Ashley M Holmes
Ashley Holmes maintains fine art, teaching and research practice.
He returned to academia at the turn of the century after twenty years as a company and creative director specialising public awareness campaigns. A highlight of that period was appointment as preferred supplier to the (Keating) Office of Prime Minister, Committee for Reconciliation.
In 2005 Ashley attained a PhD - Visual Arts Studio Practice from the South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia. He exhibits new media and lens-based art regularly and was recently commissioned to produce digital artworks for the Mackay Base Hospital Redevelopment Public Art Project.
He teaches a range of UG courses including 'Collaborative Multimedia Project', 'Illustration and Visualisation' and, 'Working with Social Media' in a Bachelor of Multimedia Studies.
Ashley currently supervises seven RHD candidates.
He returned to academia at the turn of the century after twenty years as a company and creative director specialising public awareness campaigns. A highlight of that period was appointment as preferred supplier to the (Keating) Office of Prime Minister, Committee for Reconciliation.
In 2005 Ashley attained a PhD - Visual Arts Studio Practice from the South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia. He exhibits new media and lens-based art regularly and was recently commissioned to produce digital artworks for the Mackay Base Hospital Redevelopment Public Art Project.
He teaches a range of UG courses including 'Collaborative Multimedia Project', 'Illustration and Visualisation' and, 'Working with Social Media' in a Bachelor of Multimedia Studies.
Ashley currently supervises seven RHD candidates.
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driving a trend toward specimen digitisation. Three
dimensional (3D) digital models provide researchers
with rapid on-line access and augment publications.
The availability of accurate 3D digital models reduces
the need for museums to loan specimens, and thus
reduces risk of loss and/or damage. A digital 3D
model also enables multiple researchers to examine
the same specimen simultaneously. This trend has
direct implications for scientific illustrators, as
specimen representation or reconstruction is evolving
from traditional techniques to digital technologies,
and from two-dimensional visualisations to threedimensional
digital models. The following case study
documents the production of 3D digital models
of palæobotanical specimens at the Queensland
museum using a digital single lens reflex camera
(DSLR) and Agisoft PhotoScan photogrammetric
software. The resulting models can be shared online,
viewed using a commonly available format, and
tactually manipulated using a touchscreen.
driving a trend toward specimen digitisation. Three
dimensional (3D) digital models provide researchers
with rapid on-line access and augment publications.
The availability of accurate 3D digital models reduces
the need for museums to loan specimens, and thus
reduces risk of loss and/or damage. A digital 3D
model also enables multiple researchers to examine
the same specimen simultaneously. This trend has
direct implications for scientific illustrators, as
specimen representation or reconstruction is evolving
from traditional techniques to digital technologies,
and from two-dimensional visualisations to threedimensional
digital models. The following case study
documents the production of 3D digital models
of palæobotanical specimens at the Queensland
museum using a digital single lens reflex camera
(DSLR) and Agisoft PhotoScan photogrammetric
software. The resulting models can be shared online,
viewed using a commonly available format, and
tactually manipulated using a touchscreen.
as it invariably destroys the specimen and is not guaranteed to produce any additional information. However, the current IMBL scans have provided us with accurate, detailed images of the internal reproductive structures of these enigmatic fruits, enabling, for the first time, a direct physical comparison between internal morphologies of extinct and
extant rainforest fruits. This extra vital information effectively enables researchers to establish or confirm classifications to appropriate family, genus and species. Accurate species
identification will help to advance knowledge of past environments and climates in Australia.
Our collaboration specifically aims at combining art, science and technology to explore various approaches in the visualisation of this material, to drive content not only for scientific publication, but for exhibitions in galleries and museums and thereby attract entirely new
audiences to this research.