Sami Mark

@samimarkart.bsky.social

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AUDHD art guy drawing fish + bugs for everyone! 📍chicagoland 🏳️‍⚧️he/him shop below! https://www.microbiomearts.com

a hand holding a postcard and a sticker over a green grass background. The postcard is square with three differently posed woodcocks and daffodil illustrations. The sticker is a sparkly starling perched on a branch.
a detailed illustration of a black crowned night heron on a rock looking down at a rushing river. it’s slightly wobbly reflection mirrors the bird. The illustration is a dark night scene with faint stars in the black sky.
an illustration of a piping plover adult and chick running in a line. blue curved text above them reads “PROTECT PLOVERS”
an acrylic charm of a giraffe weevil, a red and black weevil with long neck, laying in a white background. it has a comically large clasp that is bigger than the charm itself.
illustration of a European starling, an iridescent black bird with many white speckled details. It is resting on a section of a twig with a white star drawn on the background near the face.
An illustration of a male and female cairns budding butterflies, resting in a mossy log. Small red flowers are in the moss. The male is a green and black patterned butterfly, and the camel is a brown and white patterned butterfly.
An illustration of two (nearly) symmetrical praying mantises. The one on the left stares at the viewer, the one on the right is missing a head.
A sticker of an illustrated American Woodcock, with matching text that says “peent!”
An informative style poster showing different animal stickers, keychains and paintings.
A symmetrical sticker design of a blue ringed octopus as seen from above. The blue rings are a subtle color shifting holographic material. It is being held by a white person’s hand against a white background.
an illustration of 4 pigeons. They are all identical except for coloration, with two being different shades of grey, one being a white/albino, and the other being white and brown. They are stacked one on top of the other, in a pattern of facing left and then right.
an illustration of a flamboyant cuttlefish, a pink,white, brown and gold colored cephalopod. two pink arms reach out from the face against a gradient pink and grey background.
An acrylic painting in an illustrative style of an ovenbird, a small brown warbler with speckled chest and orange stripe on head. It’s standing on a forest floor with green plants sprouting around it. The painting is overlaid on a photograph of flowering plants.
Two fingers holding an acrylic pin of a symmetrical raccoon face. The eyes are holographic.
An illustrated acrylic charm of an American kestrel, showing the belly
A poster style graphic with pink text reading “MARCH 20th shop update” and “11 am cst MicrobiomeArts.com” a collage of keychains, stickers and pins show off new products, with majority being different birds.
A hand holding a sticker against a white background. the sticker is an illustrated image of a grey fox as seen on a night cam. The eyes of the fox are holographic. A small black band in the bottom of the sticker looks like a camera feed and includes the artist watermark.
An acrylic keychain of a glassing butterfly - the acrylic leaves clear spaces to show the detail of the wings.
an illustration of two vaguely black swallowtail-ish butterflies, holding onto a white flower. They each have a gradient pink to purple marking on their lower wings, in the shape of a cartoonish top surgery incision scar.
A sticker illustration of three different booby species walking in a line. From from to back of line, the species are red footed booby, brown booby, and blue footed booby
illustration of two pink dahlias, a passion flower, and a monarch butterfly flying above text that reads “SUPPORT YOUR NEIGHBORS”
a sticker depicting 5 illustrated pigeons in a mix of colors including standard grey, white, and brown. The iridescence on their neck is created with a sparkly holographic material with a teal to purple gradient that shimmers and catches the light.
A mallard with face tucked into his back feathers to stay warm. He’s standing on blue green tinted ice.
a drawing of 7 different sparrow species, foraging in the snow for some scattered birdseed.
two illustrated horseshoe crabs, one larger and one smaller in shades of purple against a mint green background.
Illustration of a snowy owl standing on a mound of dirt with snow piling around it. a simple shooting star motif is above its head along with a snowflake in the bottom left corner.
sticker showing a whale fall, with whale skeleton made out of a glimmering holographic vinyl. deep sea creatures surround it, including sea stars, an octopus, crab and giant isopod.
an organic shaped sticker depicting a cartoony kelp forest ecosystem, with central white text reading “PROTECT KELP FORESTS”
hand holding a bumper sticker with two pigeons with text in the middle reading “I ❤️ PIGEONS”
