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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I haven't drawn anything fantastical in a while so I thought it would be fun to design a dragon inspired by Seahorses and Leafy Sea Dragons! 🐉 #creaturedesign #dragons

A fantastical dragon design, inspired by seahorses and leafy sea dragons. The dragon's body is long and sleek with fin/ leaf-like wings and an ornate tail. The colours ion the dragon range from orangey-yellow to green on the leaf-like fins to red/magenta on the feet and tip of the snout.

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Happy Mother's Day! 🌷 Here's a quick little stylised study of a Silky Anteater Mother and baby. #SciArt #animalart #mothersday

A vibrant, stylised study of a silky anteater mother climbing along a tree branch with her baby cliinging on to her back. Silky anteaters have hook-like grasping claws, similar to sloths. For this piece I used bold, sketchy linework that is is filled in with vibrant, highly-textured brush strokes.

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Study of dolphins at Roker Pier, Sunderland. 🐬 Always found urban nature photography really fascinating, and wanted to paint something close to home.

A vibrant, slightly stylised digital painting of two dolphins breaching the ocean with Roker/ Sunderland coastline in the background. The orange/ yellow hues of the lighhouse and buildings are in stark contrast to the deep blue water and blue/ purple/ pink-ish sky.

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Dino Facts @dinofacts.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

2025 was eventful to say the least... In my world, and why posting Dino Facts has been much less frequent, is my little hatchling arrived! A big shoutout to @adamrl.bsky.social for putting this Rex & chick print for sale so I could hang it in the nursery! Hopefully 2026 is less hectic for us all

Adam RL - 2022 painting of a Rex + it's chick touching noses. A beautiful piece I knew I wanted for my child when they were born last year.

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Jack O' Lantern Sketches 2025 🎃 #Halloween

A series of spooky sketches that I'm going to use as the basis for the pumpkin carving I'm doing this year.

from left to right: creepy grimace face; scribbly smile; Cyclops/ Beholder; Vampire Bat; Clown; Vampire; Werewolf and Mummy.

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Cool Things I picked up (or was gifted 🤯) at #DinoConUK. Had a great weekend. Thank you so much to everyone who visited my stall and said nice things/ bought something!

From left to right: Dinocon Vendor badge; postcards and original drawing by Ivan Kay; Moganopterus print by CM Kosemen; Dodo and Anchiceratops by KakapoJay; sticker sheet by Jay Eaton; Ex Terra 3 (book) by DragonsOfWales/ Andy Frazer; keychains by AugustJosephCo; plesiosaur keychain gifted by RoAR board game; ammonite pin by the Introvertebrates; Marine reptile prints by EmilyHiggsArt; Ankylosaurus and Dunkleosteus stickers by SpeedThief; T-Rex sticker by SketchyRaptor; Stegosaur keychain by WightCoastFossils; Duria Antiquior by Phoebe Ginger; Spinosaurus Skull by Nathan Dehaut; Skeleton coasters and postcards by Katrina Van Grouw

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Maija @maijasauna.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Ancestors of Clippy

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ColeTheBug 🪲✏️ @colethebug.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Biblically accurate clippy

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Always great when an artist that you've admired online for a while turns out to be lovely in person! Thank you so much Andy! 🐉

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

#DinoConUK is Tomorrow! As well as selling prints and stickers at my stall (mine is number 14), I am also bringing a selection of original paintings, drawings and sketchbook pages that are up for sale! #Paleoart #SciArt

A collage showing all of the original traditonal paintings/ drawings that I will be selling at #DinoConUk. Everything from acrylic paleoart paintings to pen and ink cryptid illustrations and extant animal studies.

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Here's a re-vamped version of this paleoart piece (originally from 2023) depicting the Rhomaleosaurid plesiosaur Atychodracon. Atychodracon was a fairly large plesiosaur at 5 meters long, with specimens that date back to the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. #SciArt #Paleoart #MarineLife

A paleoart piece depicting the Rhomaleosaurid plesiosaur Atchodracon. The animal is calmly swimming through shallow waters, with the surface of the water visible at the top of the piece via lighting/ distorted water effects. Dark kocks and the sandy seabed can be seen underneath the large animal. Atychodracon, similarly to Rhomaleosaurus is very robustly built for a plesiosaur with a large (although not as large as a pliosaur), triangular head filled with sharp teeth and a stout/ turtle-like body (minus the shell).
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Atychodracon was originally found in the UK, with specimens that date back to the Triassic-Jurassic boundary (early Hettangian). It was a fairly large plesiosaur at 5 meters long. The holotype specimen
was housed in Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery (see second image) but was destroyed during world war II. casts of the head and a flipper were preserved however, with features unique enough to be assigned to its own genus (separate from Rhomaleosaurus), erected in 2015.

