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The rivaling apex predator, this unusually long-snouted Brute Wyvern is a specialist of the rocky coasts, using its large dextrous arms and hands to wrangle anything it deems prey. A better swimmer than other Brutes, it can be seen tanking huge waves with its armor plating.

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One of the rivaling apex species of the ecosystem, this gargantuan Carapaceon, the largest species of them all, is mostly a scavenger, consuming anything dead or dying. However, it is still a formidable fighter, using modified arms to bash any foe or even armored prey.

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The tidal pools hide a relatively smaller Snake Wyvern, who slithers between bodies of water to hunt for fish and small monsters. With toxic spines and a "bite first, ask questions later" attitude, this Snake is a menace to any creature trying to survive the tides.

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An Amphibian with a more salamander-like body compared to its froggy cousins. Covered in tassels and adapting to a crocodilian lifestyle, it is debated whether if it should be classified as an Amphibian or a Leviathan.

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An unnamed Temnosceran who, uniquely enough, stands on water, and uses swift graceful bounds to snag and dispatch prey in an instant, delivering doses of paralytic venom.

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Grymmlee (그림리) @grymmlee.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The next ecosystem of my MH series takes us to a region marked by vast intertidal zones, where cave networks and tidepools appear and disappear by the hour. Here, monsters adapt to these rapid daily changes. Below will be the five endemic species to this habitat. #MonsterHunter

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So, you wanted to see fanmade Monster Hunter, so I bring to you some revived concepts I had for a fan-game. The first batch here belong to an island, and dwell in a costal habitat made of mangroves and beaches. (a thread, more below)

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Grymmlee (그림리) @grymmlee.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

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So I rediscovered a long-cancelled project of mine that I actually had plans to make a webtoon out of in high school: PnGA.Online, which was basically...SAO but The Isle. Spent, like, 2-ish years on it before dropping it because it became too big for me. Also because COVID.

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The Seafolk are a coastal species of generalist plesiosaur, that build their homes by farming stone and algae. They are patient, and highly philosophical, pondering not just their world, but the sky and land, and whether they are alone in this world.

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The Sky People, like the Hide, know their place in their world, but in the exact opposite way. They are a nomadic, barbaric , kleptoparasitic race, built around dominance. However, females and young are to never be harmed, for they are the future of the Sky People.

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The Hide know their place in the food web as prey. Thus, their philosophies form around the concept of becoming that which they feed: plant life itself. They cloak themselves in foliage and mud, blending in with the ground and plants.

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The ability of the Makers to create and manipulate the world around them is the center of their culture. All Makers celebrate the wonders of the world through their expressions of art and engineering. What appear to be weapons are are instead tools for crafting.

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The four sophont groups in a fantasy paleoworld that I conceptualized, inspired by the Avatar movies and Planet of the Apes. Four species, all with their own cultures and histories.

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Grymmlee (그림리) @grymmlee.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Please consider following me on my alternate as well. A lot more of my science illustration will be here.

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As mentioned on Twitter, I will be moving all my paleoart and scientific illustration content to a more professional place, and will instead retain my more fun/creative projects here.

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Grymmlee (그림리) @grymmlee.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

"Brother, may I have some angiosperms?"

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Grymmlee (그림리) @grymmlee.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Drew a speculative microraptorine based on tracks found in the Jinju Formation that suggests wing-assisted locomotion.

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Reposted by Grymmlee (그림리)

Camila 🌷 @nekomori-art.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

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Its body shape suggests that Dracopristis hunted along the seafloor, with the teeth shape providing evidence of it hunting fish and crustaceans, crushing and grasping rather than piercing.

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The habitat Dracopristis inhabited was likely shallow estuarine lagoons with anoxic bottoms, allowing for relatively better preservation of the body for cartilaginous fish, which are notorious for having little remains, due to a lack of scavengers.

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The nickname “Godzilla shark” stemmed from Dracopristis being the largest of its kind found in its area, and because of the 0.8m long spines on its dorsal fins. However, it was later, dethroned by the 6m Glikmanius, which may have predated on Dracopristis. (art by Benji Paynose)

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Dracopristis belongs to an order of cartilaginous fish known as ctenacanths. While not true sharks, they are still elasmobranchs. Discovered in 2013 in New Mexico, Dracopristis originates from the Carboniferous, and was a 2m long animal. (credit to artbyjrc)

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For #SharkWeek2024, the shark of choice is Dracopristis hoffmanorum (Hoffman’s dragon shark), or as it’s more commonly known, the “Godzilla shark”. Here we see a female, hiding on the seafloor of a shallow lagoon at night from a hungry Glikmanius, amongst some crinoids.

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Art of the new reconstruction to the saber-sorry, spiketooth salmon (Oncorhynchus rastrosus), now as a planktivorous salmonid who develop their signature spikes to dig nests and defend against predators. Both males and females have these teeth too, with males' being bigger!

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A sketch of one of the most bizarre chondrichthyans, Aquilolamna milarcae, or the eagle shark, from Late Cretaceous Mexico. Originally assigned as a lamniform (related to great whites and makos), it's now uncertain of this animal's placement.

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Cretoxyrhina, also known as the Ginsu shark, is a genus of lamniform shark from the mid-late Cretaceous found worldwide, but is famously known from the Western Interior Seaway. As a top-order carnivore, it likely fed on large fish, other sharks, and large marine reptiles.

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Sketches of two of the new monsters announced for Monster Hunter Wilds: Rey Dau and Lala Barina. Two of my favorites so far and from what clips I've seen of gameplay, they look like an absolute blast.

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Redo's of my speculative South Korean paleofauna mini-project, now under the name "Spekorea", or in Korean "한국 공룡 반타지" (한공반) As of now, only these three are done as I've sort of lost motivation to continue. The project isn't over, though.

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A recently announced on the prehistoric shark Ptychodus revealed it's formerly unknown body plan to actually resemble that of lamniform sharks. Ptychodus was a durophage, hunting hard-shelled organisms such as ammonites, and lived from the mid to late Cretaceous worldwide.

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