Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)

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#SciComm professional, writer, artist, biologist (Ph.D.). Scholar and gentlewoman. Very queer. For nature/puns art:

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Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· 11d

My #favorite #art varies all the time, but maybe one of them is this piece I made for #Inktober a couple of years ago. #ArtRepostJuly #ArtChallenge 🐡

Grayscale ink and ink-wash drawing of the Grim Reaper looking down at some cut sunflowers that are floating on their stalks in front of the reaper. Their yellow petals are the only color in the image.

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· 12d

For #ArtRepostJuly #BlackAndWhite, a rusty crayfish from #inktober a couple of years ago #art #ArtChallenge 🐡

Ink and ink wash drawing from the side of a crayfish with some mottling on its shell as if parts of it have been oxidized

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· 14d

For #ArtRepostJuly #animal, an inspirational design made for a friend and headed by…all of us these days #art #ArtChallenge 🐡 #SharkWeek

Digital drawing of a whale shark curved into and slightly sticking out of a blue circle, with text saying “Big Fish Energy”

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· 15d

Another #ArtRepost but for #SharkWeek because I can’t resist a good #fish pun 🐡

Digital drawing of several anthropomorphic sharks gathered around a cheese board and some meats and crackers; one is saying, “Oooh, prosciutto, my favorite!” Text below says “Sharkuterie”

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· 15d

For #ArtRepostJuly #purple, part of a vegetable and fruit series #art #ArtChallenge 🐡

Drawing of a purple-leaved cabbage/lettucey vegetable rolling its eyes; text says “Don’t be radicchio-lous”

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· 16d

For #ArtRepostJuly #realistic, drawings from photos of a hermit crab seen in Lewis, DE #art #ArtChallenge 🐡

Digital illustration in three panels of a large grey waved whelk shell from which emerge first the claws and then the head/ abdomen of a big pinkish hermit crab

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· 16d

For #ArtRepostJuly #surreal, an old sketch #art #ArtChallenge #sciArt

Ballpoint drawing of a strange creature with a sacklike body and twig arms and legs and two eyes one above the other, smiling and walking

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· 18d

For #ArtRepostJuly #plant, a farm-share cabbage from my nature journal #art #ArtChallenge #sciArt

Ink and watercolor drawing of a carnage lying on its side

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· 18d

For #ArtRepostJuly #large, some important cetacean advice #art #ArtChallenge #sciArt

Digital drawing of a right whale looking at the viewer; text says, “don’t argue with a right whale”

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· 20d

For #ArtRepostJuly #small, a little celebration of my favorite isopod #art #ArtChallenge #sciArt 🪶

A digital illustration of a wood louse, seen from the side walking and then from the top rolled up, with the text “Wood louse (potato bug, pill bug, roly poly, sowing): a terrestrial crustacean “

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· 21d

Got #ArtRepostJuly #blue, a cassowary based on a photo I took at the zoo #art #ArtChallenge #sciArt 🪶

Digital drawing in bright colors of a cassowary (head and neck) tilting its head to look at the viewer

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· 21d

Dogs don’t pose so you have to try to draw them quickly 🐡

Quick ink and watercolor sketch of a terrier’s face

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· 21d

Redbubble is currently having a 40% off sale, and I have a store full of #SciArt and nature puns; just sayin’… www.redbubble.com/people/Bagga...

Screenshot of a Redbubble page with nature pun designs

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· 23d

The neighborhood chickens were out today 🪶🐡

Photo of the view through a wooden fence of a chicken tilting slightly to peer suspiciously at the photographer

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· Jul 11

Catbird caught in the act of stealing my fig 🐡🪶

Photograph of a catbird perched on a fig stem while eating from a fig that’s already pecked open

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· Jul 10

A water strider above liquid #art #ArtRepostJuly #SciArt

Digital drawing of a water strider on the surface of water with its reflection/shadow balanced below it

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· Jul 9

Coming in with a “red” toad for the orange prompt #art #ArtChallenge #ArtRepostJuly 🐡

Digital drawing of a toad that’s orange with a white underbelly over the letters Red Toad Road

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· Jul 6

Love those root vegetables. 🐡

Ink and watercolor drawing of a bunch of beets with a bit of their stems still on them.

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· Jul 3

A frog enjoying rain that I wish were truly here for “red” #art #ArtChallenge #ArtRepostJuly 🐡

Mostly grey ink and ink-wash drawing of a frog holding an umbrella and splashing through puddles in big red boots.

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· Jul 2

Some light AND dark for July 2 🐡 #art #ArtChallenge #ArtRepostJuly

Ink and ink-wash drawing of a deep-sea angler fish drawing little fish to its lure

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· Jun 30

Managed to get my favorite photo ever of a hummingbird last week, at the Desert Botanical Garden (Phoenix). #SciArt #birds

Photo from below of several cactus barrels and a hummingbird, small but well defined, in flight between them

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· Jun 28

Earnestine snoozing

Ink line sketch of a scruffy dog lying asleep on her side with her front legs sticking out

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· Jun 25

See a crab, post a crab. From a long-ago Inktober challenge, a hermit crab I spotted on the Delaware beach. #art #SciArt

Black Ballpoint ink drawing of a large hermit crab emerging from a waved whelk shell.

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· Jun 21

Happy summer solstice, northern hemispherites! It’s all downhill from here…

Photo of pink cone flowers (echinacea) glowing and partially backlit by morning sun

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· Jun 15

Scientific rendering of the effects of good stories. #SciComm #SciArt

Cartoon drawing in two panels; in the first a meteor labeled “powerful story” is speeding towards ground labeled “my emotional landscape”; in the second panel the ground has a crater above which are the words “lasting impact.”

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· Jun 13

Panorama to show the crazy skyscape

Panoramic image of sky going from Norman now to a mass of clouds that seem to glow an eerie gold

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· Jun 13

Amazing post-storm clouds and light this evening in Silver Spring, MD @capitalweather.bsky.social

Golden orange clouds seem to glow from within next to a normal blue sky

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· Jun 10

I am ridiculously proud of all the journals (16 of them!) I’ve hand-sewn and bound in the past couple of months. What started as a project to my make own next nature journal became an enthusiasm. 🐡

Photo of four leather-bound journals, each a different color and each with a different leaf carved into the cover

Photo of a grey leather-bound journal with a bindweed leaf drawn onto the color in white pen.

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· Jun 8

One more for #WorldOceansDay 🐡

Drawing of a cluster of cute little cephalopods with text saying “I’ve got a lovely bunch of cuttlefish”

Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)@squidfan· Jun 8

Happy #WorldOceansDay! A little musing on identity by some barnacles (which are typically simultaneous hermaphrodites) #SciComm #pride 🐡