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Dani Massey
@creatureweaver.bsky.social
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Creature Designer / Scientific Artist

Pronouns: She/Her
Level: 25

https://linktr.ee/danimassey
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animalphotorefs.bsky.social
This is a big part of why I founded the animal photo reference repository: because AI slop has made finding good, real references harder while promising using them doesn’t matter… I hope to see more efforts exist to curate and restore accurate references for all sorts of subjects and places.
deswalsh.bsky.social Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 4d
Using ai for reference is one way to legitimise it but also will make you worse in time. If you care about the art you make you should care about what influences it and where your ideas come from. The world is massive with tens of thousands of years of art and culture and history you can learn about
anoxicart.bsky.social anoxicart🍤 @anoxicart.bsky.social · 4d
PSA if you care about your support going to art that is influenced by AI
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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joyousjoyness.com
This is my shiny portrait of El Nino the bunny in a pop art style inspired by Andy Warhol!

#animaldrawing #bunny #rabbit #printart #handmade #commissions
November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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gugunderwater.bsky.social
One of the smallest Armored Sea Robins that I’ve ever seen - its body a little larger than a pea.
This is the same species featured in my Aliens Collection Print, “Alien #27”.

#armoredsearobin #searobin #larvalfish #deepseafish #blackwaterdiving #gurnard #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
October 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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gugunderwater.bsky.social
How cute! This Bony-Eared Assfish has a pet amphipod!
And yes, that’s the actual name of this this #fish - the bony-eared #assfish #Acanthonus armatus

#cuskeel #bonyearedassfish #acanthonusarmatus #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #deepseafish #larvalfish #deepsea #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
October 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
creatureweaver.bsky.social
Natural History Museum Mammal Studies Part (2)

#museum #mammals #skulls #taxidermy #animal #animals #animalart #animalartist #wildlife #wildlifeart #nature #sketch #sketchbook #art #traditionalart #traditionalartist #sciart
Natural History Museum Mammal Skull Studies made with a Rose Col-Erase Prismacolor Pencil. Top Left: Wolverine Skull Mustelidae: Minks, Weasels, Skunks, Badgers, Otters, and Wolverines Top Right: Platapus Skull Ornithorbychidae Middle: Wombat Skull Diprotodontia: Kangaroos, Wallabies, Koalas, Wombats, Possums, and Gliders Bottom: Map
October 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
creatureweaver.bsky.social
Natural History Museum Mammal Studies Part (1)

#skulls #museum #animal #animals #animalart #animalartist #sketch #art #traditonalartist #sketchbook #traditionalart #mammal #nature #natureart #coloredpencil #drawing #vertebrate #scicomm #scivis #sciart
Mammal Skull Studies at Natural History Museum made with purple Prismacolor Pencil. Top Left: Jaguar Skull -Felidae: Cats, Jaguars, Tigers, Cougars, Lions, and Cheetahs. Top Right: Linsang Skull -Viverridae: Linsangs, Mongooses, and Fossas. Middle Left: Raccoon Skull -Procyonidae: Raccoons, Coyotes, Kinkajous, and Pandas Middle Right: Coyote Skull -Canidae: Dogs, Wolves, Jackals, Foxes, and Coyotes. Bottom Left: Black Bear Ursidae: Bears Bottom Right: Map
October 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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harmdhesiphoto.bsky.social
Mrs. Zebra’s perfect pose 🦓

#Zebra #SafariWest #Wildlife #SantaRosa #CaliforniaTravel #iPhonePhoto #Lightroom #NatureShot #AnimalPhotography #ZebraInTheForest #WildlifeArt #TravelPhotography #CaliforniaSafari #ZebraFocus #NatureBeauty #WildlifeExplorer #ZebraVibes #ForestWildlife #TravelWithMe
October 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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orcabehaviorinstitute.org
Male and female orcas have different belly markings, but with high individual variation, it can still be difficult to sex them reliably! To demonstrate that, our Drawing and Painting Orcas instructor Sara compiled this collage she shared with our class last night. Can you tell them apart?

#whalesky
A collage of 15 photos of the black and white belly markings on different killer whales, demonstrating how there's not just differences between males and females but a high level of individual variation as well.
October 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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anoplogaster.bsky.social
Bellator militaris — the horned searobin. Just like other armored searobins, they possess modified pectoral fin rays used to walk and detect food on the seafloor.

This specimen is TCWC 6818.17 available on MorphoSource.
www.morphosource.org/concern/biol...

