Stemming from a love of Sci Fi, I became interested in the actual effects of exposure to outer space on the human body. Movies and TV exaggerate or even just make stuff up, but through researching bioastronautics, I found the truth to be far more interesting.

I selected 14 of these effects and illustrated a series correcting the notion that your head will explode.

While I was working on the project, I was honored to get a brief writeup at Discover Magazine by astronomer Phil Plait.

I was approached to help support the restoration of a cult-classic movie made famous by Mystery Science Theater 3000. I grew up watching MST3K with my parents on saturday afternoons, so I was proud to be involved in the preservation of the worst movie ever made.

I fell in love with scientific illustration in college, but I've rarely found the opportunity to practice it. I ordered this beetle from Belgium and rehydrated it to pose. The drawing is made using dust, filed from carbon pencils and painted onto color-aid paper with brushes.

I had a short time where I was influenced by artists like Brandon Bird

A couple portraits later and it was out of my system, and I was ready to move on to the next thing.

Intaglio printmaking is a really fun process. I especially enjoy the puzzle-solving aspect of the planning phase, where I need to carefully consider all the different processes available to me and get the order of operations right.

Then comes the part where I have to let go of control and just see how the acid bites into the copper plate and what the effect is on the image. It's a great interplay of problem-solving and accepting unexpected outcomes.