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

New paleoart! A pair of Ancyloceras (a heteromorph ammonite) drift along the coral reefs of the lower Cretaceous waiting for food to pass them by. 🐚🐙 #SciArt #Paleoart #Invertebrates

a vibrant digital painting depicting two Ancyloceras (ammonites with a long, hook-shaped shell as opposed to the typical spiral) in the foreground. The coral reef, along with crinoids (sea lillies) and more typically-shaped ammonites can be seen in the background.

An ammonite is classified as heteromorph if its shell is shaped like anything other than the typical spiral/ coil. There is a huge amount of diversity in the shell shapes of hetermorph ammonites, from almost perfectly-straight cones to shells shaped like paperclips!

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Just about finished prepping for #DinoConUK !!!🦖 I've got a nice variety of stuff printed, with a few of these in different sizes. Please come by my stall (number 14 in the vendor hall) and pick up a print or a sticker! #SciArt #Paleoart

A spread of the prints (and stickers) that I will be selling at #DinoConUK! There's everything from paleoart, to illustrations of extant animals (e.g. sharks) to gritty photomanipulations of your favourite cryptids (Mothman and Nessie).

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Victoria Pfeiffer @victoriapfeiffer.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Here is the feed for #FishyFriday ! Use the tag to get a flood of fish/ #aquatic themed creatures in the feed every Friday. No rules or prompts, just #art and #photography you’d like to share. Thanks for joining in today and sharing your lovely #fish 🥰 bsky.app/profile/did:...

A watercolor painting of 3 vibrant fish with prominent scales and bright colors.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Not counting today, there are just >SEVEN DAYS< until the inaugural #DinoConUK happens at the University of Exeter (weekend of 16th-17th). It's massive, so much stuff. You still have time to buy tickets! Info and booking at .... www.dinocon.co.uk

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

From today, there are just 12 days - T-W-E-L-V-E D-A-Y-S - until #DinoConUK. More than twice as big as the biggest TetZooCon (for those of you who attended!), it's gonna be a massive two full days of great dinosaur-themed content. August 16th and 17th. Tickets are still on sale! www.dinocon.co.uk

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I have a stall at #DinoCon 2025!! 🦖 I will be in the vendor hall selling high-quality art prints and (hopefully) stickers!. If you are attending, please come and say hello! #SciArt #Paleoart

An advert page for my stall at DinoCon 2025.
Social media handles across the top: adam_rl_ (instagram); @adam_rl_art (X/ Twitter); adam.rl.artwork@gmail.com (email).
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Bottom Text:
Adam RL
Illustration and Concept art
Paleoart, Nature and CryptoZoology Themed Art Prints DinoCon 2025

DinoCon is a Palaeontology/ dinosaur themed convention and will be hosted at the University of Exeter on 16th-17th August. As well as the stalls there will be talks from palaeontologists and palaeoart workshops. For more info/ tickets visit www.dinocon.co.uk

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Here is a page of pen and ink ammonite fossil studies/ designs that I drew as a visual reference for my first tattoo! I tried a few different variations before settling on the 5th design which I think is appropriately simple and reads very well at a glance 🐚 #SciArt #Paleoart #Ammonites

A scanned sketchbook page showing 5 pen and ink drawings of fossil ammonite shells. The first iteration is the most detalied, with lots of small segments in a tight coil. The second iteration is my attempt at translating the textures/ contrast of a polished ammonite into a condensed pen and ink drawing (I don't think it reads as well as the others). I think that the 5th iteration is the most readable and I think that the subtle shading on the segments looks pretty.

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Here's a little portrait of my auntie's black Labrador Florence that I made for her birthday. Always fun to exaggerate hues on animals that are typically considered only one colour. 🐶 #PetPortraits #AnimalArt

A vibrant and stylised digital painting of a black labrador sitting on sand. I used shades of dark purple, blue and burgundy to exaggerate the tones of her fur and very painterly/ textured brushes.

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 01/06/2024

It's #PrideMonth and #DinosaurDay! What better way to celebrate is there really? 🏳️‍🌈🦖

A mighty Giganotosaurus patterned in the colours of the progress pride flag.

