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H. Pettijohn

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Fossil illustrator, paleontology educator, and Psittacosaurus enjoyer. 25, she/they.

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Emma's avatar Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social
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Young sparrows, chomping on the meadowsweet buds. Watercolour painting.
#birds 🪶

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TheDinosaurMann's avatar TheDinosaurMann @thedinosaurmann.bsky.social
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Rival on the flats. A Ceratosaurus marches into a new territory to test their strength and stamina against the residing holder. Planning to continue this series/scene! :)
Patrons are currently voting on the next installment. #paleoart #TheDinosaurMann

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TheDinosaurMann's avatar TheDinosaurMann @thedinosaurmann.bsky.social
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Quick Yutyrannus sketch. We do a weekly prompt in my paleoart/dinosaur server and this time I actually kept inspired enough to give one a try. #paleoart

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H. Pettijohn's avatar H. Pettijohn @punkpaleo.bsky.social
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It's honestly probably my favorite fossil illustration I've ever done too! Always so happy that you made it the icon ❤️

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H. Pettijohn's avatar H. Pettijohn @punkpaleo.bsky.social
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Black swan study to practice some digital painting

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Another deer lol. Based on a random YouTube recommend of the most pregnant piebald doe I've ever seen.

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Fernando Salvaterra's avatar Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social
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I know most people value only full-colour maps, but I have a special love for black-and-white.

#PortfolioDay

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Kelly Turnbull's avatar Kelly Turnbull @coelasquid.bsky.social
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The biggest turning point in you life as an artist is when you shift gears from thinking “I can draw these things but not those things” to thinking “I can draw anything! Quality not guaranteed, but I can draw it”

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H. Pettijohn's avatar H. Pettijohn @punkpaleo.bsky.social
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Black swan study to practice some digital painting

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Blue's avatar Blue @kaylaskritterz.bsky.social
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This huge Arthropleura plush is all finished and ready to head home to her owner! Over three feet in length and meticulously handmade with soft minky.

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The Skull Index CIC's avatar The Skull Index CIC @theskullindex.bsky.social
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Our team is in the middle of photographing and editing a whole bunch of species for the educational database! Here's a small snippet of what's to come!

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Ele Willoughby 's avatar Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social
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Not quite what they mean for #InsertAnInvert2024 by a subterranean #invertebrate but nonetheless an animal that spends a considerable amount of its lifecycle below ground. 🐡🧪🌿 This is a small handmade linocut print of a large, well-loved, well-known insect with a long song. Tibicen canicularis, 🧵1/

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H. Pettijohn's avatar H. Pettijohn @punkpaleo.bsky.social
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Finished up Tobias' accessories! Just about everything he owns has been scrounged off of someone else.

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Reference for Tobias' clothes. He's picked these up over the years, whether from skeletons who had no use for it anymore or from vagrants he's served justice to. They, uh, don't smell great

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H. Pettijohn's avatar H. Pettijohn @punkpaleo.bsky.social
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trying to figure out what juniper's true form would look like

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H. Pettijohn's avatar H. Pettijohn @punkpaleo.bsky.social
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Designed my undead gunslinger's horse from when he was still alive!

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H. Pettijohn's avatar H. Pettijohn @punkpaleo.bsky.social
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GORGEOUS gift art of my gunslinger, Tobias, by @thedinosaurmann.bsky.social! Thank you so, so much, between his expression and the muted tones, you've really captured him so well! ❤️

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H. Pettijohn's avatar H. Pettijohn @punkpaleo.bsky.social
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I still dig this stained-glass-style portrait of my dragonborn paladin I drew back in 2020

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shinerai's avatar shinerai @shinerai.bsky.social
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At long last, I have finished this piece for Augs on bsky of her character named Monty. Her design is beautifully peculiar, and I couldn't hold back my imagination cx

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✪ Shin Megami Jonathan H. Gray: VENGEANCE! ✪'s avatar ✪ Shin Megami Jonathan H. Gray: VENGEANCE! ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social
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Alt Text is something that’s discussed a lot when it comes to little things that you can do to help disabled folks out on all social spaces. Considering it’s Disability Pride Month, take the time to listen to disabled folks when they say there are things you can do to help like in this thread! 👇🏾

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Steve White's avatar Steve White @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social
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Bajadasaur in caliche forest. A4. Piece for the upcoming artbook. This started out as Amargasaurus on a saltflat, but researching saltflats, I stumbled across caliche forests and thought they looked really cool. And looking at sail-necked sauropods, I remembered Bajadasaurus. Original available.

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franz's avatar franz @franzanth.bsky.social
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#InsertAnInvert2024
Subterranean - Surface

Creatures that live deep underground often have close relatives that still live on the surface.

These surface dwellers typically look "normal" and lack the strange features that their subterranean cousins have. 🎨 🐡

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H. Pettijohn's avatar H. Pettijohn @punkpaleo.bsky.social
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This fossil is housed at the Natural History Museum of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. I posted this fella last year, but it's such a neat fossil that it deserves a repost! (2/2)

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Happy #FossilFriday, check out this Allosaurus fossil with amethyst growing at its center! It's likely water rich with silica and a touch of iron leeched into the bone during the fossilization process, allowing the growth of crystals over time. (1/2)
#paleontology #geology #dinosaur

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These fossils are housed at the Natural History Museum of Utah and were on display for an event. IIRC, I was told the marks are most likely from a crocodylian, but since I'm not 100% sure, I didn't want to include it in the first post! (2/2)

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Happy #FossilFriday, check out some bite marks on these Gryposaurus fossils! Scavengers would have left behind these tooth marks as they consumed these animals, most likely post-mortem. (1/2)
#paleontology #dinosaur

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Most living theropods, birds, still have pads on their feet that vary in size and shape. Pictured below are four-toed (anisodactyl) bird tracks with small pads, found in southern Utah. The track in the previous post is housed at the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site in St. George, Utah. (2/2)

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Happy #FossilFriday! Did you know that many theropod dinosaurs have thick pads on the bottom of their feet? Much like the paw pads of dogs and cats, these probably helped cushion their footfalls and assisted in gripping the ground when running. (1/2)
#paleontology #ichnology #dinosaur

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H. Pettijohn's avatar H. Pettijohn @punkpaleo.bsky.social
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Also loved this waterbuck sketch, but I never got around to finishing it! All illustrations are based on photos from Tsavo East National Park, taken by a friend of mine.

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Morgs's avatar Morgs @mxmorgan.bsky.social
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Grab em here 👇
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Bree Lundberg ✨'s avatar Bree Lundberg ✨ @breelundberg.com
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For Disability Pride Month I’m once again begging for more artists to start considering accessibility and add alt text to your images. It helps low/no vision folks, neurodivergent folks, and more. Plus alt text shows up in searches! There’s a toggle in settings so you won’t forget. 👇

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H. Pettijohn's avatar H. Pettijohn @punkpaleo.bsky.social
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Thanks so much! 😊 They're tough, but I love how diverse they can look, especially in mammals!

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No eraser challenge with a partial white-tail buck skeleton. Tough, but fun!

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Boba (team stardust!🌌)'s avatar Boba (team stardust!🌌) @runningwindart.bsky.social
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Leopard gecko ceratosaurus! I got quite a few doodle comms last week, so I’ll be posting the finished ones over next few days. I closed commissions a couple days ago as I’m ready for artfight now <3

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R.S. Riekkinen 's avatar R.S. Riekkinen @artvaris.bsky.social
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Some character portraits for private clients 🖤
#art

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