Birds are dinosaurs who shrugged off a couple apocalypses. Some eat bone marrow. Some drink nectar. They outswim fish in the sea. They smile politely at gravity’s demands. ‬ ‪I am grateful to see them. I am grateful to feed them. I am grateful to know them.‬

"If the Big 4 does not survive this, it also spells the death knell for most printed sewing patterns like ours, since there will no longer be a printer capable of producing large-scale tissue sheets." I … did not know I should be worried I might not be able to get patterns ever again

DO NOT BUY JURASSIC WORLD EVOLUTION 3 They’re using ai generation in their game, boycott this shit and force their hand to remove this garbage from their game entirely. store.steampowered.com/app/2958130/...

They used to make commercials about this

Great Blue Heron Inkwash, watercolor, gouache #birds #art #wildlifeart

Chickadee in inkwash and gouache 4x6" #birds #wildlifeart #art

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks in inkwash 4x6" #birds #wildlifeart #art

Ediacaran painting take 2

A mother unenlagiine hunts in shallow waters, followed by her three chicks. Watercolor and white ink. #paleoart #sciart

It would be great if my pets would stop dying or having medical crises one after another. Awesome, even.

some how to train your dragon stuff

Crustaceans abandoning their more familiar (to us) forms and becoming messed-up parasites is peak body horror to me. Cronenberg eat your heart out, dendrogaster exists

Btw artists if you want to help combat AI slop sneaking into your research I am begging you to STOP relying on Pinterest for reference gathering. Familiarise yourself with the free online collections of museums of which there are several and how to search them effectively

Hey everyone! I'm open to #paleoart work! Realism (with a painterly touch), cartoons, anything in between. Reconstructions, illustrations, fine art. (possible painting sizes anywhere from 5x7" to 16x20", 350dpi scans) Some more examples and information on availability in the replies! #sciart #art

the eternal struggle with doing a webcomic: trying to balance "I'm only human, let's not torture myself with drawing something complicated" with "don't be a fucking coward and do the cool shit"

Merry Christmas, everyone! And happy holidays!

Parasaurolophus I salvaged from a basic dinosaur origami tutorial I messed up almost immediately Merry Christmas!!

Found this unfinished Microraptor drawing. Might turn it into something

#commission for @fairyshotgun.bsky.social ! Had a ton of fun with this. Such a great design for really leaning into the heavy spot-blacks on the lineart.

"This Will Matter" 7x8.5", ink, watercolor, colored pencil. 2024.

*Will Smith poses at my little digital cartoons* As the holidays roll around these make great gifts for people with specific favorite dinosaurs, creature OCs, pets, etc. Starting at $40 USD; each additional one is 25% off ($30/each). ~1 week turnaround. Multiple slots open. #commissions

I also do fantasy artwork! Need a token for your ttrpg? I'm your gal. (And while I'm here--I write a webcomic! It's a sci-fi called Falling Leaves with characters/settings based on cells and their molecules. Read for free at www.fallingleavescomic.com and on comicfury and webtoon canvas!)

I have some ongoing projects at the moment as well, so I'm open to probably one painting at a time (with the exception of the simple digital cartoons.) DM me or email me at [email protected] to inquire for details and pricing!

New to the internet #paleoart: "Ubirajara jubatus", the strangely filamented Brazilian compsognathid famous for its history as an illegally exported fossil. Here, it's signalling to us with colourful mouthparts and a fetching bower of twigs and pinecones. Drawn for @palaeogames.bsky.social.

Indie devs and a major game storefront losing revenue because Funko used an AI tool to confuse a domain registrar that has no appeals process is a very 2024 enshittification stew

Working my way through my WIP drawer a bit before starting something totally new

Watching some landscape oil painting timelapses makes me kind of want to do another hell creek painting in oils. The last one I did was in 2022, it was my second ever oil painting, time to approach the concept again.

If you see this, post a Dino

If you see this, post a Dino … or four

If you see this, post a dino 🦖

the instant and society-wide push to generative AI has been extremely instructive to show that the CEOs of every single corporation and institution spend every day extremely furious that they have to pay people anything at all to extract value from them

Spoonbill in Flight 16” x 20” Acrylic on Panel #spoonbill #birdart #wildlifeart

Ghost Ranch

Watercolor of a pair of the small bristled dinosaur, Tianyulong. I didn’t make up the arrangement of those feathers. This Dino is known from more than one beautifully preserved specimens. #sciart #paleoart

Black Friday? Black Sicklebill! This is one of the cards in the #boardgame Birdwatcher. These strange birds have long spoon-shaped feathers hanging off their shoulders which are *not* the wings - these can be folded to convert the bird into his strange display shape 🎨🪶🐡 see reply for video!

We're delighted to announce today that our next book will be coming to Kickstarter early next year. Professor Primula's Portfolio of Palaeontology is the sequel book to Dr Dhrolin's Dictionary of Dinosaurs, expanding on the same topics. Expect dinos, mammals, and more! #dnd #dnd5e #dinosaur #scicomm

*Will Smith poses at my little digital cartoons* As the holidays roll around these make great gifts for people with specific favorite dinosaurs, creature OCs, pets, etc. Starting at $40 USD; each additional one is 25% off ($30/each). ~1 week turnaround. Multiple slots open. #commissions

Velociraptor wasn’t terribly popular in art until Jurassic Park made it a household name, but there are a few notable pieces from the 80s and early 90s that predate that explosion in popularity. Here’s a few of my favourites! (By Mark Hallett, Wayne Barlowe, Greg Paul, and Douglas Henderson)

All the dragons from the HTTYD stream. Detailed images below... 🧵 #paleostream #specevo #creaturedesign #sketches

Sketching along so far with the #paleostream How to Train your Dragon stream, reimagining some of the HTTYD dragons. (Mine lean less into realism but c'est la vie) I've loved HTTYD since childhood--this has been fun! So far: Whispering Death, Rumblehorn, Nadder, Razorwhip.

Contrary to popular belief, there are only four kinds of bats.

The lord of The rings - Eowyn

Jumping on this cool hashtag #meetthewebcomic my comic is called The Property of Hate! #TPoH is the tag I use for it - This story possessed me 12 years ago and I am stuck making it until it is finished or I die - I Truly Have No Idea what Genre It Is - jolleycomics.com/TPoH/The_Hoo... - enjoy?!

'I'm Nobody' Kulindadromeus and Unicorn (With Emily Dickinson) Pencil on Moleskine sketchbook paper, 208 × 125 mm. A good reminder to myself, too, whenever I start feeling ill used by the vagaries of social media. 🥲 Original artwork available at auction. 🙏 www.facebook.com/share/p/1D6j...

The painting that I’m most proud of this year!

Share your blue art! 🌊

If you see this, post a bird 🐦