Emily Stepp

Message from me to my partner on Saturday with unrelated thoughts of telling him about my hair cut and then sending a photo of the caiman lizard. He makes the obvious joke saying it's a weird hair cut, to which I correct him that it's called style and he apologizes.

Or a stylish haircut.

Thank you!

Tribute to Disney's DINOSAUR the ride that recently closed down. Extinct but not forgotten.

Scene from The Arkos Chronicles with Coelophysis cannibalizing a member of their pack.

The Ise's Hyperendocrin Tyrannosaurus rex facing off against the Jurassic Park 3 Spinosaurus.

A couple of original character Na'vi having a quiet moment in a glowing Pandoran nighttime scene.

February speed paints. Mostly dinosaurs but also Na'vi.

#Dinosaurs #Avatar

Too many of us shouldn't have had lizards when we were little kids. Not sure why my parents thought any of us knew enough to take care of water dragons, for example.

Blue-tongued skink twisting around and licking bark.

Caiman lizard that I assume is pretty young but also seemed thin with a cricket on its head while resting on a branch.

I was out yesterday with a few friends. They needed to go to a beauty supply store. I asked, "would it be okay if I walk down to the pet store to look at lizards?" One responded, "you don't actually need to ask, you can just tell us." Anyway the lizards were definitely worth the walk.

YouTube video by Emily Stepp Paleoart T. rex #Paleoart Speedpaint

And the Procreate painting process time lapse! I couldn't get the video to process on here like usual. youtube.com/shorts/cZO9B...

Hopefully I'll get another big paleoart illustration project like this one lined up. Feels good to be finished up with a big project though.

Thank you!

Painterly illustration of a brown Tyrannosaurus rex running to the viewer's left while looking right with mouth open in anticipation of a hunt or as a threat display. The background is mossy ground covered in ferns with trees in the background and fallen logs. The sky is blue and the light is bright and warm. Illustration's composition is inspired by an unused thumbnail sketch by Frederic Wierum for the same project.

My grand finale Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur illustration for James Stryker's paleoart project.

#Paleoart #Illustration #Paleoillustration #Trex #Tyrannosaurus #Tyrannosaurusrex #Dinosaur #Tyrannosaur

Yeah I just don't know where to place my feelings considering nothing I do can actually change the result. It's been a rough few years with family related drama, even though I've not been back home in that long.

Yeah but I got bad news within my family so it makes the micro and macro bad feel like it's stacking.

Seems like there's only bad news lately.

Blurry phone photo of my CRT television screen while watching the movie last night on DVD playing through my PS3. The Driller Killer was one of my first crushes as a kid in the 90s. My parents let me rent whatever I wanted from the video store.

Slumber Party Massacre II is always the vibe.

Thank you! Unfortunately I lose a lot of the anatomy as I render lol

And the Procreate painting process for this fun little scene.

Inspired by an unused thumbnail sketch drawn by Frederic Wierum for the same project. A brown Triceratops stands in dappled forest light having a standoff with a cimolopterygid bird that resembles an oxpecker perched atop a tree stump, as two are already on its back.

Triceratops dinosaur illustration for James Stryker's paleoart project.

#Paleoart #Illustration #Paleoillustration #Triceratops #Dinosaur

25k notifications on DeviantArt.

Reminds me of my DeviantArt notifications.

YouTube video by Emily Stepp Paleoart Cretaceous #Paleoart Speedpaint with T. rex and Triceratops

And a YouTube short with zoomed in details at the end. youtube.com/shorts/FjrKD...

That's awesome! I always want to make tutorials but have no idea how to talk about what I'm doing lol

Thank you so much!

And the Procreate painting process for this calm before the storm group of dinosaurs.

A small rocky stream flowing down from the mountains at sunset and bordered by forest with various animals staring one another down. On the left is an Ankylosaurus noticing and being noticed by a Borealosuchus half submerged in the water below a small cascade. On the fight is a herd of Triceratops of mixed ages approaching the stream noticing and being noticed by a Tyrannosaurus family on the other bank. Each group has two adults and a juvenile. The juvenile Tyrannosaurus is based primarily on the proportions of juvenile Tarbosaurus to avoid confusion with Nanotyrannus. There are various birds in the sky flying off both sides of the frame symbolizing that they will make it out of the Cretaceous as the last surviving lineage of dinosaurs.

Cretaceous illustration for James Stryker's paleoart project featuring Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops.

#Cretaceous #illustration #Paleoart #Paleoillustration #Tyrannosaurus #Trex #Tyrannosaurusrex #Triceratops #Triceratopsprorsus #Ankylosaurus #Borealosuchus

Usually speedpaints are between 1-3 hours for me. This one Procreate says took me 2 hours but that's active time and not me staring at the tv between paint strokes.

YouTube video by Emily Stepp Paleoart Spinosaurus mirabilis Paleoart Speedpaint

Also have a YouTube video for it with a detail zoom at the end again! youtu.be/-CnKsdobhAs?...

Thank you!

Thank you!

And the Procreate process for this boy.

Portrait of the Spinosaurus facing right somewhat angled, with rim lighting and an out of focus background. The skin flap at the back of the crest is speculative and based on a superficial resemblance of the bony crest to that of the helmeted basilisk.

Finally sketched the new dinosaur guy on the block. A somewhat speculative Spinosaurus mirabilis speedpaint.

#Spinosaurus #Spinosaurusmirabilis #Smirabilis #Dinosaur #Paleoart #Spinosaurid #Spinosaur

Fluid dynamics for sure!

Thank you! I think he had a good birthday. Best part for him was the 3 days off in a row lol