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Adam_RL
@adamrl.bsky.social
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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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adamrl.bsky.social
Jack O' Lantern Sketches 2025 🎃 #Halloween
A series of spooky sketches that I'm going to use as the basis for the pumpkin carving I'm doing this year. from left to right: creepy grimace face; scribbly smile; Cyclops/ Beholder; Vampire Bat; Clown; Vampire; Werewolf and Mummy.
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
adamrl.bsky.social
Cool Things I picked up (or was gifted 🤯) at #DinoConUK. Had a great weekend.

Thank you so much to everyone who visited my stall and said nice things/ bought something!
From left to right: Dinocon Vendor badge; postcards and original drawing by Ivan Kay; Moganopterus print by CM Kosemen; Dodo and Anchiceratops by KakapoJay; sticker sheet by Jay Eaton; Ex Terra 3 (book) by DragonsOfWales/ Andy Frazer; keychains by AugustJosephCo; plesiosaur keychain gifted by RoAR board game; ammonite pin by the Introvertebrates; Marine reptile prints by EmilyHiggsArt; Ankylosaurus and Dunkleosteus stickers by SpeedThief; T-Rex sticker by SketchyRaptor; Stegosaur keychain by WightCoastFossils; Duria Antiquior by Phoebe Ginger; Spinosaurus Skull by Nathan Dehaut; Skeleton coasters and postcards by Katrina Van Grouw
August 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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maijasauna.bsky.social
Ancestors of Clippy
adamrl.bsky.social Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 11
New paleoart! A pair of Ancyloceras (a heteromorph ammonite) drift along the coral reefs of the lower Cretaceous waiting for food to pass them by. 🐚🐙 #SciArt #Paleoart #Invertebrates
a vibrant digital painting depicting two Ancyloceras (ammonites with a long, hook-shaped shell as opposed to the typical spiral) in the foreground. The coral reef, along with crinoids (sea lillies) and more typically-shaped ammonites can be seen in the background. An ammonite is classified as heteromorph if its shell is shaped like anything other than the typical spiral/ coil. There is a huge amount of diversity in the shell shapes of hetermorph ammonites, from almost perfectly-straight cones to shells shaped like paperclips!
August 19, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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colethebug.bsky.social
Biblically accurate clippy
adamrl.bsky.social Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 11
New paleoart! A pair of Ancyloceras (a heteromorph ammonite) drift along the coral reefs of the lower Cretaceous waiting for food to pass them by. 🐚🐙 #SciArt #Paleoart #Invertebrates
a vibrant digital painting depicting two Ancyloceras (ammonites with a long, hook-shaped shell as opposed to the typical spiral) in the foreground. The coral reef, along with crinoids (sea lillies) and more typically-shaped ammonites can be seen in the background. An ammonite is classified as heteromorph if its shell is shaped like anything other than the typical spiral/ coil. There is a huge amount of diversity in the shell shapes of hetermorph ammonites, from almost perfectly-straight cones to shells shaped like paperclips!
August 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
adamrl.bsky.social
Always great when an artist that you've admired online for a while turns out to be lovely in person! Thank you so much Andy! 🐉
dragonsofwales.bsky.social Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · Aug 18
(5/n) Next up is @adamrl.bsky.social whose table was directly opposite mine. So good to meet you Adam, and how could I not buy a couple of dragon-themed prints!
A photo of two of Adam’s prints, one showing a dragon with glowing eyes in a dark cave, and the other in the style of a vintage engraving showing a sea-serpent.
August 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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antallan.bsky.social
Cool #paleoart : Another of the prints I bought at @dinoconuk.bsky.social !
adamrl.bsky.social Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 11
New paleoart! A pair of Ancyloceras (a heteromorph ammonite) drift along the coral reefs of the lower Cretaceous waiting for food to pass them by. 🐚🐙 #SciArt #Paleoart #Invertebrates
a vibrant digital painting depicting two Ancyloceras (ammonites with a long, hook-shaped shell as opposed to the typical spiral) in the foreground. The coral reef, along with crinoids (sea lillies) and more typically-shaped ammonites can be seen in the background. An ammonite is classified as heteromorph if its shell is shaped like anything other than the typical spiral/ coil. There is a huge amount of diversity in the shell shapes of hetermorph ammonites, from almost perfectly-straight cones to shells shaped like paperclips!
August 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
adamrl.bsky.social
#DinoConUK is Tomorrow!

