Gaf
@gaffamondo.bsky.social
Scientific and natural history illustrator, graphic designer, occasional writer. Interests: palaeontology 🦕 archaeology 💀. Projects: Wisbech & Fenland Museum fundraising, The Google Book Project, Beware! The Radio/Zine. #sciart (Gareth Monger, he/him).
How did they go from a reasonable design in #JurassicPark3 to the absolute disaster in #JurassicWorldRebirth? Anyway, #Spinosaurus is trending again.
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#JurassicPark #dinosaur #theropod #palaeontology #paleontology #paleoart #palaeoart #illustration
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#JurassicPark #dinosaur #theropod #palaeontology #paleontology #paleoart #palaeoart #illustration
February 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
How did they go from a reasonable design in #JurassicPark3 to the absolute disaster in #JurassicWorldRebirth? Anyway, #Spinosaurus is trending again.
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#JurassicPark #dinosaur #theropod #palaeontology #paleontology #paleoart #palaeoart #illustration
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#JurassicPark #dinosaur #theropod #palaeontology #paleontology #paleoart #palaeoart #illustration
Packing up to move house, and classic wooden #Tyrannosaurus kit emerges from the half-finished V1 model and the cobwebs...
January 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Packing up to move house, and classic wooden #Tyrannosaurus kit emerges from the half-finished V1 model and the cobwebs...
A bit of #specevo, showing a giant land #penguin going at an acacia. Uses its immense frame to down trees for its chicks.
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#dinosaur #theropod #speculativeevolution #sciart #illustration #bird #ornithology
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#dinosaur #theropod #speculativeevolution #sciart #illustration #bird #ornithology
January 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A bit of #specevo, showing a giant land #penguin going at an acacia. Uses its immense frame to down trees for its chicks.
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#dinosaur #theropod #speculativeevolution #sciart #illustration #bird #ornithology
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#dinosaur #theropod #speculativeevolution #sciart #illustration #bird #ornithology
#Pride flag #Spinosaurus I did for a Pride exhibition at #HiveArts, #Blackpool – a last-minute piece to plug a gap on the night. (It’s actually repurposed from a ‘your ad here’ sign.
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#sciart #dinosaur #theropod
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#sciart #dinosaur #theropod
January 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
#Pride flag #Spinosaurus I did for a Pride exhibition at #HiveArts, #Blackpool – a last-minute piece to plug a gap on the night. (It’s actually repurposed from a ‘your ad here’ sign.
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#sciart #dinosaur #theropod
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#sciart #dinosaur #theropod
Soz, don’t have any paper to hand. Happy birthday!
January 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Soz, don’t have any paper to hand. Happy birthday!
A photo of my Granddad in his flying gear in the early ‘30s and my 13yo daughter at the IBCC in Lincoln.
January 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A photo of my Granddad in his flying gear in the early ‘30s and my 13yo daughter at the IBCC in Lincoln.
For #museumselfieday: Andy Brain (@bewaretheradio.bsky.social) and me at Preston’s Harris Museum, running a #poetry and #illustration workshop in support of our 2019 edition of Vincent Cartwright Vickers’s #TheGoogleBook. #sciart
January 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
For #museumselfieday: Andy Brain (@bewaretheradio.bsky.social) and me at Preston’s Harris Museum, running a #poetry and #illustration workshop in support of our 2019 edition of Vincent Cartwright Vickers’s #TheGoogleBook. #sciart
My grandparents had this back in '85. The idea of pterosaurs existing in my lifetime (the radio-controlled Pteranodon was pretty convincing to nearly-five-year-old me) blew me away.
#pterosaur #dimorphodon #pteranodon #palaeontology #paleontology #bbc #davidattenborough #sciart
#pterosaur #dimorphodon #pteranodon #palaeontology #paleontology #bbc #davidattenborough #sciart
January 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
My grandparents had this back in '85. The idea of pterosaurs existing in my lifetime (the radio-controlled Pteranodon was pretty convincing to nearly-five-year-old me) blew me away.
#pterosaur #dimorphodon #pteranodon #palaeontology #paleontology #bbc #davidattenborough #sciart
#pterosaur #dimorphodon #pteranodon #palaeontology #paleontology #bbc #davidattenborough #sciart
It’s a bit clearer in the final product – but I prefer the version with my daughter. 😊
January 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It’s a bit clearer in the final product – but I prefer the version with my daughter. 😊
The set I made with Alice for the cover of my #illustration book, ‘A Disarray Of #Palaeoart’ (available via Lulu).
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#sciart #scientificillustration #paleoart #ichthyosaur #palaeontology #paleontology #art
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#sciart #scientificillustration #paleoart #ichthyosaur #palaeontology #paleontology #art
January 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The set I made with Alice for the cover of my #illustration book, ‘A Disarray Of #Palaeoart’ (available via Lulu).
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#sciart #scientificillustration #paleoart #ichthyosaur #palaeontology #paleontology #art
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#sciart #scientificillustration #paleoart #ichthyosaur #palaeontology #paleontology #art
One of the earliest surviving drawings by me – and it’s not a dinosaur! Sketched on tissue paper when I was 4 in 1984, presumably of an #AvroLancaster. (A few of my family served in the RAF, so I was surrounded by #aviationart.) Grateful to my grandmother for hanging on to this. #art #illustration
January 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
One of the earliest surviving drawings by me – and it’s not a dinosaur! Sketched on tissue paper when I was 4 in 1984, presumably of an #AvroLancaster. (A few of my family served in the RAF, so I was surrounded by #aviationart.) Grateful to my grandmother for hanging on to this. #art #illustration
Responding to a ‘draw a peacock’ prompt (not a recent one). Apparently, she (my lovely wife) wanted a serious natural history illustration.
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#peafowl #peacock #illustration #sciart
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#peafowl #peacock #illustration #sciart
January 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Responding to a ‘draw a peacock’ prompt (not a recent one). Apparently, she (my lovely wife) wanted a serious natural history illustration.
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#peafowl #peacock #illustration #sciart
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#peafowl #peacock #illustration #sciart
Some social media graphics and #illustration work from Christmas and New Year, for #TheGoogleBookProject and #StarWarsMeetUpNiamos respectively.
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#starwars #thegooglebook
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#starwars #thegooglebook
January 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Some social media graphics and #illustration work from Christmas and New Year, for #TheGoogleBookProject and #StarWarsMeetUpNiamos respectively.
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#starwars #thegooglebook
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#starwars #thegooglebook
If you see this, post a dino:
Anatotitan (?) diorama from the Liverpool World Museum.
Anatotitan (?) diorama from the Liverpool World Museum.
December 19, 2024 at 9:12 AM
If you see this, post a dino:
Anatotitan (?) diorama from the Liverpool World Museum.
Anatotitan (?) diorama from the Liverpool World Museum.
It’s a kinda-Anomalocaris kinda day. #sciart #burgessshale #cambrian #palaeoart #paleoart #palaeontology #paleotology
December 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM
It’s a kinda-Anomalocaris kinda day. #sciart #burgessshale #cambrian #palaeoart #paleoart #palaeontology #paleotology
If you don't want elves on your shelves, get a house cat. And a mop.
December 12, 2024 at 5:46 PM
If you don't want elves on your shelves, get a house cat. And a mop.
Rest easy, #Stegosaurus. You’ve had a busy day.
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#dinosaur #illustration #cartoon #sketch #doodle #palaeoart #paleoart #palaeontology #paleontology
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#dinosaur #illustration #cartoon #sketch #doodle #palaeoart #paleoart #palaeontology #paleontology
December 10, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Rest easy, #Stegosaurus. You’ve had a busy day.
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#dinosaur #illustration #cartoon #sketch #doodle #palaeoart #paleoart #palaeontology #paleontology
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#dinosaur #illustration #cartoon #sketch #doodle #palaeoart #paleoart #palaeontology #paleontology
BLOCK THIS ACCOUNT!!!
December 10, 2024 at 12:33 PM
BLOCK THIS ACCOUNT!!!
A bit of ink practice. Picked up some #Pentel JM20 fountain pens which are good for scratchy line work. Can’t say I liked them for this exercise. Not bad for inking text. Most of this is #UniPin.
