When I tried to check in the desk attendant called me classist for wanting to book a room when some people have never had a room

On this day in history, in 1975, Chrissie Watkins was killed in an apparent boating accident. I drew this homage to her a few years ago...

Still a stem crocodile, but most of these guys after the TJ-extinction all look very croc-type. This genus was more a fish hunter, but certainly dangerous for a whole range of dinosaurs. And smaller crocodiles. Including own breed. Sarcosuchus, oil, 2014 #crocodile #giants #oilpainting #art

Happy Mother's Day! 🪲🌷

🦀 See a crab, post a crab 🦀

Tryin' to keep the sketch momentum up this week. #sketchbook

Attenborosaurus ~ Attenborough’s lizard 👴🏻🦎 . Here is my finished piece for my tribute to Sir David Attenborough’s 100th year! I combined the plesiosaur named after him alongside my favourite quote of his which I think it very poignant and poetic alongside this marine reptile

Progress as of today (6/22). Alternating between pencil and blending to give my hand some rest. 🤘🤣✏️🦈 #shark #sharkweek #workinprogress #artprocess #animalart #marinelife #sciart #ArtYear #bskyart #fish #fishart #animal #animalart #mako #ShortfinMako #pencilart

Giganotosaurus, Sketch #pencildrawing #sketchbook #dinosaur #giant #ArtandScience #research #earthhistory

Preliminary sketch of the long discovered / newly validated dwarf #tyrannosaur #Nanotyrannus lancensis. #dinosaur #palaeoart

New drawing of the giant mid Cretaceous bichir Bawitius. This fish from the Bahariya Formation reached 2 - 3 m in length and lived alongside other giant fish including Onchopristis and Mawsonia, as well as the giant theropod Spinosaurus, which seems to have been largely piscivorous. #palaeoart

This individual is 1 of 2 rescues at Shedd Aquarium. Their mother was caught in a fishing net off the coast of Taiwan in a non-protected area. She was pregnant, & her pups went to different accredited institutions that could care for them www.sheddaquarium.org/about-shedd/...

Certainly not fighting the 'cute' allegations with this froggy green.

Late Miocene of Pikermi, #Greece. Ciconia gaudryi takes flight as an Amphimachairodus giganteus approaches the water. A pair of Acerorhinus neleus keep an eye on the cat whilst two Deinotherium proavum prepare for a bath. In the background, a herd of Cremohipparion mediterraneum #paleoart #sciart

Early Permian lake fauna (from food web for a conference poster): growth stages of the filtering stem chondrichthyan Acanthodes, the crocodile-shaped amphibian Archegosaurus, and the stem actinopterygian ('palaeonisciform') Elonichtys. #fish #fossilfish #illustrationart #permian #amphibian

Starting the tonal values on the Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus). 🦈✏️ Just picked a square and started. Two down, 54 to go. 🤣🤘 Photo reference: Lauren Romeiro 📸 #shark #marinelife #sciart #fish #fishart #animal #animalart #nature #wildlife #ArtYear #bskyart #wip #workinprogress

#FossilFriday Best fish ever

While waiting at a carpark during #LymeRegis #FossilFestival, I took the best photos of chaffinch I ever have. A singing male, who stopped occasionally to check on me but was otherwise busy. #finches #birds

Anyway here's a federal project celebrating the 250th in the nation's capital that we can actually be proud of. youtu.be/u092FAlGHao?...

Kenichi Nakaya

Alpha male 👎 Beachmaster 👍

Evening scene with Apatosaurus, Ceratosaurus and Eutretauranosuchus for Morrison Uncovered #SciArt #Paleoart #Dinosaur #Paleoart #retro3D

Hell yeah lobster mural

A new drawing of the famous Jurassic pliosaur Liopleurodon, based on an old drawing by my late brother - read attached text for context. #palaeoart

i found out that nathan straus, the guy who promoted milk pasteurization in the US the hardest and helped pass laws to that effect in major cities from the 1890s on, *lost two children to milkborne tuberculosis* i truly wish raw milk influencers would stop

Even putting where you stand on the ethics of this type of workflow aside for a moment, the final result is ultimately just less artistically interesting. No matter what angle you come at this from, something valuable has been lost.

