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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 02/09/2026

Walking past a megalodon tooth in the Gatún Formation. #Martinaverse is coming, 2027

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 07/07/2026

We call this... confirmation bias. If you get it, you get it. From a collection of illustrations on Unconscious Biases.

Illustration showing three men who look the same pointing at one another. An example of an unconscious bias named "Confirmation Bias".

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 02/07/2026

Classic piece of work for @erinmdillon.bsky.social A good research poster can last several years and still be effective.

Research poster showing a researcher performing marine paleobiology field work. By taking samples from coral reefs, the researcher is able to collect denticles which allow to gauge shark populations throughout history.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 02/07/2026

Things are afoot, at the Gatun Formation.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 19/05/2026

What kind of magic will take place in this... eh... place? It involves... time travel. But only sometimes.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 07/04/2026

We're making something involving... fish. More soon.

This is actually a little icon of a fisherwoman we created two years, what, no, three years! What is time but a flat circle, eh? Anyhow, she is fishing a fish. Non-descript. At the time we hadn't instituted "scientific rigor" into our drawing process. Apologies to freshwater ictologist. But, yeah, she is from an icon pack you can get on our shop. Keeping that secret as it is currently updating.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 09/02/2026

Blast from the past! This was our very first infographic style comic. Where we found a fun local story and decided to share it as a comic.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 08/02/2026

"The mangrove tree, the cornerstone of the mangal ecosystem, bears its responsibility with poise and grace." Read our short article on mangrove rewilding on our website ↓ cookedillustrations.com/stories/mang...

Illustration showing a mangrove tree in a stylised water bowl. Illustration by Oli Meese.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 07/02/2026

🦈 Look at these cute megalodon teeth. Part of a project illustration examples of elasmobranch conservation and conservation paleo in action around the world. Take a look here: cookedillustrations.com/portfolio/co...

Illustration showing a collection of megalodon teeth and shark denticles in a colourful background. Illustration by Ian Cooke-Tapia of Cooked Illustrations, drawin for Dr Erin Dillon and Dr Catalina Pimiento.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 01/02/2026

" Because women being legally equal to men doesn’t mean that women are culturally equal to men. Legal changes are not cultural changes." New article by Daniel Aaron Levy for our Systemic Sexism Series. Come and read it! Illustration by Feimo Zhu. cookedillustrations.com/blog/systemi...

Illustration showing a man standing on a crumbling wall to the left. On the right, a woman is standing on the floor. There are holes dug in the ground around her. A pair of scales can be seen in the background. Illustration by Feimo Zhu for an article written by Daniel Aaron Levy.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 29/12/2025

The Yoghurt, it is alive! Our most recent animated short is based on these wonderful illustrations created by one of our team. Our goal was to play with the idea of horror, to subvert expectations and flip the script. Watch the short here: www.youtube.com/shorts/r0caz...

The Yoghurt, it is alive!
An illustration, in deep reds and yellows, showing a pot of yoghurt with a monster face dropping in from the top left. On the lower right, a classic "Final Girl" horror protagonist screams in horror.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 13/12/2025

How do scientists know what we are thinking? Cognitive neuroscience is the science of trying to understand how our brains enable our cognitive abilities. To answer this question and learn what the tools of the cognitive neuroscience trade are, read: cookedillustrations.com/blog/tools-o...

Two panel black and white comic, split down the middle between right and left. Both panels show an observation room with two scientists sat at a desk at the bottom of the image reviewing images on two monitors. The left wall on the left panel has a plaque that reads “Pope Paul XIII institute for neuroscience”, the left wall on the right panel has a plaque that reads “D. Rawkins institute for neuroscience”. Through the observation window in both panels taking up most of the upper right corner is a large tube shaped machine with a person lying within. The person’s head and shoulders cannot be seen, only the left arm legs and feet are shown. The machine is labelled MRI in the very top right corner of each panel. The monitors in the observation rooms show the same images of brain scans, the left monitor shows a grid of various shapes that look like little nuts. The right monitor shows a simplified scan of the side view of within a human head, showing skull and brain with a round white spot. The left panel shows a speech bubble form the scientists that reads “Clear evidence for the ‘God Spot’” the same bubble emanates from the scientist on the right panel but reads “Clearly NOT evidence for the ‘God Spot’”.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 13/10/2025

These are visual notes captured by our creative director, @iancooketapia.bsky.social, during the 2023 conference for the International Union for Quarternary Research, taking place in Rome, Italy.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 13/10/2025

The Mediterranean Sea is a collapsing ecosystem!

