Posts by Luther Wells
A pencil drawing of a Velociraptor sitting and looking back.
Forgot to post this yesterday for Velociraptor Awareness Day.
#dinosaur #paleoart #sciart #art
A black-and-white pencil sketch of the prehistoric salamander Dynamognathus robertsoni, depicted chomping down on the head of a shrew as it walks slightly downhill.
A sketch from tonight’s flocking-together #Paleostream, the Pliocene salamander Dynamognathus robertsoni! So happy that this little creature from Tennessee was finally chosen for a flocking, here depicted chomping on one of many contemporary shrew species. #paleoart #sciart #cenozoic #grayfossilsite
A digital painting of a Dynamognathus
A digital painting of a Juxia
A digital painting of a Presbyornis
A digital painting of a couple of Nimbacinus
Flocking!
Dynamognathus, Juxia, Presbyornis, Nimbacinus
#paleoart #paleostream #sciart #art
an artistic depiction of the raptorial radiodont lyrarapax
a fossil and figure of the fossil of the holotype of lyrarapax
happy #fossilfriday! this is lyrarapax, a radiodont from middle cambrian china. incredibly, the holotype preserves details of the animal’s nervous system, indicating that their raptorial frontal appendages were protocerebral, as was its labum
(art by @ultraluther.bsky.social)
A pixel drawing of my favorite cat
Pixel drawing of my cat.
Her name is Una and she has one eye.
#pixelart #art
A digitally sketched portrait of a Brachiosaurus
A digital painting of a Centrosaurus yelling at the viewer
A digitally painted portrait of a Rauisuchus
A digital painting of a Muttaburrasaurus
Flocking!
Brachiosaurus, Centrosaurus, Rauisuchus, Muttaburrasaurus
#paleostream #paleoart #sciart #art
Mantis
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #trawangan #diveandstay #giliair #singaporedivers #ocean #sealife #marinelife #padi #mantis
Wakaleo alcootaensis Final Coneptualisation -
For the next 2 months, I will be working on the final W. alcootaensis and adjacent flora and fauna illustration on A2.
Thank you Dr. Adam Yates for feedback and criticisms for Wakaleo and Alcoota sp.!
#sciart #paleoart #palaeontology
#alcoota #wakaleo
A digital painting of an Aquilonifer falling into the void, its babies trailing behind it. A strong, white light is coming from above.
Today is the 10th anniversary of the description of my favorite extinct animal, Aquilonifer spinosis!
#paleoart #sciart #art
A digital painting of a Xiphodracon
A digital painting of a Ectoconus
A digital painting of a Morganucodon
A digital painting of some Atlascystis
Flocking!
Xiphodracon, Ectoconus, Morganucodon, Atlascystis
#paleoart #paleostream #sciart #art
A digital painting of a Largocephalosaurus
A digital painting of a Tetraceratops
A digital painting of an Arizonasaurus
A digital portrait of a Tasmaniosaurus
Flocking??
An illegitimate flocking took place.
Largocephalosaurus, Tetraceratops, Arizonasaurus, Tasmaniosaurus
#paleoart #paleostream #sciart
A black-and-white pencil illustration of a scene in a shortleaf-pine/oak savanna, in the hills of the Alabama piedmont region. A jaguar leaps into frame and has grabbed a turkey in the air, as three other turkeys scatter into the air and into the surrounding tall grasses. A fox squirrel watches from high up in an oak tree, and a short-tailed shrew forages at the base of a tree in the foreground.
In a Shortleaf Pine/Oak savanna in the piedmont region of Alabama, during an otherwise calm winter day, a Jaguar leaps from cover to snatch a Turkey while a Fox Squirrel and Short-tailed Shrew observe from nearby. A vision of the past, and potentially the future. #wildlife #wildlifesociety #alabama
A digital painting of a Schinderhannes bartelsi swimming over two Mimetaster hexagonalis.
Schinderhannes and Mimetaster.
Some of my favorite names of any prehistoric animals, and they happened to live together.
#paleoart #sciart #art
Listed Ancient Sea Creature Diorama: Anomalocaris print in my Etsy shop!
*Please note*
U.S. orders ship once a week on TUESDAYS due to limited access to a faraway drop-off location.
古代海洋生物アノマロカリス・ジオラマ・ポスター(ほぼA4)をEtsyショップにアップしました!
hine.etsy.com
#hinemizushima #etsy #print #paleoart #水島ひね
A digitally painted portrait of a Lotosaurus
A digital painting of the mid-section of a Metriacanthosaurus
A digitally painted portrait of a Pterocetus
A digital painting of two Caelesyiventus fighting over a dead Lepidosaur
Flocking!
