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J.W. Kirby
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Hey its Kirby! They/Them Paleo/wildlife artist
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"Packed Like Sardines 3"
Hand embroidery thread painting artwork
Back with me after being in an exhibition and now on my website
www.emilytull.co.uk/store/p307/p...
#embroidery #WildlifeArt #fish
February 4, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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👇 The list is growing 🌿
January 31, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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In 2025 I really got back into traditional media, learned a lot more about working in 3D, and painted many, many dinosaurs. Cheers to 2026, and may we all paint more of what we love #paleoart #dinosaurart #tellmeaboutyourfavoritedinosaur
January 1, 2026 at 1:18 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this but I am not a fan of the fast food drive in Sonic. . .
January 1, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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Have yourself a merry little Carboniferous.
#Art #SciArt #PaleoArt #Inverts
December 20, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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happy shrew year
December 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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And here the results from the Solnhofen #paleostream! This image depicts large parts of the terrestrial fauna of the Altmühltal Formation, the best understood part of the litographic limestone formations of Germany. There were several reasons for gong onto land despite...
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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A group of Dorygnathus use a Seirocrinus raft as a hunting ground for fish, when a big Eurhinosaurus suddenly breaches the surface.

This scene takes place in Germany during the Early Jurassic, around 180 million years ago.

Digital painting by Peter Nickolaus, 2025.
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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#dailyart 76 : study, Carolina Wren

Photo by @pamkeenwilliams.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Foggy morning in Late Pleistocene Patagonia.

#Art #SciArt #artbyjulio
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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A couple of Nebulasaurus taito enjoy a nighttime swim as they cross a lake in China during the Middle #Jurassic. 🦕🦕🏝️

(Just a regular lake, nothing to do with #dinosaur reproduction… 😏)
#paleoart #sciart #sauropod
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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New at #Patreon: discussion of this scene of Sinosauropteryx waiting out a feeding Yutyrannus for carcass access. Or - hold on - are they waiting for their parent to feed them? Behold, the compsognathid identity dispute, now #paleoart flavoured! #sciart #dinosaurs

www.patreon.com/posts/132334...
June 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Is autumn on the way? The best season to draw forests #sciart
August 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Southern #Sweden during the late Cretaceous. A pair of pteranodontids trying to keep a healthy distance from an admittedly passive mosasaur. Meanwhile, the hesperornithids take a short break from foraging to catch some rays. #paleoart #sciart #scicomm #dinosaurs
July 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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A Once Green Antarctica
July 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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June 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Oscar Droege(1898-1983)
June 9, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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kabuterimon
May 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Diesel the Tyrannosaurus
June 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Ostrom’s Quiet Revolution
April 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Pike is my favorite fish 🐟 #sciart
May 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Dueling Diplodocus. Sculpted in ZBrush, textured in Substance 3D Painter and rendered in Blender. The background assets are from Megascans. #dinosaur #paleoart #diplodocus #3d #3dart
April 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Published today in Biological Reviews:

"New perspectives on body size and shape evolution in dinosaurs" - the biggest paper from my PhD (my favourite chapter, too).

doi.org/10.1111/brv....

Here's a thread outlining some of our key findings. (1/10)
May 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
New painting! Featuring a pod of Stenopterygius
April 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Kleptoparasitism. Geosternternbergia, Nyctosaurus and Enchodus. Inspired by the book Oceans of Kansas by Micheal J Everhart and the brown pelicans, magnificent frigate birds and delicious mahi-mahi tacos at my trip to Puerto Vallarta. #paleoart #pterosaurs
March 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM