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Lyn

@bookrat.bsky.social
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Sculptor specializing in prehistoric critters, but I also draw whatever They/Them

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Martin Tomsky @mtomsky.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Freshly made but not freshly dead, this is Fox. www.martintomsky.com/shop/preorde... #art #fox #bones #woodwork
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Srutis 🔞 @srutis.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A silly coyote and road runner
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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Atlantic Puffin for @2manycurls.bsky.social ! Thank you for the Waymakers donation! Did you know this species has a fluorescent beak? See replies for more info. #SciArt #BirdArt 🎨🪶 All donations help immigrant kids in the US! Ends Sept. 30 youngcenter.donordrive.com/campaigns/Bi...
Atlantic Puffin illustration imagined with a visibly fluorescent beak. It is a round dumpling of a bird, black with a white face and white belly, posed at night in front of rocky mountains and a starry sky. The beak's normal striped orange-yellow-gray pattern glows vividly turquoise with the pale stripes forming blue-tinted triangles.
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Adam 🪿 @vexnir.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#011 Metapod (1/151) Starting my dream project to create a sketchbook filled with art of the first 151 Pokémon 💚 #art #pokemonart #pokemon #vexnirartpokedex
Acrylic marker drawing of the Pokémon Metapod on top of a birch tree.
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chainsawroll🍉🌮✨ @chainsawroll.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Getting inspired by my dad ! I visited his workshop and This is a sculpture he has been working on for a while. Carved in Mahogany wood
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Lyn @bookrat.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Got a little Wukongopterid this month~ This little guy is $280
Model of a crow-sized pterosaur with bright orange, white, and purple fluff
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J.W. Kirby @jaywkirby.bsky.social · 24/08/2023
Pangupterus painting from 2017
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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
@davehone.bsky.social asked me a question about my comments on Pteranodon from my 2013 book "Pterosaurs", which brought me face to face with my #paleoart from that era. Here's my Pteranodon sensu 2011, vs. Pteranodon 2025, for my next book. The difference? Lots of practise. #FossilFriday
Three crested pterosaurs swim underwater while a school of fish swirls into a baitball. All three have fish in their jaws. Dark shapes loom below, suggesting the approach of mosasaurs.

Painted in 2011, this image was executed in about a day, which was normal for the pictures in "Pterosaurs". I look back on pictures like this and am very grateful for all the nice words and encouragement said about them, as they're pretty rough around the edges!A crested pterosaur, too big to fit in frame, soars over a windy, wavy sea surface. Small seabirds scatter in fear, but they do not dread being attacked or eaten. No, they fear their own inferiority; the existential emptiness that this mighty membraned flier inspires. For they are birds, mere avians, subservient in the natural hierarchy of flying beings. And the awesomeness that shadows them is the great Pteranodon. They dare not speak his name, for they are unworthy. 

