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Kiabugboy @kiabugboy.bsky.social · May 17

Heya..so seeing that Freelance work is getting unstable and I can't rely solely on Youtube Revenue, I'm giving Patreon a shot!

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Paleo-animator

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franz

@franzanth.bsky.social

Here's the #InverteFest art book December 2025 cover posted in full - how many species can you identify in this piece? (Answer below)

Prints: www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/...

#Art #SciArt

horizontally long artwork with line-heavy drawing. opabinia on the right and wavy, fern or tendril-like shapes coming out from its tail end swirling across the image made of various animal parts, with geometric shapes arranged in the background

January 7, 2026 at 9:41 AM

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Maulido rmi Dwiputra, S.Ds

@mightytalos.bsky.social

A group of Serpentisuchops seeking fortunes at the open sea.

Serpentisuchops pfisterae is a genus of Polycotylid Plesiosaur from Late Cretaceous and know to dwell the Shallow Sea in North America.

December 12, 2024 at 11:55 AM

Kiabugboy

@kiabugboy.bsky.social

#Prehistoricplanet: Ice Age animals as celebrities (according to my gf)

Tilda swinton

Closeup of a female Giant Moa from Prehistoric planet Ice age, showing its face and a bit of the neck

December 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM

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Luther Wells

@ultraluther.bsky.social

Lyrarapax unguispinus, my favorite Radiodont.
#paleoart #sciart #art

A digital painting of a Lyrarapax unguispinus

December 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM

Kiabugboy

@kiabugboy.bsky.social

Here's another crinoid (for a tutorial video in Patreon)
#crinoid #InverteFest #SciArt

Calyx/cup of Archaeocrinus, it has ten arms that fork twice. The center of the cup has a raised funnel where the anal sac is.

Full body of Archaeocrinus, the stalk ends in a taper, and root like structures called cirri emerge out of it

Another view of the Archaeocrinus from the back, showing the plates of the cup clearer

December 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM

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franz

@franzanth.bsky.social

We present: The Art of #InverteFest - December 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.

Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!

Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...

#Art #SciArt

a promo image showing various pages from the book, each page showcasing different animals like an opabinia, a leaf insect, close up of a starfish, and so on. the art featured shows a range of different medium, including digital, pixel art, ceramic, fursuit, post it, and so on.

December 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM

Kiabugboy

@kiabugboy.bsky.social

My old Nautilus model finally has an ammonite friend
#ammonite #nautilus

Top: ammonite modelI recently got from Fukui dinosaur museum, not sure of the exact species but it kinda looks similar to many Jurassic ammonites with a keel

Bottom: old 4D puzzle nautilus model I had since a I was a kid

December 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM

Kiabugboy

@kiabugboy.bsky.social

Japan loves crabs...
#crab #japan #invertebrate

Crab painted on wood, it's an artefact in Osaka history museum

A ceramic pottery with crabs sculpted on the sides

I think this was in Dotonbori, many restaurants have these giant crab statues in front

December 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM

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John P. Friel, Ph.D.

@friel.bsky.social

Sharing this cool animation of #Aquilolamna, a fossil shark from the Late Cretaceous Agua Nueva Formation of Mexico. This species was cosplaying as a manta ray long before the first manta rays appeared in the fossil record. #FossilFriday

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfdd...