Adam_RL

a vibrant digital painting depicting two Ancyloceras (ammonites with a long, hook-shaped shell as opposed to the typical spiral) in the foreground. The coral reef, along with crinoids (sea lillies) and more typically-shaped ammonites can be seen in the background. An ammonite is classified as heteromorph if its shell is shaped like anything other than the typical spiral/ coil. There is a huge amount of diversity in the shell shapes of hetermorph ammonites, from almost perfectly-straight cones to shells shaped like paperclips!

New paleoart! A pair of Ancyloceras (a heteromorph ammonite) drift along the coral reefs of the lower Cretaceous waiting for food to pass them by. 🐚🐙 #SciArt #Paleoart #Invertebrates

A spread of the prints (and stickers) that I will be selling at #DinoConUK! There's everything from paleoart, to illustrations of extant animals (e.g. sharks) to gritty photomanipulations of your favourite cryptids (Mothman and Nessie).

Just about finished prepping for #DinoConUK !!!🦖

I've got a nice variety of stuff printed, with a few of these in different sizes.

Please come by my stall (number 14 in the vendor hall) and pick up a print or a sticker! #SciArt #Paleoart

A watercolor painting of 3 vibrant fish with prominent scales and bright colors.

Here is the feed for #FishyFriday !

Use the tag to get a flood of fish/ #aquatic themed creatures in the feed every Friday. No rules or prompts, just #art and #photography you’d like to share.

Thanks for joining in today and sharing your lovely #fish 🥰

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DinoCon

Not counting today, there are just >SEVEN DAYS< until the inaugural #DinoConUK happens at the University of Exeter (weekend of 16th-17th). It's massive, so much stuff. You still have time to buy tickets! Info and booking at .... www.dinocon.co.uk

Looks incredible!

DinoCon

From today, there are just 12 days - T-W-E-L-V-E D-A-Y-S - until #DinoConUK. More than twice as big as the biggest TetZooCon (for those of you who attended!), it's gonna be a massive two full days of great dinosaur-themed content. August 16th and 17th. Tickets are still on sale! www.dinocon.co.uk

Thanks Ant. Likewise!

An advert page for my stall at DinoCon 2025. Social media handles across the top: adam_rl_ (instagram); @adam_rl_art (X/ Twitter); adam.rl.artwork@gmail.com (email). . Bottom Text: Adam RL Illustration and Concept art Paleoart, Nature and CryptoZoology Themed Art Prints DinoCon 2025 DinoCon is a Palaeontology/ dinosaur themed convention and will be hosted at the University of Exeter on 16th-17th August. As well as the stalls there will be talks from palaeontologists and palaeoart workshops. For more info/ tickets visit www.dinocon.co.uk

I have a stall at #DinoCon 2025!! 🦖

I will be in the vendor hall selling high-quality art prints and (hopefully) stickers!. If you are attending, please come and say hello! #SciArt #Paleoart

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Macro photo of the ammonite tattoo.

(Admittedly not great) photo showing the tattoo placement.

Here's how the tatoo turned out. Really happy with the result!

A scanned sketchbook page showing 5 pen and ink drawings of fossil ammonite shells. The first iteration is the most detalied, with lots of small segments in a tight coil. The second iteration is my attempt at translating the textures/ contrast of a polished ammonite into a condensed pen and ink drawing (I don't think it reads as well as the others). I think that the 5th iteration is the most readable and I think that the subtle shading on the segments looks pretty.

Here is a page of pen and ink ammonite fossil studies/ designs that I drew as a visual reference for my first tattoo! I tried a few different variations before settling on the 5th design which I think is appropriately simple and reads very well at a glance 🐚 #SciArt #Paleoart #Ammonites

A vibrant and stylised digital painting of a black labrador sitting on sand. I used shades of dark purple, blue and burgundy to exaggerate the tones of her fur and very painterly/ textured brushes.

Here's a little portrait of my auntie's black Labrador Florence that I made for her birthday. Always fun to exaggerate hues on animals that are typically considered only one colour. 🐶 #PetPortraits #AnimalArt

A mighty Giganotosaurus patterned in the colours of the progress pride flag.

It's #PrideMonth and #DinosaurDay! What better way to celebrate is there really? 🏳️‍🌈🦖

#RepatriateIrritator 🦖 #IrritatorBelongsToBR 🇧🇷 #DecolonizePaleontology ⚒️

Thank you so much, it really means a lot to hear that.