So, regardless of any "final assets are human made" disclaimer, usage of genAI at the concept stage has still inherently replaced part of the actual creative process that makes things interesting to engage with. I think you need to have a really poor understanding of art/design to not see that.

If I were to draw a pre-existing game character referencing official artwork, that character doesn't suddenly become my design, even if it's my drawing. By that same logic, even a human made 3D model that referenced a genAI concept is still a genAI design. The process is tainted.

Leedsichthys problematicus, a whale-sized filterfeedeer pachycormid fish from the late jurassic I dont know much about non-tetrapod anatomy, so below i'll thank everyone who coached me and helped me make this commission accurate within what we know of it !! ↓↓

9.7 meters on my skeletal, so, when someone asks you how long this animal was, you can just definitely say "around 10 meters", definitely more than the 8.5 meters i expected, when extrapolated from its close relative and sister taxon: Terminonaris

Skeletal of Sarcosuchus imperator! This is based in the specimen mounted up in the National museum of Natural History in Paris Due to S.imperator specimens rarely ever getting described, it was tricky to put up, but at least i can guarantee loyalty to the real thing

"Got'cha nose!!" Kronosaurus, a bus-sized pliosaur, ambushing a herd of Platypterygine ichtyosaurs (art commission for @BeatTheBread on twitter :3) based in an actual specimen! (down in replies)

How them ideas start

Anancus avernensis & columbian mammoth Mammuthus columbi

lunch break with the lads

On Friday I took my *luckiest* and *most disgusting* wildlife shot so far: a California sea lion (Z. californianus) puking up a bunch of rocks! 🤮🪨 That's right - many pinnipeds use gastroliths. The gastroliths are in mid-air! 🦖🐬🦑 #nature #photography #sealion

You thought it was a moose calf, but it was me, l e g s

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A megatoothed shark about to gulp an entire baitball, at the time this was inspired by reports of large great white sharks full with small fish (Japan i think), for a shark 10m+ long it might have been an easy meal, again, this is pure speculation. #paleoart

Megistotherium osteothlastes doodle, the very first procreate test. Thanks to @villesinkkonen.bsky.social for create these wonderful fur brusheset, so cool.

Digital Echoes

And it happened again! Cerrejonisuchus, a bizarre, small-headed dyrosaurid that lived alongside titanoboa its been concluded to be relatively terrestrial, but i seriously, really doubt it given how small its limbs are its lenght has been underestimated due to regressions based on its tiny skull

KINGS of CALAMAR ft. Northern Bottlenose Whale, Sato’s and Stejneger’s Beaked Whales and the Dwarf Sperm Whale! #animals #cetacea #squid

#FossilFriday The Cretaceous coelacanth Mawsonia @ummnh.bsky.social

There are almost no crustaceans in the deep ocean. Not because they would get crushed, but because they would DISSOLVE. The cold & high pressure cause changes to water that make it very corrosive to calcium carbonate shells. But there's one crustacean who solves this problem with ALUMINUM ARMOR.

I am pleased to say I will be a vendor at #DinoCon again this year, selling #palaeoart: original ink drawings / prints and postcards of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. I hope to see many of you there! #FossilFriday

I'll be at #DinoCon this year as a vendor! Drop by my stall if you'd like prints or a custom sketch (or just to chat) - as well as plushies from my partner August! I'll also be debuting my first poster - the Kem Kem formation piece!

Added some older #Spinosaurus images to my print store, having forgotten to upload them earlier. These are Paralititan stomping towards Spino, and a Spinosaurus lek where they're showing off their sails and tails. Available to buy here: www.markwitton.co.uk/category/all... #FossilFriday #paleoart

Bananas got his banana tonight. When I see tapirs on the security cameras right before sunrise, I know that they are sleeping somewhere near the house and that they will come and visit me before the sun sets. Sure, enough my buddy came and said hi. #tapiroftheday #wildlife #costarica

Muttaburrasaurus (pencil drawing, 2004 or so...) #painting #australia #PencilDrawing #palaeontology #research