As well as selling prints and stickers at my stall (mine is number 14), I am also bringing a selection of original paintings, drawings and sketchbook pages that are up for sale! #Paleoart #SciArt
A collage showing all of the original traditonal paintings/ drawings that I will be selling at #DinoConUk. Everything from acrylic paleoart paintings to pen and ink cryptid illustrations and extant animal studies.
August 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
adamrl.bsky.social
Here's a re-vamped version of this paleoart piece (originally from 2023) depicting the Rhomaleosaurid plesiosaur Atychodracon.

Atychodracon was a fairly large plesiosaur at 5 meters long, with specimens that date back to the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. #SciArt #Paleoart #MarineLife
A paleoart piece depicting the Rhomaleosaurid plesiosaur Atchodracon. The animal is calmly swimming through shallow waters, with the surface of the water visible at the top of the piece via lighting/ distorted water effects. Dark kocks and the sandy seabed can be seen underneath the large animal. Atychodracon, similarly to Rhomaleosaurus is very robustly built for a plesiosaur with a large (although not as large as a pliosaur), triangular head filled with sharp teeth and a stout/ turtle-like body (minus the shell). . Atychodracon was originally found in the UK, with specimens that date back to the Triassic-Jurassic boundary (early Hettangian). It was a fairly large plesiosaur at 5 meters long. The holotype specimen was housed in Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery (see second image) but was destroyed during world war II. casts of the head and a flipper were preserved however, with features unique enough to be assigned to its own genus (separate from Rhomaleosaurus), erected in 2015.
August 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
adamrl.bsky.social
New paleoart! A pair of Ancyloceras (a heteromorph ammonite) drift along the coral reefs of the lower Cretaceous waiting for food to pass them by. 🐚🐙 #SciArt #Paleoart #Invertebrates
a vibrant digital painting depicting two Ancyloceras (ammonites with a long, hook-shaped shell as opposed to the typical spiral) in the foreground. The coral reef, along with crinoids (sea lillies) and more typically-shaped ammonites can be seen in the background. An ammonite is classified as heteromorph if its shell is shaped like anything other than the typical spiral/ coil. There is a huge amount of diversity in the shell shapes of hetermorph ammonites, from almost perfectly-straight cones to shells shaped like paperclips!
August 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
adamrl.bsky.social
Just about finished prepping for #DinoConUK !!!🦖

I've got a nice variety of stuff printed, with a few of these in different sizes.

Please come by my stall (number 14 in the vendor hall) and pick up a print or a sticker! #SciArt #Paleoart
A spread of the prints (and stickers) that I will be selling at #DinoConUK! There's everything from paleoart, to illustrations of extant animals (e.g. sharks) to gritty photomanipulations of your favourite cryptids (Mothman and Nessie).
August 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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victoriapfeiffer.bsky.social
Here is the feed for #FishyFriday !

Use the tag to get a flood of fish/ #aquatic themed creatures in the feed every Friday. No rules or prompts, just #art and #photography you’d like to share.