Aw, thank you so much, so lovely to hear that! There's definitely a vibe haha.

A fairly loose and stylised take on a coastal landscape in the North East of England. I was aiming to make this one look as traditonal as possible so all of the brush strokes are heavily textured and easily visible. Pink and purple hues dominate the sky while the rocks that jut out into the sea have warm earthy tones.

Felt like I needed to make a painting just for myself as catharsis for a very emotionally draining past week or so.
This one is inspired by a photo I took of South Shields Seafront on Christmas Eve 2024. 🌅 #Landscapes

Thank you very much!

Thank you so much, Sophie!

A stylised, vibrant nature study. A pair of (what I believe to be) White Rhinoceroses in a national park in South Africa. The brushowrk in this piece is fairly expressive and loose. The colour palette makes use of a variety of warm pastel hues (yellow, orange, lilac) contrasted against a dark and saturated purple which makes up the shadows/ outline of the two animals.

An acrylic painting of a medium-sized (not fully-grown) Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) swimming (or drifting) close to a reef among a few other fishes (bright orange in colour) which it dwarfs in comparison. The blue tint of the ocean makes the beige colour of the oddly-shaped Sunfish appear almost purple, with a yellowish-white underside. The edge of the rocky reef appears green in colour with hints of yellow. It fades into a deep, dark blue at the top of the painting, where it is further away from the viewer. Particles of snow-like ocean detritus can be seen in the foreground.

Stylised study of a Zebra Jumping Spider (digital painting).

a somewhat loose and stylised study of a mating pair of Ospreys. During the summer months Ospreys breed and raise the chicks. While the female tends to the nest, the males will hunt for fish, averaging catches of 5 fish per day. Unfortunately however if there is not enough food to go around, the chicks will often fight amongst themselves. Older, and therefore, larger and stronger chicks can prevent their younger siblings from feeding, leading to starvation. (source: https://forestryandland.gov.scot/blog/osprey-migration).

Happy #EarthDay!

It's worth taking a moment to appreciate all of the life that we share this planet with and recognising that we have a responsibility to protect it. 🌍🌳🌊

‼️ Bottom trawling for scampi leaves behind an environmental wreckage. The devastation caused is real, undeniable & must end.

✍️ We’ve signed a letter calling out UK supermarkets to keep their word on sustainable seafood. 🦐

No more excuses.

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An ink and watercolor octopus of many shades of teal, red and brown on white background

7 sea turtle species painting with ink and watercolor on white background

A watercoloe illustration of a Black woman diving in the ocean facing a giant octopus peeking out from around the coral reef in multiple colors of yellow, purple, pink.

A sawfish swimming in an abstract ocean with the sun shining above painted in gouache

Hello #portfolioday! Here's some of my work as a wildlife illustrator

Thank you!

Thank you very much!

A vibrant and slightly stylised digital painting of an ichthyosaur swimming in the foreground and her young calf just beside her. The animal's body is a pale, pinkish-grey with brown mottled spots. The young calf has fewer spots as they are yet to develop. Both individuals have the ripples of the ocean's surface reflecting off their dorsal side (water caustics).

Happy Mother's Day!

Here's a quick little painting of a mother ichthyosaur (Stenopterygius) and her calf. 🐟🦎
#SciArt #Paleoart #MarineLife

Thanks very much!

These are all lovely! 🦈

A vibrant tudy of a Common Octopus sitting/ walking across a coral colony/ reef. The bright red/pink of the octopus' head transitions to a dark orange with flecks of gold/ yellow and then eventually to a dark blueish purple at the ends of the extremities/ arms. Each arm is dotted with rows of regular white spots. The animal is outlined with a bold dark purple while the brushwork is loose, resembling oil pastels/ watercolour.

Study of a Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) chilling out on a coral colony. 🐙 #SciArt #MarineLife #Invertebrates

Very nice!

A skeletal reconstruction of a bipedal carnivorous dinosaur next to a human skeleton. A metre scale bar runs up the left side of the image.

For #InternationalWomensDay, I'm reposting this short piece about Lindsey Morris Sterling from my Facebook group "Historic Palaeoart (for enthusiasts)". Sterling drew one of the earliest reconstructions of T. rex, creating the blueprint that informed all early T. rex #paleoart and cinema. #sciart