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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Lazy sunday sketching. Deinotherium and some funky bipedal apes in a watering hole somewhere in east africa #sciart

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Julio the Artist @lacerdajulio.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

strange lizard

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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Joermungandr bolti, Carboniferous 'amphibian' from Mazon creek. #sciart

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orsomoretti.bsky.social @orsomoretti.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Pleistocene steppe bison Bison Priscus. It inhabited Europe, Asia, and North America until the early Holocene and is the ancestor of modern European bison and American bison. I'm not sure if it's noticeable, but I was inspired by ancient images of bison and Altamira and other caves.

Pleistocene steppe bison Bison Priscus. Ancestor of modern bisons.

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orsomoretti.bsky.social @orsomoretti.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Palaeoplatyceros hispanicus- a muntjac-like deer from the Middle Miocene of Spain. Numerous antlers found on Otero Hill in Palencia allow to trace the age-related dimorphism of these animals. The illustration shows an adult, possibly even old, animal and a younger deer in the background.

An extinct muntjac-like deer with branched antlers.

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Toarcian☄️ @toarcian.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Doing some prep work for a large piece that i am planning out.

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Tealin @twirlynoodle.com · 08/01/2026

Most wholesome warmup sketch today ... #blessed

A pencil sketch off the video of David Attenborough taking to a peregrine chick which is getting tagged.

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

First new #paleoart piece finished for 2026: a super modern, 100% accurate take on Mosasaurus and a plesiosaur. In unrelated news, I had the spirit of the early 19th-century palaeoartist John Martin exorcised from my house over the weekend. #paleontology #fossil #sciart #retropaleoart #art

A night scene of warring marine reptiles inspired by the palaeoart of the 19th-century painter John Martin. A full moon peers through a bank of cloud to illuminate two figures rising from a turbulent sea: a long-necked plesiosaur and the spiralling tail and body of a mosasaur (fun historofact: fossils of mosasaurs were among the first Mesozoic reptiles to be put on record, but they weren't restored in palaeoart until the 1850s, decades after other marine reptiles). They threaten and bellow at each other with whipping tongues and clawed flippers because John Martin. A rocky arch can be seen on the right, and a third reptile, its identity uncertain, arches from the water on the left. Go draw some Martineseque Mesozoic animals, folks, it's hellafun.

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The Blue Lias

Bleeding plesiosaur with Dimorphodon, ammonited, crinoids on logs.

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James-Tarleton @jamestarleton27.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

First work of 2026, an Eremotherium going into labour is followed closely by a young Arctotherium. #Art #PaleoArt #Paleontology #Procreate #DigitalArt #Nature

Eremotherium giving birth in the presence of danger

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James-Tarleton @jamestarleton27.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

ive been on the quiter side of thing for a while so here is some Spec Evo stuff i worked on a few months ago, some Oligocene dinosaurs and whales

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RJ Palmer 🔜 LBX 637 @rj-palmer.com · 28/10/2025

Quickie little guide to T. rex faces. I feel like I've gotten into the habit of only sharing big final works but let me know if you'd like me to post more of my little sketches.

sketch of a T. rex skull and soft tissue from front and side views. Being able to draw a good T. rex should be a mandatory skill one has in order to graduate art school.

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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

A Thylacoleo and Her Joey

A Thylacoleo carnifex rests with her young joey in a cave, the joey lying with its head on its mother's arm. Some light shines on the cave floor through an opening somewhere.
Thylacoleo was a carnivorous marsupial (sometimes known as the marsupial lion) that once lived in Australia.