Thanks for joining in today and sharing your lovely #fish 🥰

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A watercolor painting of 3 vibrant fish with prominent scales and bright colors.
June 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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tetzoo.bsky.social
Not counting today, there are just >SEVEN DAYS< until the inaugural #DinoConUK happens at the University of Exeter (weekend of 16th-17th). It's massive, so much stuff. You still have time to buy tickets! Info and booking at .... www.dinocon.co.uk
DinoCon
www.dinocon.co.uk
August 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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tetzoo.bsky.social
From today, there are just 12 days - T-W-E-L-V-E D-A-Y-S - until #DinoConUK. More than twice as big as the biggest TetZooCon (for those of you who attended!), it's gonna be a massive two full days of great dinosaur-themed content. August 16th and 17th. Tickets are still on sale! www.dinocon.co.uk
DinoCon
www.dinocon.co.uk
August 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
adamrl.bsky.social
I have a stall at #DinoCon 2025!! 🦖

I will be in the vendor hall selling high-quality art prints and (hopefully) stickers!. If you are attending, please come and say hello! #SciArt #Paleoart
An advert page for my stall at DinoCon 2025. Social media handles across the top: adam_rl_ (instagram); @adam_rl_art (X/ Twitter); adam.rl.artwork@gmail.com (email). . Bottom Text: Adam RL Illustration and Concept art Paleoart, Nature and CryptoZoology Themed Art Prints DinoCon 2025 DinoCon is a Palaeontology/ dinosaur themed convention and will be hosted at the University of Exeter on 16th-17th August. As well as the stalls there will be talks from palaeontologists and palaeoart workshops. For more info/ tickets visit www.dinocon.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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tetzoo.bsky.social
It is true
cascoclauda.bsky.social Claude ✡️🦖🦕 @cascoclauda.bsky.social · Jul 29
AMAZING NEWS!
apple tv has just announced a NEW pleistocene-focused series of #prehistoricplanet! streaming on november 26th
a pair of machairodontines laying in a snow-covered field; they look quite robust, but i'm unsure if they are smilodon or a different taxon like homotherium a baby elasmotherium and mother a glyptodont in a grassy plain a baby giant ground sloth (unsure of taxon) clings to its mother's back as the mother climbs a cliff-face
July 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
adamrl.bsky.social
Here is a page of pen and ink ammonite fossil studies/ designs that I drew as a visual reference for my first tattoo! I tried a few different variations before settling on the 5th design which I think is appropriately simple and reads very well at a glance 🐚 #SciArt #Paleoart #Ammonites
A scanned sketchbook page showing 5 pen and ink drawings of fossil ammonite shells. The first iteration is the most detalied, with lots of small segments in a tight coil. The second iteration is my attempt at translating the textures/ contrast of a polished ammonite into a condensed pen and ink drawing (I don't think it reads as well as the others). I think that the 5th iteration is the most readable and I think that the subtle shading on the segments looks pretty.
July 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
adamrl.bsky.social
Here's a little portrait of my auntie's black Labrador Florence that I made for her birthday. Always fun to exaggerate hues on animals that are typically considered only one colour. 🐶 #PetPortraits #AnimalArt
A vibrant and stylised digital painting of a black labrador sitting on sand. I used shades of dark purple, blue and burgundy to exaggerate the tones of her fur and very painterly/ textured brushes.
June 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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adamrl.bsky.social
It's #PrideMonth and #DinosaurDay! What better way to celebrate is there really? 🏳️‍🌈🦖
A mighty Giganotosaurus patterned in the colours of the progress pride flag.
June 1, 2024 at 3:22 PM
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janesaurus.bsky.social
#RepatriateIrritator 🦖 #IrritatorBelongsToBR 🇧🇷 #DecolonizePaleontology ⚒️
adamrl.bsky.social Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Dec 7
New Paleoart! A male Irritator challengeri (right) rears up to display his vibrant colours to a female (left) in the coastal lagoons of Early Cretaceous Brazil. 🦖 #SciArt #Paleoart #dinosaurs
A vibrant and slightly-stylised piece of paleoart depicting the early cretaceous spinosaurine spinosaurid (phylogeny is fun) Irritator challengeri from the Romualdo formation of Brazil. The scene shows two individuals (female on the left, male on the right) wading in a coastal lagoon, with the male rearing up, facing the sky to show the vibrant colour on his neck and throat. The painting is dominated by a purplish-blue hue (sky/ water) which contrasts with the vibrant yellow/orange ventral side of the spinosaurs.
May 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
adamrl.bsky.social
Felt like I needed to make a painting just for myself as catharsis for a very emotionally draining past week or so.
This one is inspired by a photo I took of South Shields Seafront on Christmas Eve 2024. 🌅 #Landscapes
A fairly loose and stylised take on a coastal landscape in the North East of England. I was aiming to make this one look as traditonal as possible so all of the brush strokes are heavily textured and easily visible. Pink and purple hues dominate the sky while the rocks that jut out into the sea have warm earthy tones.
April 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
adamrl.bsky.social
Happy #EarthDay!