🦑 🌊 🧪
October 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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banditelli.org
I forgot to upload the video after bluesky got video, here's probably top 3 cutest thing I saw in 2024 #marinelife
October 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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keeperofwhitedogs.bsky.social
red shouldered hawk #NorthCarolinaWildlife #trailcams #cameratraps #birds # birding #hawk
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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pcwildlife.bsky.social
Walking on water
August 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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mcoupephotography.bsky.social
Made a furry new friend. No picnic baskets were harmed in the taking of this photo.
Portrait of a Black bear surrounded by green leaves.
September 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
creatureweaver.bsky.social
Natural History Museum Bird Studies
Part (4)

#museum #bird #birds #birdart #animal #animals #animalart #wildlife #wildlifeart #nature #avian #art #taxidermy #study #specimen #zoology #sketch #sketchbook #traditionalart #coloredpencil #sciart
Studies of birds at Natural History Museum made with an Orange Prismacolor Pencil. Top and Middle: Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) Bottom Left: Screech Owl (Megascops asio) Bottom Right: Map
October 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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schmidtocean.bsky.social
In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.
October 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
creatureweaver.bsky.social
Natural History Museum Bird Studies
Part (3)

#pheasant #museum #bird #birds #avian #birdart #animal #animalart #animalartist #nature #natureart #wildlife #wildlifeart #sketch #sketchbook #traditonalart #coloredpencil #sciart
Studies of Pheasants at a Natural History Museum made with a Green Prismacolor Col-Erase Pencil. Top Left and Right: Ringed Neck Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) Middle: Green Pheasant (Phasianus vesicular) Bottom Left: Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) Bottom Right: Map
October 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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mandalee.bsky.social
These are so bloody cool
blacksmoke1033.bsky.social Miles @ NottsZineFest @blacksmoke1033.bsky.social · Oct 9
Anglerfish pins are on my store, they blink blink 🐡 blacksmoke1033.etsy.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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vireosy.bsky.social
spiny dogfish

(Swim On 5, 2019) #art #sciart 🎨🦑🦈
Illustration of a spiny dogfish and smaller fish swimming among stylized kelp strands, white lines of current threading around it and its surroundings.
October 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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lukehunt.bsky.social
Spent countless mornings getting up before sunrise this month in the hope of continuing my barn owl project from earlier in the year which has yielded a couple of successful mornings.

#fsprintmonday #photography #birds
September 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
creatureweaver.bsky.social
Natural History Museum Bird Studies (Part 2)

#museum #nature #bird #birds #avian #animal #art #tradionalart #coloredpencil #sketch #sketchbook #animal #animalart #animalartist #wildlife #wildlifeart #scicomm #sciart
Natural History Museum - Second Page of Bird Studies. Top Left: Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) Top Right: Vaux’s Swift (Chaetura vauxi) Middle Left: Map Middle Right Two: Chimney Swifts (Chaetura pelagica) Bottom Left Two: Yellow-billed Cuckoos (Chaetura pelagica) Bottom Right Two: Black-billed Cuckoos (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
October 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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isaachannaford.com
New Personal work "High Ground" A thrill seeking explorer has returned to her truck after scouting a nearby cave for breakfast only to find two Titan "xenomorphs" sparing for dominance on the horizon. #conceptart #scifiart #monster #vehicledesign #illustration #scifi
a purple and blue hued image with two 100m tall alien bugs fighting in the background with a woman in hiking clothes and a rifle standing next to her utility truck in the foreground
October 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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wildlifenomads.bsky.social
One of Brazil’s most beautiful bird! The Araripe Manakin🇧🇷
Endemic to a small area in Ceará, this species is found only near freshwater springs along the Chapada do Araripe. They are Critically Endangered due to habitat loss and water depletion.

#photography #birds #birding #animal #wildlife
an Araripe Manakin on a tree
October 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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aintright.bsky.social
Kevin the Kingfisher. A Friday favourite. #birds #photography #wildlife #birdphotography
October 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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pelagicsunlimited.bsky.social
#ReplicaFish #ReplicaFishMounts #TrophyFishMounts #Replica-Fish #Replica-Fish-Mounts #Trophy-Fish-Mounts #PelagicsUnlimited #Pelagics-Unlimited
Here is one of my newly created Fish Mounts I just completed for a fisherman in Delaware. Please stop by my shop or visit: pelagicsunlimited.com
Custom Replica Fiberglass Trophy Fish Mounts in Delaware | Pelagics Unlimited
July 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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thespaceshipper.com
[Upcoming artbook] Creating Worlds: The Disney and 20th Century Studios Cinematic Art of Dylan Cole (Insight Editions, November 18)

"Explore the iconic concept designs and beautiful matte paintings from artist Dylan Cole, concept artist for Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water, Tron: Legacy..."
The book is a showcase for the work of Dylan Cole, who is one of the most respected and influential production designers and concept artists in modern cinema. The cover itself features a stunning piece of his artwork from the Avatar franchise, depicting a Na'vi warrior soaring over the oceans of Pandora.
September 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM