OrigamiPete
@origamipete.bsky.social
•Paperfolder (origami designer)•
•Enjoyer of creatures living, extinct and imagined•
•Cat guardian for life•
•Enby/ace•
•Profile pic by @ImpulseImpact on X•
•Enjoyer of creatures living, extinct and imagined•
•Cat guardian for life•
•Enby/ace•
•Profile pic by @ImpulseImpact on X•
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Placodonts are amazing! Exhibit A: Cyamodus orientalis. And no, this is NOT a turtle.
This is an illustration for my book (in preparation) You can see this one and another Placodont I reconstructed for my book in a new post exclusive for my patrons
Patreon.com/serpenillus
🐡 🎨 🧪 #paleontology 🐍
This is an illustration for my book (in preparation) You can see this one and another Placodont I reconstructed for my book in a new post exclusive for my patrons
Patreon.com/serpenillus
🐡 🎨 🧪 #paleontology 🐍
August 14, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Placodonts are amazing! Exhibit A: Cyamodus orientalis. And no, this is NOT a turtle.
This is an illustration for my book (in preparation) You can see this one and another Placodont I reconstructed for my book in a new post exclusive for my patrons
Patreon.com/serpenillus
🐡 🎨 🧪 #paleontology 🐍
This is an illustration for my book (in preparation) You can see this one and another Placodont I reconstructed for my book in a new post exclusive for my patrons
Patreon.com/serpenillus
🐡 🎨 🧪 #paleontology 🐍
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Some chinese placodonts and stem turtles
March 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Some chinese placodonts and stem turtles
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If you are a creative in the UK, I urge you to take part in the consultation about copyright law.
AI companies are attempting to loosen those laws so as to use your work without asking.
Now is your chance to say something about it, directly: www.gov.uk/government/c...
AI companies are attempting to loosen those laws so as to use your work without asking.
Now is your chance to say something about it, directly: www.gov.uk/government/c...
Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
This consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together.
www.gov.uk
December 18, 2024 at 10:15 AM
If you are a creative in the UK, I urge you to take part in the consultation about copyright law.
AI companies are attempting to loosen those laws so as to use your work without asking.
Now is your chance to say something about it, directly: www.gov.uk/government/c...
AI companies are attempting to loosen those laws so as to use your work without asking.
Now is your chance to say something about it, directly: www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Low-relief paper sculpture of a pigeon wing. It was frustratingly difficult to take a good picture of this. At some point, I'd like to attempt a more detailed wing, but this 'quick' one answered my craving to make it at the time.
From 2018, six years ago on this very day.
From 2018, six years ago on this very day.
November 27, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Low-relief paper sculpture of a pigeon wing. It was frustratingly difficult to take a good picture of this. At some point, I'd like to attempt a more detailed wing, but this 'quick' one answered my craving to make it at the time.
From 2018, six years ago on this very day.
From 2018, six years ago on this very day.
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Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀
November 23, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀
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November 24, 2024 at 6:44 PM
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This morning's blue #PaleoArt, for all the new #Bluesky people, is a mural featuring #Squalicorax, #Tusoteuthis, and a school of Apsopelix...
November 24, 2024 at 9:28 AM
This morning's blue #PaleoArt, for all the new #Bluesky people, is a mural featuring #Squalicorax, #Tusoteuthis, and a school of Apsopelix...
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Trilobite reconstruction work in progress: Bellacartwrightia whiteleyi, with legs, gills, and antennae.
November 24, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Trilobite reconstruction work in progress: Bellacartwrightia whiteleyi, with legs, gills, and antennae.
QP/Share your photos with texture!
A better look at the scale pattern on the tail of my origami Capricorn, aka goat mermaid. ☺️
A better look at the scale pattern on the tail of my origami Capricorn, aka goat mermaid. ☺️
November 23, 2024 at 8:26 PM
QP/Share your photos with texture!
A better look at the scale pattern on the tail of my origami Capricorn, aka goat mermaid. ☺️
A better look at the scale pattern on the tail of my origami Capricorn, aka goat mermaid. ☺️
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I find it interesting that people only ask me to tag for arachnophobia but never cynophobia, which impacts almost as many people.
November 23, 2024 at 2:32 PM
I find it interesting that people only ask me to tag for arachnophobia but never cynophobia, which impacts almost as many people.
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Bearded Vulture. Or, if you prefer, Lammergeier or Ossifrage. Actually let's be honest the latter two are cooler.
November 23, 2024 at 7:01 AM
Bearded Vulture. Or, if you prefer, Lammergeier or Ossifrage. Actually let's be honest the latter two are cooler.
November 20, 2024 at 11:44 PM
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Please don't call what RFK Jr. and Jay Bhattacharya are going to do medieval. It's not medieval. It's nothing like the Middle Ages. People in the Middle Ages were happy to try all kinds of things to not die of the plague and if you'd given them antibiotics and vaccines they would have loved it.
