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Patrick Lynch @patrlynch1.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

North American River Otter illustration (head detail). Done for my forthcoming book from Yale University Press, STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, coming in Sept 2026. 🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm

A close view of my illustration of a River Otter, drawn in Photoshop using a large Wacom drawing tablet.

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Hello #PortfolioDay I’m Andy and I draw dinosaurs for money (and because I love them). I work in both traditional and digital media, and will never use AI for any of my art. Ever. #aSciArt

A digital portrait of Linheraptor - a predatory dinosaur and relative of the more well known velociraptor.

A digital portrait of Spinosaurus - one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs, with a distinctive dorsal sail and long crododile-like snout.

A digital illustration of tyrannosaurs rex walking through a forest of giant redwoods.

A digital portrait of Xenovenator - a newly described dinosaur from South America.

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Fernando Carvente @carvente.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The hardest hairstyle of the Mesozoic Pachycephalosaurus from Prehistoric Planet, art by me #sciart #paleoart

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Another round of quick Muttaburrasaurus sketching before bed. I feel closer to getting it this time. #Muttaburrasaurus #Paleoart #Dinosaur

Grayscale sketches informed directly by the new paper "Cranial anatomy, palaeoneurology, palaeobiology and stratigraphic age of the large-bodied ornithopod, Muttaburrasaurus langdoni Bartholomai and Molnar, 1981, from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia" in the same angles as the life reconstruction.

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Third attempt at Muttaburrasaurus. Shrimp time. #Paleoart #Dinosaur #Muttaburrasaurus

Combinging different ideas from the new paper "Cranial anatomy, palaeoneurology, palaeobiology and stratigraphic age of the large-bodied ornithopod, Muttaburrasaurus langdoni Bartholomai and Molnar, 1981, from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia" speedpaint of an angled head and neck of Muttaburrasaurus against a minimal background. Premaxillary teeth speculatively covered in softer keratin than the beak. Invertebrate snack as a dietary supplement.

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Liam Elward Paleoart 🇵🇸 @paleobyliam.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

The undisputed #1 greatest photo of a person with a fossil: Paleontologist Altangerel Perle, with the Museum of Natural History in Ulan Bataar, Mongolia, stands between the forearms of Deinocheirus

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Paulo Leite @pauloleiteart.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Sauropod Migration. 3D render and digital painting. #dinosaur #fantasy #3drender #3dart #painting

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Does anybody need to see a tiny dragon and a caterpillar today? Yeah, me too.

A digital illustration of a tiny black and orange dragon, perched on a small mossy rock, nose to nose with an even smaller black and orange caterpillar.

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Hay artists! QRP with your sketch vs. final! #dinosaur #SciArt

A rough colour sketch of the recently announced dinosaur Xenovenator, with a long, reptilian snout, large amber eyes and a covering of blue/grey and peach-coloured feathers.

The final detailed illustration of the recently announced dinosaur Xenovenator, based on the preceding sketch. It shows the dinosaur against an out-of-focus background of a lake and reed beds.

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Drooling Dilophosaurus at Dawn. A new illustration of Dilophosaurs wetherilli - much bigger than Jurassic Park would have you believe. No frill, no spitting venom, just big, drooly, and slightly terrifying. #SciArt

A portrait of dilophosaurus - a dinosaur made famous by the Jurassic Park movies, and distinguished by the large double-crest on its head. It is shown bathed in the golden light of a dramatic sunrise.

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

An American Kestrel hunting from a sign #birds #raptors

A female American kestrel standing on top of a thin metal sign against a green background. It had a tan body with brown barring, dark brown wings with black stripes, and a black and white face with a gray cap.

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Sawyer Lee (Books out on Backerkit!) @sawyerleeart.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Happy Easter from this very cuddly and friendly “bunny”

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ats @theatsthetic.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

The Birds of Ballygáire (1/3)

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aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

A flighty Northern Flicker deciding whether my presence will prevent her from eating. 📷 Olympus C-740 Ultra-Zoom #birds #shittycamerachallenge

A female northern flicker sits on a bird feeder hanger above a half eaten suet.

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paiao @mammutoid.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The ontogeny of Smilodon fatalis- illustrating the unique life history of a saber-toothed cat's development.

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nogain98 @rlatkdwls.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Therizinosaurus

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 31/01/2026

🧵 Welcome to the Public Domain, MY PAL PAUL (1930) 🎷🐰 🎶 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit swings alongside a caricature of bandleader Paul Whiteman in this cartoon tie-in for the film King of Jazz, featuring music featured in it. Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree

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Essence of Thought @essenceofthought.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

NEW VIDEO! Not only has a Sodexo-run prison (HMP Bronzefield) tortured a trans man, Toni Asik, to death, it has continued abusing at least three other trans men. Sodexo even punished two of them, currently awaiting trial, for hugging each other after receiving news of Toni's murder.

