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Julia Aloe @whyfakepockets.bsky.social · 1d

I’m also figuring out what the visual style I want to do this project in. Noticeably different from the last post featuring these guys. lol

Julia Aloe @whyfakepockets.bsky.social · 1d

Revisiting my Yellow Crested Rahgar again. These examples are all males, which are brighter in comparison to the females. These are mostly explorations of colour and patterns. Eventually I’ll draw both males and females with the different head shapes and maybe ethnicities.
#specbio #creaturedesign

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Julia Aloe @whyfakepockets.bsky.social · 1d

Been working on this for a while. The commercial for the MyWine app. I’m quite proud of it. I am responsible for all the visuals.

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🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 2d

I reposted this earlier but I gotta boost it again

this is so incredible and makes me want a "VISIONS" type anthology about dinosaurs living as wild animals in our world soooo badly

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 3d

"Tears of the Mountain", the 3rd 2025 graduation short from french Gobelins school, is online.
Directed by Luke Ashworth, Yehor Bondarenko, Alp Kurdoğlu, Romane Talva and Ange Yajima.
Full film >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB9J...

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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 2d

Spiky drake

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MERUZ @ Lightbox Expo #400 @automeruz.bsky.social · 1d

lowkey just using tumblr requests to practice screen tones

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MAGENTA💜💀SKULL🔪 @magentaskull.bsky.social · Apr 26

coelacanth fandom going berserk rn

dr. mykle hoban @thefishbotherer.bsky.social · Apr 26

These guys got the first living footage of the Indonesian coelacanth! Amazing work.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

First record of a living coelacanth from North Maluku, Indonesia - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - First record of a living coelacanth from North Maluku, Indonesia

www.nature.com

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · Apr 26

The king is dead, time to sort out the successor!
#Paleostream! www.twitch.tv/paleostream

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · Apr 26

Today, we know exactly what needs to be done to recover the climate ecosystem and protect the last remaining pristine landscapes.
It's not a matter of science
It's a matter of political action.

To be an environmentalist today, means getting political.
Because it's worth fighting for

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🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · Apr 27

animation is expensive and takes a long time.

a lot of fans have no idea why-- why it takes so long, what happens in it, why it needs SO much money to do, and these shorts are going to explain all of that, so people have a better idea of how the sausage is made

Jellybox @jellybox.bsky.social · Apr 26

nice

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jel...

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Everhaven World @everhavenworld.bsky.social · Apr 6

Explorations for an enemy force and a main antagonist for #Everhaven with a theme of unraveling threads and puppeteering. The idea of a big bad clashed with the game’s cozy goals, so it was dropped. #ProjectDragon #BringBackProjectDragon #characterart #2Dart

Art by @nicholaskole.bsky.social

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Everhaven World @everhavenworld.bsky.social · Apr 4

Early #Everhaven NPC exploration art, including an idea of a playable insect race. #ProjectDragon #characterart #2Dart #conceptart #BringBackProjectDragon #cancelledgames #cozygames

Art by @nicholaskole.bsky.social

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Alariko @alariko.bsky.social · Apr 17

W doesn't like dungeons, temples, ruins or whatever the hell has lots of stones plied on top of eachother? The bigger the better as they say, I for a fact love them. Here is a sneak peak into something I'm doing...

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Havvik @havvik.bsky.social · Feb 10

Me, savouring my hours of sleep: 😴
The humble phone ringtone:

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · Apr 13

And here it is, our second Cambrian formation piece! This time we visited the even older Surius Passet from Greenland, our first real deep sea deposit.
#paleostream

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · Apr 14

Not that much time plus technical difficulties yesterday meant that I only did one sketch on #paleostream.
This is Chelonoidis pucara a new, giant tortoise from the Pleistocene of Argentina.
I am exceptionally happy with this being published because of several reasons...

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Lizzi 🐦‍⬛🌸 @spiritcrowart.bsky.social · Mar 7

The Life Cycle of a Seikret -
(plus, my speculative take on what a juvenile would look like!)

[ 🎨 #art #mhart #monsterhunter #monhun #seikret #specbio #paleoart ]

A diagram featuring the life cycle of a Seikret from Monster Hunter, which is a velociraptor-like creature. The first phase is a green-blue egg covered in darker flecks. The baby phase is a fluffy hatchling covered in white downy feathers, with short legs and a short tail. The juvenile phase has started developing its true plumage of green, blue, and purple feathers, but still retains some of its white fluff. Its forelimb wings and horns are also starting to develop. The final adult phase has fully developed plumage, no white fluff, and white feathers covering its neck and chest. Its horns are fully developed it also has spines coming out of its tail.

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Astra Fauna (Sarah Dahlinger) 🔜 Granite State Comic Con @astrafauna.bsky.social · Mar 11

Process for one of the images in my book!
www.astrafauna.com

#astrafauna #creature #creaturedesign #scifi #specevo #specbio #zbrush #worldbulding #indiewriter #indieartist #digitalart

info page from the book with closeups of the creatures back and the various species that live on it

final image - a drone is flying to the whale like creature

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TS Universe @ts-universe.bsky.social · Mar 13

Ya‘ll are enjoying the Uru and Iyam-ru so damn much - so here, have so more. : ))
#worldbuilding #specbio #scifi #xenobiology

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Julia Aloe @whyfakepockets.bsky.social · Apr 17

Been working on a painting for a while. It’s still a WIP. Which looks best so far? Overcast greys or subtle blue hues?
#digitalart #specbio #creaturedesign #wip

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Julia Aloe @whyfakepockets.bsky.social · Apr 17

Hello. I’m back. Sorry for having been gone so long. I have been working the last few months on a hand animated commercial and have been quite busy. Should be posting more often now though.

The commercial is getting its final corrections and sounds now. No NDA so I can post it hear once it’s done.

Julia Aloe @whyfakepockets.bsky.social · Dec 2

Toothless for How To Train Your Dragon Live Action

Forgot to tag my first post😅

#httyd #howtotrainyourdragonliveaction

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Julia Aloe @whyfakepockets.bsky.social · Dec 2

This is part of my world building project called F.O.E.

#creaturedesign #specbio

Julia Aloe @whyfakepockets.bsky.social · Dec 2

Adult females generally blend into their surroundings, while the males tend to be more flamboyant in appearance. Depending on the parentage, some chicks may exhibit gold flecks in their plumage, which could also be influenced by environmental factors.

Julia Aloe @whyfakepockets.bsky.social · Dec 2

burrows or forts as part of their play.

Speaking of chicks, the nestlings depicted here are about six months old and still have very clean downy feathers. This is not typical, but it highlights how gray their coloration is in comparison to the adults.

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