Are you going to finish that?

This.

I just sucked my teeth out loud in a fit of envy.

$fuckyeahneuroscience: THE FRACTAL SOLUTION TO THE UNIVERSE: In his second year of neuroscience grad school, Greg Dunn was moonlighting with a different kind of experiment: blowing ink across pieces of paper. The neuron-like pattern it formed was instantly recognizable to him as a neuroscientist. “Ink spreads because it wants to go in the direction of less resistance, and that’s probably also the case of when branches grow or neurons grow,” he says. “The reason the technique works really well is because it’s directly related to how neurons are actually behaving.” Dunn calls this the “fractal solution to the universe,” which he sees as the “fundamental beauty of nature.” He’s fascinated that this branching pattern holds true across orders of magnitude, whether that’s nanometers for neurons, centimeters for ink, or meters for a tree branch. Since graduating with his PhD last fall, Dunn has continued to spend his days with neurons—big, golden ones ten thousand times the size of neurons in your brain. The former University of Pennsylvania grad student now creates paintings of neurons for a living. (via Ink Wants to Form Neurons, and an Artful Scientist Obliges | Mind & Brain | DISCOVER Magazine, submitted by flamshiz, thanks!)$

fuckyeahneuroscience:

THE FRACTAL SOLUTION TO THE UNIVERSE: In his second year of neuroscience grad school, Greg Dunn was moonlighting with a different kind of experiment: blowing ink across pieces of paper. The neuron-like pattern it formed was instantly recognizable to him as a neuroscientist. “Ink spreads because it wants to go in the direction of less resistance, and that’s probably also the case of when branches grow or neurons grow,” he says. “The reason the technique works really well is because it’s directly related to how neurons are actually behaving.”

Dunn calls this the “fractal solution to the universe,” which he sees as the “fundamental beauty of nature.” He’s fascinated that this branching pattern holds true across orders of magnitude, whether that’s nanometers for neurons, centimeters for ink, or meters for a tree branch.

Since graduating with his PhD last fall, Dunn has continued to spend his days with neurons—big, golden ones ten thousand times the size of neurons in your brain. The former University of Pennsylvania grad student now creates paintings of neurons for a living.

(via Ink Wants to Form Neurons, and an Artful Scientist Obliges | Mind & Brain | DISCOVER Magazine, submitted by flamshiz, thanks!)

Oh, look: it’s my current favorite fictional character illustrated by my always favorite Illustrator.

THAT’S NICE.

at about 11:30 I fell asleep, and I woke up about an hour and a half ago. In that time I skimmed through the winter 2009 issue of “American Artist: Drawing” magazine. I had forgotten that this was the magazine that sparked my love affair with James Jean. That in mind, and the quote I just posted led me to draw a few hands (poorly) in ballpoint pen; a medium I often put aside due to the safety net that is graphite. Considering how unforgiving ink can be, I think they’re okay.

The LOL on the shoulder has a very deep and personal meaning to me stemming from a long time-

Just kidding, I have no clue why I put that there.

Kagan Mcleod (who is very nice in Emails, and just amazing in general) added a Supa-Phat drawing/watercolor of Dres and Mr.Lawnge of Black Sheep to his collection of Music-inspired pieces.

He also added a gallon of my love to his collection. Well earned.