Drawing setae: a GNU way for digital scientific illustrations

Abstract In a recent paper (2015) I proposed a method to draw accurate line drawings for taxonomic studies, using taxa from Oniscidea. To complement that work, this short communication proposes a free-hand way to quickly draw areas with small setae or hairs, such as in penicils of mouth parts. This...

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Main Author: Giuseppe Montesanto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
Series:Nauplius
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972016000100802&lng=en&tlng=en
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spelling doaj-54d025dff247496c8204bc79e65a90172020-11-24T22:37:25ZengSociedade Brasileira de CarcinologiaNauplius2358-293624010.1590/2358-2936e2016017S0104-64972016000100802Drawing setae: a GNU way for digital scientific illustrationsGiuseppe MontesantoAbstract In a recent paper (2015) I proposed a method to draw accurate line drawings for taxonomic studies, using taxa from Oniscidea. To complement that work, this short communication proposes a free-hand way to quickly draw areas with small setae or hairs, such as in penicils of mouth parts. This method enhances the previous drawing procedure, it takes a brief practice time, and allows a better quality of scientific illustrations.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972016000100802&lng=en&tlng=enGIMPcrustaceansIsopodaOniscideataxonomydrawingssetae
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Drawing setae: a GNU way for digital scientific illustrations
Nauplius
GIMP
crustaceans
Isopoda
Oniscidea
taxonomy
drawings
setae
author_facet Giuseppe Montesanto
author_sort Giuseppe Montesanto
title Drawing setae: a GNU way for digital scientific illustrations
title_short Drawing setae: a GNU way for digital scientific illustrations
title_full Drawing setae: a GNU way for digital scientific illustrations
title_fullStr Drawing setae: a GNU way for digital scientific illustrations
title_full_unstemmed Drawing setae: a GNU way for digital scientific illustrations
title_sort drawing setae: a gnu way for digital scientific illustrations
publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
series Nauplius
issn 2358-2936
description Abstract In a recent paper (2015) I proposed a method to draw accurate line drawings for taxonomic studies, using taxa from Oniscidea. To complement that work, this short communication proposes a free-hand way to quickly draw areas with small setae or hairs, such as in penicils of mouth parts. This method enhances the previous drawing procedure, it takes a brief practice time, and allows a better quality of scientific illustrations.
topic GIMP
crustaceans
Isopoda
Oniscidea
taxonomy
drawings
setae
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