Feeling particularly depressed today, have a happy Dearc to cure the ills

Day off and a much needed 20,000 steps in the mountains enjoying the sunshine and quiet

One year ago since I released the ¨ANTEDILUVIAN¨ animated short 🥳 I don't rely on a distributor for promoting these kind of niche projects, so I apreciate your help inmenssenly. I have similar animations in the works that I hope I get to finish 😃 thank you all! www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHsz...

We have described about twenty species of sauropods in the Iberian Peninsula; it's one of the most abundant dinosaur groups here. One of the latest additions to the list is Garumbatitan, a huge somphospondyl that may have grown to over 20 m in length

This is absolutely beautiful work and seeing the behind the scenes is wonderful ☺️🖤

Exquisite dome-headed dinosaur unearthed in Mongolian desert is oldest ever found ... www.discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs/za... #dinosaurs

I’m so grateful for this commission: sculpted a life-reconstruction of the gorgonopsid Cyonosaurus for researchers Arjan Mann & Naiomi Cookson this summer. Previous thread on the sculpture, here I’m starting the silicone mold. First few layers are thin so bubbles aren’t trapped at the surface detail

Absolutely gorgeous!!! Check out those colours 😍🖤

Great Auk Japanese ink painting of a Great Auk. The pose is loosely based on the incredible work by John Gould. #japaneseink #greatauk #extinctbird

Fossil Friday flashback to Lyme Regis 2024 and one of the displays I’m most proud of, homaging Mary Anning, Walking With Dinosaurs, the incredible @emilyhiggs-art.bsky.social and also err Transformers… Really delighted how this came out and it was donated to the brilliant Lyme Regis museum 🏴‍☠️🖤🦖

Mesozoic Art II virtual gallery event is happening tomorrow, see you there! eventfrog.de/de/p/fuehrun...

AARDMAN: EARTH

Happy Transformers Day! A diverse franchise all about change and one that has resonated with me from my earliest memories of getting G1 Prowl, Thundercracker and Skywarp to the middle aged man I am now whose still collecting those figures and very happy to do so! Till All Are One!!

As my friend and mentor Luis Rey told me “James If you are not making enemies you are not making art” It is tough. But art saves lives. Creativity and kindness saves lives. The work you are doing now will inspire future generations, light a spark that will burn with passion and inspire anew 🖤

Next on the list, and one of two incredibly obscure ornithischians from the Kem Kem, an indeterminate iguanodontian! This animal is only known from a singular half-metre-long footprint. More thoughts and size comparison below ⬇️ #paleoart #sciart

🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨 We’ve just seen this, by creator “Menapian” - a 4,998-piece set of the Great Exhibition (1851) Crystal Palace - complete with a bonus Megalosaurus and Ichthyosaur… beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

One of the pieces that fulfilled a lifelong dream thanks to the kindness of @nataliajagielska.bsky.social as this display homaging Mary Anning was officially donated to the wonderful Lyme Regis Museum in 2024. Also thanks to @davehone.bsky.social for his invaluable help and advice on Pterosaurs.

Artists quote with your blue art 🎨 Not an artist, but I do like blue….

Today new publication has been released in @journalsystpal.bsky.social We are proud to present you Cariocecus bocagei, a new hadrosauroid from the Papo Seco Formation (Barremian, Early K) of Portugal. Come with me in this post series to learn more about it! 1/x

This fossil has been on my mind for decades, and it’s absolutely wonderful to see a reassessment of this fossil that has captivated my imagination for so long. Congratulations to the team involved and it’s open access so enjoy the research!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Tiny feathered dinosaur, Microraptor gui, (BMNHC PH 001084). Look at its short, boxy snout and well preserved feathers.

Drawing dragons, day after day. A few more of the approximately six hundred drawings for my new book. Am I seeing dragons in my sleep at this point? Yes. Yes I am. 😵‍💫

Looking back on the dinosaur books of my childhood, it’s truly bizarre that the Dinosauroid was such a common presence. This strange hypothesis, widely ridiculed and partially religiously motivated, was shown to an entire generation of children with the same matter-of-factness as everything else.

A little thank you gift I received at DinoCon last month painted up on my break, a lovely Spinosaurus fridge magnet cast in resin with loads of little details and texture. Fun little 30 min project and love the concept 🖤🏴‍☠️

A tiny Jurassic pterosaur, Bellubrunnus, wingspan, less than a foot (its head is the size of my fingernail)

Mastermind Creations took there Optus body frame, and built Optimus’s greatest rival and adversary around it. Hyper posable, incredibly dynamic, and laden with menace and potential. It is peak Megatron at the very height of his prowess and powers. The Stormbringer design is peak Megatron for me

I came across some childhood artwork whilst clearing out paperwork. Guitar Dinosaur (Age 6) Vs Jolene Troodon (Age 31) #paleoart

It's finally here! The next #Sketchasaur short starring the always-charismatic Spinosaurus, whose 'true colors' came out when we viewed it through the water. Let me know what you think! #Sciart #Blender3D #ArtistOnBluesky #Animation

🚨New Episode out today! Susie and Rob talk all things Spicomellus, everyone’s new favourite dinosaur No better way to get all the info than straight from the researcher who studied the fossil! Out now on Spotify, YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/6t9V...

"Like their larger ancestors, many species of miniature plesiosaur will sift through the sand of their aquarium in search of small food particles and fine grit for ballast. Because of this, their tanks should be equipped with strong filters to help maintain the water quality...

A New Age of Reptiles Preview: Notanodosaurus! Despite first appearances, this ankylosaur-like reptile is not a dinosaur at all but a notosuchian. Belonging to a diverse clade found across Afro-Eurasia, the Notanodosaurus is a hardy generalist that feeds on invertebrates, roots, and tubers. (1/5)

Always fascinating when a new paper is published and it reminds you of vintage Palaeoart and speculation from your childhood. This latest work from Leicester university is poignantly reminiscent of the ideas and art of Beverly and Jenny Halstead. le.ac.uk/news/2025/se...

I so rarely draw pterosaurs in flight. Here's Afrotapejara, another Kem Kem pterosaur known from some beak material. Tapejarids must have been some of the oddest of the pterosaurs - and that's saying something! Size comparison below ⬇️ #sciart #paleoart

Today’s random piece of nostalgic palaeoart: Brian Franczak’s Dromaeosaurus! A short thread today! This is one of a huge number of dinosaurs Franczak painted in the mid-late 90s for a big Peter Dodson dinosaur encyclopedia, and was one of the first Dromaeosaurus reconstructions I ever saw. (1/4)

Getting to base the Beginner Art Workshops during @dinoconuk.bsky.social on the @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social was really wonderful and this Terrible Lizard is based on the podcast logo of that rather excellent show! Thanks again @iszi.com and @davehone.bsky.social for being so kind and lovely 🏴‍☠️🖤🦖

Perhaps my second favourite Dinosaur is the beautiful Miragaia and I made this display originally as a surprise gift to @iszi.com however it turns out @davehone.bsky.social loves Miragaia and Iszi loves the @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social so they did a cheeky swap. I’m just happy they liked them ☺️🏴‍☠️🖤

Trans rights are, in fact human rights. Pass it on.

This is absolutely beautiful and this has made my day ☺️ That is a fantastic looking Dinosaur and seeing my own colours and patterns on someone else’s work is deeply moving in all the right ways ☺️ Thank you so much and it looks awesome!!

@saralutra.bsky.social Is such a dear friend, who I adore utterly for her mirth, charm, whimsy and honesty. Her art is gorgeous, detailed, characterful and utterly captivating. As wonderful as the art is, the artist behind it is even more wonderful and I’m blessed and humbled to know her ☺️🏴‍☠️

I just wrote a blog post about Lindwurmia, the most complete plesiosaur known from the lowermost Jurassic of Germany. www.sachspal.de/lindwurmia-t... #paleontology #plesiosaur #jurassic #Germany

This paper went into my first year teaching last year

Basilosaurus WIP #paleoart #art

The undeniable and utterly awesome Jay bringing more gorgeous Palaeoart to life!! The Kem Kem was such a strange ecosystem to think about, but a paradise for artists of her calibre!!

A dinosaur AND a dragon. Pendraig milnerae (Pendraig = “chief dragon” in Welsh) was discovered in 1952, not far from where I live, but only named in 2021 after being found in storage by Angela Milner and Susannah Maidment. Anyway, here’s my new depiction of a true Welsh dragon.

It has been absolutely beautiful seeing the stage by stage progress of this beautiful artwork, and now it’s finished and revealed! Declaring my bias as @bethverityart.bsky.social is one of my closest and dearest friends, but look at it! It’s absolutely gorgeous!! Stunning work as always cariad! 🖤

So thanks to the wonderful @neilgostling.bsky.social this year I got to work with British Sauropods. Even at 1/35th scale these are pretty large and I really enjoyed the challenge of painting and modelling up the Wealden for these Cretaceous giants to feel at home in

If you like the new specimen of #Spicomellus, check out this film of us excavating the specimen, by Ben Webber at the @nhm-london.bsky.social youtu.be/TEeCFl0MJ0A?...

Check out this beautiful reconstruction by the extremely talented and very lovely Dr Dempsey. Incredible work for an incredible discovery!!

This is what I love about Palaeontology, things like this that are absolutely bonkers! Congratulations to the team involved for this incredible discovery!!