Maybe because of the photo of my copy of the book (?
I have the spanish version

I personally enjoyed a lot the pages dedicated to whales, made me remember why I liked them so much when I was a kid

Finished reading Steve Brusatte's "Rise and Reign of the Mammals"
I've never been too interested in mammals, but man, this book is great!

It was fun to read about the evolutionary history of mammals and all the weird adaptations that different groups have had

One of the most famous mosasaurs, Tylosaurus proriger, submerges after taking a breath. It is dark above and light below, as tentatively suggested by some palaeocolour data. The challenges of interpreting scaly reptile palaeocolour, and the tiny scraps of colour data we have for this animal, preclude much confidence in chromatic interpretations of this species, however. Also, if you stare at this long enough, you'll see a few sharks. No foolin'.

Been thinking marine-reptiley thoughts today. Here's one of my latest #paleoart efforts along that line: Tylosaurus proriger. The colour is based on fossil colour data, although it's far from certain that this animal was black and countershaded.

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Deinocheirus

Deinosuchus

Nanotyrannus

Styracosaurus

Carnotaurus

Newborn Tyrannosaurus

This is just the tip of the iceberg, the addon adds 90 species!

Patagotitan

Tyrannosaurus vs. Triceratops

Velociraptor

Mosasaurus

NEW UPDATE for the Mesozoic Biology addon!!!

I helped a bit with some dinosaur colorations

Everyone in the dev team truely outdid themselves with this update! Go check it out!

mcpedl.com/mesozoic-biolo…

Lifesize velociraptor roaming around in the shop

Closeup of the velociraptor model's head

Life size velociraptor

Skeletal by Scott Hartman
Skeleton 3d scan by Benoît Rogez
Reconstructions by Gabriel Ugueto, Todd Marshall, RJ Palmer, Raúl Martín, Mark Witton and Steven Bellettini (YDAW)
Coloration inspired by the Walking with Monsters Dimetrodon and the Mattel JWD Dimetrodon toy

Everyone's favorite "dinosaur"

Dimetrodon grandis

(References below)
#drawing #paleoart #synapsida #sphenacodontidae

#ProjectHailMary sketches #fanart

The main characters are very likeable and fun, they carry the book as much as (or even more than) the science fiction elements
If you ask me:
Book>movie
The movie is very good but obviously you can't pack +540 pages into a 2 hour long movie, there are cool things that unfortunately have to be cutted

I read "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir

Holy sh-t, its so freaking good! Peak science fiction!
Fiction with enough science to make it tangible and understandable
The amount of creativity and thought behind every single thing in the book is beyond incredible!

A few years ago I was asked to be a small part of Project Hail Mary. This is a selection of designs from my first few passes on Rocky, our main directive was to find interesting ways to play with asymmetry, silhouette and texture while I took some attempts to imbue ways to depict culture

Opening today at the Hollytrees Museum, Colchester, is an exhibition centred around "Juliasaurus": an Allosaurus-like theropod #dinosaur from the Morrison Formation. I was hired to produce a #paleoart reconstruction to accompany the skeleton. Tickets available now! @colmuseums.bsky.social

Skeletal by Scott Hartman
Skeleton photos by FunkMonk & Gamasque
Reconstructions by Gabriel Ugueto, RJ Palmer, Mark Witton, Petr Menshikov, LiterallyMiguel & Salvatore Paleoart

Coloration based on the Postosuchus from WWD

Postosuchus kirkpatricki

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#drawing #paleoart #pseudosuchia #rauisuchidae

Coloration inspired by the Herrerasaurus from Jurassic Park The Game

Herrerasaurus skeletal by Scott Hartman
Herrerasaurus skeleton photos by Jonathan Chen & Zach Tirrell
Herrerasaurus reconstructions by Raúl Martín and Matt Dempsey
Frenguellisaurus reconstruction by Andrey Atuchin
Gnathovorax exoparia diagram from Sharpe, H.S., etc al., (2025)

"Though not nearly smart as the raptors, their chase instinct makes them almost as dangerous."

Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis

#paleoart #drawing #dinosaur

Saurosuchus skeletal by Literally Miguel
Skeleton photos by Kentaro Ohno and Man77
Reconstructions by Joshua Knüppe and Gabriel Ugueto
Baby saltwater crocodile photo by dwi putra
Coloration inspired by the Dinosaur Revolution Saurosuchus

Saurosuchus galilei

(References below)
#drawing #paleoart #pseudosuchia #loricata

Coloration inspired by the Goldribbon soapfish

H. sanjuanensis skull figures from Gentil, A R, & Ezcurra, M.D. (2022)
H. gordoni skeletal from Benton, M.J. 1983
Hyperodapedon skeleton photos by Daderot & Ghedoghedo
Hyperodapedon reconstructions by Andrey Atuchin, Gabriel Ugueto, Gabriel Díaz Yantén and Raúl Martín

Hyperodapedon sanjuanensis

(References below)
#drawing #paleoart #rhynchosaur

Coloration inspired by the Ranitomeya amazonica frog

Rhynchosaurus skull illustration from Owen, 1842
Rhynchosaurus skull diagram by Jaime A. Headden
Rhynchosaurus reconstruction by SeismicShrimp
Hyperodapedon skeletal from Benton, M.J. 1983
Rhynchosaur reconstructions by Andrey Atuchin, Mark Witton and Gabriel Ugueto

Rhynchosaurus articeps

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#drawing #paleoart #rhynchosaur

Yangchuanosaurus skeletal by Dan Folkes
"Sinraptor" hepingensis reconstruction by Matt Dempsey
S. dongi skeleton photo by Gary Todd
Yangchuanosaurus 3d model by Jagged Fang Designs
Allosaurus muscle diagram by Scott Hartman