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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Very mad that this one was discontinued before I could even try it. I think this scent would cure me.

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

“You’ll be visited by three spirits.” The three spirits:

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Always ready to celebrate these beasts.

An illustrated chart showing different species that live in the Mississippi River and its tributaries: catfish, a siren, alligator snapping turtle, American eel, soft shell turtle, bowfin, paddlefish, sturgeon, and a giant alligator gar.

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Incredible tour of the Los Angeles Central Library this morning.

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I’m really burning through the Hitchcock movies currently on the Criterion Channel.

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

An alternate version we created along the way:

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

This year is the Audubon Society’s 125th annual Christmas Bird Count, an event in which naturalists throughout the western hemisphere head out to check on how our birds are doing. I was very honored to be asked to create the artwork to celebrate this very special anniversary. #sciart #kidlitart

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Two of my favorite autumn spreads from my book Wilds of the United States, from Chronicle.

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

My author-illustrator debut, Wilds of the United States (Chronicle Books), was a specific response to the rolling back of protections on our public lands. I wanted to honor the incredible and overlooked wild species and ecosystems we’re lucky to have in this country.

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Closeups. I made sure I got each of the main species of feral parrot and parakeet species in Los Angeles into this flock; the other birds reflect the different ecosystems of the city. (I also threw in one more introduced bird, the bulbul, in honor of the pair that live in my neighborhood) #sciart

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Birds of a feather. A distinctly Los Angeles flock of birds, part of a set of graphics for the new Commons building opening this weekend at @nhmla.bsky.social

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

First time in my studio* since the election.

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Still one of my favorite beasts. A rhino covered in oxpeckers from “Just You and Me”, a book about symbiotic relationships from Beach Lane Books. #kidlit #kidlitart #sciart

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Some wild looks in the Ida Lupino movies currently on Criterion Collection.

A black and white still of Ida Lupino from the film “The Man I Love”, wearing a dress with massive cuffs and three belts and different sections of her waist.

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

The desert bighorn made it onto the banner on the front of the museum, which was pretty wild to see.

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Another illustration created for the Cal Academy’s State of Nature exhibit. They had different illustrators for each of the California ecosystems: ocean, mountain, desert. Last year we started living part time in Joshua Tree, so I loved getting to represent the Mojave Desert in the exhibit. #sciart

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Somehow our tv reset in a way that means when it turns on it goes automatically to a channel that ONLY shows episodes of Project Runway, and honestly I really miss this deranged show.

A model walks down the runway wearing an insane dress made of party supplies

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

I’d actually wanted to have a spread or an illustration on the Mojave super look in my book, Wilds of the United States, but it didn’t end up making the cut. Was satisfying to have a reason to finally illustrate it. #kidlit #kidlitart

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Some semi-recent work: desert wildflowers, for the State of Nature Exhibit at the Cal Academy of Sciences. #illustration

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Some new work being installed at the Natural History Museum LA. #illustration #kidlitart

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