I'm sticking with the marine reptile painting theme for Fossil Friday. Here's an old acrylic painting of Liopleurodon and Metriorhynchus, called "Killing Breach". #FossilFriday #SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Pliosaur #Pliosaurus #Dinosaurs #MarineReptiles #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me

THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, written by @deanrlomax.bsky.social and illustrated by @bobnichollsart.bsky.social, is OUT NOW! #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Pterosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology

The first mural I ever painted (1997) was at the Dudley Museum & Art Gallery. Part of the mural featured a pliosaur; I reworked the pliosaur pose in my 2009 "Leviathan" painting for The Etches Collection. #SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #Pliosaurs #Dinosaurs #MarineReptiles #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me

Two old ichthyosaur artworks exhibited in #Birmingham (UK): the 1996 piece was my very first acrylic painting for a museum, & the 2016 piece was my very last acrylic painting for a museum (I now paint digitally). #SciArt #PaleoArt #Ichthyosaur #MarineReptiles #Dinosaurs #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me

One of my oldest acrylic paintings, featuring Kentrosaurus. Can you tell that Doug Henderson was/is my favourite artist? #SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Dinosaurs #Stegosaurus #Kentrosaurus #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me

My Review on The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs (10/10)! This new book by @deanrlomax.bsky.social and @bobnichollsart.bsky.social presents stunning fossils of deep time with their secrets revealed! I highly recommend it to any enthusiast of prehistoric animals and paleontological discoveries.

Tickets for the 2026 #DinoConUK - happening July 25th-26th at Hilton Birmingham Metropole are NOW ON SALE!

My recent I KNOW DINO podcast interview with Sabrina and Garret is now live: iknowdino.com/emausaurus-e... #SciArt #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #SciComm #Palaeontology #Paleontology #JurassicWorld #FossilFriday

A few of my old drawings, from the 1990's. #SciArt #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Dinosaurs #Ichthyosaurs #Stethacanthus #Elasmosaurus #Triceratops #Inostrancevia

A @bobnichollsart.bsky.social illustration in the wild during Professor Susannah Maidment's talk on Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae

THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, written by @deanrlomax.bsky.social and illustrated by @bobnichollsart.bsky.social, is OUT NOW! #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Pterosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology

I've heard it's a #PortfolioDay, so I'll throw out a few . . . #SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Dinosaurs #Art #JurassicWorld

It's #FossilFriday! Here are zooms into my "Deep Blue Buffet" painting (Part 2), for The Etches Collection. Featured are a dead sauropod, #SeaRex #Hybodus #Hypsocormus #Metriorhynchus #Aspidorhynchus & #Allothrissops #SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Pliosaurs #Jurassic #JurassicWorld #Pliosaurus

It's #FossilFriday! Here are zooms into my "Deep Blue Buffet" painting (Part 1), for The Etches Collection. Featured are a dead sauropod, #SeaRex #Hybodus #Hypsocormus #Metriorhynchus #Aspidorhynchus & #Allothrissops #SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Pliosaurs #Jurassic #JurassicWorld #Pliosaurus

NEW ARTWORK TO START 2026 Here's "Deep Blue Buffet," commissioned by The Etches Collection. Featured, from the Late #Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay, are #SeaRex #Hybodus #Hypsocormus #Metriorhynchus #Aspidorhynchus & #Allothrissops #SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Pliosaurs #Pliosaurus #JurassicWorld

Here is Kevin, my Ichthyostega model at the Cole Museum (University of Reading).

First scholarly accurate replica of the ‘dinosaur-killer’ Deinosuchus schwimmeri: news.columbusstate.edu/posts/resear... #SciArt #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Crocodile #Deinosuchus #JurassicWorld

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJM4... #SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Dinosaurs #Trex #Tyrannosaurus #TyrannosaurusRex #JurassicWorld

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOPHIE STAGOSAURUS! Here's my second Sophie artwork, called "The Great Jurassic", commissioned by @nhm-london.bsky.social & @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social back in 2014. #SciArt #SciComm #Stegosaurus #Dinosaurs #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #JurassicWorld

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOPHIE STAGOSAURUS! Here's my Sophie artwork, commissioned by @nhm-london.bsky.social & @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social back in 2014. #SciArt #SciComm #Stegosaurus #Dinosaurs #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #JurassicWorld

I’m a week late but it would be remiss of me not to mark the @nhm-london.bsky.social birthday of Sophie the Stegosaurus #FossilFriday 🎂🎂🎂

THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, written by @deanrlomax.bsky.social and illustrated by @bobnichollsart.bsky.social, is OUT NOW! #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Pterosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology

Last Saturday night was a good night. I received the Lanzendorf - National Geographic PaleoArt Prize for Scientific Illustration at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Thank you @drverakorasidis.bsky.social #SciArt #PaleoArt #SVP2025 #Dinosaurs #JurassicWorld

In this episode of the I Know Dino podcast, Dean Lomax and Bob Nicholls talk about THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS.

THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, written by @deanrlomax.bsky.social and illustrated by @bobnichollsart.bsky.social, is OUT NOW! #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Pterosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology

Scenes from the #SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleoart workshop. We had terrific talks from @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social, @tetzoo.bsky.social, @palaeojules.bsky.social and @bobnichollsart.bsky.social, as well as fantastic discussion from attendees. Thanks to everyone who contributed, I hope you all enjoyed it!