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 12/10/2025

Are you a researcher in the South Wales area? Then you may love to attend our Science and Art networking events. Fieldnotes Stiwdio takes place the last Tuesday of the month in one of three locations. Link in Bio.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 24/09/2025

Progress Over Perfection: how wellbeing and mental health expertise can help us deal with the barriers that stop us from making progress. Join us this Tuesday 30th of September in #Trefforest 🎫= www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fieldnotes...

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 16/09/2025

How does challenging the lack of creative training in contemporary education systems look like? Gaz Lawrence, #sciencecommunicator and artist, will share with us his new project all about astrophysics. Join us this Tuesday 30th of September in #Trefforest 🎫= www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fieldnotes...

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 26/08/2025

Showing the viability of careers in the creative sector to people from Black and Ethnic Minority Backgrounds is crucial in building racial diversity in the sector. One such finding from a 2023 report by CCW on the state of the film and TV industry in Wales.

An illustration showing four professionals from diverse ethnic backgrounds in the UK. From upper left: a young Central Asian female lawyer dressed in a suit, a middle-aged South East Asian man with a grey beard wearing a yellow hard hat and protection goggles, a young doctor with curly black hair on a wheelchair, and a non-binary black camera operator.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 24/06/2025

The power of artistic co-production to engage young people with the climate emergency. Tammie Esslemont from Nature Over Natter sharing her experience combining hope, community-building and art to create a better future. Join us for future #sciart talks at Fieldnotes Stiwdio.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 10/06/2025

What do Tom Jones and Aneurin Bevan have in common? A little preview of a new project we've been working on to help explain international assessments to school-aged children in #Wales. What do you think of our Dragon? Isn't he just the best?

A red dragon character stands on the lower left with arms extended upwards, excitedly shouting. "Tom Jones and Aneurin Bevan!". The dragon has Welsh Dragon theming.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 09/06/2025

How do you engage general public with complex scientific issues? Join us on Tuesday 24th in Newport for the next #FieldnotesStiwdio to explore how ⚱️ Ceramics as a way to understand cancer diagnoses 💚 Community arts to engage with climate change And much more www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fieldnotes...

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 27/05/2025

Case studies of conservation paleobiology in action? Of course! Part of an illustration series commissioned by @erinmdillon.bsky.social to showcase how the field can lead to real world changes. The example here shows coastal clam beds in British Columbia and how they support local environments.

A vertical illustration showing a British Columbia coastal landscape. At the top, trees. At the bottom, a coastal line of clams.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 12/05/2025

Dr. Emma Higginswill be talking to us about how drone technology can help in #conservation of rare species, specifically Anolis lizards, in Honduras. Join us for this and more on Fieldnotes Stiwdio, a #sciart event, on the 27th of May: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fieldnotes...

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 09/05/2025

#Rewilding approaches on Great Britain. Should the Grey Wolf be reintroduced to overgrazed highlands?

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 01/05/2025

#FieldnotesStiwdio has been a success! The first event covered themes of #digitaltwins, #videogames and #VictorianLiterature. Join us on 27/May for another #sciencecommunication and #art evening. Details coming soon.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 24/04/2025

Folks in South #Wales! Researchers, scientists, and curious minds alike. Next week 29th #FieldnotesStiwdio, a science and art series of talks, starts. With themes of #digitaltwins, #urbanism and #literature. Come along and signal boost! Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/field-note...

