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Adam_RL

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I draw creatures (he/ him)
email: adam.rl.artwork@gmail.com
Commissions : Open
NO N/F/T's or A/I "Art"
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Getting back into studies again (thanks to @abigbat.bsky.social's studybuddies stream) . Here's a fast and loose (roughly 2 hours) study of Austin Butler as Feyd Rautha from Dune Part Two. #studies #studybuddies

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Had a lovely afternoon sketching some of these big lads at Crystal Palace Park. 🦖 #paleoart #dinosaurs #SciArt

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Dr. Jean-François Cudennec's avatar Dr. Jean-François Cudennec @jfcudennec.bsky.social
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The super-rich are buying up dinosaur bones.

Problem : museums cannot spend millions on every dinosaur skull that comes up for auction. And there are many that don’t even make it to public auction.

#PaleoSky

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Here's a slightly late post for #WorldOceansDay! The oceans are not just home to some of the most fascinating creatures on earth, they are essential ecosystems that sustain all life on this planet. Conservation, not exploitation, needs to prevail. #SciArt #MarineLife

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New paleoart! A 10 meter-long male iguanodon uses a tree as a scratching post in a Ginkgo forest (Early Cretaceous) 🦕🍂 #paleoart #SciArt #Dinosaurs

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Mike Hendley 🎨 ✍️ 's avatar Mike Hendley 🎨 ✍️ @mikehendley.com
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Inspired by a serene moment this frog was enjoying by our pond, I drew him in my Leuchtturm 1917 sketchbook using colored pencils. Green frogs can jump up to 3 feet and their tadpoles can take up to two years to become adults! 🐸🌿 #sciart

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Adam_RL 's avatar Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social
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Thank you very much! So nice to know that the alt text is being read!

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As well as being #SundayFishSketch, today is also World Fish Migration Day! European Eels migrate an incredible distance over their life-cycle. Beginning as larvae in the Sargasso Sea, drifting across the Atlantic ocean and eventuallly inland to freshwater rivers. #MarineLife #SciArt #Eels 🐟

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Absolutely love the Pteranodon/ Nyctosaur one and the Tanystropheus one! Really memorable character designs.

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Sarah - Doe Dryad Art's avatar Sarah - Doe Dryad Art @doedryadart.bsky.social
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Digital painting of a White-headed Vulture, an endangered African bird. #art

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Adam_RL 's avatar Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social
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"But doesn't it make you feel better?..."

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Adam_RL 's avatar Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social
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Thank you so much! I find them really fun to draw.

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Jay's avatar Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social
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Brown megalosaurus with a smattering of dark and light spots. This is another piece that will be available at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival!

#sciart #paleoart

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shaka 🦁👑's avatar shaka 🦁👑 @beejonson.me
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I hate how capitalism has succeeded in convincing us that pleasure is derived from consumption instead of creativity, which is truly fulfilling and doesn't require suffering but growth. I hate how creativity is only ever encouraged as long as it's going to make profit for capitalists.

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Thanks for the share! I definitely have you covered when it comes to fish-related art! 🐟🐠🦈

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My time to shine, my favorite art piece I've done all year is a portrait of the Devils Hole Pupfish.

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Fishy art, you say?? Will merpeople do? Might as well post some merpeople for #mermay anyway!

A bunch from previous years, one oil painting and the rest are colored pencils on toned paper

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There's been a bit of a meme in paleoart recently, discussing drawing prehistoric animals in the same, exaggerated way cattle and other livestock were depticted in 19th century English paintings. Here is my take on Ichthyotitan, the recently named gigantic ichthyosaur 🐳 #paleoart #SciArt

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Adam_RL 's avatar Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social
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Absolutely stunning lighting!

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An acrylic painting of a Deep Sea Lizardfish (Bathysaurus ferox) for #SundayFishSketch. These fish have a flattened head with many sharp teeth. They are apex ambush predators that dwell on the ocean floor at depths of 600-3500 meters. 🦎🐟 #MarineLife #SciArt

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Adam_RL 's avatar Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social
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Ah thanks Hampus! Vibrant colours are always a blast.

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Adam_RL 's avatar Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social
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Aw, that's made my day hearing that. Thank you :)

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A colourful Mandarin Fish (Synchiropus splendidus) for this week's #SundayFishSketch theme of "Fishes named after flowers". Mandarins are fruit which are technically part of a flower (the ripened ovary/ carpel) 🍊🐟 #MarineLife #NatureArt

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🦖Carlota dos Dinossauros🦕's avatar 🦖Carlota dos Dinossauros🦕 @corvuserpens.bsky.social
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I was gonna post something else but given the news about a new giant ichthyosaur, it's all too fitting. Move over, Shonisaurus! Or is it...? 🤔 Watercolor + coloring pencils

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The photo used as a reference for this image is by Fiji shark lab. Luckily, the bull shark in this photo (named 'strap') managed to get the plastic strap to burst off after the photo was taken! www.facebook.com/myfijishark/...

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Late night #SundayFishSketch. Tried out some pixel art this time!

The theme this week is 'Fish affected by plastic pollution'. It is not uncommon to find sharks, such as this Bull shark, with plastic rings caught around their heads, injuring/ deforming the sharks as they grow.😢🦈 #MarineLife #SciArt

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If you see this, post a monster.

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A pen and ink study of a Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas) for international Bat Appreciation day! 🦇

This species is native to northern Australia and is the only bat on the continent that hunts large vertebrates. #SciArt #NatureArt #Bats

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Jennifer Clausen's avatar Jennifer Clausen @jacsciart.bsky.social
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I haven't drawn for fun in a really long time, so I decided to go off-theme for this week's #SundayFishSketch and work on a fish that I've been wanting to illustrate for quite a while now 🐡

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Ah thank you so much! I actually got commissioned to work on some TTRPG monsters off the back of that piece in particular :)

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For the April fool's #SundayFishSketch here is a selection of fishes that use either mimicry, camoflauge or lures. Left-to-Right: Robust Ghost Pipefish; Pelican Eel; Stargazer Fish and Clown Frogfish 🐟 #SciArt #Marinelife

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Tried to get this finished yesterday for SundayFishSketch but really wanted to keep working on it. An Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) for the 'epipelagic fishes' theme. This is my first acrylic painting in a very long time and I missed working traditionally! 🌞🐟 #MarineLife #SciArt #SundayFishSketch

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journeyman folklorist's avatar journeyman folklorist @aniceburrito.bsky.social
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The joke is on you, Baby.

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Stasanie's avatar Stasanie @stasanie.bsky.social
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Today is my birthday! 🍰 Care to celebrate by giving my artwork a repost?

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A Beluga Sturgeon (Huso huso) for this week's pink-themed #SundayFishSketch. Not really that pink in real life but they can have a purple-ish sheen in certain kinds of lighting which I've exaggerated here. 🌸

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