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Felt like I needed to make a painting just for myself as catharsis for a very emotionally draining past week or so. This one is inspired by a photo I took of South Shields Seafront on Christmas Eve 2024. 🌅 #Landscapes

A fairly loose and stylised take on a coastal landscape in the North East of England. I was aiming to make this one look as traditonal as possible so all of the brush strokes are heavily textured and easily visible. Pink and purple hues dominate the sky while the rocks that jut out into the sea have warm earthy tones.

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Happy #EarthDay! It's worth taking a moment to appreciate all of the life that we share this planet with and recognising that we have a responsibility to protect it. 🌍🌳🌊

A stylised, vibrant nature study. A pair of (what I believe to be) White Rhinoceroses in a national park in South Africa. The brushowrk in this piece is fairly expressive and loose. The colour palette makes use of a variety of warm pastel hues (yellow, orange, lilac) contrasted against a dark and saturated purple which makes up the shadows/ outline of the two animals.

An acrylic painting of a medium-sized (not fully-grown) Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) swimming (or drifting) close to a reef among a few other fishes (bright orange in colour) which it dwarfs in comparison. The blue tint of the ocean makes the beige colour of the oddly-shaped Sunfish appear almost purple, with a yellowish-white underside. The edge of the rocky reef appears green in colour with hints of yellow. It fades into a deep, dark blue at the top of the painting, where it is further away from the viewer. Particles of snow-like ocean detritus can be seen in the foreground.

Stylised study of a Zebra Jumping Spider (digital painting).

a somewhat loose and stylised study of a mating pair of Ospreys. During the summer months Ospreys breed and raise the chicks. While the female tends to the nest, the males will hunt for fish, averaging catches of 5 fish per day. Unfortunately however if there is not enough food to go around, the chicks will often fight amongst themselves. Older, and therefore, larger and stronger chicks can prevent their younger siblings from feeding, leading to starvation. (source: https://forestryandland.gov.scot/blog/osprey-migration).

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

‼️ Bottom trawling for scampi leaves behind an environmental wreckage. The devastation caused is real, undeniable & must end. ✍️ We’ve signed a letter calling out UK supermarkets to keep their word on sustainable seafood. 🦐 No more excuses. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...

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Supermarkets 'dragging their heels' on scampi eco damage claim green groups

Green groups warn 'destructive' method of bottom-trawling the seabed to catch prawns for scampi is unsustainable.

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Ale the marinebioartist 🌊 @marinebiologale.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Hello #portfolioday! Here's some of my work as a wildlife illustrator

An ink and watercolor octopus of many shades of teal, red and brown on white background

7 sea turtle species painting with ink and watercolor on white background

A watercoloe illustration of a Black woman diving in the ocean facing a giant octopus peeking out from around the coral reef in multiple colors of yellow, purple, pink.

A sawfish swimming in an abstract ocean with the sun shining above painted in gouache

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Happy Mother's Day! Here's a quick little painting of a mother ichthyosaur (Stenopterygius) and her calf. 🐟🦎 #SciArt #Paleoart #MarineLife

A vibrant and slightly stylised digital painting of an ichthyosaur swimming in the foreground and her young calf just beside her. The animal's body is a pale, pinkish-grey with brown mottled spots. The young calf has fewer spots as they are yet to develop. Both individuals have the ripples of the ocean's surface reflecting off their dorsal side (water caustics).

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Study of a Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) chilling out on a coral colony. 🐙 #SciArt #MarineLife #Invertebrates

A vibrant tudy of a Common Octopus sitting/ walking across a coral colony/ reef. The bright red/pink of the octopus' head transitions to a dark orange with flecks of gold/ yellow and then eventually to a dark blueish purple at the ends of the extremities/ arms. Each arm is dotted with rows of regular white spots. The animal is outlined with a bold dark purple while the brushwork is loose, resembling oil pastels/ watercolour.

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

For #InternationalWomensDay, I'm reposting this short piece about Lindsey Morris Sterling from my Facebook group "Historic Palaeoart (for enthusiasts)". Sterling drew one of the earliest reconstructions of T. rex, creating the blueprint that informed all early T. rex #paleoart and cinema. #sciart

A skeletal reconstruction of a bipedal carnivorous dinosaur next to a human skeleton. A metre scale bar runs up the left side of the image.

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Study of a Juvenile (not-so) Giant Panda. Could not resist making everything more vibrant. 🐼

A vibrant study of a juvenile Giant panda sleeping in a tree. The brush texture/ style is meant to evoke the effect of watercolours, with the sketch/ line art being purple ink.

