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Dreigiau o Gymru. Aka Andy Frazer. Illustrator of dragons and dinosaurs. All books available in my Etsy shop. Please DM for commission enquiries. He/him. European/Welsh. No AI. www.andyfrazer.com
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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · Oct 18
Hello new followers.
I’m Andy - an illustrator of dragons, dinosaurs and other extinct animals. I work in both traditional and digital media, and am a passionate advocate for human-made art. You can find all my work, purchase my books and contact me here: www.andyfrazer.com
A digital illustration of a tiny red and green dragon perched on a leaf. A digital illustration of a large, brown tyrannosaurus, sat on a muddy shoreline, gazing across a lake with tall trees around its shore. A pencil sketch of two large dinosaurs, affectionately nuzzling. A digital illustration of a herd of woolly mammoths walking into a fierce blizzard in a white-out.
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Daqy 15 of my 2025 charity sketch sale, in aid of my local food bank & MSF.
Today’s sketch - Megalosaurus.

Rules are simple: First person to reply “Mine” gets it.
Minimum donation for each sketch is £15 ( but you can donate more if you are able). Payment via PayPal.
A pencil sketch portrait of Megalosaurus, a carnivorous dinosaur from the UK, and the first dinosaur to be formally described.
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Day 14 of my 2025 charity sketch sale, in aid of my local food bank & MSF.
Today’s sketch - Allosaurus.

Rules are simple: First person to reply “Mine” gets it.
Minimum donation for each sketch is £15 ( but you can donate more if you are able). Payment via PayPal.
A pencil sketch portrait of Allosaurus, a carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period.
December 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Digital painting, from the book ‘Mileships’ by Ian McQue and Jim Rossignol
December 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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A BBC that doesn’t have room for voices like Robin’s is undeserving of its “national treasure” moniker, and is undeserving of public funding.
I hate that it has come to the point where people like me - people who clung to the belief that it was an institution worth defending - have to say that.
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 3d
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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I am so fucking sad and angry.
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 3d
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Day 13 of my 2025 charity sketch sale, in aid of my local food bank & MSF.
Today’s sketch - Iguanodon.

Rules are simple: First person to reply “Mine” gets it.
Minimum donation for each sketch is £15 ( but you can donate more if you are able). Payment via PayPal.
A pencil sketch portrait of Iguanondon, a large herbivorous dinosaur, and the second dinosaur ever to be formally named and described.
December 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Confused Compsognathus.
#SciArt
A digital illustration of Compsognathus (a chicken-sized dinosaur) with a colourful dragonfly perched on the top of its snout.
December 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Day 12 of my 2025 charity sketch sale, in aid of my local food bank & MSF.
Today’s sketch - Tyrannosaurus.

Rules are simple: First person to reply “Mine” gets it.
Minimum donation for each sketch is £15 ( but you can donate more if you are able). Payment via PayPal.
A pencil sketch portrait of Tyrannosaurs rex.
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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reading about genAI slop brokers makes me want to draw more weird manual art. extremely realistic brachiosaurus reconstruction for you
drawing of Brachiosaurus, a long necked quadrupedal dinosaur, rendered in colorful squares of green and blue with a subtle gradient getting lighter towards the underside
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Day 11 of my 2025 charity sketch sale, in aid of my local food bank & MSF.
Today’s sketch - Edmontosaurus.

Rules are simple: First person to reply “Mine” gets it.
Minimum donation for each sketch is £15 ( but you can donate more if you are able). Payment via PayPal.
A pencil sketch portrait of Edmontosaurus, a large herbivorous dinosaur, and a favourite prey for Tyrannosaurs rex.
December 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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December 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Day 10 of my 2025 charity sketch sale, in aid of my local food bank & MSF.
Today’s sketch - Tyrannosaurus.

