Welcome to Shrimp City! Teach your friends about a variety of crustaceans with this helpful visual aid - and set the record straight... bugs is shrimp. Shrimp is not bugs These shirts are designed by @the666cat.bsky.social & printed in Philly! Get one at SquidFacts.net (pls RT!)

Come on, Strata. You know you want to cuddle her.

Kazoo is learning about couch time. (Joey already picked her spot, but there’s still plenty of lap for a kitten.)

This week's free newsletter is out! Come learn about the new T. rex in town - Tylosaurus rex. And if you haven't yet, sign up for The Boneyard on Buttondown

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to visit where the great toothy ones live? I’ll take you there in Tyrant Lizard Queen. Pre-order now and help make my new book a roaring success.

Nothing better than to enjoy a warm summer afternoon together ♥️ Art done by @lilwhorgi.bsky.social

Sculptor #vtm

Moss Tiger, something made without a real plan, just exploring and following the vibe. #needlefelt

Just a tiny bit cursed. Perfectly safe to put inside a museum!

You know what's great? Books.

An Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus, or as I call it, “puppy.”

I put this on and Kazoo immediately jumped on my desk to watch. Pretty much how I grew up and I turned out fine.

Planning a shark field trip, which of course will require a stop at a Wawa. 🦈

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to visit where the great toothy ones live? I’ll take you there in Tyrant Lizard Queen. Pre-order now and help make my new book a roaring success.

She sleeps like a perfect little chestburster.

Sharks are smooth.

I've been reading a lot of 80's paperback horror, specifically those huge 500+ page epics where you meet an entire town full of characters right before they're devoured / mutated / go mad, etc., so I felt inspired to paint a paperback novel cover for one that doesn't exist!

Goo morning, monsters. Do that high walk. Show off those perfect scales, the fat tail and smile to die for. One of evolution’s favorite looks, never out of style.

Is it not “Always smile at a crocodile”? 🐊

I went to the aquarium and learned a new term of endearment.

An Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus, or as I call it, “puppy.”

Hey, I checked with nature and it said group sex is cool.

The best dates have sharks in them. 🦈

Sharks are smooth.

Young great white sharks are very perceptive when a storm's on the way. Did baby megalodon also beat it to deeper water when their nurseries were hit by wind and rain? To support original science writing like this, sign up for the premium tier on my newsletter. 🦈 buttondown.com/restingdinof...

Imagine, a plesiosaur rises to the surface to breathe only to have its trachea slammed shut by the bite of a massive fish. Rad bite mark research from @uglyfossils.bsky.social and colleagues in today's newsletter for my premium patrons. Read - or sign up! - at the link.

The diver down flag as a mons tattoo

It's the strangest feeling, when I write a book passage I'm proud of. I want to share it right away. It'll be months before my editor sees it and two years before you can read it. But I'll try to remember the moment.

spit it out

Introduce Yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live Janelle Monáe GWAR Laura Jane Grace Buddy Guy Dance With the Dead Something Corporate The Midnight Galactic Empire Streetlight Manifesto Green Day

coilcoilcoil. gouache painting on paper

We get a new mosasaur today! T. rex! As in, Tylosaurus rex. Congrats to @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social and colleagues on the publication. digitallibrary.amnh.org/items/dbbf9d...

Hey Emma made a killer poster and stickers for Tyrant Lizard Queen! If you're eager to get them, grab them from her shop! *I'll have some as we get closer to the book's launch, but this is your chance to be one of the cool kids and get them first.

Southern California friends, I'll be speaking at the San Bernardino County Museum June 11th to kick off their dome talks series! I'll be taking you through the ancient forests I wrote about in When the Earth Was Green. Details at the link.

Imagine, a plesiosaur rises to the surface to breathe only to have its trachea slammed shut by the bite of a massive fish. Rad bite mark research from @uglyfossils.bsky.social and colleagues in today's newsletter for my premium patrons. Read - or sign up! - at the link.

Young great white sharks are very perceptive when a storm's on the way. Did baby megalodon also beat it to deeper water when their nurseries were hit by wind and rain? To support original science writing like this, sign up for the premium tier on my newsletter. 🦈 buttondown.com/restingdinof...

Finished just in time! These two acrylic paintings will (hopefully) go up in the ConFuzzled art show tomorrow!

Kind of loving that my music shuffle right now is inadvertently remaking every bubblegum punk mix CD I burned for summer drives circa 2001.

You're Winner! 🧸🎉 For @cuoqet.bsky.social. Thank you for commissioning me!

OC-Phoebe There is something to be said about the possibility of peculiar affects on physiology when it comes to making deals with fae (Cait Sith). Ask Phoebe how she knows as soon as the shock wears off. 🙀💦⁉️

UNDERGROWTH - The Funnel Webs are as aggressive as they are violent. Avoid at all costs

SHRIMP

Making art, even bad art, is its own reward

She’s so small.

Making friends with trans guys is great because whenever I ask “Want to see this horror movie? It’s real gross” the answer is always fuck yeah.

🎧 “If you don’t wanna fuck me baby, baby, baby fuck off!”

The gender affirming feeling of seeing my chest get the ( ) outline to the sides of my ribcage. 🤌

Goo morning, monsters. Let’s stomp close, roar, and let the smoke plume out of our mouths. Making clouds is better with company.