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Capybara sketch. Earth's largest rodent, native to South America. Experimenting a bit more with stylisation and colours. 🦛🐭 #SciArt #Animals

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

A little stylised sketch of a Binturong (also known as the Bearcat) chilling on a branch. These fellas belong to a group of mammals called Viverrids (which also includes Civets) and are omnivorous, with plants making up a majority of their diet. They also have prehensile tails! #SciArt #Animals

A vibrant, stylised digital drawing of a Binturong chilling on a treebranch, lying on its front with its arms and legs dangling. The colours in this drawing have been heightened so that the typically black and brown coat of the animal appears purple and gold, contrasting against the grassy-green of the background.

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

RIP to the absolute legend that was David Lynch. Here's a little study that I did just over a year ago of the Great Northern Hotel from Twin Peaks. ⛰️⛰️

A grainy, slightly stylised study of the Great Northern Hotel on its cliff above the waterfall from Twin Peaks (1990-1991, 2017).

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teagan white @teaganwhite.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Selective Sanctuary • gouache & watercolor on paper For a group show at 301 Gallery in collaboration with Friends of the Columbia Gorge, who gave artists access to lands they steward to inspire their work for the show; in this case, a habitat site for the endangered western pond turtle.

floaty watercolor painting in subdued blues and browns, depicting a mature western pond turtle surrounded by three baby pond turtles, interwoven with strands of western pond lily leaves, roots, and decaying spent flower pods. everything is drifting and floating as if underwater, but background is negative space in a warm cream tone.

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Art vs Artist 2024. Nice to see more traditional stuff on here this year. Here's to an even better 2025! ✨ #artvsartist2024 #SciArt #Paleoart

A 3x3 grid of selected artworks that I made this year.

From Left to Right: Chinese Pangolin graphite study for World Pangolin Day; Ocean Sunfish Acrylic painting; Mandarin Fish digital study; Iguanodon in a Ginkgo forest (digital, paleoart); some bloke playing guitar; Crystal Palace Park Megalosaurus sketch/ observational study; Pliosaurus kevani front view (orthographic); The titan Cronus (Kronosaurus), King of Gods, devouring one of his own kin (digital); Rhizodus hibberti snatches an Embolomere from the edge of a swamp in Carboniferous Scotland (acrylic paleoart painting).

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

My favourite pieces of 2024! 🐟🦖 #SciArt #Paleoart

A gigantic (10+ metre-long) Kronosaurus has its huge jaws around the lifeless, freshly decapitated body of a juvenile of the same species in the dark gloom of the Early Cretaceous ocean.
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This piece is a (very unsubtle) homage to this incredibly iconic and terrifying painting by Francisco Goya; "Saturn Devouring His Son" (1819–1823). In Greek mythology, Cronus, a.k.a Cronos, Kronos or Saturn (Roman equivalent) overthrew his father, Uranus, and became king of the Gods. After learning that he was destined to be overcome by his children, he devoured them as soon as they were born.

A page of drawings depicting the late Jurassic Pliosaur; Pilosaurs kevani, in orthographic views (left lateral, dorsal and front view).

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Every now & again, it's useful to say why I do all these eel history tweets. Mostly, it's because eels need our help. They're critically endangered, seeing a c.90% drop in population in the last decades. But it's hard to get people to care! 'Cause...eels are gross & slimy. 1/2 🗃️🧪

Meme. Photograph of an eel underwater. The eel is yellow in color, with a piercing eye and adorable nostril horns. You can just see one of its fins at the edge of the picture. The eel looks to be smiling, but not a jovial smile. It's the uncertain but hopeful smile of a man meeting a blind date at a biker bar. The eel is swimming low in the water, just above a sandy-looking bottom. It's shadow looms just below it, a negative-spaced eel that reminds you of the fragility of meaning and the patience of the following dark.

Imagine, if you will, that this is the last eel in the world. And *you* have to break the news to it. How would you feel? Wouldn't it be better if you could tell it that a renewed focus on eels in human history has led to a revival of the species?

Let's do that.

Meme text reads:
"Have you seen my friends?
I'm lonely"

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

If you see this, post a Dino (or two) - study from Prehistoric Planet (S1 Ep 4 Ice Worlds) 🌲🏔️

A roughly 2-hour study of a pair of dromaeosaurs in a snowy mountain landscape from Prehistoric Planet (2022), S1 Ep4 (Ice Worlds).

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Finally got around to finishing this acrylic painting after starting it months ago! Rhizodus hibberti snatches an Embolmere (Eoherpeton or something similar) from the river's edge in Carboniferous Scotland. 🐟 #SciArt #PaleoArt #SundayFishSketch