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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think everyone should watch very closely if the administrators of Drexel University suddenly get raises or bonuses if they still go forward with the closing the Academy of Natural Sciences.

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Just a little rant about he #PSLF Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. I have had loans since I started college in 2001, most of which are private loans and some of which have repayment plans so bad that I still owe pretty much what I owed when I took them out more than 20 years ago.

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Anzu wyliei color sketch with Staedler Mars 780 red and blue leads, Faber-Castell Goldfaber Aqua watercolour pencils, and Tombow Dual Brush Pens. #anzu #dinosaur #sketch #paleoart #sciart

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Quote with your yellow art 💛 I should use yellow more often too. Good horsey-lizard-bird

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Quote with your blue art 💙 Greyish-blue, but still.

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Got my travel tattoo! Keelan over at Yan Tattoo and Piercing in Toronto masterfully adapted my design. We did have to flip some things to work with the placement I finally landed but the end result is fantastic. #centrosaurus #tattoo #paleoart #dinosaur #art

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Tattoo happening soon! Getting this one done on my right arm, we flipped the head and the river on the back so it still works correctly and looks good. Yan Tattoo and Piercing Studio in Toronto, artist is Keelan. yantattoo.ca

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A Lady Bug hitched a ride from the park to the library, not sure if they stayed there or not.

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I spent the day in the Toronto Public Library making a #tattoo design based on photos I took at the @romtoronto.bsky.social, decided in Centrosaurus, based on good old ROM 767. Now I'm looking for a studio in Toronto to get this done.

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Just want to recommend a really cool app. Rockd, is an app that shows you the geology info for wherever you happen to be, including what fossils and gems have been found, gives you recommended research, and lets you add to the data. rockd.org

rockd.org

Rockd

A platform for geological data exploration, integration, and analysis.

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Lake Monster Art! I went to the @harvardmuseums.bsky.social and got to sit and sketch the biggest of boys, Kronosaurus. It's fitting I work on this while camping next to a lake known for having a mysterious giant creature lurking below its surface. #paleoart #sketchbook #vacation #camping #art

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Drinking black coffee ☕ at White Heron Tea and Coffee in Portsmouth, NH while drawing a White Heron 🪽 #sketch #art #drawing #bird #natureart #dinosaur

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Just a little sketch of a Little Brown Bat to start the day. 🦇 #bat #sketch #natureart #drawing #artist #vacation

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Cara is an art sharing site with policies designed to protect artist work from AI scraping of their work. They were just scraped for a 3rd time by melicious actors. They are taking steps to launch a defense but are a small, volunteer-based organization, and could use help. gofund.me/0280ccb57

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Donate to Help Cara Fight Scrapers with Legal Fund, organized by Jingna Zhang

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The final version of my Ornitholestes hermanni reconstruction is out! #dinosaur #paleoart #sciart #illustration #art #noai

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

$50.1 million could fund over 400 doctorates; 933 years worth of annual curator salaries (UK), or running cost for a millennium-worth of free events like the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival. It is inane that people can accumulate such wealth, and use it explicitly to cause public harm.

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I'm re-working my #Ornitholestes. I tried, but I the design I was working on didn't resonate with me and the general composition of the scene felt too stiff. I am feeling this one though. 🦖 #dinosaur #paleoart #sciart #sketch #paleontology #science

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Shantungasaurus was the Late Cretaceous version of the Giant Eland, basically a member of a group of animals that has no business being as big as they are.

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Happy belated International Dinosaur Day! 🦖 Celebrating the art of the saurian side-eye for 66 million years.

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I'm not sure if I'm completely sold on all of the prehistoric creature reconstructions in Netflix's The Dinosaurs. youtu.be/y4ZBSzYUTL0?...

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The Dinosaurs | Official Trailer | Netflix

YouTube video by Netflix

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

My latest illustration reveal of work I did for the Zoic TCG by Creative Beast Studios! #paleoart #sciart #dinosaur #deinonychus #tradingcardgame #cardgame #tcg

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I did a character portrait for a Star Wars TTRPG game I'm playing with friends and family. I had fun with it and wanted to share it. More dinosaurs soon, I promise. #starwars #ttrpg

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Here are some of the work in progress stages for this piece, starting with sketches and progressing as color and texture were applied, also egg goop.

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Behold! The adorable Centrosaurus baby I got to make for Creative Beast Studio's new Zoic trading card game this past year, I can finally reveal it to the public. Don't mess this little one! #paleoart #sciart #tradingcardgame #zoic #zoictcg

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Dinosaurs were in my driveway and I have proof. #dinosaurtracks 🦃

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Megaloceros giganteus, also known as the Irish Elk. Standing 7 feet at the shoulder with antlers as wide as 12 feet across, it was one of the largest deer species in existence. A truly awesome site during the #IceAge.

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

If you are looking for some paleo-themed gift ideas then check out my @redbubble shop. Get 35% off selected tees for their #BlackFridaySale 🦖coffeeisblack.redbubble.com🦣

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Nothing says #TurkeyDay like a Six Foot Turkey. It's a perfect day for paleo-media! 🦖 youtu.be/4dbfAJEw16U?...

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Thanksgiving with Dr Bakker

YouTube video by Matthew Cuellar

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Some more #iceage art because my Thanksgiving 🦃 is #PrehistoricPlanet themed.🦣

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I watched the first episode of #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge, I loved it. It's amazing to see these animals portrayed in such a realistic fashion. 🦏

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

If you haven't seen the latest episode of Animalogic they discuss the history of debate and the evidence for something the size of #Quetzalcoatlus being able to fly. Check it out here: youtu.be/xQ3qQ2XjX8s?si… I was happy to provide some of my art to this one.

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Here's a closer look at the art work that I did for The Gaming Beaver's RIVER RUMBLE! Tournament video. Velociraptor RAPRU and Triceratops TORI. Check out the video here👇 youtu.be/bzu3ZF2lmMs?si… It's a fun video and was a fun project to work on🦖

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I started off my day with morning sketches at the Beneski Museum of Natural History at Amherst College. Dryosaurus altus says hello🎨🦖

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