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 10/04/2025

Sandy the Geoscientist is a #beaver studying the geological formations and nature of the Earth. She specializes in mountain environments, from how they form, to how humans build systems within them. Sandy is the creation of Juan A. Ballesteros-Cánovas and Gerardo Benito. #scicomm #geology

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 08/04/2025

Hello, network. We're creating a talk and networking event series all about science and art. If you're in the #Cardiff area on the 29th of April, consider coming along. More information here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/field-note... #scicomm #Wales

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 07/04/2025

On this #InternationaBeaverDay we introduce you to Liquid Beaver. Fluid like the river. Strong like the tree. A keystone mammal capable of engineering the very landscape. What adventures will Liquid Beaver get into? #animation #ecology #conservation

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 27/03/2025

Follow-up question. Were these rafting iguanas tubular or radical?

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 26/03/2025

Researcher Highlight Day! Human demography and culture has close ties to diseases. @margheritac17.bsky.social invites us to consider the role diseases have played in the earliest periods of our species. #scicomm #paleo #scientists

A single-page spread showcasing Dr Margherita Colucci talking about diseases, demographics, culture and human history.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 26/03/2025

#Mangrove #Ecosystem #Restoration: a short insight We at Cooked Illustrations love to learn about the natural world. And sometimes this turns into #popularscience articles meant for much wider laypeople to understand the world. Please give it a read! www.linkedin.com/pulse/mangro...

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 17/03/2025

Decarbonisation jumps back up again! Ready to retaliate… ...Economic Growth looks ready for whatever Decarbonisation tries. Looks like we’re in for a long fight folks! I’ll be surprised if we have a victor by the end of the night! 6/7

ROUND 3! "Decarbonisation jumps back up again! Ready to retaliate... Economic Growth looks ready for whatever Decarbonisation tries. Looks like we're in for a long fight, folks! I'll be surprised if we have a victor by the end of the night!" The two characters face each other, ready for action.

Who will win in this battle of the titans?

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 17/03/2025

Economic Growth makes a surprising recovery and strikes Decarbonisation with cutting down forests to make space for some shiny new factories! Decarbonisation falls heavily against the ropes and struggles to get up… Less trees leads to more carbon being released into the atmosphere! 5/7

ROUND 2! "Economic Growth makes a surprising recovery. Carbon credit projects have been managed for profit! Their decarbonisation targets have been misleading and inflated, setting us back years int he fight to maintain biodiversity." Economic Growth steps forth, his giant right hand knocking Decarbonisation back. POW!

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 17/03/2025

Decarbonisation strikes first with encouraging people to eat less meat to reduce carbon emissions. Economic Growth takes a heavy blow, less people eating meat means less people buying meat! Economic growth in the meat industry starts to decline and he is knocked to the floor! 4/7

ROUND 1! "Decarbonisation strikes! Uptake of ethical veganism puts the King in a defensive position... Less people eating meat means less people buying meat! Farms turn towards rewilding projects. But, can this last? How long before Economic Growth commodifies this idea?" The two characters are in a ring, Decarbonisation swiping at Economic Growth, forcing him to the floor, his briefcase flying in the air.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 17/03/2025

In the left corner: Empress of our collective survival! The alternative to all this chaos. Stability and balance herself. DECARBONISATION! 3/7

"In the left corner: Decarbonisation. Foundational principle. Empress of our collective survival. The alternative to all this chaos." Decarbonisation is shown as a woman in a karate gi, with bear claw hands, a macaw head, and a lemur tail, all in high-contrast black and white.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 17/03/2025

Nature’s antagonist! Defender of the Extractionist Model! The king of the boom and bust cycle. Owner of all the houses in your town: ECONOMIC GROWTH! 2/7

"In the right corner: Economic Growth! Nature's antagonist. The King of the Boom and BUST cycle. Defender of the extractionist model." Economic Growth is high contrast black and white, a lean business man, with a plastic Hulk right arm, metal horns, an oversized plastic head, and a small briefcase in their left hand.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 17/03/2025

Economic Growth vs Decarbonisation The fight of the century! Hear, hear! And enjoy this argument of titans. 1/7

"Economic Growth" vs "Decarbonisation", displayed in the style of 1930s boxing posters. Economic Growth has a line graph overlayed on the title, while Decarbonisation shows the white silhouette of a macaw taking flight.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 14/03/2025

During the @wellbeingeconomy.cymru conference, @kateraworth.bsky.social the author of doughnut #economics, explained her work and prompted us in #Wales to challenge last century's business models and lifestyles. What kind of prosperous future within planetary boundaries do we want to create?

