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Joanna Kobierska @joannakobierska.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Pablo Rivera @pablonotpicasso.bsky.social · 1d

Happy portfolio day! I’m an artist with experience on projects for companies ranging from Wizards of the Coast to Walt Disney Animation, though my constant passion in art is always depicting glimpses of prehistoric worlds 🦖 #portfolioday #paleoart #paleosky #dinosaurart

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Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 1d

Is it #PortfolioDay? I draw scientific illustrations and cartoons that hopefully bring joy and merriment.

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay
I’m Andy and I do stuff like this.
Get in touch if you’d like me to do stuff like this for you! #SciArt

Digital portrait of a heavily scarred and bedraggled dinosaur.

Digital portrait of Pteranodon - a prehistoric flying reptile with long curved beak.

Illustration of Lagerpeton - a prehistoric dinosaur-like animal, splashing in a shallow lake in bright sunlight.

Digital illustration of a large tyrannosaur lying on a beach with a small bird perched on its snout.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 1d

Better late than never, but my delayed review of August's #DinoConUK 2025 is now online, check it out to see what went down, and to see what's happening next! tetzoo.com/blog/2025/8/... HUGE thanks to everyone who made it what it was :) @dinoconuk.bsky.social

DinoCon 2025 Has Left the Building — Tetrapod Zoology

A look back at August’s DinoCon 2025, our outstandingly successful first event!

tetzoo.com

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Dr Nathan Barling @palaeogames.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, it is cool, but I feel like it'd be cooler with some feathered integument.

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Dr Nathan Barling @palaeogames.bsky.social · 2d

Same to be honest.

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Dr Nathan Barling @palaeogames.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for tagging us. This is why we had a delay on our shipments to the USA for a while. We're now using Royal Mail and USPS (mostly). They appear to be getting through OK bar one or two lost package.

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Dr Nathan Barling @palaeogames.bsky.social · 2d

A stolen meme, but a good one! #dinosaurs #paleontology

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Zedrin @zedrin.bsky.social · 6d

Was sent a copy of the Dr Dhrolin's Dictionary of Dinosaurs by @palaeogames.bsky.social!
It's basically a PF2-compatible dinosaur bestiary, in case you felt your games needed more dinosaurs (which they do)

This aint sponsored or anything, just wanna show off some of the art cause this rocks

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 15d

How it started

Nathan and Darren and cartoon Mike holding a DinoCon sign in Lyme Regis.

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Dr Nathan Barling @palaeogames.bsky.social · Sep 13

@hankgreen.bsky.social Mars Life - there are some really good examples of bacterial bodyfossils preserved in goethite (an iron oxyhydroxide) after gregite/pyrite/mackinawite that can be used as an example of what could be found on Mars. Checkout my open access paper on it: tinyurl.com/2z8jcymw

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James Pascoe @jamespascoe.bsky.social · Aug 19

@dinoconuk.bsky.social Mega Thread begins…

Thanks to @pigeoncircus.bsky.social @charliebgraham.bsky.social @irishpalaeo.bsky.social and the other volunteers for all the hard work and effort put in over the weekend. Thanks to @palaeogames.bsky.social for the opportunity, trust, and belief. Pt1

Watercolour tyrannosaur from the art rooms

Inspiring pieces and prompts for the art room

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · Aug 11

Not counting today, FOUR DAYS until #DinoConUK. Tickets will be on sale for one or two more days for what's guaranteed to be the UK's - almost certainly Europe's - largest dinosaur-themed event since the end of the Cretaceous. Info: www.dinocon.co.uk

University of Exeter from the air, DinoCon venue for 2025.

montage of vendors present at DinoCon 2025.

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Dr Nathan Barling @palaeogames.bsky.social · Jul 12

Just over a month to go until #DinoConUK! Excited to see you all there and for the amazing scientific talks.

www.dinocon.co.uk

DinoCon

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · Jul 5

So excited for DinoCon!! Will be there giving a talk and selling art!

Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · Jul 4

Interested in #dinosaurs and #fossils in the UK? You MUST attend #DinoCon (August 16th-17th, University of Exeter), it's shaping up to be huge with a fantastic line-up of speakers, vendors, presenters. Add to this thread if you're coming! Tickets at... www.dinocon.co.uk And....

DinoCon

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · Jun 29

The first ever #DinoCon - the successor to the 11-year run of TetZooCon (the Tetrapod Zoology Convention) - happens weekend Aug 16th-17th at the University of Exeter, and it's gonna be huge. Here's a thread on what's happening... follow @dinoconuk.bsky.social while you're here. 1/n

University of Exeter, view from the air.

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Dr Nathan Barling @palaeogames.bsky.social · Jun 26

FYI. Our .com webstore is currently down while we migrate to a new provider. You can still check out PalaeoGames stuff at www.PalaeoGames.co.uk

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Dr Nathan Barling @palaeogames.bsky.social · Jun 2

We had an amazing time at #UKGamesExpo. Thanks to everyone who came along to meet us! Here's to next year!

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DinoCon @dinoconuk.bsky.social · May 9

Andre Rowe will be hosting a talk on #Tyrannosaur #Evolution at #DinoConUK!

Andre is a #palaeontologist whose research focuses on the link between form and function in the musculoskeletal systems of extinct vertebrates. Lately he has been reconstructing the life histories of cynodonts.

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DinoCon @dinoconuk.bsky.social · May 2

Our next speaker for #DinoConUK is Tess Gallagher!

Tess is a paleobiologist specialising in #sauropod integument. Her research began when she uncovered a ~75cm piece of Diplodocus skin while volunteering for the Elevation Science Institute. #Diplodocus skin has since been her main research subject.

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Dr Nathan Barling @palaeogames.bsky.social · Apr 24

Check out my recent interview with @thisweekingeek.net
! It was a great time chatting with Mike.

#dnd #dnd5e #scicomm #dinosaurs #dinosaur

thisweekingeek.net/blog/2025/04...

TWIG Fan Service Interviews – Dr Nathan Barling – PaleoGames – Dinosaurs – ThisWeekInGeek

thisweekingeek.net

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · Apr 17

Ornithischians in general, and smaller species in particular, need more love. So here are these two reconstructions from my licensing library. They will also appear in the awesome, upcoming @palaeogames.bsky.social Professor Primula's Portfolio of Palaeontology roleplaying supplement
#paleoart #art

Reconstruction of Hypsilophodon next to the silhouette of a 1.8 m tall human

Reconstruction of Leaellynasaura next to the silhouette of a 1.8 m tall human

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Dr Nathan Barling @palaeogames.bsky.social · Apr 6

DON'T MISS OUT ON PROFESSOR PRIMULA'S PORTFOLIO OF PALAEONTOLOGY! We're now in the final hours of our Kickstarter campaign and its your last chance to get the Kickstarter exclusives.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pal...

#DND #dnd5e #scicomm #dinosaur #dinosaurs #paleontology

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Julianne Zelda Kiely 🌿Commissions open🌿 @palaeojules.bsky.social · Apr 5

Just two more days till the end of the Kickstarter campaign for Professor Primula's Portfolio of #Palaeontology, a new TTRPG guidebook by @palaeogames.bsky.social!
Once again, I'm illustrating some plants for it, so here's a few for you to enjoy!
#sciart #paleoart
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pal...

A conical tree, shaped like a chriatmastree, with an open autumnal orange canopy. A close up of a branch with leaves is in the top right. Down the left are a leaf a branch with female cones and a branch with male organs. In the top left is the name Carnoconites cranwellii.

A tall tree with a narrow naked trunk, with a cloud shaped canopy at the top. A closeup bubble on the left shows a branch tip with thin strap like leaves. Th e name Desmiophyllum imhoffi is in the top left.

A conifer tree with a red brown trunk mostly obscured by a dense egg shaped canopy which extends almost to the ground. A close up bubble in the top right shows a many branched branch, which is made up of thin green jointed stems. Int he top left is the name Pseudofrenelopsis parceramosa

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