November 19, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Please don't call what RFK Jr. and Jay Bhattacharya are going to do medieval. It's not medieval. It's nothing like the Middle Ages. People in the Middle Ages were happy to try all kinds of things to not die of the plague and if you'd given them antibiotics and vaccines they would have loved it.
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Less than two days to go on the Kickstarter for my art book 'Other Worlds'!
I thought I would share some of the process art I have included in the book, which offers insights into how I work.
Link to support it here :) bit.ly/403C70b
(MyArt)
I thought I would share some of the process art I have included in the book, which offers insights into how I work.
Link to support it here :) bit.ly/403C70b
(MyArt)
November 20, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Less than two days to go on the Kickstarter for my art book 'Other Worlds'!
I thought I would share some of the process art I have included in the book, which offers insights into how I work.
Link to support it here :) bit.ly/403C70b
(MyArt)
I thought I would share some of the process art I have included in the book, which offers insights into how I work.
Link to support it here :) bit.ly/403C70b
(MyArt)
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I created this painting "Dinosaur Parade" in 1990, before I invented the whole concept of Dinotopia. I just wanted to give a glimpse of a lost empire that humans shared with peaceful dinosaurs.
Jumping through that picture frame and living inside the painting changed my life.
Jumping through that picture frame and living inside the painting changed my life.
November 20, 2024 at 8:03 PM
I created this painting "Dinosaur Parade" in 1990, before I invented the whole concept of Dinotopia. I just wanted to give a glimpse of a lost empire that humans shared with peaceful dinosaurs.
Jumping through that picture frame and living inside the painting changed my life.
Jumping through that picture frame and living inside the painting changed my life.
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waiting at the bugstop
2022
2022
November 19, 2024 at 8:08 AM
waiting at the bugstop
2022
2022
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Crested #pterosaur, #Nyctosaurus, without, and with, unlikely skin sail. Colour scheme borrowed from Graphium doson (I think – it was a few years back). Did this for a book that I never got beyond planning.
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#palaeoart #paleoart #palaeontology #paleontology
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#palaeoart #paleoart #palaeontology #paleontology
November 19, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Crested #pterosaur, #Nyctosaurus, without, and with, unlikely skin sail. Colour scheme borrowed from Graphium doson (I think – it was a few years back). Did this for a book that I never got beyond planning.
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#palaeoart #paleoart #palaeontology #paleontology
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#palaeoart #paleoart #palaeontology #paleontology
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Ok, so the news is still new. I have a new paper out today naming a cool new pterosaur: Skiphosoura bavarica (Bavarian sword-tail), from the Late Jurassic of Southern Germany. The full paper is here with all the info: www.cell.com/current-biol...
Artwork by @serpenillus.bsky.social.
Artwork by @serpenillus.bsky.social.
November 18, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Ok, so the news is still new. I have a new paper out today naming a cool new pterosaur: Skiphosoura bavarica (Bavarian sword-tail), from the Late Jurassic of Southern Germany. The full paper is here with all the info: www.cell.com/current-biol...
Artwork by @serpenillus.bsky.social.
Artwork by @serpenillus.bsky.social.
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This animal is really important for understanding pterosaur evolution, but let's start with the basics. It's a member of a group called the darwinopterans and at 2m wingspan it's the biggest known, but the skeleton is also superbly preserved and in 3D which is incredible.
November 18, 2024 at 4:08 PM
This animal is really important for understanding pterosaur evolution, but let's start with the basics. It's a member of a group called the darwinopterans and at 2m wingspan it's the biggest known, but the skeleton is also superbly preserved and in 3D which is incredible.
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I refuse to join Bluesky - I don’t want to become a part of a Gecko chamber
November 16, 2024 at 10:26 PM
I refuse to join Bluesky - I don’t want to become a part of a Gecko chamber
Just spreading the word about a crowdfunding campaign for an art book by @alexriesart called Other Worlds.
Only a few more days left. 💙 www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
Only a few more days left. 💙 www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
Other Worlds: The Art of Alex Ries
A collection of the incredible art—professional and personal—of Subnautica, Wētā Workshop, and Godzilla designer Alex Ries!
www.kickstarter.com
November 16, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Just spreading the word about a crowdfunding campaign for an art book by @alexriesart called Other Worlds.
Only a few more days left. 💙 www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
Only a few more days left. 💙 www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
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I feel like popular media fails to prepare people for fascism because its always like... One Guy and a robot army, and you beat them to win.
In reality its almost half of the people around you, they aren't just machines, and they quite like it.
In reality its almost half of the people around you, they aren't just machines, and they quite like it.
November 16, 2024 at 9:39 AM
I feel like popular media fails to prepare people for fascism because its always like... One Guy and a robot army, and you beat them to win.
In reality its almost half of the people around you, they aren't just machines, and they quite like it.
In reality its almost half of the people around you, they aren't just machines, and they quite like it.