(Painted in 2025. Pretentious alt-text written in 2026)
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Tommy Siegel @tommysiegel.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Writing a song for every bird species… #15: “Canyon Wren”
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TenRowsOfTeeth @jmsaarenpaa.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Learning pattern design, you can buy stuff with this print from my rb. I want to see more colourful paleo art design, so gonna be the change I want to see. www.redbubble.com/i/throw-pill...
Marker drawing of ammonites and prehistoric sponges in pastel colours
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FERAL ORIENTAL 🔞🔪 @sealsona.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Day 1 - Northern Lapwing! Not only is it greenish, but greenish-purplish! #AvianAugust
Digital illustration of a Northern Lapwing with probably inaccurate feet
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 31/01/2024
“Don’t get a tattoo! Don’t get a piercing! Your body is a temple!” Linda what we do with temples is decorate them. Like literally that’s the main thing we do
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Lyn @bookrat.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Also squeaked in one last attack in before artfight ended, bsky.app/profile/meg-... 's Sparrow
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Lyn @bookrat.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Got these two little guys available for $250 each
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Dr. Scott Hartman - but not THAT kind of doctor @skeletaldrawing.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Hey everyone - For #FossilFriday, I'm relaunching a completely overhauled Skeletal Drawing dot Com. Check it out, read the welcome post (below), and let me know what you think! www.skeletaldrawing.com/blog/welcome...
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Welcome to Skeletal Drawing 4.0! | Skeletal Drawing
Welcome to the completely overhauled SkeletalDrawing.com. For the last month and a half I've been working on a ground-up overhaul of the website. I'd like to explain a bit of what's changed and why, h...
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Lyn @bookrat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Got 2 sale guys~ Sinosauropteryx is 27 inches long and $220 Tianyulong is 26 inches long and $240
A small, fluffy dinosaur with a banded tail in front of some palm leavesA tiny fluffy beaked dinosaur with a ridge of raised fluff starting over the hips and going down the tail
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Thylacereal @thylacereal.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Shiny new microraptor! It's been a while since I've had a fun, experimental personal project like this. He's got sharp little claws and realistically foldable wings. (I'll be carrying him around at #DinoConUK, not a vendor this year but I can't resist making a new creature to bring along anyway...)
A sparkling plush microraptor with its wings spread. Its plumage is midnight blue with silver glitter, apart from the white chest and two long white tail feathers. The face and feet are bright blue, and the eyes are silver. It has shiny black plastic claws. The plush microraptor perches on the arm of a garden chair, balanced on its two feet with its wings folded at its sides. The secondary feathers overlap the primary feathers.The plush microraptor leans forwards, still perched and balanced on the arm of the chair.
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Lyn @bookrat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Loot drop after defeating me: -decade old gaming laptop (has Minecraft) -low quality early game rifle -handmade makeshift harness and leash for a very small cat -3 lbs of quarters in a leather coin purse -bag of resin theropod teeth -rechargeable waterproof diving flashlight
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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 03/05/2026
Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations doi.org/10.59350/5zt... 🧪
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Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations
Phylopic, NIH Bioart, Bioicons, Scidraw, Open Science Art, Health Icons, Servier Medical Art, Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Noun Project, Segment Anything, Excalidraw, draw.io, Biographics
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Finch @finchwing.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I'll be at DinoCon this weekend selling some extinct and extant art & bits
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Lyn @bookrat.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Archaeoceratops
Sculpture of a 3ft ceratopsian dinosaur sitting down in front of some palm trees
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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Lyn @bookrat.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
This weeks' artfight attacks, tried to mimic the old Digimon card style on the 2 fakemon~ Maybe this year I won't run out of steam week 2 The characters: artfight.net/character/99... artfight.net/character/80... artfight.net/character/10...
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Lyn @bookrat.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Got a little Sinosauropteryx and Compsognathus available for $220 each~
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little guy enjoyer @monstertooths.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
still one of my favorite things I've ever made
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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
More astounding innovative palaeoart by Chinese graduate students. This time dinosaur dioramas locked in epoxy, with Tyndall effect (小红书: 念崽不会画画) 📍CAA Grad Show, Zhejiang Art Museum
Microraptors gliding down tree in epoxy resin with Tyndall effectClose ups
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Lyn @bookrat.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Got a Sinosauropteryx for sale this month for $230, it's 32 inches long and 16 inches tall.
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Steinntroll artdolls @steinntroll.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Unnamed one  Art doll Commission Character design belongs to client. The doll is  27cm tall with posable  neck, tail, and  semi-movable legs/loins. All solid elements are 3d printed from flexible resin. #mixedmediaart #artdoll #creepy #darkfantasy #horrorart
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Amy McEuen, Ph.D. @mceuen.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
My favorite mother’s day cartoon from the stupendous @rosemarymosco.com
Bird mom admiring her “smooth round children” which hatch and become a loud handful
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Lyn @bookrat.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Got some little guys for sale; Bird is $280, wall hanger, 20 inches long Shuuvuia is $250, 27 inches long Sinosauropteryx is $210, 25 inches long
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Lyn @bookrat.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Got some little guys for sale; Bird is $280, wall hanger, 20 inches long Shuuvuia is $250, 27 inches long Sinosauropteryx is $210, 25 inches long
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Jennifer Campbell-Smith, PhD 𓄿𓃥𓅃 @jcampbellsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
"I Contain Multitudes" This digitally painted piece honors coyote by tracing its lineage from the first cells of life to the animal trotting our cities and the wilderness today. The thread gives descriptions of all the extinct organisms shown in this piece (not to scale)
This digitally painted piece honors the survivor spirit of the coyote by tracing its lineage from the first cells of life to the animal trotting our landscapes today. Below the horizon, carefully chosen ancestors mark pivotal moments in adaptation, each contributing to the form and survivor we see today. Above the horizon, Coyote stands alert at the center, framed by both Denver’s skyline and a mountain backdrop, symbols of their ability to thrive in cities as well as wilderness. Embedded in the ground are the skulls and bones of carnivores whose lineages ended long ago, emphasizing Coyote’s persistence in contrast.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I feel like people think "birds are dinosaurs" is a weird fun fact that is "technically true" but I don't know how to emphasize that there are tens of thousands of species of theropod dinosaur on the planet with us right now. People keep them AS PETS. WE EAT THEM.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Archaeocursor asiaticus for #DrawDinosDaily here taking a sit-down from all the running. I added the little head portrait after I decided I wanted to get deeper into speculative head wattles for this guy. Ornamentation like that is common in modern cursorial birds. 🎨🪶 #SciArt #PaleoArt
Pair of illustrations depicting Archaeocursor, a small dinosaur only a few feet long. It has a small head, long body, very long tail, little grasping hands folded low near its belly, and big strong long legs for running. It is shown here with speculative mottled rich brown coloration, a white iris, and yellow folded skin wattles on the cheek.
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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Really taken with Haolong dongi, out today from Jiandong Huang, Pascal Godefroit and team. Just submitted news article on it. An iguanodontian with abundant hollow spikes across the neck and body, projecting from among conventional basement scales, and with rows of plate-like scales along the tail.
Life reconstruction of Haolong in dark forest environment, by Fabio Manucci.Montage showing scales and spikes of Haolong, with anatomical position marked on life reconstruction of whole animal. From Huang et al. 'Cellular-level preservation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous'.
iguanodontian dinosaur
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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A new look inside the mouth of Archaeopteryx has revealed striking similarities with modern birds. 🦖🐦️ #ornithology
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Archaeopteryx — The Earliest Known Bird — Had a Strange Mouth, but Fed Like Modern Birds
Learn how looking in Archaeopteryx’s fossilized mouth uncovered weird features unique to birds, supporting their ability to fly.
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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This little Black-throated Blue Warbler isn't gonna get used for her original intended purpose so here she is for Warbler Wednesday! 🎨🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt
Rough little mini digital illustration of a female-type Black-throated Blue Warbler perched on sort of a hovering disembodied branch segment. She is a soft turquoise blue, greener at the head and richer blue on the back and tail, with a thin pointy black beak, white eyering, white belly, and black legs. The white patch on the primaries is a key identifying mark for this species regardless of age or sex.
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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
For #FossilFriday: After many, many years of absence, I've finally restored a working print store to my website markwitton.co.uk. There are over 120 #paleoart prints to choose from, and I'll periodically add new pieces over time (or older pieces at request, but serious inquiries only, please!).
Screengrab of my print store webpage, where you can exchange money for ink printouts of my art on high-quality pulped wood.
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Blue @kaylaskritterz.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Hey gang! I'm open for just about any kind of critter or OC you'd like to throw my way! I've done a wide variety of different types over the years and love trying new things too. I'll cut you a deal if given artistic freedom, too! Here's just a small sampling of some of the different ones I've done
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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I drawed a dinosaur. #SciArt
An illustration of a large T. rex on a white background. The dinosaur has a mostly grey body with pale stripes and splotches, with earthy orange tones around its head and neck. 

“Tyrannosaurus was a bipedal carnivore with a massive skull balanced by a long, heavy tail. Relative to its large and powerful hind limbs, the forelimbs of Tyrannosaurus were short but unusually powerful for their size, and they had two clawed digits. The most complete specimen measures 12.3–12.4 m (40–41 ft) in length, but according to most modern estimates, Tyrannosaurus could have exceeded sizes of 13 m (43 ft) in length, 3.7–4 m (12–13 ft) in hip height, and 8.8 t (8.7 long tons; 9.7 short tons) in mass.” (Source: Wikipedia)
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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Quick sketch of Zavacephale rinpoche, a new pachycephalosaur from Early Cretaceous Asia #paleoart #dinosaur
Sketch of Zavacephale running (bottom) and detail of the head
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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
A tiny Jurassic pterosaur, Bellubrunnus, wingspan, less than a foot (its head is the size of my fingernail)
The fossilreconstruction hanging from a finger
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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
If the far-right misogynist with a bad haircut wants to villainize independent women, Jezebel is more than happy to be the hag of his nightmares. www.jezebel.com/we-paid-some...
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We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk
If the far-right misogynist with a bad haircut wants to villainize independent women, Jezebel is more than happy to be the hag of his nightmares.
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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 06/09/2025
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Osprey, for lycorisrecoil @ tumblr! Thanks for the #Waymakers donation! For info, and to donate and request a bird: act.theyoungcenter.org/a/birdsbeyon... All funds go to supporting the rights of immigrant kids in the US. Ends Sept. 30! 🎨🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt
Digital illustration of an Osprey flying over blue water with ghostly foggy trees in the background. The lighting is strong blue and gold, accentuating the bird's bright yellow eye on its otherwise black and white feathers.
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Jacob Wheeler - Whejaverse Art and Science @whejasciart.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
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
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Srutis 🔞 @srutis.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
There is a hotpot of contributing factors but 100% because of the total vacancy of class awareness, folks hold to the propaganda that all poor people are unskilled labourers & when they see a skilled artist there is this immediate perception they belong to a certain economic bracket
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Pegushi 🔜 SacAnime Summer AA153 @pegushi.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Gold Foil Birds Stamp Washi These were some birds that reminded me of my childhood back when I was living in China #washitape #stationary
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