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Petite Paleoartist | Sauriazoicillus @ppaleoartist.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

here's today's #Paleostream flocking sketches!!! today we sketched Himalayasaurus, Typothorax, Lunataspis (i drew L. aurora), and Kunpengopterus (drinking the nectar from a Weltrichia) #paleoart #sciart #invertart #paleobotany #plantart

a Himalayasaurus has killed a smaller ichthyosaur, it swims away with the corpse still bleeding in its mouth

Himalayasaurus is a kind of ichthyosaur (fully marine reptiles with four flippers, dorsal fins, and tails used for swimming), specifically a shastasaurid (a group of the largest ichthyosaurs from the Upper Triassic). Himalayasaurus was found in Tibet and unlike other shastasaurids had ziphodont teeth (teeth made for cutting) suggesting it ate large prey, rather than having no teeth like other shastasaurids

a Typothorax is laying eggs in its mound nest, its cloacal osteoderms move away to make sure they dont crush the delicate eggs.

Typothorax is a kind of aetosaur (armoured herbivorous relatives of crocodiles and dinosaurs) that possessed an upturned snout and most curiously osteoderms around its cloaca

two Lunataspis aurora move towards the camera. the nervous system of the left Lunataspis is visible through its thin carapace, the one on the right is climbing over the left individual allowing the viewer to see its underside

Lunataspis aurora is an extinct species horseshoe crab from the Late Ordovician of Canada. it was flatter than modern horseshoe crabs and lacked a fused abdomen, instead its abdomen was made of individual segments much like other arthropods. it was also very small being around only 3-4cm long

a Kunpengopterus sticks its tongue into a Weltrichia to lap up the sweet nectar within the cup of the flower-like structure, pollinating it in the process. two other bennettitale branches are seen in the back, all the branches are similar to the genus Kimuriella in growth form

Kunpengopterus is an arboreal pterosaur (flying reptiles that flew using a bat-like wings) with a long tail, soft tissue crest, and potentially an opposed "thumb" on its hands

Weltrichia is a male form genus of bennettitalian (flower-like plants). most species were probably wind pollinated, however, some were beetle pollinated, it's possible they could've also been pollinated by animals too. the female form genus counterpart of Weltrichia is Williamsonia, which is known from the Tiaojishan Formation, where Kunpengopterus is from. Weltrichia has been associated with the genus Kimuriella, however, no species are contemporary with Kunpengopterus, so this depiction of a Kimuriella-like whole plant is speculative

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Happy birthday Sir David :) God ray not added in post I swear.

Sir David Attenborough and Darren Naish at a filming event.

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Virtual #Paleoart Gallery Participants (4/5) Just about one more week to go with artwork from @fossillad123.bsky.social @haiderjaffri.bsky.social @wargonopsid.bsky.social @palaeonavix.bsky.social @spinojp.bsky.social Get your tickets here tinyurl.com/4zw5m89e, spread the word & join the event! 🔽

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HJ_arts02 @haiderjaffri.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

"A local river giant" A revamp of a piece i did 2 years ago. Featuring Baryonyx circa 125 million years ago. England.

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Two small ornithischians: the super long-tailed (probably) Leaellynasaura amicagraphica from Eatly Cretaceous Australia and the well known Hypsilophodon foxii from Early Cretaceous Europe #paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs

Reconstructions of Leaellynasaura (top) and Hypsilophodon (bottom)

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James-Tarleton @jamestarleton27.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Creating an environment based around a Lunar Colony - Fuel Pipe - Modeled in Maya Turntable in Stager #GameDev #3D #Modeling #Environment #UnrealEngine

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James-Tarleton @jamestarleton27.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Creating an environment based around a Lunar Colony - Habitat - Modeled in Maya Turntable in Stager Shape language and overall inspiration taken from Paul Jouard on Artstation (I do apoligize for the weird glitchy look) #GameDev #3D #Modeling #Environment #UnrealEngine

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James-Tarleton @jamestarleton27.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Creating an environment based around a Lunar Colony - Keyboard - Modeled in Maya Turntable in Stager #GameDev #3D #Modeling #Environment #UnrealEngine

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James-Tarleton @jamestarleton27.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Creating an environment based around a Lunar Colony - Fuel Depot - Modeled in Maya Turntable in Stager #GameDev #3D #Modeling #Environment

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Steve White @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Nice when someone buying one of my artbooks (still available) asks for something interesting as a sketch. This is Squaloraja, a weird Early Jurassic 'shark ray.' Was fun to do.

