Samantha Mash

@samanthamash.bsky.social

I did the cover for the November issue of Scientific American! I also did the inside spread for the cover story, but I’ll post that another day. A huge thanks to longtime favorite art director Michael Mrak for bringing me into this project. A lot of love went into everything, and I hope that shows

Nov 02, 2023 at 15:57 UTC

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Niq ✨️ @skuzzybunny.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 03, 2023 at 16:03 UTC

This is so lovely, the gradient pulling you towards the goat-beasts snarl is so???? i like cant stop staring at it

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Space Junk Incorporated @realspacejunk.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 03, 2023 at 12:53 UTC

Did they actually chose to go with that paper for the cover? I though that paper itself has been debunked.

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Lara crow ✨ @laracrow.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 02, 2023 at 17:30 UTC

This is really beautiful. It’s got so much atmosphere!

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Jessi Eoin @jbeoin.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 02, 2023 at 21:54 UTC

ohhhh, so beautiful! 😍

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Zoe W @zoemw.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 03, 2023 at 16:10 UTC

This is really wonderful!! I saw this issue out in the wild and immediately recognized the cover as your work. It's beautiful!

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Dominique Ramsey 𓆣🍉 @euqinimodart.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 02, 2023 at 20:51 UTC

gorgeous!

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🜄 baba y'allga 🜁 @greybriar.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 02, 2023 at 22:57 UTC

It was you! I wanted to find the artist just to congratulate you on an AMAZING piece.

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Sariel Snowings | @ Dokomi 3H82 @sarielsnowings.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 03, 2023 at 12:40 UTC

This is amazing! Congratulations! Also this illustration is incredible, it has such emotion, such power! Love it

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★ mart ★ @martproj.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 03, 2023 at 00:44 UTC

The silhouette is so successful! Love the colors too, this is great :-D

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Ryan McKeon @ryanmckeon.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 05, 2023 at 03:10 UTC

Love it

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HLK @hlkfotos.com
[ View ] Nov 02, 2023 at 18:43 UTC

Beautiful work.

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Joseph O @josepho.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 03, 2023 at 00:27 UTC

Unfortunately, I can only hit the heart button once.

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Dug Steen @dugsteen.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 02, 2023 at 23:40 UTC

I got my copy a week or so ago & was def impressed by the cover. Cool to hear from the person who did it! Kudos. :)

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Sequentialkady @sequentialkady.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 02, 2023 at 18:12 UTC

What a perfect example of how to use shape and color, and how to use detail/rendering to set a mood. You are right to be proud of this work!

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Pam Wishbow @pamwishbow.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 02, 2023 at 23:14 UTC

loving you can't tell anything about the form, really really well done if that's intentional

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Pam Wishbow @pamwishbow.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 02, 2023 at 23:13 UTC

this is GORGEOUS

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Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 03, 2023 at 05:09 UTC

Wow this cover is so cool

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Baleen Dion @getittoheather.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 03, 2023 at 11:48 UTC

Wow, what a great cover for a cool topic!

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Mrs Schwarzski @mrsschwarzski.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 00:41 UTC

Eeeeeeee!
@ishtar.bsky.social lookit!!!

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Samantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 02, 2023 at 15:58 UTC

The story I did this for is “The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong” by Cara Ocobock and Sarah Lacy. You can also read the article online here www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-theory-that-men-evolved-to-hunt-and-women-evolved-to-gather-is-wrong1

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