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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Proud of the DinoCon team for standing up for the community and for celebrating human art and artists ❤️ I was heartbroken and disappointed with that talk specifically, but being part of a community of incredible, creative, kind people who are so supportive of each other - that is special. ❤️

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Rebecca | Palaeoplushies @palaeoplushies.com · 22/04/2026

I do not use and will never use generative AI to make my plushie patterns or artwork. I enjoy the process too much and learn so much about each animal I make when drawing them, I will never let a machine take away this joy from me.

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Nambroth @nambroth.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

GenAI is absolutely vile for many reasons, and I have no patience for anyone who intentionally uses it.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Great news on #MesozoicArtII relevant to buyers in the USA -- I'm reliably informed that you can order direct from Bloomsbury's US site, and that the book qualifies for free shipping. I can't test that from here (as in the UK), but I hope it works out :) @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social

Covers of Mesozoic Art and Mesozoic Art II.

Contents page from Mesozoic Art I, showing our selected 25 artists.

Pages from within book, showing selection of images and text.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Received the Ceratopsian skull magnets (19 pcs) from Scaled Beast @rubrennanart.bsky.social as an early b-day present for myself.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Received my copy of Mesozoic Art II. It is a genuine honor to have my work be included with so many other talented paleo artists.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Borneo: where Saltwater Crocodiles see elephants as fair game.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Attenborosaurus. This genus of early Jurassic Pliosaurid is named after Sir David Attenborough, whose 99th birthday is today. Piece from 2023.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

"See no evil, hear no evil, smell no evil" Somewhat cursed WIP with some layers off.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Old Ed. Edmontosaurus regalis.

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joshuapaleorojas.bsky.social @joshuapaleorojas.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

The first image is a beautiful illustration by the talented artist @orribec.bsky.social. Long ago in ancient northern China, during the Neogene Period. During the dry season, with no trees in sight, a single amebelodontid proboscidean called Platybelodon grangeri is searching hard for a place to

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

This paper has a lot of nice data that does seem to indicate an overlooked distinctiveness, but to do taxonomic revisions without any genetic data on living species should not be a thing in 2025. Even if a species is so rare that such data is difficult to obtain it would seem better to wait.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I am one of the artists that will be featured in this book. Out September this year. An excellent list of names to be included amongst and if you haven't seen volume 1 it is very much worth getting.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Here's the final cover we're going with on #MesozoicArtII, featuring an image by Anthony Hutchings. The book is already available for preorder online. Out September 2025, and oh boy is it a thing of beauty. #palaeoart #paleoart #books #dinosaurs

Book cover, with title in gold and subtitle and editor names in white. Main image is colour depiction of a Cretaceous forest floor by Anthony Hutchings, showing a psittacosaur group. At right, two individuals are having a face to face altercation of some sort. The animals are warm brown, with yellowish and orange tones on their undersides, black spots on their arms and shoulders, and long quills on the tail.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

“You’ll be visited by three spirits” the three spirits:

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Pliosaurus funkei. From November 2022.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Ambulocetus. Mother and calf, looking out over the future. December 2023.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

If you see this post your orange art.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

Final breath before the plunge. From June 2024.

A tylosaurine mosasaur breaches the ocean's surface for a breath just as the asteroid touches the upper atmosphere.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Trick-or-Treat. Happy Halloween.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Close-up crop to show some detail of the interesting dentition. Also Mesosaurs like the one swimming for its life shown here are not currently known from the Gai-As Formation (not many vertebrate fossils of any kind are known here), but were abundant in the underlying Huab Formation.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Gaiasia jennyae. The recently described giant stem tetrapod from Permian Namibia.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

With Halloween approaching its time to repost Gothronychus.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Meraxes gigas foot. A large carcharodontosaur from Late Cretaceous Patagonia. Notable for the enlarged curved claw on digit II. Also a speculative Welwitschiaceae species in background. December 2023.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Ouroboros Spinosaurus. From December 2022.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Smilodon populator. In the harsh conditions of Tierra del Fuego a mother brings half a carcass of a King Penguin to her only surviving cub. From March 2023.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

As many others have done I have renewed motivation in actively using this site. I am primarily a natural history/paleo artist creating works that vary from stylized to realistic.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 18/12/2023

Lurking Antarctosuchus. A large temnospondyl from Triassic Antarctica.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

Sleepy Sea Serpent. Jormungandr walhallaensis, the newly described mosasaur from North Dakota.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

Scaling the art to life-sized is sobering. Adult male Lion skull in comparison.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

For World Rhino Day: Woolly Rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis). Shown here with near maximum-sized nasal and frontal horns based on preserved specimens (not from a single individual). The frontal horn is usually depicted as much shorter than the nasal horn, but can exceed the length of the skull.

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