Thank you @profaliceroberts.bsky.social! “The SECRET LIVES of DINOSAURS”, written by @deanrlomax.bsky.social & illustrated by @bobnichollsart.bsky.social is OUT NOW. #SciArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Paleontology #Fossils #Trex #Tyrannosaurus #TyrannosaurusRex #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld

We're really excited that author @deanrlomax.bsky.social & illustrator @bobnichollsart.bsky.social will be joining us at the Festival of Geology on Saturday to tell us about their latest book: The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs +Q&A & book signing More info: geologistsassociation.org.uk/festival/#di...

From the vault: my double life-size #Morganucodon model (2017), for the University of Bristol #Palaeobiology Research Group & National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. There was a lot of fun debate about what size & shape the ear pinna should be! #SciArt #PaleoArt #Paleontology #JurassicWorld #Triassic

From the vault: my life-size Meganeuropsis model, a giant griffinfly (Meganeuridae) from the Early Permian Wellington Formation of North America. The wingspan is 71cm. #SciArt #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Paleontology #Palaeontology #JurassicWorld #Meganeuropsis #Meganeura #Griffinfly #DragonFly #Permian

From the vault: my Arthropleura (Carboniferous) model for Muse - Museo delle Scienze di Trento (2015). This is a smaller one, just 50cm long, but they grew to be over 2m long. #SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Paleontology #Palaeontology #JurassicWorld #Arthropleura #Carboniferous

It has become a bit of a tradition for me to miss social media portfolio days, so, as usual, here's my contribution one day late. #SciArt #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Dinosaurs #Cambrian #Sauroposeidon #Psittacosaurus #Thecodontosaurus #Triassic #PortfolioDay

A few more close zooms into my reconstruction of the "sea-rex," a Jurassic pliosaur. Here we see the smaller sea-rex and some Thrissops fish. This piece was commissioned by The Etches Collection. #SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Pliosaur #Pliosaurus #SeaRex #Jurassic #JurassicWorld

A closer zoom into my reconstruction of the "sea-rex," a Jurassic pliosaur. This piece was commissioned by The Etches Collection, which is where the spectacular skull is exhibited. #SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Pliosaur #Pliosaurus #SeaRex #Jurassic #JurassicWorld

My first ideas to the finished "sea-rex" artwork; commissioned by The Etches Collection, which is where the spectacular pliosaur's skull is exhibited. Also pictured is a smaller "sea-rex" and Thrissops fish. #SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Pliosaur #Pliosaurus #SeaRex #Jurassic #JurassicWorld

A zoom into my reconstruction of the "sea-rex," a Jurassic pliosaur. This piece was commissioned by The Etches Collection, which is where the spectacular skull is exhibited. Also pictured is a smaller "sea-rex" #SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Pliosaur #Pliosaurus #SeaRex #Jurassic #JurassicWorld

New artwork drop for #FossilFriday Here's my reconstruction of the "sea-rex," a Jurassic pliosaur. It was commissioned by The Etches Collection, which is where the spectacular skull is exhibited. #SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Pliosaur #Pliosaurus #SeaRex #Jurassic #JurassicWorld

It's marine reptile Thursday! Here's my digital painting of the giant #ichthyosaur, #Temnodontosaurus, or, as BBC News called it, the " #SeaDragon Dinosaur Dolphin." This is the 10m long Rutland specimen (Larkin et al 2023). #SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #WildlifeArt #Jurassic #JurassicWorld

It's marine reptile Wednesday! Here's an acrylic painting from 2021, depicting a #Cretoxyrhina (top left), Squalicorax (#sharks, bottom right), & two #Tylosaurus (juvenile left, adult right). This was a private commission. #SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Mosasaurus #WildlifeArt #JurassicWorld

It's marine reptile Tuesday! Here's a digital painting from 2021, featuring #Baptanodon, a Late #Jurassic #ichthyosaur from Wyoming, USA. It was commissioned by The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. The greyscale image was my draft drawing. #SciArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #WildlifeArt #JurassicWorld

It's marine reptile Monday! Okay, that's not a thing, but here's an old acrylic painting from 1999. It depicts a #Liopleurodon breaching with an unfortunate #Metriorhynchus in its jaws. It was commissioned for a TV series that was never made. #SciArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Pliosaurs #JurassicWorld

THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, by @deanrlomax.bsky.social, illustrated by @bobnichollsart.bsky.social, & published by @columbiaup.bsky.social, is OUT NOW! #Art #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Dinosaurs #Birds #Pterosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology

THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, by @deanrlomax.bsky.social & illustrated by @bobnichollsart.bsky.social, is OUT NOW! The book tour will include events across the UK, USA, Canada, & Europe; starting at the Oxford Museum of Natural History on Friday, 10 Oct 2025. #PaleoArt #SciArt #Dinosaurs #Birds

Today is THE day. “The SECRET LIVES of DINOSAURS” has arrived! 🦖 Holding this in my hands for the very first time. Honestly, I have so many emotions. It looks absolutely stunning. In full colour! I cannot wait for you to read this. Illustrated by @bobnichollsart.bsky.social

Our new book, THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, is out today! Written by Dr Dean Lomax & 49 full-colour illustrations from me – you can buy it on Amazon or from the publisher (link in bio). The fossils in this book will blow your mind! #SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #WildlifeArt #JurassicWorld

A reminder about the #SVP2025 workshop "Palaeoart Past and Present: the view from the UK" for those last-minute early-bird [=cheap] conference registrants! It's shaping up to be a great one-day pre-conference event: please come along if you're a #paleoart fan attending SVP!

🚨 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...