Guy Paquin

Close-up of the red-hot crucible in a casting machine. Two rods extend into the crucible. Both are graphite. The first blocks the crucible hole while the metal melts. The second allows me to stir the metal as it melts.

A freshly cast crucible showing a red hot button on the top. This is the molten metal that has just been poured into the flask and must now cool.

Two freshly cast bronze trees. A “tree” means a series of parts arranged around a central trunk. In this case, on the left are the legs, and on the right are the other pieces of the ant, including its head and body.

The ant body part casting tree held in my hand so that you can better see the head of the ant with its mandibles open.

Casting day 🔥🐜 One last major piece to finish for a very patient collector…here’s a complete ant, redesigned, cast in two flasks just now. Looks good, let the finishing commence! 🛠️

Proud to be finally able to share the secret project I’ve been involved with

The Marvellous Miniature Workshop is coming soon to BBC One and BBC iPlayer :
@bbciplayer 

#TheMarvellousMiniatureWorkshop #SaraCox #iPlayer

Grandpa Simpson yelling at a cloud

Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!

Plain sight is where usually I lose things too

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Library | LEGO® Ideas "Sunnydale High isn't really like other high schools. A lot of weird stuff happens here." Buffy the Vampire Slayer first exploded onto our TV screens in the lat…

A good friend has submitted this brilliant model of the library from Buffy to Lego Ideas. I’d be very grateful for your help in getting her to 5k supporters: beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Hello #PortfolioDay , I'm a 3d artist specializing in extinct fauna!

A child-sized desk with Return of the Jedi art on the side. And a blue chair with the Return of the Jedi logo printed in white on the seat.

Whoa, memory unlocked! I completely forgot I had this desk as a child.

The introduction of the Great Owl with his head upside down scared the shit out of me

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

Meanwhile in #Portland

A 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.

Whale Fall pin 🦀🐋🦑

YouTube video by Vanity Fair ILM's VFX Secrets Behind Star Wars, Transformers & More | Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair asked me to talk about visual effects, and it was my great honor to show off some of ILM’s terrific work over the years.

Todd Vaziri on Vanity Fair VFX
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A gif from Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) showing Gertie looking over her shoulder at a flying, four-winged dragon.

I saw a social media post saying that the earliest dragon in film history was from the 1920s, and maybe that’s true for live action, but here’s a dragon photobombing Gertie the Dinosaur in 1914 #filmhistory

I wonder if they’ll get these at Uwajimaya

I've got two rattober posts for today
Lake Rat
#rattober #rattober2025

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

Such a cool style! Awesome

Quick painterly sketch of the plant being pollinated in the wind.

#Paleoctober2025 day 3 paleoart sketch of the middle Devonian seed plant precursor Runcaria.

#Runcaria #Paleoctober #FossilPlant #Paleoart

Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play

go fuckin Huskies

Nazi UW students fuck off

That looks really fun to make calls on

Genndy Tartakovsky shared test footage from his film ‘The Black Knight’. It follows a knight who controls a 20ft suit of armor. Sony isn't sure there's an audience for the film and haven’t greenlit it yet.

After Kpop demon hunters success I don't understand why Sony are dragging their feet on this!

Adorbs!

Art of The Land Before Time → buff.ly/qjk8Y3F

#animation #conceptart #modelsheet #characterdesign #visdev

Hoping this will at least give us a cheaper ad-supported tier of appliances

Visual development art by Carol Wyatt for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004–2009), created by Craig McCracken, Cartoon Network Studios

i bought my cats their own laptop for when they hang out in the office with me and now they have to write emails and go to zoom meetings

It's finally here! The next #Sketchasaur short starring the always-charismatic Spinosaurus, whose 'true colors' came out when we viewed it through the water. Let me know what you think!
#Sciart #Blender3D #ArtistOnBluesky #Animation

Hey you. A while ago I was given this awesome, old gorgonopsian model. It has no logo, brand, name, etc. on it. I'm intensely curious about it! Does anyone know anything about this model? I'd love to know the artist who created this and to know the year it was produced! Help??

“Well armed anal chimney” wins phrase of the week!

Partially exposed shuvosaurus tibia in matrix. Broken in several places

The same bone after pedestaling and cleaning. Much nicer!

From dirty, dirty bone to nice clean bone! We’re leaving it in situ for taphonomy research. #FossilFriday

Dude! Thanks for reminding me about Lorn. Haven't listened to them in a decade!