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#waroftheworlds #hgwells #illustration #scifi #sciencefiction #jeffwayne
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#waroftheworlds #hgwells #illustration #scifi #sciencefiction #jeffwayne
December 10, 2024 at 12:15 PM
A bit of ink practice. Picked up some #Pentel JM20 fountain pens which are good for scratchy line work. Can’t say I liked them for this exercise. Not bad for inking text. Most of this is #UniPin.
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#waroftheworlds #hgwells #illustration #scifi #sciencefiction #jeffwayne
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#waroftheworlds #hgwells #illustration #scifi #sciencefiction #jeffwayne
#WarOfTheWorlds makes me happy, despite depicting a rough time for humans. Here's some tripods, all facing the same direction (maybe cos I'm L-handed?).
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#hgwells #illustration #Mars #Martian #scifi #sciencefiction #georgepal #StevenSpielberg #steampunk #jeffwayne
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#hgwells #illustration #Mars #Martian #scifi #sciencefiction #georgepal #StevenSpielberg #steampunk #jeffwayne
December 9, 2024 at 12:31 PM
#WarOfTheWorlds makes me happy, despite depicting a rough time for humans. Here's some tripods, all facing the same direction (maybe cos I'm L-handed?).
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#hgwells #illustration #Mars #Martian #scifi #sciencefiction #georgepal #StevenSpielberg #steampunk #jeffwayne
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#hgwells #illustration #Mars #Martian #scifi #sciencefiction #georgepal #StevenSpielberg #steampunk #jeffwayne
#throwbackthursday A #Nyctosaurus I painted a free years back. Gouache on paper.
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#pterosaur #palaeontology #palaeontology #palaeoart #paleoart #illustration #sciart #scientificandnaturalhistoryillustration
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#pterosaur #palaeontology #palaeontology #palaeoart #paleoart #illustration #sciart #scientificandnaturalhistoryillustration
December 5, 2024 at 11:29 PM
#throwbackthursday A #Nyctosaurus I painted a free years back. Gouache on paper.
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#pterosaur #palaeontology #palaeontology #palaeoart #paleoart #illustration #sciart #scientificandnaturalhistoryillustration
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#pterosaur #palaeontology #palaeontology #palaeoart #paleoart #illustration #sciart #scientificandnaturalhistoryillustration
#PostABunny… I did this one when an account I follow forgot to post an image with its accompanying text, so I tried to guess what it would look like from the description. Can’t remember how close I got, but I quite liked the result.
November 27, 2024 at 12:33 PM
#PostABunny… I did this one when an account I follow forgot to post an image with its accompanying text, so I tried to guess what it would look like from the description. Can’t remember how close I got, but I quite liked the result.
Some digital illustrations I did few years back, looking at #ichthyosaur, #cetacean and #chondrichthyan tails, with a view to reconstructing ichthyosaurs more accurately (i.e., not too skinny).
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#illustration #palaeoart #paleoart #paleontology #palaeontology #marinebiology #anatomy #zoology #SciArt
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#illustration #palaeoart #paleoart #paleontology #palaeontology #marinebiology #anatomy #zoology #SciArt
November 24, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Some digital illustrations I did few years back, looking at #ichthyosaur, #cetacean and #chondrichthyan tails, with a view to reconstructing ichthyosaurs more accurately (i.e., not too skinny).
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#illustration #palaeoart #paleoart #paleontology #palaeontology #marinebiology #anatomy #zoology #SciArt
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#illustration #palaeoart #paleoart #paleontology #palaeontology #marinebiology #anatomy #zoology #SciArt
A #Tyrannosaurus hanging of #BlackpoolTower. (#KingKong screenwriter #EdgarWallace stood as a Liberal in #Blackpool, England during the 1931 general election; when this failed he moved to the States and worked for #RKO as a scriptwriter and wrote an early draft of KK.
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#dinosaur #art #illustration
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#dinosaur #art #illustration
November 24, 2024 at 7:56 PM
A #Tyrannosaurus hanging of #BlackpoolTower. (#KingKong screenwriter #EdgarWallace stood as a Liberal in #Blackpool, England during the 1931 general election; when this failed he moved to the States and worked for #RKO as a scriptwriter and wrote an early draft of KK.
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#dinosaur #art #illustration
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#dinosaur #art #illustration