{"id":24978,"date":"2024-02-09T17:49:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T22:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=24978"},"modified":"2024-02-09T17:49:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T22:49:17","slug":"industrious-illustrating-56-botanical-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2024\/02\/09\/industrious-illustrating-56-botanical-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Industrious Illustrating #56 &#8211; Botanical Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Hey guys! This week I visited the Matthaei Botanical Gardens with my classmates for ARTDES 364 &#8211; Visualizing Science and took a lot of notes on the guided tour. We&#8217;re working on a project to revamp the Botanical Gardens&#8217;s map, so I made sketches of the general layout and where the different plants of interest are located. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208_161124-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208_161124-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208_161124-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208_161124-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208_161124-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208_161124-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I also took note of some botanical facts that made me imagine sci-fi speculative evolution worldbuilding for my own projects, especially the Indian banyan tree&#8217;s ever-encroaching roots that try to suffocate any plants in their path. In my own imagining they become the inspiration for giant biomechanical tendrils slowly engulfing ruins and wreckage from a bygone era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208_161137-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208_161137-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208_161137-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208_161137-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208_161137-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208_161137-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208_161142-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208_161142-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208_161142-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208_161142-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208_161142-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208_161142-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">All in all, I&#8217;m really glad that I got the opportunity to learn more about the botanical gardens for various creative projects that I&#8217;m gradually working on! Next week I&#8217;ll be selling in the Artist Alley at Katsucon in National Harbor, Maryland, so my weekly post will likely come later in the weekend than usual! Have a great week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey guys! This week I visited the Matthaei Botanical Gardens with my classmates for ARTDES 364 &#8211; Visualizing Science and took a lot of notes on the guided tour. 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