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Prison Tortures Trans Man to Death | Toni Asik #SayHisName

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Introducing Linheraptor exquisitus, a little dromaeosaurid dinosaur from China, who may or may not have been a murderous little nightmare* *They absolutely definitely were. #SciArt

A digital illustration of Linheraptor, a feathered dinosaur from what is now China, and relative of the much more famous velociraptor. It is depicted with a thick coat of brown feathers, turning white around the head, with a long snout and pale, piercing eyes.

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Chantelle Chapman @chantellechapman.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

‘Succor II (Rufour Hummingbird)’, from my series on the role humans play in the feeding of hummingbirds. Traditional gouache on 8x10 paper mounted on wood panel. This piece has been sold, but prints are available in my online shop. #birdart #wildlifeart #sciart #traditionalart #🪶 #hummingbird

A Rufous Hummingbird hovers above a flower made of paper sugar packets.

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CassWArt 🌴 @casswart.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

January 2026 #BirdWhisperer project bird is the Gyrfalcon ( Falco rusticolus ) Pronounced: ger-fau-con 💙 Starting of the year strong with the largest falcon in the world! ( Alt-Text has more info and details about this bird ) #Bird #BirdArt #birdartist #ornithology #SciArt #NatureArt #WildlifeArt

January 2026 bird whisper project is a Gyrfalcon, and the largest falcon in the world, The gyrfalcon is larger, broader-winged and longer-tailed than the peregrine falcon, which it is known to compete with (and occasionally hunt). It differs from the buzzard in general structure, having pointed wings.

Their plumage ranges from snowy white to tawny black and brown depending on age and sex and if in breeding season.

Displayed here is a Gyrflacon resting on a branch with sketches of various flight poses and one with a mouth open demonstrating its head anatomy from the side.

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Ilari Pätilä @pelican-man.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

A simple portrait of Teratornis merriami, done in coloured pencils

A portrait of Teratornis merriami in coloured pencils against a blue backdrop.

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Brutalismbot @brutalismbot.com · 19/01/2026

Dzelzavas iela, Riga, Latvia r/brutalism

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Black-collared Hawk for #raptors #birdoftheday #birds #peru

Brown bird of prey perched on a branch with wings partially spread, showing a pale head, dark wing feathers, and a soft green forest background.

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Albluu @albluu.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Nanuqsaurus and Black-capped Chickadees

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Art vs Artist 2025. (Or 9 portraits of old things). #SciArt

A 3x3 square grid of images, showing some of my dinosaur portraits from the past year, with a photo of me in the central square.

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fluxxxxx @fluxxxxx.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Reupload because I forgot a tree -_- #watercolors #art #sciart #tradart #sky #galaxy #campfire

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dactylioceras.bsky.social @dactylioceras.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Growth dynamics, skeletochronology, and histovariability of the theropod dinosaur Berthasaura leopoldinae anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Day 12 of my 2025 charity sketch sale, in aid of my local food bank & MSF. Today’s sketch - Tyrannosaurus. Rules are simple: First person to reply “Mine” gets it. Minimum donation for each sketch is £15 ( but you can donate more if you are able). Payment via PayPal.

A pencil sketch portrait of Tyrannosaurs rex.

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Day 2 of my 2025 charity sketch sale, in aid my local food bank & MSF. Today’s sketch - Megalosaurus bucklandii. Rules are simple: First person to reply “Mine” gets it. Minimum donation for each sketch is £15 (but you can donate more if you are able). Payment via PayPal.

A pencil portrait of Megalosaurus - a bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, discovered in the UK and the first dinosaur to be formally named.

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Patrick Lynch @patrlynch1.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Large canids of eastern North America: Eastern Coyote, Timber Wolf, and Red Wolf. For my forthcoming book from Yale University Press, STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, later in 2026. 🧪🌿🌎🐡 #coyotes #wolves #wildlifeart #scicomm #artsci #artistsonbluesky #illustratorsky

Detailed illustrations of the heads of three of Eastern North America's largest wild canids. Illustrations done in Photoshop, using a Wacom drawing tablet.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 18/11/2025

Jean Armour Polly, aka Net-mom, celebrates the Internet Archive’s 1 trillionth webpage, highlighting the ephemerality of websites, the need to preserve digital culture, & the librarians & archivists who make that possible. More ⬇️ blog.archive.org/2025/11/17/v... #Wayback1T @netmom.bsky.social

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Patrick Lynch @patrlynch1.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Immature Peregrine Falcon, detail (Falco peregrinus). From my book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale University Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #falcons #peregrine

Head detail of an illustration of a perched immature (very brown) Peregrine Falcon.

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

For a small country, Wales has a surprising number of very, very cool dinosaurs. Pendraig milnerae (Pendraig = “chief dragon” in Welsh) was discovered in 1952, not far from where I live, but only named in 2021 after being re-discovered in storage by Angela Milner and Susannah Maidment. #SciArt

A digital portrait of a dinosaur with long scaly snout and short, coarse fibres covering its head and neck. Its head is shown lowered close to the sandy ground, possibly looking for its next meal.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 03/11/2025

Libraries matter. Access matters. After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember. @arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...