I like paleontology and Speculative biology, thats about it.
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I've gotten into modding recently, I might start posting more again.
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Mr. Blue Sky, Please Tell Us Why - Submitted by fieldofthedreaming
#D9F0FF #A3D5FF #83C9F4 #6F73D2 #6781B3
Pukicho whats your opinion on the passage of time
Hoping it'll eventually stop doing that
I love my mom.
I am risking nothing
I AM SORRY FOLLOWERS, I LOVE MY MOMMY
Will not risk.
sorry followers :(
Part 2 of jotting down the great Megafauna of my Beast Fables setting, featuring the regions of Samudria and Ifranika.
Samudria is essentially Fantasy Southeast Asia and Oceana, and all the island critters that essentially call it home. Because of this, evolution takes a lot of turns, including here in a (relatively) low fantasy setting.
Ifranika meanwhile is a continent filled to the brim with Megafauna, from giant birds to the very last Deinotheres. However, it's also a lesson in that, just because it's a fantastical setting, doesn't mean all the animals above are thriving. The raketusk elephant (Deinotherium), is not only the last of its genus and line, but dwindling in numbers.
And here now the result of the Toolebuc formation #paleostream! This formation is the center of pterosaur diversity in Australia and after long back and fourth I decided to show a calm bay, with migrating protostegids being ambushed by a Kronosaurus.
Important note: this does not represent the depositional environment of this formation. The fossils were preserved in poor oxygenated waters with tons of specialized Inoceramus living on the substrate. However that doesn't really lend itself to an interesting composition.
As you can see in this size chart by B_Wither (modified by @petitepaleoartist and myself) the Toolebuc formation offers a host of predatory fish and marine reptiles. Interestingly ichthyosaurs and protostegids appear to be more common compared to older, colder formations.
Btw. the giant shark is present here as well, indirectly ;)
The creature who fell in love with the light
[Watercolor and gouache, based on ‘The Fog Horn’ by Ray Bradbury]
We are approaching the maximum of images you can post here so I thought it was time I make a little showcase of all the formation pieces we covered so far on the streams.
For people who don't know: for several months now I draw one formation or fossil locality every Saturday. The next place we visit is chosen by a wheel of names, which we also constantly fill up again when a new formation is picked.
I try to make it as interesting as possible in my composition and choice of animals and I can tell you this series has been a great training when it comes to constructing these, how I call them, Menageries.
I have to thank a team of friends and colleagues who help behind the scenes with research, creation of size charts and conversation partners when it comes to deciding on the compositions of these pieces. Their help has been invaluable!
A compilation of my magical ocean-themed illustrations - all of these and more are available as prints until Nov 26th in my store here!
Feeling a strong urge to make some of these in Prehistoric kingdom
Some time ago we had the #PaleoZoo challenge on Discord, sponsored by Prehistoric Kingdom.
Goal was the creation of realistic zoo habitats that could hause extinct creatures. As examples I created a bunch of them over the course of a weekend.
Part three. A Shringasaurus temple, Archaeotherium getting brushed, Stegouros burrow, Plateosaurus hatchery, Wakaleo enclosure, Eryops colony, Lystrosaurus lookout, Giganthopithecus canopy walk, Australoraptor waterfalls, Numudotherium pond and the Erlikosaurus canyon.
Feeding Frenzy
an older one that I wasn't planning to post but I'm not letting another one of my accounts go inactive
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somehow they glitched into the hatchery after release, and once I tranquilized it this happened??
Wetlands
another version of it because someone told me it was to dark
River Crossing
first prehistoric kingdom post, Yippee