An illustration of economist Kate Raworth. She is standing on the handle of a giant umbrella, being lifted up in the air as she lectures about doughnut economics.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 12/03/2025

2/3 of work done by women globally is not counted by GDP. And invisibility spell cast upon society's ideas of women and work. Noble unveils the reality in front of all of us, and start to think about an alternative economic model. To learn more, please read: asia.oxfam.org/latest/blogs... 4/4

Second illustration. Showing the same women in the exact positions as their salaried positions, but now in "traditional caring roles". From the left, a woman feeding a baby, in the middle a woman cleaning, on the right a woman ironing.
Illustrations by Lowri Bowden.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 12/03/2025

Women are expected to have full careers, while socially also expected to take care of the majority of household and caring responsibilities. And we, as a society, do not even consider that "economically valuable"? In Noble's words: not even counted in GDP terms. #economics #socialcare #scicomm 3/4

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 12/03/2025

The unpaid care sector, mostly provided by women, is the bedrock of or social and economic model. 👪 childcare 👴 eldercare 👩‍👩‍👦family and community care All underpin the "economically productive activities", allowing others to contribute to GDP. Prompting us to ask: Is this fair? #wellbeing

Title card with the words "The unpaid care sector is the bedrock of our social model."

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 12/03/2025

Rachel Noble, Senior Policy Advisor on Women's Economic Justice for @oxfamgb.bsky.social. She shared a central thesis at the @wellbeingeconomy.cymru: "Women are used as the shock absorbers for the State." Their unaccounted labour ensures our current economic model. #economics #socialjustice 1/4

Portrait illustration of Rachel Noble, Women's Economic Justice, Policy Advisor.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 11/03/2025

The current #growth based economic model is broken. But what is the alternative? Dawn Lyle co-founder of @wellbeingeconomy.cymru shares some challenging questions to help us think about what a #wellbeingeconomy can and should do for us. This week, we'll share some content on growth and #economy.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 10/03/2025

Oscar Wilson introduced us to #ecometrics, a "trait-based approach used to understand variability in the environment", with a focus on the lack studies in #SouthAmerica. A short article, excerpt from our most recent publication. Read the whole here: zenodo.org/records/1494... #scicomm #quaternary

A page from the "Visual Notes from the INQUA Rome, 2023 Conference" publication. Showing a portrait of scientist Oscar Wilson, and text speaking about ecometrics, South America, and the lack of research on the latter.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 06/03/2025

Some stats on #forestry from Andy Sowerby during #WalesClimateWeek - 45% of the Earth's surface was forest pre human civilization - 31% now - #Wales is only 13% forest cover, way below the European average. - As a nation, the UK is only 20% timber self-dependent Food for thought. #scicomm

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 04/03/2025

Illustrations created for the 2024 #WalesClimateWeek Flooding Superevent taking place at the University of South Wales. If you want similar content created for your #science #outreach event, get in touch.

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 04/03/2025

Requiring more resources, planning, permits, and political willpower is the creation of river bank protection structures. These can be simple and "naturalistic" (trees, rocks, etc.) , all the way to great works of infrastructure (weirs, canals, flood walls). #scicomm #riparian #climatechange 3/3

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 04/03/2025

#Community Cleans are an effective method to create social cohesion, share information, and to get as much crap off the water system to stop clogging of drainage and #waterways. The question is... how to empower groups to do community cleans and be much more effective? 2/3 👇

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Cooked Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com · 04/03/2025

Mitchell Eboigbe, environmental researcher and consultant. He convened for #WalesClimateWeek a session on #flooding. This turned to be timely, as the South #Wales valleys had just had yet another round of "historic" flooding. He shared two cheap and effective flooding mitigation solutions. 1/3 👇

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