Lotosaurus, Metriacanthosaurus, Pterocetus, Caelesyiventus
#paleoart #sciart #art #paleostream
A pixel drawing of a Spiny Flower Mantis Reference: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexternal-preview.redd.it%2F9e-MjayRJbASsu7cCv0KpuyU5ZhddQi9LEaZmYO4gKE.jpg%3Fwidth%3D640%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D8620735fd018225f2ac98021ce751f83b0bc6229
A pixel drawing of a Common Cuttlefish. Reference: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/globalassets/mba/images/animals/octopus-and-kin/common-cuttlefish-tr14-305.jpg
A pixel drawing of a Thorny Devil. Reference: https://res.cloudinary.com/dr0zfbman/images/f_auto,q_auto:good/v1741329263/WordPress%20Content/Thorny_Devil-Stus-Images_185756b761/Thorny_Devil-Stus-Images_185756b761.jpg?_i=AA
A pixel drawing of a Goliath Frog. Reference: https://cdn.britannica.com/05/264105-050-37C67088/Golitath-frog-Conraua-goliath-underwater-Cameroon-Central-Africa-largest-frog.jpg
A digital painting of a Tusciziphius
A digital painting of a Cyrtograptus and an Aquilonifer
A digital painting of a Callawayia
A digital painting of a Doryaspis
Flocking! With a Graptolite!
Tusciziphius, Cyrtograptus (plus Aquilonifer), Callawayia, Doryaspis.
#paleoart #sciart #paleostream #art
A quick, stylized sketch of a Deinonychus
Quick, stylized Deinonychus sketch
#paleoart #dinosaur #sciart #art
Tilly Edinger sitting in front of a wall covered in red leaves, holding a book, pen and a pair of glasses.
Baby ctenochasmatid pterosaur, based on a specimen Tilly Edinger studied: https://ajsonline.org/article/58009-the-brain-of-pterodactylus
Late women's day post:
To celebrate, this is Tilly Edinger (suggested by @skyemcdavid.com), a jewish german paleontologist with disabled hearing and pioneer of paleoneurology. She studied the brains of extinct animals including pterosaurs.
#sciart #paloart
The same image, but all the animals are labeled
A digitally painted scene from the Fezouata Formation featuring Aegirocassis, Sagenograptus, Falcisicaris, Bathmoceras, Rhopalocystis, Plumalina, Brachyaglaspis, Choia, Megistaspis, Eoconularia, Plasiacystis, Plumulites, Ampyx, Pirania, and a non-specific Conodont
Fezouata Formation.
Felt like drawing an Aegirocassis, accidentally drew a bunch of other stuff too.
#paleoart #sciart #art
A digital painting of a Megamastax
A digital portrait of an Ornitholestes
A digital painting of a Tanyka
A digital painting of an Eosteus
Flocking!
Megamastax, Ornitholestes, Tanyka, Eosteus.
#paleoart #paleostream #sciart #art
I recorded my drawing process and put it on YouTube if anyone is interested
youtu.be/Pn7KaG5Vmlo?...
This arachnid is among the largest vinegaroon species alive, reaching 6 cm in body length. This endemic mexican species is part of a wide species complex spanning over Mexico & southern U.S.A. Size: up to 6cm in body length Time period: Holocene (present day) Conservation status: Least concern to Near Threatened The animal drawn is a vinegaroon, an arachnid looking a bit like a scorpion with long thin first legs used as antennae, and it has a raised opisthosoma, ready to defend itself
What time is it? It’s #Cheliceratime!
Today in Cheliceratime is a fan favourite among arachnid lovers, Mastigoproctus giganteus, aka the giant vinegaroon!
All the basic infos are here but if you want to learn more, there’s waaay more below!⬇️
#vinegaroon #arachnid #mexico #bugsky #sciart
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A black-and-white pencil drawing of a scene in the fictional world of Kaimere. In a dense mixed Pine-Hardwood forest along the eastern edge of the continent Ni’Khar, a large Fireback terror bird steps out into a clearing. It is staring into the foreground, at a mother Unicorn (cousin of giraffes) protectively standing next to her newborn calf. A Kaimeran Rhinoceros is standing a little further in the background with its head raised, looking at the Fireback, so the terror bird may not get the easy meal it was looking for.
In the forest of western Ni’Khar, a Fireback finds itself between two Unicorns in search of an easy meal. With both a protective mother and a defensive neighbor, the calf may survive its first day. A scene in #Kaimere, setting and creatures are creations of @talesofkaimere.bsky.social. #specevo