The cover of Riley's forthcoming book Tyrant Lizard Queen: The love, life, and terror of Earth's greatest carnivore, showing a large scaly T. rex on an open floodplain in front of a forest.
B&N is doing another 25% off preorders sale, so if you want Tyrant Lizard Queen with a bite taken off the price now's a good time to grab it!
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The galley of Tyrant Lizard Queen is here! You can even catch a glimpse of the amazing art by @korybing.bsky.social in there. 🦖
Watch your step on the Oregon dunes, it's snowy plover nesting season 💛🐦
Seasonal restrictions are in place from March 15–September 15 on beaches where snowy plovers nest.
📸: @blmoregonwashington | #snowyplover #plovers #oregoncoast #oregon #birds #birding #babybirds
Co-sign on this craziness.
Always 🫶
Now who’s being dramatic!
Selfie of me sitting on a couch with My new glasses.
Not to be dramatic, but I got new glasses.
New study: 220 million years ago, small crocodilians learned to walk on two legs, and gathered in large social groups. Whenever I see a story like this, I wonder if there were complex civilizations that came before our monkey times. Maybe ancient crocs left Earth long ago. nautil.us/this-ancient...
See you Thursday folks at C-14 😎
FINALLY
Not to mention the days and weeks of labor you're lucky (but unlikely) to recoup in sales.
This is incredible news and I cannot wait for Jared's next banger of a book.
I've never seen anyone do it as well as Yoshi.
D.J. is the coolest! Don't miss out on Big Boy Social Club.
Whatever you do, don't miss Kory at ECCC.
Emma is one of my faves! Support queer creator and get some banging paleo-art at the same time.
Wishing all my friends and colleagues a wildly successful weekend at ECCC! Meanwhile, I cannot express the depths of my relief at no longer participating.
Go see Pam!
I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.
if thou could’st, blacksmith, glad enough would I lay my head upon thy anvil, and feel thy heaviest hammer between my eyes
Calendar layouts showing artwork for the months of January and February 2026
One of the largest and well-known mosasaurs of the late cretaceous, this sea monster hunted the waters that once covered midwest North America. Originally created for Sternberg Science Camps, I modified the color of this design to make it distinct for the purposes of this project. #fossilfriday
Illustration of the mosasaur Tylosaurus swimming through Cretaceous seas, as a cluster of ammonites swim out of its patch. #levihastingsart #levihastings #paleoart #prehistoric #mosasaur #fossilfuel
The deep cold of February called for an aquatic king. I chose the Tylosaurus for this month in my paleo calendar because it's one of my favorite pieces from the past year and this final stretch of winter can be the most challenging.
detail of a painting of a sperm whale rising from the depths of a dark ocean. #levihastingsart #levihastings #wildlifeart #whaleart #spermwhale #cetaceans #marinemammal #marinelife
The artist holding up a painting of a sperm whale.
painting of a sperm whale rising from the depths of a dark ocean. #levihastingsart #levihastings #wildlifeart #whaleart #spermwhale #cetaceans #marinemammal #marinelife
"I tell you, the sperm whale will stand no nonsense."
- Herman Melville from Moby Dick
I returned to one of my favorite subjects with some new methods and techniques, resulting in this highly stylized rendition of the sperm whale.
A Feeding Gray Whale. Read the full story here: buff.ly/3udrTZz
Photo by Janine
This is an encounter from 2022.
#WhaleTales #GrayWhales
"Letting Go While Holding On"
2” x 16” watercolor and gouache.
Sink or scream? Dissociate or drown? The tide of horrors is relentless, and the waves are swirling with microplastics. Do we surrender to the despair or swim through the sludge? What can we save and what do we cut loose in order to keep moving?
Three sketches of Styracosaurus, mostly focusing on its head
For today’s sketch let me present you with Styracosaurus
Styracosaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous in North America. The arrangement of very long, 4-6 spikes protruding from its relatively short frill and long nasal horn is characteristic of this species
#paleoart #dinosaurs #sciart
Thank you!!!
My aim was to infuse some color and escapism into the year's gloomiest month. I could not have predicted how brutal this particular January was going to be, so I hope these dinosaurs offered a few moments of visual relief from the horrors of the world.