Rules are simple: First person to reply “Mine” gets it.
Minimum donation for each sketch is £15 ( but you can donate more if you are able). Payment via PayPal.
A pencil sketch portrait of Tyrannosaurs rex.
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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another good use of @dragonsofwales.bsky.social anti AI pin is magnetic iPad pencil holder
Photo of me wearing a grern dinocon shirt, a lanyard with many pins, and a big button pin with a NO AI sign with thr text keep paleoart human no to ai dinosaurs and a white pencil stuck to it
December 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Day 9 of my 2025 charity sketch sale, in aid of my local food bank & MSF.
Today’s sketch - Hypsilophodon.

Rules are simple: First person to reply “Mine” gets it.
Minimum donation for each sketch is £15 ( but you can donate more if you are able). Payment via PayPal.
A pencil sketch portrait of Hypsilophodon, a small herbivorous dinosaur from the UK.
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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In today’s instalment of “I am so tired…”
#SciArt
A screen shot of one of my posts with an illustration of a dinosaur. Below is a comment from another poster which reads “Please stop using ai art it’s ugly and spiteful”.
December 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Day 8 of my 2025 charity sketch sale, in aid of my local food bank & MSF.
Today’s sketch - Majungasaurus.

Rules are simple: First person to reply “Mine” gets it.
Minimum donation for each sketch is £15 ( but you can donate more if you are able). Payment via PayPal.
A pencil sketch portrait of Majungasaurus, a large, carnivorous dinosaur, and one of the last dinosaurs prior to the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period.
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Day 7 of my 2025 charity sketch sale, in aid of my local food bank & MSF.
Today’s sketch - Deinocheirus.

Rules are simple: First person to reply “Mine” gets it.
Minimum donation for each sketch is £15 ( but you can donate more if you are able). Payment via PayPal.
A pencil sketch portrait of Deinocheirus, a large, feathered herbivorous dinosaur.
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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December releases! Loads more Otherworld, resin pre-orders, adventurers, opponents, narsty elfses, dungeon critters, wilderness beasties and even Krampus! Something for almost everyone...
lots of tabletop models including: satyr with bow; elf with grapple and rope; mudmen; flying devil rays; elf assassin; female thief; wood elv scouts; statue of Anubis; hobbit thief; giant ticks; dwarf mercenary; orc barbarian; unicorns; Krampus; mushroom king; necromancer; storm giant; femme monk with lantern and bardiche; elf ranger and druid; human ranger. titled Fenris Games: December.
December 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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PSA: If you are outside the UK, please get any orders in before December 10th for the best chance of pre-Christmas delivery. Thank you!
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December 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Digital painting, medieval town concept trying for German expressionist vibes but failing
December 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Another interesting fish from the Kem Kem - Bawitius! This is a 3m-long bichir, a group of fish I wasn't familiar with until starting this piece. Today, members of this group don't get more than a meter in length, and are apparently popular in aquariums!

Size comparison below ⬇️

#sciart #paleoart
Brown striped Bawitius
December 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Day 6 of my 2025 charity sketch sale, in aid of my local food bank & MSF.
Today’s sketch - (another) Megalosaurus.

Rules are simple: First person to reply “Mine” gets it.
Minimum donation for each sketch is £15 ( but you can donate more if you are able). Payment via PayPal.
A pencil sketch portrait of Megalosaurus, a carnivorous dinosaur from the UK, and the first dinosaur to be formally described.
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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PSA: If you are outside the UK, please get any orders in before December 10th for the best chance of pre-Christmas delivery. Thank you!
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December 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Ornithocheirus simus.
A new portrait of this early Cretaceous pterosaur.

#SciArt
A digital portrait of Ornithocheirus, a flying reptile from the early Cretaceous, first discovered in the UK. It is shown with a long tooth-filled beak with a raised crest near the tip, a bright pink neck and a fluffy white covering on its shoulders.
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Knobbed Hornbill
Aceros cassidix
A beautiful and interesting looking bird!
Markers and gel pens.
Marker artwork of a brightly colored hornbill perched on a branch in a jungle
December 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM