David O
@anatotitan.bsky.social
Printmaker, designer. Naturey art and gifts at blueasterstudio.com | Paleoartish stuff at chasmosaurs.com/orogenic | He/Him
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David O
@anatotitan.bsky.social
· May 30
Here's a reintroduction thread because it feels like the right time for one. Here's me, my spousal unit Jennie, and the chef statue at Gelsosomo's pizza in Chesterton, IN. We are NOT a throuple - don't believe every cockamamie rumor you read.
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A while back back, I asked Bluesky for random questions about the world. I'm finally sharing some answers to three of them!
Why is cinnamon "hot"?
Why is mint "cold"?
Why does soda fizz more when you add ice? 🧪
news.ncsu.edu/2025/12/why-...
Why is cinnamon "hot"?
Why is mint "cold"?
Why does soda fizz more when you add ice? 🧪
news.ncsu.edu/2025/12/why-...
Why Does Cinnamon Taste Hot? And Why Does Mint Taste Cold?
And while we're at it, why does soda fizz more when you put ice in the glass?
news.ncsu.edu
December 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A while back back, I asked Bluesky for random questions about the world. I'm finally sharing some answers to three of them!
Why is cinnamon "hot"?
Why is mint "cold"?
Why does soda fizz more when you add ice? 🧪
news.ncsu.edu/2025/12/why-...
Why is cinnamon "hot"?
Why is mint "cold"?
Why does soda fizz more when you add ice? 🧪
news.ncsu.edu/2025/12/why-...
My third #artadventcalendar piece this year is my 2021 illustration of a burnt Hell Creek forest. Two stem-chickens (not based on a specific taxon) forage in the ash as a lone tyrant passes on the distance. 🪶🎨🐡 #paleoart
December 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My third #artadventcalendar piece this year is my 2021 illustration of a burnt Hell Creek forest. Two stem-chickens (not based on a specific taxon) forage in the ash as a lone tyrant passes on the distance. 🪶🎨🐡 #paleoart
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We're happy to announce that Bandcamp Fridays will be returning in 2026. Check out the full list of dates below and get your wishlists ready for the final #bandcampfriday of 2025 this Friday, December 5th.
Bandcamp Fridays Return in 2026
daily.bandcamp.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We're happy to announce that Bandcamp Fridays will be returning in 2026. Check out the full list of dates below and get your wishlists ready for the final #bandcampfriday of 2025 this Friday, December 5th.
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#COMPANIONSofCHRISTMAS: Père Fouettard!
Père Fouettard was a butcher and cook whose tavern was visited by three children on their way to boarding school. Seeing their nice clothes, wicked Fouettard assumed that they must be rich, and, being children, would be easy to rob. 1/
Père Fouettard was a butcher and cook whose tavern was visited by three children on their way to boarding school. Seeing their nice clothes, wicked Fouettard assumed that they must be rich, and, being children, would be easy to rob. 1/
December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
#COMPANIONSofCHRISTMAS: Père Fouettard!
Père Fouettard was a butcher and cook whose tavern was visited by three children on their way to boarding school. Seeing their nice clothes, wicked Fouettard assumed that they must be rich, and, being children, would be easy to rob. 1/
Père Fouettard was a butcher and cook whose tavern was visited by three children on their way to boarding school. Seeing their nice clothes, wicked Fouettard assumed that they must be rich, and, being children, would be easy to rob. 1/
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Question for paleo folks: I know we have really lovely, elaborate floating crinoid forests on Jurassic driftwood. Do we know whether or not crinoids would have established similar forests prior to that? On floating Lepidodendron or other lycopsid trees, for example?
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Question for paleo folks: I know we have really lovely, elaborate floating crinoid forests on Jurassic driftwood. Do we know whether or not crinoids would have established similar forests prior to that? On floating Lepidodendron or other lycopsid trees, for example?
