Some kind of invasive ape 🏳️‍⚧️

Sometimes but I think we get in our own heads about that more than our audience notices. Most of the time the audience is like “ooh tiger stripes!” and that’s that. But yeah I’ve been getting more abstract lately to combat my own boredom in that regard.

I don’t think the two are mutually exclusive. I do think you can overdose on both, and both are good tools to get through life

Hang out and paint minis lately :B

I start with a greyscale version and work out markings and then go to color based on a combo of the environment, the mood I’m going for and whether or not the thing is a “hero” part of it’s composition. But that said one thing I learned is if the values (greyscale) are good you can get away w w/e.

I’d hate them less if they didn’t feel like a given. I want variety. I also have this issue w Digimon and end tier monsters being big titty ladies and gundams.

It’s nice, there’s about a million ways to do any one thing, and about a million things you can do with it including painting via Grease Pencil. Lmk if you ever want tips for starting up :)

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Also, if it does spell the end of a bunch of franchises, it will be nice in a way bc it’ll open up that space for actual new ideas and franchises. Maybe. I hope. Lmao. I say this as a lifelong Star Trek fan too. If it dies, at least maybe we can get something that is not a sequel/prequel etc

Beautiful :3

Krita and Blender here!

Hahaha love it

aw <3

art depicting megapterygius swimming just below the ocean surface

a photograph of the megapterygius holotype as it was displayed at the national museum of nature and science in tokyo

happy #fossilfriday! bonus: this is megapterygius, a mosasaur from late cretaceous japan. at least 5 of its posterior dorsal vertebrae have neural spines that project anterodorsally, suggesting that it may have had a dorsal fin reminiscent of some delphinoid cetaceans
(art by @adamrl.bsky.social)

llallawavis sitting on its butt and screaming

a photo of a reconstructed version of the llallawavis holotype, with the very few missing elements restored

happy #fossilfriday! this is llallawavis, a terror bird from pliocene argentina. described in 2015 by degrange et al., the holotype represents the most complete phorusrhacid specimen currently known to science
(art by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social)

#LifeOnOurPlanet #TheDinosaurs
NEW CLIP....FEATURING YUTYRANNUS!!!

Three-panel comic depicting a Pakicetus (whale ancestor) threatening a dismissive Waimanu (ancient basal penguin); 50 million years in the future, the Orca now dominated the seas and the penguin lineage!

“Look at Me Now” - warmup comic.

#paleoart

an adorable juvenile pachycephalosaur crosses a log over a stream in a dense conifer forest

look at this cute baby 😍 moore et al. describe a juvenile pachycephalosaur from saskatchewan's frenchman formation, with interesting implications for pachycephalosaur ontogeny
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(art by kaitlin lindblad)

Exactly. And us at the base of the totem pole have exactly nobody in power willing to reach for any lever and yank it. Exhausting. Infuriating. Depressing.

I’ll PM you!

Registered for my first convention type situation since pre 2020! Fossil prep related, very excite :)

NO!! lmao

Reposting this bc I’m stopping myself from being up in everyone’s comments about it :))))))))

Sorry dude I hate that for you

Once I get the pics set up I’ll try and do a condensed primer for yall here on bsky too :)

Watercolor Fundamentals — ARTspot Edmonds Learn beginner watercolor techniques with Jasper Hathaway in this three session class. You’ll explore CMYK color mixing, practice essential washes and gradients, and build confidence through small stu...

I’m teaching a watercolor course soon at ArtSpot in Edmonds, WA! The last class I taught was looser and more about theory with some exercises, this will be a multi day condensed college level media course. Shares appreciated ! #seattle #workshops artspotedmonds.com/workshops/ha...

We have fun here xD

Aw thanks! I think at the point I’m officially practicing for an eventual golden demon entry :)

Man TIL I barely make red art these days! Used to be home, idk what happened xD

QRP with your red art!

Say👋 to *Gorgonavis alcyone*, the newest enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Spain✨🐦

We welcome here the 1st adult cranial remains of a bird from the fossil site of Las Hoyas, and the 1st longipterygid out of China...

Thread!!🧵👇

Paleart by Roc Olivé