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

My predecessor as State Paleontologist, Dave Gillette passed away on Feb. 10th. He will be missed. He oversaw the excavation of the Huntington Mammoth. @jlivelypaleo.bsky.social @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Still a better Spinosaurus than those in a certain forthcoming movie.

Humorous drawing in brown pencil of a Spinosaurus, a very large dinosaur with a crocodile-like snout and a large sail-like structure on its back, perched on a tree branch.

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Rudolf Hima @himarudolf.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Meganthropus palaeojavanicus of Sangiran, Central Java, Indonesia. A hominid that lived during the early-middle Pleistocene. Brush test from last year. The fur brush is by Ville Sinkkonen, which you can get from his gumroad. Easily my top 5 brushpacks.

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Rob DenBleyker @robdenbleyker.com · 04/02/2025

stop re-opening jurassic park you dumbasses

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Little Baardo @littlebaardo.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Geez you look away for one second and suddenly you have over 5k followers! In light of recent events I do not want to post on the other place anymore, gunna try to update on here more often. Here is some herbs and ground plants I made for Saurian!

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maru @koyamori.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Happy Lunar New Year!! 🐍 #art

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Julianne Zelda Kiely 🌿Commissions open🌿 @palaeojules.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

@nataliajagielska.bsky.social and her coauthors just published a new paper completely describing the osteology of the large #Jurassic #pterosaur Dearc sgiathanach!!! bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Here's an illustrated I did recently based on their original 2022 description! #paleoart

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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Olorotitan watercolor portrait

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Curtis Lanaghan @clanaghan.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

"For a big town you want to have big guards, and #Mapusaurus is one of the biggest. Their days mainly consist of keeping bandits and wild carnivores away from populated areas and caravans, as no one in town is crazy enough to get on their bad side." #paleoart #dinosaur

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Pablo Rivera @pablonotpicasso.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Older painting showing a group of Pachyrhinosaurus wading through some water. This was the first time I really dove into learning about lenses and referencing wildlife photography for my paleoart, and I feel it was a big breakthrough for defining my approach! #paleoart #paleosky #pachyrhinosaurus

Downward shot of three Pachyrhinosaurus walking away from the viewer’s perspective.

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Heitoresco @heitoresco.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Dois Pycnonemosaurus machos tendo comportamento de marrada para disputas territoriais

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Tom Parker @tomozaurus.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I also worked on this 😅 Everything is starting to pop up, exciting!

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

So glad for people to get to see some of the animals I've spent the past couple of years looking after! I had the wonderful opportunity to design the looks of many of the species, and have worked on each animal in detail across the VFX process. Walking with Dinosaurs premieres later in 2025!

A mother and juvenile Pachyrhinosaurus nuzzle each other.

Three Albertosaurus, the central one heavily scarred, emerge from the forest.

A close up on the side of the face of an Albertosaurus.

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James-Tarleton @jamestarleton27.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

#Nature #GameDev #Artist #Sciart doing some research on character design and I was looking at insects for inspiration, a simple assassin bug sketch

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Petite Paleoartist | Sauriazoicillus @ppaleoartist.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

first art of 2025 is a fish! starting off strong a female Oncorhynchus rastrosus, the spike-toothed salmon. it's commonly misrepresented as a massive sockeye salmon with tusks slapped on, but we know that they didnt undergo any drastic levels of sexually dimorphic remodelling #sciart #fishart

A female Oncorhynchus rastrosus swims infront of the camera in cloudy water full of plankton

O. rastrosus is a massive extinct salmon that reached around 2.5m in size, it's also called the spike-toothed salmon due to the two teeth on its top jaw jutting out to the sides, these were present on all individuals. it was a planktivore like its extant relatives O. keta and O. nerka

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James-Tarleton @jamestarleton27.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

My first work of 2025 - really happy with how this guy turned out Allosaurus anax

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