How had I never heard the Siouxsie and the Banshees cover of "Hall of Mirrors" until now? Holy shit
December 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
How had I never heard the Siouxsie and the Banshees cover of "Hall of Mirrors" until now? Holy shit
More Kaiparowits #paleoart for #artadventcalendar day 2: this travel poster featuring a pair o' Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus, perched enantornithean, and big ol' turtle. 🐡🎨
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
More Kaiparowits #paleoart for #artadventcalendar day 2: this travel poster featuring a pair o' Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus, perched enantornithean, and big ol' turtle. 🐡🎨
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Thought I might give #ArtAdventCalendar a try. These are some bunnies I doodled while waiting to see if I would have jury duty
December 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Thought I might give #ArtAdventCalendar a try. These are some bunnies I doodled while waiting to see if I would have jury duty
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I'm kicking off my #ArtAdventCalendar this year with one of my favorite pet portraits I did over the past year. Here is Lulu, as a mermaid. To view more of my work, visit www.mvandiver-art.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I'm kicking off my #ArtAdventCalendar this year with one of my favorite pet portraits I did over the past year. Here is Lulu, as a mermaid. To view more of my work, visit www.mvandiver-art.com
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 1
Kicking things off light and breezy with this art deco inspired peacock pattern
Kicking things off light and breezy with this art deco inspired peacock pattern
December 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 1
Kicking things off light and breezy with this art deco inspired peacock pattern
Kicking things off light and breezy with this art deco inspired peacock pattern
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I will post an extinct animal every day until the 24th!
Day 1: Velociraptor
Chomp chomp! This guy was actually as small as a housecat.
#artadventcalendar #paleoart #art #digitalart #dinosaur #velociraptor
Day 1: Velociraptor
Chomp chomp! This guy was actually as small as a housecat.
#artadventcalendar #paleoart #art #digitalart #dinosaur #velociraptor
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I will post an extinct animal every day until the 24th!
Day 1: Velociraptor
Chomp chomp! This guy was actually as small as a housecat.
#artadventcalendar #paleoart #art #digitalart #dinosaur #velociraptor
Day 1: Velociraptor
Chomp chomp! This guy was actually as small as a housecat.
#artadventcalendar #paleoart #art #digitalart #dinosaur #velociraptor
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Thinking about Christmas presents? Maybe you want to get a book of little paper figures from a classic work of literature for the reader in your life!
crogan.bigcartel.com/category/pap...
crogan.bigcartel.com/category/pap...
December 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Thinking about Christmas presents? Maybe you want to get a book of little paper figures from a classic work of literature for the reader in your life!
crogan.bigcartel.com/category/pap...
crogan.bigcartel.com/category/pap...
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
A lonely Kosmoceratops wades through the waters of the marshy Kaiparowits jungle. Also making an appearance: a pair of Mirarce and somewhat hidden Alphadon. #artadventcalendar
December 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A lonely Kosmoceratops wades through the waters of the marshy Kaiparowits jungle. Also making an appearance: a pair of Mirarce and somewhat hidden Alphadon. #artadventcalendar
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Spring Phoenix - A very exciting commission from my ko-fi store, a phoenix for every season 🍃
December 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Spring Phoenix - A very exciting commission from my ko-fi store, a phoenix for every season 🍃
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#ArtAdventCalendar, Day 1 Mitosis in Drosophila 5, Ink on Yupo, 2025 #sciart
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar, Day 1 Mitosis in Drosophila 5, Ink on Yupo, 2025 #sciart
My Uncle David was my favorite uncle, and if he was still with us I'm sure that never would have changed. I think he *got* me before I got myself.
#worldaidsday
#worldaidsday
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
My Uncle David was my favorite uncle, and if he was still with us I'm sure that never would have changed. I think he *got* me before I got myself.
#worldaidsday
#worldaidsday
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My Uncle Jimmy was infected in first wave of HIV/AIDS in the 80s. I was just a kid. I can barely remember him. He was fun, and funny, and played honky tonk piano. He was a Vietnam vet. He bought me LEGOs. :) I can remember his laugh.
I miss him.
#WorldAIDSDay
I miss him.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My Uncle Jimmy was infected in first wave of HIV/AIDS in the 80s. I was just a kid. I can barely remember him. He was fun, and funny, and played honky tonk piano. He was a Vietnam vet. He bought me LEGOs. :) I can remember his laugh.
