An influential educator in my sphere is advocating for deeper understanding of fundamentals...
...by prompting GenAI illustrations that make subtle errors that misrepresent those same concepts π₯²
Male American Kestrel
I spotted this fella near one of the nest boxes Iβve been assigned to monitorβ¦ πͺΆ
Very interesting - seems that like ammonites, some belemnites may also have survived the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. βοΈβ οΈ Unlike ammonites which only persisted a few 100 thousand years they lasted a long time - into the Eocene at least! π€―
#Paleontology #PaleoArt
Photo by Charles J. Sharp: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hummingbird_hawk_moth_(Macroglossum_stellatarum)_in_flight.jpg#mw-jump-to-license
Photo by Terry Sohl: https://www.sdakotabirds.com/species/ruby_throated_hummingbird_info.htm
Underrated example of convergent evolution I feel. The hummingbird hawk-moth can feed on nectar using its proboscis while hovering in the air, just like a hummingbird.
Tryna mimic ark dossier artstyle #ark #art #dinosaur
Highlighting fantastic palaeoartists:
ζΈη« on xiaohongshu, a mixed-medium artist from China. Magical depictions of theropods. Pictures are panels from their Spinosaurus comic.
An illustration of a large T.rex at sunset. Its jaws are opened wide, and a flock of tiny birds surrounds its head, with a few brave individuals landing in its mouth, to pick scraps from the huge teeth.
T. rex tooth cleaning time.
#SciArt
Streaking through the sky like a bell-bottomed black-suited disco-ninja, the "four-winged" dinosaur Microraptor attempts to grab an early bird, the pintailed Yuanchuavis, from the Cretaceous sky with taloned feet. Fossils show that Microraptor had a diverse diet that included birds, alongside lizards and fish.
My social media silence is not because I'm dead, kidnapped, or abducted by aliens; I'm working around the clock to make Book 7 all that it can be before submission later this month. Here's a new #paleoart take on Microraptor and Yuanchuavis to show what I'm up to.
OK, break over: back to work...
Man, such a shame nothing ever came of this π
(Art by RJ Palmer)
Long-necked theropod dinosaur model with scruffy grey feathers on its body. In a case with a worn-out label that identifies it as Syntarsus.
opposite side, which has exposed skeleton. There's some variation in color and texture of the bones, but I imagine they're all casts.
A "Syntarsus" half mount at the National Museum of Zimbabwe (via my colleague who always gets to travel to cool places). Interesting that it has both feathers and a dragging tail.
A quilled Velociraptor with tightly folded arms stands atop a pile of loose stones, backed by an intensive purple and orange sunset.
A leathery-winged, white-furred Dimorphodon with red legs soars above rough waves. In the distance, jutting stones pierce a sulphurous sky.
A red-headed Albertosaurus moves alongside a herd of Lambeosaurus, splashing through a shallow woodland stream. The sky is a smoky blue with wisps of clouds strewn about. The massive form of a colossal asteroid hovers menacingly above it all.
An emaciated Triceratops with ragged skin sits in a low squat, shown in stark white against an almost entirely black composition. A cutaway view shows a tangle of roots piercing deep into the ground, a visual representation of the sickness penetrating the dinosaurs body.
I donβt think I love anything as much as the surreal, alien palaeoart of the 70s into the early 90s. These compositions are all naturalistic, but theyβre strange and hypernatural in a way that transcends realism. Itβs a bizarre but profoundly moving approach to reconstructing the past.
["The Dinosaurs" Ep 3 (cont.)]
I should be rooting for Ep 1, but Ep 3's direction feels more solid to me. The preachy meta-narrative isn't as strong, and the critters are just allowed to be critters.
Suave swimming ankylosaur, you've won my heart.
Azhdarchid kibble
["The Dinosaurs" Ep 3 (cont.)]
That Longipteryx scene evokes that "Giant of the Skies" bird interaction to me. I have no tangible proof, but I swear this was the team's intention π€
["The Dinosaurs" Ep 3 (cont.)]
bruh that Antarctic winter shot was glorious. I wish we had a full on segment for them. π
["The Dinosaurs" Ep 3 (cont.)]
Vocalizing ankylosaur. Excellent. π
["The Dinosaurs" Ep 3 (cont.)]
We now have two vastly mainstream portrayals of Hatzegopteryx. Eatin' it up right now. π
["The Dinosaurs" Ep 3 - Empire]
Is it just me or did they intentionally give Yutyrannus "Viserion" vibes?
Deym I appreciate them giving prominence to the not-tiny-arms even though the script didn't direct Mr. Freeman to call it out.
Lovely animal
Does a four-day workweek actually reduce grid load if you're still going to fill in 40 hours per week?
the sonselasuchus - gracile, beaked, herbivorous pseudosuchians - stand bipedally in the middle of the piece, whereas a third sonselasuchus adopts a quadrupedal stance in the foreground
a very warm welcome to sonselasuchus cedrus, a shuvosaurid from the chinle formation described by smith and sidor π sonselasuchus is known from a bonebed of mostly immature individuals, totalling at least 36 in number
(art by gabriel ugueto)
also an eland too!
#berensart2026
Candiacervus, Cretan deers
#berensart2026
Plato and Aristotle in conversation as depicted in "The School of Athens" fresco. Plato is visibly older, pointing up at the sky while Aristotle is holding his hand out, towards the viewer.
Morgan Freeman pronouncing Pachycephalosaurus with a hard K sound
Maip macrothorax
two
two of them
I actually thought that this piece was going to be more interesting??? but it still looks fine, I think
[ #dinosaur #pathoftitans #paleoart #digitalart #maip ]
runs into student on a weekend
student: Please make our exam easy π₯Ί
me: I havent even made it yet π
Rumiensternus
Paleoart sketch of mine from 2020 for James Conlon's EPOCH featuring early Jurassic dinosaurs just to have a visual to go with my review, and because there's some overlap with the on-screen dinosaurs and this piece.
Alright 2nd episode of The Dinosaurs watched. Still very fun and having a great time. They're showing really cool behaviors and speculative features, love the emphasis on dinosaur evolution including feathers. There's some nitpicks I have, but they're easy to overlook.
Iβm guilty of this too but the fact that Iβve seen an order of magnitude more art and discussion of Spinosaurus mirabilis than Haolong says a lot about the dinosaur palaeontology community and where our biases are. Haolong is inarguably more important, but itβs received a fraction of the attention.