simple illustration of two nearly identical snowy owls directly next to each other. their eyes are yellow ovals and a burst of light behind them shows their silhouette.
A male mallard cleaning his feathers while swimming.
A photo of a peregrine falcon standing in very shallow lake water. The bottom half of her body is damp as she is mid-bath.
a hand holding a sticker against a background with dirt and fallen yellow leaves. The sticker is of a whale fall, with the bones made in a matte holographic material. Colorful deep sea creatures surround it, including sea stars, a giant isopod, a crab and an octopus.
Sticker of a whale fall skeleton, with an octopus, giant isopod, crab and various sea stars around the bones.
A cartoony drawing of a tardigrade and a water flea, surrounded by various shapes of diatoms. they are drawn in bright colors with a wobbly lineart style against a light grey background
Sticker of a raven on a mustard colored background, standing in a pile of candy with a strawberry candy held in his beak! The candy wrappers are colored with a cracked holographic material, mimicking the appearance of crinkly candy wrappers!
arched sticker with a black background. text reads “NATURE IS QUEER” in a rainbow gradient and various marine animals swim above the text
2 matching keychains with different beetles on beetle jelly. They are made of translucent frosted acrylic and one is green jelly with a blue death feigning beetle, and the other is pink jelly with a rainbow stag beetle.
a 12x24 inch painting of the view looking up at the sky through maple tree branches. Most of the leaves are semi obscured and abstracted, with a central branch and a single clear full leaf in the center.
A sticker design with a garibaldi fish swimming in front of kelp against a gradient purple and blue water background
Hand holding a sticker with a pink, blue and white butterfly with circular text reading “protect trans lives”
hand holding a sticker with text that says “PROTECT LOCAL POLLINATORS” with an illustration of native plants and pollinators including monarch butterflies, bumble bee, paper wasps and beetles.
postcard shaped illustration of many deep sea species against a black background, including a vampire squid, dumbo octopus, barreleye fish, sea angels, gulper eel and sea stars.
a drawing of a bunch of garden eels in blue and orange, all poking their heads into a circle composition. Their heads all meet towards the middle and stare at you with big round eyes.
Moving sale graphic, showing an illustrated cardboard box overflowing with illustrated items I sell in my shop, with marine biology and nature themes.
A hand holding a sticker of three piping plover chicks. The background is holographic, and the hand is moving the sticker back and forth to see the effect of the material in the sun.
A clear vinyl sticker of one monarch butterfly hanging from its freshly emerged chrysalis, next to another monarch that will soon emerge. It is stuck on a blue water bottle!
Large black and holographic bumper sticker in the shape of a school of fish. central white text reads “MAN I LOVE FISH” in all caps.
Hand holding a small trinket tray made of polymer clay. It’s in the shape of a rubber ducky isopod, and painted to match.
Shop graphic showing new nature and pride themed stickers, a greeting card, and two handmade clay isopod trinket trays.
Two hands holding up a blue and white bandana. The design shows many marine mammals like dolphins and whales, a seal, oarfish, sailfish, mola mola, ray and shark species.
Illustration of a Great Lakes piping plover in a running stance. It is perfectly fit inside the silhouette of the Chicago Bean sculpture, with the city skyline reflected in it.
hand holding a sticker design with three identical piranhas, with slightly different colors. they have some scales on their sides that show off a sparkly holographic material.
Illustration of a bluebird, screech owl, and purple martin, all paired with simplified versions of their matching birdhouses. text above the art reads “home sweet home”
illustration of a monarch butterfly hanging from his freshly emerged chrysalis. it’s hanging from a simple green plant with two leaves, and next to the adult butterfly is another chrysalis, with the butterfly still hidden inside. You can see the details of the wings inside.
dark and light blue mock up of a bandana of many marine species including whales, sharks, and other large fish species
3 tone illustration in royal blue, teal and white of various large marine life species, including whales, dolphins, sharks and more. The lineart is smooth, uniform and graphic with the same line weight, with a slightly wave square border.
small 1” illustration of a harlequin shrimp on an acrylic charm. a hand is holding the charm to show the small size
a washed black baseball cap resting on a weathered wooden bench. White embroidery on the front of the hat shows a triceratops skull, three generic cartoony bones and the text “MAKE NO BONES ABOUT IT.”