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 Cover of JNSI issue 2023 -1 JNSI 2023, volume 55, number 1
  • Story Abstracts
  • Editor’s Note - Britt Griswold
  • Victoria Fuller: Inspiration Spurs Conservation - Kathleen Marie Garness
  • A Day at the Flint Hills Discovery Centre - Gail Selfridge
  • Member Spotlight: Sara Lynn Cramb - Sara Lynn Cramb
  • Off the Charts: How a Personal Project Fueled My Knowledge for Data Visualization - Diogo Guerra
  • The Value of United States Copyright for Natural Science Illustrators - WM B. Westwood
  • Portrait of a Denisovan Girl: Reconstructing Anatomy Without a Skeleton - Maayan Harel
 Cover image of JNSI Issue 2022 03 JNSI 2022, volume 54, number 3
 Cover image showing an osprey in flight with fish in talons JNSI 2022, volume 54, number 2
 Cover art by Monika Jasnauskaite JNSI 2022, volume 54, number 1
 Cover art by Anthony James Clarkson JNSI 2021, volume 53, number 3
 Cover art by Mary Ellen Taylor JNSI 2021, volume 53, number 2
 Cover art by Paul Vescei JNSI 2021, volume 53, number 1
  • Editor's Note - Gail Guth
  • Collaborative Publishing - Cordelia Norris
  • The Allure of Ichthyological Structural Color, Part 2 - Stephen DiCerbo
  • Drawing for Scientific Illustrations: Book Review - Joel Floyd
  • What is "Flora of Place" and What Can It Tell Us? - Gerould Wilhelm
  • The Business of Illustration: Working With Clients - Gail Guth 
  • RRRRipped from the List: Scientific Illustration for Kids - Britt Griswold
  • Chapter Update: GNSI Florida - Shauna Lee Lange
  • Chapter Update: GNSI Georgia - C. Olivia Carlisle
  • A Collection of Field Kits
 Cover art by Dick Rauh JNSI 2020, volume 52, number 3
 Cover art by Chuck Carter JNSI 2020, volume 52, number 2
  • Editor's Note - Gail Guth
  • President's Note - Kalliopi Monoyios and Sara Taliaferro
  • How to Evolve Scientific Communication - Quinn Burrell
  • Virus Gallery - Chuck Carter
  • Science vs. Virus: Illustrating SARS-CoV-2 - Jennifer Fairman
  • Coronavirus Visualizations for Early Childhood Professionals - Emily Adams
  • Pandemic Works in Progress - Bruce Worden
  • Corona Cuisine - W. Scott Rawlins
  • Conference Review - Kalliopi Monoyios
 Cover art by Stephen DiCerbo JNSI 2020, volume 52, number 1
  • Editor's Note - Gail Guth
  • Member Spotlight: MaryBeth Hinrichs
  • Drawing a Menacing Male-Female Caterpillar for a Scientific Journal - Diana Marques
  • RRRRipped from the List: Teaching Myself Scientific Illustration? - Britt Griswold
  • The Allure of Icthyological Structural Color, Part 1: The Science Behind the Art - Stephen DiCerbo
  • Inktober 2019 - Carol Creech
  • Stonehenge Aqua Black, Product Review - Gail Guth and Camille Werther
  • Sketchbook - Frances Topping
 Cover art by Elaine R. S. Hodges JNSI 2019, volume 51, number 3
  • Editor's Note - Camille Werther
  • In Memoriam: Elaine R. S. Hodges - Trudy Nicholson
  • Member Spotlight: Ikumi Kayama
  • Distinguished Service Award 
  • 2019 Conference Review: Brisbane - Sara Taliaferro
  • Dissection Manual Collaboration - Dino Pulera
  • Stripped Bare: The Art of Animal Anatomy - Gail Guth
  • RRRRipped from the List: Pricing Illustrations - Britt Griswold
  • Sketchbook: Sugar Glider Fieldwork - Erin Mayfield
 cover art by Xavier Pita JNSI 2019, volume 51, number 2
  • Editor's Note - Camille Werther
  • The Corroios Salt Marsh and Tide Mill - Xavier Pita
  • Member Spotlight: Rick Simonson
  • CSUMB Final Portfolio Exhibit - Elena Hartley and Stephanie Kinkel
  • Michigan Invasive Aquatic Species - Bruce Kerr
  • Pop-Up Gift Cards - Sally Cox
  • From the Sketchbook: David Nielsen

 cover art by Geoff Thompson

JNSI 2019, volume 51, number 1
  • Editor's Note - Clara Richardson
  • Non-Photo Blue Pencils - Dino Pulera
  • Unmasked: Masks in Traditional Art - Marlene Hill Donnelly
  • A Special Place: Queensland, Australia - Geoff Thompson
  • Brisbane 2019 Conference Preview
  • Grow Your Digital Plant - Heno Hwang
    • Digital addendum to the digital plant article
  • RRRRIPPED from the List - Stephen DiCerbo
  • Chapter Happenings: Carolinas Chapter - Betsy Donovan
  • Join Us! Brisbane 2019

 cover art by Preston Montague

JNSI 2018, volume 50, number 3
  • Editor's Note - Clara Richardson
  • Pursuing the Spirit of Place in Botanical Illustration - Preston Montague
  • Illuminations of a 3-D Alphabet - Carolyn Gast
  • Leaves: What They Are, How They Work, Ways To Draw - Gretchen Halpert
  • Inktense Pencils by Derwent, a product review - Minnelli French
  • Our Brand New Website: gnsi.org - Diana Marques
  • Conference Review - Linda Feltner
  • GNSI Awards - Clara Richardson
  • Brisbane Conference
  • Save the Date: Brisbane 2019

cover art by Terryl Whitlatch

JNSI 2018, volume 50, number 2
  • Editor's Note - Clara Richardson
  • Illustrating Flying Vertebrates - Dr. Michael Habib, Terryl Whitlatch
  • Creating a 3D Molecular Landscape - Layla Lang
  • Book Review: Rory McEwen, The Colours of Reality - Frank Ippolito
  • Member Spotlight - Mesa Schumacher
  • Illustrating Nature: CSUMB Science Illustration Graduate Exhibit - Jann Griffiths
  • Chapter Happenings, part II - Gail Guth
  • Science-Art.com

cover art by Dino Pulerà

JNSI 2018, volume 50, number 1
  • Editor's Note - Gail Guth
  • Beautiful Luminous Gray: From Chemistry to Harmony - Patricia Savage
  • Pages From My Sketchbook - Dick Rauh
  • Special pull-out section: Where It All Began
  • A Closer Look: Cornelia Hesse-Honegger's 'Disturbed' Insects - Genevieve Hitchings
  • Member Spotlight - Dino Pulerà
  • Chapter Happenings, part I - Gail Guth

cover art by Rhonda Nass

JNSI 2017, volume 49, number 3
  • Editor's Note - Gail Guth
  • Colored Pencil - Rhonda Nass
  • Sketches from Asheville, NC - various
  • Augmented Reality: The New Kid On The Block - Diana Marques
  • Distinguished Service Award: Amelia Janes
  • The People’s Choice Awards from the 2017 Annual Exhibit - Alexandrea Pataky
  • In Memoriam: Diane Dorigan
  • Annual Conference, 2017, Asheville NC - Linda Feltner
  • 2018 Annual Exhibit Teaser
  • The Biodiversity Mandala Project - Jennifer Landin
  • Illustrating Nature 2017: CSUMB student exhibit - Miranda Zimmerman
  • Washington DC 2018: Save the Date!
cover art by Natalya Zahn JNSI 2017, volume 49, number 2
  • Editor's Note - Gail Guth
  • Facial Makeover of a New Theropod Dinosaur - Dino Pulerà
  • Member Spotlight - Natalya Zahn
  • Focus on Nature Exhibit Awards 
  • Focus on Nature: About the Exhibit - Patricia Kernan
  • Chapter Happenings: Welcome Two New GNSI Groups!
  • 3D to 2D Pipeline: A ZBrush® Tutorial - Leonardo Alannis, Britt Griswold
  • Pages From My Sketchbook: Interior & Exterior Landscapes - various
  • Leveling up in ZBrush®: an Education Series Review -
    Sara Taliaferro, Amanda Zimmerman
  • GNSI Asheville Conference Social Media Links

cover art by Vicky Earle

JNSI 2017, volume 49, number 1
  • Editor's Note - Gail Guth
  • Rendering a Paleo Pangolin - Julia Morgan Scott
  • Studio Tips: Masking Fluids for Watercolor Painting - Linda Feltner
  • Pages from My Sketchbook: Sandy Williams 
  • 2017 GNSI Conference Information 
  • The Art and Science of Colorful Leaves - Gail Selfridge
  • Duets: the Dance of Symbiotic Relationships - Vicky Earle
  • R-R-R-Ripped From the List: Copyright Infringement - Stephen DiCerbo
  • Working Through a Career Slump - Gail Guth
  • Contribute to the Journal! - Britt Griswold, Gail Guth

cover art by Kris Kirkeby

JNSI 2016, volume 48, number 3

cover art by Virge Kask

JNSI 2016, volume 48, number 2

cover art by Jessica Hsiung

JNSI 2016, volume 48, number 1

cover art by Ikumi Kayama

JNSI 2015, volume 47, number 4

cover art by Anita Milroy

JNSI 2015, volume 47, number 3

cover art by Marlene Hill Donnelly

JNSI 2015, volume 47, number 2
  • Editor’s Note - Gail Guth
  • Editorial Illustration - Gail Guth, Marj Leggitt
  • Do Viewers Understand our Illustrations? - Jennifer Landin
  • Member Spotlight - Marlene Hill Donnelly
  • A New Flowering - Kathleen Garness
  • Adventures in Self-Publishing - Ann DuBois
  • Chapter Happenings - Gail Guth, Diana Marques
  • GNSI Conference 2015: Brief Notes
  • JNSI Statement of Ownership (per U.S.P.S.)

cover art by Amelia Janes

JNSI 2015, volume 47, number 1

cover art by Trudy Nicholson

JNSI 2014, volume 46, number 3
  • Editor's Note - Gail Guth
  • Breathless! Boulder Conference Review - Amelia Janes
  • Pages From My Sketchbook: Boulder Flatirons - various
  • Members' Exhibit: People's Choice Awards 2014 - various
  • GNSI Conference 2015: Save The Date - Scott Rawlins
  • Botanical Illustration: The Past Carries Forward - Alice Tangerini
  • Sequential Art In Science - Diana Marques
  • Member Spotlight - Trudy Nicholson
  • Book Review: Bernard Durin, Beetles and Other Insects - Diana Marques
  • Business of Illustration: Studio Internships - Ikumi Kayama
  • Science-Art.com

cover art by Lindsey Nielsen

JNSI 2014, volume 46, number 2
  • Editor's Note - Gail Guth
  • Forms Most Beautiful and Most Wonderful - John Anderson
  • R-R-R-Ripped From the List - Stephen DiCerbo
  • Pages From My Sketchbook - Barbara Harmon
  • Field Ops 101: Coastal Cruising - Capt. Suzan Wallace
  • Illustrating Nature - various
  • Creating A Cross-Platform Field Guide - Lúcia Antunes
  • RIP: Camera Lucida - Jennifer Landin
  • Science-Art.com

cover art by John Gurche

JNSI 2014, volume 46, number 1

cover art by Taina Litwak, Eleanor Dixon-Roche, Mesa Schumacher and Maayan Harel

JNSI 2013, volume 45, number 4
  • Editor's Note - Gail Guth
  • GNSI News and Reviews: Bar Harbor Conference - Scott Rawlins
  • Book Review: The Big Apples of New York - Holly Butlett
  • Pages From My Sketchbook - various
  • Member Spotlight - Sandy McDermott
  • 2014 Conference pull-out section
  • Things To Do In Boulder - Michael Campbell
  • Annual Exhibit Call For Entries
  • Small Works Call For Entries
  • Call For Presenters
  • Studio Tips: Digital-Coquille Technique - Taina Litwak
  • On Writing - Gail Selfridge
  • FON VIII

cover art by Nancy Halliday

JNSI 2013, volume 45, number 3

cover art by David Fierstein

JNSI 2013, volume 45, number 2

cover art by Dick Rauh

JNSI 2013, volume 45, number 1
  • Editor's Note - Gail Guth
  • I Don’t Draw Much Anymore: Technology Changes - Geoff Thompson
  • Field Ops: Developing a Portable Studio - Gretchen Halpert, Jennifer Landin
  • What A Kick(starter): Crowdfunding Your Project - Stephen DiCerbo
  • Pages From My Sketchbook - Oliver Uberti
  • 2013 Annual Members Exhibit Information
  • Member Spotlight - Dick Rauh
  • The COM.EN.ART Experience - Gail Selfridge
  • Life For An Artist In The Earthquake Zone - Rebecca Brown-Thompson
  • Building A Career in Scientific Illustration: A Student Perspective - Jessica Hsuing
  • Botanical Illustration, Goethe, and the Mysterious Quote - Jennifer Landin
  • GNSI Event Announcements

cover art by Gerald Hodge

JNSI 2012, volume 44, number 4
  • Glowing in Savannah: GNSI Annual Conference - Scott Rawlins
  • In Memoriam: Gerald P. “Jerry” Hodge - Karen Ackoff
  • GNSI Legacy Project - Gretchen Halpert
  • Studio Tips: English Watercolor - Nancy Halliday
  • Member Spotlight - Elizabeth Morales
  • 2012 Education Workshop: Drawing on a Sense of Place - Linda Feltner
  • Announcing the GNSI 2013 Annual Conference
  • Images of Nature Book Review - Capt. Suzan Wallace
  • What is Beauty - John Cody
  • Designing Clearer Communication - Robert Simmon

cover art by Nan Buery

JNSI 2012, volume 44, number 3

cover art by John Cody

JNSI 2012, volume 44, number 2
  • GNSI 2012 Education Series Workshop: Drawing on a Sense of Place - 
    Sue Ball, Sara Taliaferro
  • A Wildlife Artist for Beebe: A Memoir - John Cody
  • Science Illustration and New Media - Emily Coren
  • Labeling & Scales on a Botanical Plate - Marj Leggitt
  • Member Spotlight - Emily Coren
  • Lichens & Lunch: Great Lakes Chapter Event - Suzanne Wegener
  • GNSI BOD Slate & Ballot
  • Join Us In Savannah