizon. CN Tower and Ireland Park KilKenny limestone wall visible.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 6

Just 12 more Likes 🩷 and the SciArt Feed 🐡 will be the #35 most popular Feed on Bluesky! Be sure to like the Feed, not just the intro post: 1. Open the SciArt Feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... 2. Tap the 3 dots at the top (pictured), next to the 📌 3. Tap the heart 🩷

Top of the SciArt Feed, 3 dots circled in red.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 4

A Naturalist’s Study of Magic Beans 2011, ArtRage digital painting #GlendonMellowArt 🐡🎨🧪

Digital watercolour of a bean plant in a sketchy style. Faint rainbow above. A pollinator gnome with yellow pointy hat flies in. Diagrams of bean pods and golden beans, glitter xylem in cross section.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 3

Thank you so much! The wings are based on a Blue-Fronted Amazon Parrot named Sam I used to live with. There's a picture of me and Sam from about 20 years ago on my blog. I'm not a bleached blonde anymore, lol. images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/537d...

Photo from about 20 years ago, with my mainly green and yellow Blue fronted amazon parrot Sam in a cat carrier, I'm holding up near my face. I'm bleach blonde with spiky hair and dark eyebrows and wearing all black with a chain and skeleton key around my neck. Sunny day, street with trees.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 1

Fair. Here it is. By @brianphillips.lol

Because the truth is, tech doesn’t have an image problem. It doesn’t have a message problem. It has an intention problem. What’s wrong with the axe murderer who broke into my house is not that he hasn’t successfully persuaded me to buy into his narrative. What’s wrong is that he’s trying to kill me with an axe. Similarly, when you launch a product that’s designed to put millions of people out of work, block access to sources of verifiable truth, replace human creativity with slop, and lower the barriers to every sort of atrocity, the problem isn’t that you haven’t told the public a good story about those things. The problem is that you are trying to do them.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 1

Made it! Thanks all! If we gain another 40 Likes, we'll move up the ranks to the #35 of most popular feeds. 👀

SciArt Feed description with 4,500 Likes circled in red.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· Jun 1

The SciArt Feed 🐡 is just 5 Likes away from 4,500! Many people like the pinned post instead of the Feed itself. (I wish Pinning auto-Liked cc @bsky.app) Here's how: 1. Open the SciArt Feed: bsky.app/profile/flyi... 2. Tap the 3 dots at the top (pictured), next to the 📌 3. Tap the heart 🧡

Screencap of SciArt Feed top bar and most of the pinned post. The 3 dots are circled in red.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· May 28

Cobalt Thunder is back. #bikesky #bikeTO

Sexy photo (lol) of my blue Felt 9 Seventy 29” mountain bike, against a rock, by the lake, in partial sun. I upped the bloom on the horizon lighting and added portrait blur. Wheel is coming at you in perspective.

Just got it out of the shop after 4 weeks.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· May 25

Also, I just tried this old chestnut. "How many r in raspberry?" Answer: 2. (Even if it actually could answer these questions properly, it's still unethical and is bad for us and the planet.)

Google AI:
how many r in raspberry
There are 2 'r's in the word "raspberry".
Here is the exact breakdown: raspberry (one at the start)
raspberry (one near the end)
Would you like me to count the letters in another berry, or should we check for a different specific letter?

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· May 23

For approved contributors, here’s an expanded (and growing!) list of hashtags that will let your art be captured in the SciArt Feed. This way, if you forget 🐡, hopefully you’ve tagged it with something relevant here.

3 columns of hashtags:

#SciArt
#LuxArt
#Scientificillustration
🐡
#MedArt
#SciVis
#Afrofuturism
#MedicalAnimation
#SciViz
#AnimalArt
#Medicallllustration
#SpaceArt
#Animallllustration
#NatureArt
#SpecEvo
#ArtSci
#NatureJournal
#SolarPunkArt
#BioArt
#Nature Journaling
#STEAM
#BirdArt
#PalaeoArt
#SundayFishSketch
#BirdGlamour
#PaleoArt
#VisualSciComm
#BotanicalArt
#PaleoStream
#WildlifeArt
#DataViz
#SciArtPortfolioWeek
#Wildlifelllustration
#Dinovember
#SciArtSeptember

#GraphicMedicine
#SciComm

#insectArt
#ScienceComic

#InverteFest
#Sciencelnk

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· May 22

Incredible Hulk Anatomy (fan art) Pencil (2002), digital paint (2012). glendonmellow.com/blog/2012/05... #GlendonMellowArt #fanart 🐡 🎨 #MarvelComics #MCU

The Hulk's skull, and the Hulk's face with half of it cutaway to show muscle and subdermal tissues, both in 3/4 view to the left. Lots of notations around the two drawings. Or note are cranial ridge like a gorilla, and scars from Wolverine's claws on the bone.

Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite· May 20

Big traffic spike yesterday on the SciArt Feed. 🐡 Whoa.