I miss him.
#WorldAIDSDay
I miss him.
#WorldAIDSDay
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The new Ze Frank video reminded me about an adaptation found in some entomopathogenic nematodes - using both their own muscle power and static electricity, they can leap into the air and home in on their host, like an anti-insect surface-to-air missile
#Invertebrate 🧪
news.emory.edu/features/202...
#Invertebrate 🧪
news.emory.edu/features/202...
Fatal attraction: Electric charge connects jumping worm to aerial prey
A tiny worm that leaps high into the air — up to 25 times its body length — to attach to flying insects uses static electricity to perform this astounding feat, Emory physicists have found.
news.emory.edu
December 1, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The new Ze Frank video reminded me about an adaptation found in some entomopathogenic nematodes - using both their own muscle power and static electricity, they can leap into the air and home in on their host, like an anti-insect surface-to-air missile
#Invertebrate 🧪
news.emory.edu/features/202...
#Invertebrate 🧪
news.emory.edu/features/202...
Haven't done much pizzaposting lately but I am compelled to share the annual Thanksgiving leftovers pizza.. Brussels sprouts, roast potatoes, tofurky with a pumpkin -spinach sauce and a drizzle of cranberry sauce.
Depraved.
Depraved.
December 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Haven't done much pizzaposting lately but I am compelled to share the annual Thanksgiving leftovers pizza.. Brussels sprouts, roast potatoes, tofurky with a pumpkin -spinach sauce and a drizzle of cranberry sauce.
Depraved.
Depraved.
This design is for all of you discerning dinosaur lovers who know just how perfectly wonderful hadrosaurs are. www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1493... 🐡🎨
Hadrosaur Appreciation Society by David Orr | Redbubble
This design is for all of you discerning dinosaur lovers who know just how perfectly wonderful hadrosaurs are.
www.redbubble.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This design is for all of you discerning dinosaur lovers who know just how perfectly wonderful hadrosaurs are. www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1493... 🐡🎨
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In this episode, David Armsby's back and better than ever, Darren Naish's hair is slicker than ever, and Gemma interviews palaeobotanist and artist @palaeojules.bsky.social, who's here to save us all from painfully generic and/or inaccurate flora in palaeoart.
Podcast Show Notes: Episode 45 – Heinrich Harder and Julianne Kiely
Gemma, Natee, and Marc are back for another attempt at entertaining prehistorically inclined people with carefully edited commentary and interviews with people who actually know what they’re …
chasmosaurs.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
In this episode, David Armsby's back and better than ever, Darren Naish's hair is slicker than ever, and Gemma interviews palaeobotanist and artist @palaeojules.bsky.social, who's here to save us all from painfully generic and/or inaccurate flora in palaeoart.
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Whale fall pins are now back in stock, just in time for the holidays!! The perfect gift for deep sea lovers & marine biology fans 🐋🦀
Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art
Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Whale fall pins are now back in stock, just in time for the holidays!! The perfect gift for deep sea lovers & marine biology fans 🐋🦀
Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art
Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art
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"small business" is such a funny term bc in it you have like a bunch of little gremlin artists fighting over a dollar and then also a guy who owns every tire store in a tri-city area and they are both like "im a small business"
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"small business" is such a funny term bc in it you have like a bunch of little gremlin artists fighting over a dollar and then also a guy who owns every tire store in a tri-city area and they are both like "im a small business"
I haven't a posted my #paleoart shops in a while. Oops! Let's remedy that. First, my Etsy:
orogenic.etsy.com
You can buy stickers, screen prints, and signed first editions of my children's book Mammoth is Mopey there 🐡🎨
orogenic.etsy.com
You can buy stickers, screen prints, and signed first editions of my children's book Mammoth is Mopey there 🐡🎨
November 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I haven't a posted my #paleoart shops in a while. Oops! Let's remedy that. First, my Etsy:
orogenic.etsy.com
You can buy stickers, screen prints, and signed first editions of my children's book Mammoth is Mopey there 🐡🎨
orogenic.etsy.com
You can buy stickers, screen prints, and signed first editions of my children's book Mammoth is Mopey there 🐡🎨