It's worth taking a moment to appreciate all of the life that we share this planet with and recognising that we have a responsibility to protect it. 🌍🌳🌊
A stylised, vibrant nature study. A pair of (what I believe to be) White Rhinoceroses in a national park in South Africa. The brushowrk in this piece is fairly expressive and loose. The colour palette makes use of a variety of warm pastel hues (yellow, orange, lilac) contrasted against a dark and saturated purple which makes up the shadows/ outline of the two animals. An acrylic painting of a medium-sized (not fully-grown) Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) swimming (or drifting) close to a reef among a few other fishes (bright orange in colour) which it dwarfs in comparison. The blue tint of the ocean makes the beige colour of the oddly-shaped Sunfish appear almost purple, with a yellowish-white underside. The edge of the rocky reef appears green in colour with hints of yellow. It fades into a deep, dark blue at the top of the painting, where it is further away from the viewer. Particles of snow-like ocean detritus can be seen in the foreground. Stylised study of a Zebra Jumping Spider (digital painting). a somewhat loose and stylised study of a mating pair of Ospreys. During the summer months Ospreys breed and raise the chicks. While the female tends to the nest, the males will hunt for fish, averaging catches of 5 fish per day. Unfortunately however if there is not enough food to go around, the chicks will often fight amongst themselves. Older, and therefore, larger and stronger chicks can prevent their younger siblings from feeding, leading to starvation. (source: https://forestryandland.gov.scot/blog/osprey-migration).
April 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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oceanauk.bsky.social
‼️ Bottom trawling for scampi leaves behind an environmental wreckage. The devastation caused is real, undeniable & must end.

✍️ We’ve signed a letter calling out UK supermarkets to keep their word on sustainable seafood. 🦐

No more excuses.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
April 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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marinebiologale.bsky.social
Hello #portfolioday! Here's some of my work as a wildlife illustrator
An ink and watercolor octopus of many shades of teal, red and brown on white background 7 sea turtle species painting with ink and watercolor on white background A watercoloe illustration of a Black woman diving in the ocean facing a giant octopus peeking out from around the coral reef in multiple colors of yellow, purple, pink. A sawfish swimming in an abstract ocean with the sun shining above painted in gouache
April 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
adamrl.bsky.social
Happy Mother's Day!

Here's a quick little painting of a mother ichthyosaur (Stenopterygius) and her calf. 🐟🦎
#SciArt #Paleoart #MarineLife
A vibrant and slightly stylised digital painting of an ichthyosaur swimming in the foreground and her young calf just beside her. The animal's body is a pale, pinkish-grey with brown mottled spots. The young calf has fewer spots as they are yet to develop. Both individuals have the ripples of the ocean's surface reflecting off their dorsal side (water caustics).
March 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
adamrl.bsky.social
Study of a Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) chilling out on a coral colony. 🐙 #SciArt #MarineLife #Invertebrates
A vibrant tudy of a Common Octopus sitting/ walking across a coral colony/ reef. The bright red/pink of the octopus' head transitions to a dark orange with flecks of gold/ yellow and then eventually to a dark blueish purple at the ends of the extremities/ arms. Each arm is dotted with rows of regular white spots. The animal is outlined with a bold dark purple while the brushwork is loose, resembling oil pastels/ watercolour.
March 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM