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Martyn Warren (he/him) @martynwarren.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Want to see something cool? I'm currently working on chapter pages for my book, and landed on the idea of using slightly more sketchy black and white illustrations to contrast with the full-colour drawings. Here are 2 concepts I've done so far...

A concept showing a double page spread. The left page is a chapter intro for coleoptera with a monochrome pencil sketch of a bamboo weevil. The right page shows my goliath beetle drawing in full colour.

A concept showing a double page spread. The left page is a chapter intro for mantodea with a monochrome pencil sketch of a funky skinny mantis (I forget its name). The right page shows my banded flower mantis drawing in full colour.

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Michael English @scienceskink.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The Emperor Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) The largest of the old world vultures, this magnificent species has a range throughout much of Eurasia. Cinereous vultures like many species suffered a decline over the 20th century due to poisoning and reduced availability of carcasses to feed on

art of a cinereous vulture, it is done in a style reminiscent of an oil painting. the bird is posed in front of a purple circle and has a dark background, looking to the left with neck extended we can see the white rugged feathers that run either side of the darker neck.
either side of the portrait we see it framed by three skulls, a wolf, a rabbit, and a boar

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Michael English @scienceskink.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Rüppells Vulture The Star This critically endangered species holds the world record for highest flying bird, at an impressive 11,300 m (37,000 ft)!

art of a Rüppells vulture, it has dark brown feathers on the body with light feather tips. the bird is standing in front of a dark background with gold stars scattered throughout the image. the border has a name plate at the base with The Star written upon it. either side of the cardhas a tan background with the silhouette of a soaring vulture and below it the skull of a wildebeest, one of the animals the vulture scavenges upon

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Michael English @scienceskink.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

A new world vulture for the 2nd card, despite the visual similarities vultures of the Americas are not closely related to the vultures of Africa and Eurasia. This is an example of convergent evolution, where two unrelated groups of animal independently take on similar strategies to occupy a niche.

art of a black vulture (Coragyps atratus)
leaping. it's wings are up with the feet
preparing to extend to land. it has a small
jester hat floating above their head. there
is a border and at the bottom the tarot
card title "The Fool". the background of the
image is a vivid blue with yellow spots and
a pink circle behind the head.
either side of the card there is a border
with four skulls on each side, top to bottom
they are: black vulture, opossum, alligator,
and raccoon

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Michael English @scienceskink.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The Chariot Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres) Vultures are the most endangered group of birds, not only is suitable habitat being reduced through agriculture and urbanization, but climate change, persecution, and poisoning have lead to a steady decline of several species.

a tarot card depicting a cape vulture sitting within the ribcage of a zebra. the text on the card says "The Chariot" the pose of the vulture emulates a person in a small chariot. the background is sky blue but with a golden circle just behind the head of the bird. the frame of the image is brown with gold on the corners. on either side of the card there is a skull and neck vertebrae of the cape vulture

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Whale fall pins are now back in stock, just in time for the holidays!! The perfect gift for deep sea lovers & marine biology fans 🐋🦀 Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art

photo of a large gold-plated enamel pin photographed on top of a lichen-covered rock. The enamel pin features a whale skeleton covered with various deep sea creatures, such as octopuses, hagfish, a giant isopod, a crab, and chimaeras.

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Michael English @scienceskink.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Icthyosaurs, as cool as they are weird!

An icthyosaur emerging from the depths mouth agape to snatch an unseen prey animal

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Michael English @scienceskink.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

This is phenomenal, can't wait to see it!!

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Tam||maT @tamvmat.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hey ho it's #portfolioday again! I'm Tam, a Canadian freelance artist, always looking for work. I specialize in creature and character artwork in both digital and traditional mediums. No AI 🚫 Here's a bit of my art! And my portfolio site 💚🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 tamvmat.myportfolio.com/work

Line art illustration, fan art from Dredge. A small fishing boat sits on monster infested water

Digital original painting, a dolls head suspended by fishing wire, cracked and bleeding. Brain tissue is revealed to be inside. Horror art. Dark art

Cover art digital illustration for a ttrpg book. A man sits upon a Gothic throne, a druid woman at his side with an antler headpiece, and a small magpie humanoid sits at the top

Digital painting of a giant crustacean, guarding her clutch of eggs.

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Michael English @scienceskink.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Haven't drawn in a while, and haven't posted here in a while too! Allosaurus art

Art of the theropod dinosaur, Allosaurus. It is blue in colour with vivid red markings on the crests and along the body

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D. Allan Drummond @dadrummond.art · 28/09/2025

Greetings little one 🤓🥹

A sculpture of a pseudoscorpion, 3D printed in gray resin sitting in my hand with its claws up. In the background is a workbench.

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Michael English @scienceskink.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Wanted to draw something dramatic, Velociraptors seemed the most appropriate subject

A pair of Velociraptors fighting, one is falling backwards while the other is above them preparing to land on them. The background is black with vibrant red brushstrokes. The Velociraptors themselves are largely grey-brown with darker primary feathers and a light pattern similar to an eyespot. They also have blue throats

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Rudolf Hima @himarudolf.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Evolutionary Arms Race

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Michael English @scienceskink.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Been a while, here's some Torvosaurus art!

A large green theropod dinosaur head and neck, it is peering out from a blue rectangle

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

This thread is close to my stance: More automation will always happen. What matters is whether it happens over generations, replacing tedious/dangerous jobs, or if it happens overnight, killing jobs people are still actively training for so billionaires can save money. Tyler is more coherent, tho.

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Why is my book taking so long to finish? Well, one of many reasons are Aetosaurs! They are very complicated to reconstruct AND my book has a lot of them! 😅 But Aetosaurs are awesome! Aetosaurs are pseudosuchians, and thus related to modern crocodilians #paleoart #aetosaurs #art

Illustration of three species of aetosaurs. Top: Aetosaurus ferratus, middle: Scutarx deltatylus and bottom: Desmatosuchus spuriensis

Reconstruction of two species of Aetosaurs. Top: Typothorax coccinarum. Bottom: Paratypothorax andressorum

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

When I draw something facing one direction... & The moment I mirror it. 🙃🤪

Comic. On one side is a horse's head and neck drawn in near-three-quarter view, facing left: pretty, elegant, and sparkling, with the caption: 'When I draw something facing one direction...'
On the other side is supposedly the 'same' drawing, facing right, comically distorted with its features wrongly shaped and all askew, with the caption: 'The moment I mirror it.'

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Cyprinids are my least favorite kinds of fish to draw, their scales are tedious and can cause carpal tunnel

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

Not finished yet, but a preview for next week's auction. My phone camera is not great, but it's especially bad for artworks with tonal subtleties (there is less betrayal with the silhouette pieces). #Junicorn

Drawing of a unicorn in brown pencils. A work in progress. The unicorn has a rich, dappled coat. The piece is small and intricate.

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

my green planthopper plush keychains are now available to preorder on Kickstarter! 🌿💕🐛 www.kickstarter.com/projects/fos...

A photo of a cute green plush bug keychain being held in my hands. It has large red eyes and embroidered leaf veins on its leaf shaped wings, and round stumpy legs.

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Ruadhrí Brennan [Scaled Beast] @rubrennanart.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Use ‘BirthdayPints’ discount code for 20% off all orders at Scaled Beast this weekend! #dinosaur #paleoart #sciart

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Duck, duck, moose. Edmontosaurus Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, 132 × 85 mm. I think I botched the birds somewhat. 🙈 It's a hot day and both I and the ink (because it dries out on the brush too soon) were fighting. This piece will be available at auction next week.

Drawing in black ink and a spot of red gouache of an Edmontosaurus standing on a sloping, ferny bank, with its head lowered as though about to feed or to drink. The piece is primarily in silhouette, with the negative shapes of the white of the paper showing through in details such as the dinosaur's markings. A few birds flit about near its head. The Edmontosaurus' rounded, chicken-like comb on its head is the only spot painted in red gouache. The piece is very small and intricate, and is photographed with a penny for scale and the traditional Chinese brush used to draw it.

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Ruadhrí Brennan [Scaled Beast] @rubrennanart.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

#Tyrannosaurus embryo (speculative!) ZBrush sculpt & resin print cast in an epoxy egg 🥚 🦖 available at Scaled Beast! #paleoart #dinosaur #sciart

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Michael English @scienceskink.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

If you see this, post your green art!

A human skeleton laying on a mossy hill. There is bog cotton growing around it

Art of the dicynodont, Placerias bellowing. It is green in colour

Art of Daspletosaurus, it is green in colour with paler scales along the neck and darker keratinous structures on the head

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Michael English @scienceskink.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

One bad day. A Quetzalcoatlus sees the cataclysmic impact that will wipe out three quarters of the animal and plant species on Earth.

Art of the asteroid impact 66 million years ago, there are trees on fire and in the foreground a Quetzalcoatlus looks toward the impact. It is much too late to react but it wouldn't matter

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

The Goliath beetle is the featured bug of the month for June! If you’d like to receive a postcard and high quality vinyl sticker featuring these beetles, sign up below! 💌 patreon.com/fossilforager

A mockup demonstrating an illustrated vinyl sticker and a postcard, both featuring the Goliath beetle! This is a large charismatic beetle with a white and black head and thorax, and a mostly dark reddish brown abdomen and elytra. The sticker depicts the beetle from a top down perspective, while the postcard shows a male and a slightly smaller female beetle eating African star apple. They are illustrated on a pear green colored background.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Hey @squamatespod.bsky.social -- I'm catching up and currently listening to the section of ep 32 on endothermy. It's little known that a bunch of skinks are true automatic endotherms. Also, the thing about leatherback turtles being facultative endotherms or gigantotherms is probably wrong -- cont

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

As we head toward the UK summertime, you can guarantee what our wretched tabloid press will say about #GULLS. On that note, some new comments just appeared at this classic #TetZoo article from 2019... tetzoo.com/blog/2019/7/...

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Hacks Vs Wildlife: the Eternal Vilification of Gulls — Tetrapod Zoology

Every summer, here in the UK, it’s the same. “CRAZED KILLER SEAGULL ATTACKED MY BABY”, “PSYCHO SEAGULL’S REIGN OF TERROR”, “EXPERT SAYS PUPPIES AND KIDS COULD BE NEXT”. It’s almost as if hack journali...

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

oh apparently it’s #invertefest today??? hi yes hello inverts are like my entire brand 🫶

An illustrated taxonomy poster featuring native bees found in North America, illustrated on a light periwinkle-blue background. The bees are all illustrated in various poses on native wildflowers or according to their species-specific behaviors. From top to bottom, left to right, there is the yellow-faced bumblebee, the orchard mason bee, the blueberry cellophane bee, the common long-horned bee, the western leaf cutter bee, the bumblebee-like digger bee, the bicolored sweat bee, and the eastern carpenter bee.

An illustration featuring 10 species of insects alternating in a pattern against a light blue background. From top row to bottom, there is an oak treehopper, a planthopper, a 17-year cicada, a candy-striped leafhopper, a green leafhopper, a superb dog-day cicada, a rhododendron leafhopper, a froghopper, a pink planthopper, and a thorn treehopper.

An illustration featuring 8 species of weevils against a bright golden yellow background. The weevils are beetles with long snouts and are drawn to be tiny. Top row: giraffe weevil, citrus root weevil. Second row: jewel weevil, rhubarb curculio. Third row: schoenherr’s blue weevil, acorn weevil. Fourth row: clown weevil, blue leaf rolling weevil.

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Ruadhrí Brennan [Scaled Beast] @rubrennanart.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Use discount code ‘Cásca’ for 15% off all orders this weekend!

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Some of the iron-on patches that are currently available in my shop :) 🛒🐛 shop.fossilforager.art

A photo showcasing several iron-on patches that I designed and are currently available. From top to bottom, left to right: Coleoptera Connoisseur, Support Native Pollinators, Cambrian Kids Remember, #1 Salamander Enthusiast, Take a Walk in the Forest, MILF (Man I Love Fossils), and #1 Bug Enthusiast!

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

#ArtBoost today is for DJ Washington (I can't find him on BSky), palaeoartist and conservation biology graduate based in the US, producing striking, bold, sometimes stylized art of ancient animals. It sure would be incredible if a book called MESOZOIC ART II included a section of his art, right?

Two hadrosaurs in side view, green background.

Pterosaurs in flight at night, silhouetted against blue sky with moon.

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Ruadhrí Brennan [Scaled Beast] @rubrennanart.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Kaprosuchus (1:4 scale) with magnetic jaws. Zbrush sculpt resin print 🐊

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Michael English @scienceskink.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

BIRD PROTOCOL activated. Take a bird, leave a bird.

Art of a lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos). It's in front of a yellow background with a blue circle around its head. The bird is various shades of pink and purple on its bald head and neck, and the feathers are brown with a white ruff at the base of the neck.

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Michael English @scienceskink.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I wish I was in a position to purchase this!😍

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Ethan Kocak @ethankocak.com · 08/04/2025

How exactly are you going to make a viable population out of a handful of GMO abominations without inbreeding the shit out of them? Not to mention that it doesn’t solve any of the problems that killed them all to begin with.

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Michael English @scienceskink.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I remember the first time I saw Martyn's art and thought "that's a beautiful photograph". Then I scrolled and saw the progress pics, absolutely spectacular work!

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Ruadhrí Brennan [Scaled Beast] @rubrennanart.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Herrarasaurus (1:1 scale) ZBrush sculpt, resin print) Available on my shop, Scaled Beast! #Dinosaur #sciart #paleoart

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I'm assuming the parent has brought a twig for enrichment purposes. 🤡

Small thumbnail sketches of Oviraptor in various attitudes. The central one is of a parent tending to its nest of hatchlings.

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Dr Matt Dempsey @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

"Oh, my God" "What is it?" "It's a birdcage" "For what?" My 3D anatomical study of a large male Pteranodon longiceps. The skeleton is a generalised composite as per usual with my models, but is scaled to UNSM 50130 (a very large and almost complete wing)

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