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Gen
@trigonotarbida.bsky.social
Palaeoart & various other biology art. Palaeontology student (4th year) and into a range of hiking and nature stuff (though I particularly like strange arachnids and crustaceans).

open for commissions: gencoelacanth@gmail.com
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New #portfolioday post, I'm a palaeontology student (about to start 4th year) and do various detailed illustrations of animals (both extinct and living), landscapes, and technical illustration. Contact for commissions is gencoelacanth@gmail.com
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my piece for the #turbophone2026! (learned a lot of disturbing facts about seabirds in the process)

we had 24 hours to draw from the previous participant's picture, check out the wonderful and unexpected transformations in all the teams! ascalaphid.com/telephone/tu...
February 14, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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Because of Valentine's Day we had today a Flower Flocking #paleostream, covering different kinds of fossil angiosperms!
Florissantia, Lovellea, Leguminocarpum and Sagaria!
February 14, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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Forest floor full of layered leaves.. .
Eastern Comma emerging . .
Along with early spring ephemerals. .
Life thrives together. .
In harmony. .
In interdependence. .
Watercolor in progress ©️Heeyoung Kim 2026

#botanicalart #naturalhistoryart #natureart
February 15, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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Pareidolia
February 15, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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Graphite powder attempt 1 a cyphophthalmid arachnid, which is actually a type of harvestman.
February 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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this week's #Paleostream was a Valentine's Day special where we drew fossil angiosperms! this week we drew Florissantia (i drew F. quilchenensis), Lovellea, Leguminocarpum olmensis, and Sagaria #paleobotany #palaeobotany #paleoart #botany #sciart
February 15, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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And here there result of the Naracoorte #paleostream!
This classic Australian megafauna assemblage is a well preserved treasure trove in South Australia that gives us a glimpse at a fauna just before the arrival of humans. Subsequently a large portion of the...
February 16, 2026 at 5:16 AM
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Cyphophthalmi meeting...
January 12, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Argh when I said graphite powder I meant charcoal powder. I do like graphite more for a range of reasons but charcoal definitely photographs better.
February 15, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Graphite powder attempt 1 a cyphophthalmid arachnid, which is actually a type of harvestman.
February 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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Red-Breasted and White-Breasted Nuthatches (Sitta sp.). From A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale Univ. Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ducks #LongIslandSound #birds #BirdArt
February 14, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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Bennu
February 1, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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Little Magpie

Pastel and ink on toned paper

#art #birds #nature #sciart
February 14, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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This #paleoart shows 3 views of the Devonian brachiopod fossil Paraspirifer bownockeri; one is reconstructed w/ some epifauna and boreholes. These are fun to find; they're an impressive size (for brachiopods). I had an excellent specimen to use as a reference for this painting.
#FossilFriday #sciart
February 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Trying charcoal powder
February 14, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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House Sparrows.
Originally I painted these little guys for my "moving house" postcard.
#SciArt #birds #birdart #gardenbirds
February 13, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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Here’s one from a wayzzz back, “Slow Drift,” oil on linen, 30”x24”.
February 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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What time is it? It’s #Cheliceratime & #Fossilfriday!
Our first scorpion in Cheliceratime, and one of the oldest while still being weirdly modern for its age!
All the basic infos are here but if you want to learn more, there’s more below!⬇️

#scorpion #silurian #paleoart #sciart #bugsky #invert
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February 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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First, there's already a lot to say regarding when & where did it live and what it looked like, thanks to numerous well-studied specimens.

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#Cheliceratime
February 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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And this entry is the opportunity to talk about the mess of stem-group scorpion's evolution. Eramoscorpius being one the oldest of the bunch, it tells a completly different pictures than what we see with modern species.

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#Cheliceratime
February 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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What makes Eramoscorpius really special is how modern its legs look while still being one of the oldest scorpions, hinting to a more complex story on how scorpions transitionned from water to land (+paleoart auto feedback & refs)

Thank you for reading & I’ll see you on the next #Cheliceratime!
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February 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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THERIZINOSAURIA, from the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y77U... dedicated to this lineage of dinosaurs #therizinosauria #therizinosaurus #falcarius #paleoart #dinosaurs
February 12, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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February 12, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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#Paleoart commissions are always open.

I have experience working on various books and papers, with the most notable artwork being the cover of the 4th issue of Volume 44 of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Feel free to contact me!
January 17, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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My illustration of one of the most iconic keystone species of the U.S. Atlantic Coast, the Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus, female), or "beautiful, savory swimmer."
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #sciviz #scicomm #crabs #BlueCrab
February 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM