Illustrator and artist. Mainly Natural History & Paleo Art.
Joined December 2021
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Big-beaked cephalopod vs hard-shelled cephalopod, circa 80 mya:
Apr 27
In my interpretation I pair the octopus with the giant ammonite Parapuzosia, these animals aren't known from the same localities but their time ranges overlap which makes it plausible to me that these guys, or close relatives, could have met.
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You cherry picked an example where it’s a single word short name.
While ignoring that the name doesn’t tell us anything unless you speak Latin.
“Blue Whale” can be remembered by a normal person, they ain’t gonna remember “Balaenoptera musculus”
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"Needlessly wordy". It is one word, a name.
100% the right call. Scientific names really should only be used in academic settings, as they're needlessly wordy and subject to change as scientists debate and reassign taxonomic placements. They're also just not how people talk about extant animals. Imagine a documentary about Costa Rica's jungles being like "and here we have Dendrobates auratus" instead of "poison dart frog".
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Received the Ceratopsian skull magnets (19 pcs) from Scaled Beast @ruadhribrennan as an early b-day present for myself.
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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.
7 Aug 2025
Our 25 contributing artists have started to receive their personal copies of #MesozoicArtII, the huge and spectacular new #palaeoart-themed @BloomsburyBooks book by myself and @sharkbitesteve. Truly the ultimate must-have if you're interested in representations of ancient life :)
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Of my 4 most-liked posts this image is 3 of them.
6 Jul 2025
Artists, show me your most popular piece ✏️
ALT A sketch of Studio Ghibli's Porco Rosso with a caption "Better a pig, than a Gen.A.i user!"
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This was the pinnacle of life on Earth. All downhill since.
Also how could anyone say such rude things directly to that face, that itty-bitty little face?
14 Oct 2024
I am a cotylorhynchus hater. Man that is a bad-looking animal. Is this controversial?
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5 Sep 2024
Everyone I need you to show me your Hatzegopteryx art. I need it
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The @AgateBloodlines Daeodon and Moropus KS backer models arrived last week. Very nice 3d prints with lots of detail.
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