J.W. Kirby
@jaywkirby.bsky.social
Hey its Kirby! They/Them Paleo/wildlife artist
New painting! Featuring a pod of Stenopterygius
April 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
New painting! Featuring a pod of Stenopterygius
New painting! Featuring the pterosaur Sordes pilosus of late Jurassic Kazakhstan.
March 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New painting! Featuring the pterosaur Sordes pilosus of late Jurassic Kazakhstan.
Odobenocetops doodle I did on break at work last year
January 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Odobenocetops doodle I did on break at work last year
Little experiment with brushstroke economy, staring some Ichthyornis and Hesperornis enjoying a Xiphactinus buffet
December 31, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Little experiment with brushstroke economy, staring some Ichthyornis and Hesperornis enjoying a Xiphactinus buffet
A quick Arsinoitherium painting I did a bit ago, part of a series of quickly done paintings ive done to get ideas out that I may go back to and refine later.
December 1, 2024 at 8:04 PM
A quick Arsinoitherium painting I did a bit ago, part of a series of quickly done paintings ive done to get ideas out that I may go back to and refine later.
I've been doing little thumbnail illustrations of future paintings I want to do as a way to get my ideas down on paper. Here's a selection of some!
November 11, 2024 at 5:36 PM
I've been doing little thumbnail illustrations of future paintings I want to do as a way to get my ideas down on paper. Here's a selection of some!
T.rex doodles I did on break
May 22, 2024 at 4:14 PM
T.rex doodles I did on break
Giant Squid study from a few months ago
October 18, 2023 at 5:03 PM
Giant Squid study from a few months ago
Haven't been active in a while due to family stuff. Here's a Taningia danae I did on my fifteen at work a few months ago with Crayola Markes
October 15, 2023 at 6:10 PM
Haven't been active in a while due to family stuff. Here's a Taningia danae I did on my fifteen at work a few months ago with Crayola Markes
Speculative Scorpiovenators I did on paleostream in 2020
October 7, 2023 at 2:28 PM
Speculative Scorpiovenators I did on paleostream in 2020
Another one from the California Dinosaurs set (2017) this one Augustynolophus. Biggest mistake with this one was not having the beak curve out and downwards like a Hadrosaur beak should.
October 5, 2023 at 12:56 PM
Another one from the California Dinosaurs set (2017) this one Augustynolophus. Biggest mistake with this one was not having the beak curve out and downwards like a Hadrosaur beak should.
Labocania piece I did in 2017, part of a 4 part California dinosaur series. This species is very fragmentary so the reconstruction was exceedingly speculative.
October 4, 2023 at 1:14 PM
Labocania piece I did in 2017, part of a 4 part California dinosaur series. This species is very fragmentary so the reconstruction was exceedingly speculative.
Another unfinished piece of a couple of Aeteosaurs having a stand off from 2017. Although it's not technically done, I kindve like the simplicity of it haha.
September 30, 2023 at 5:24 PM
Another unfinished piece of a couple of Aeteosaurs having a stand off from 2017. Although it's not technically done, I kindve like the simplicity of it haha.
Another one from 2016. Nqwebasaurus, again it was suppose to be another life size piece but I made it way too small. I'm not sure where I got my measurements from but its definitely not right haha
September 24, 2023 at 12:49 PM
Another one from 2016. Nqwebasaurus, again it was suppose to be another life size piece but I made it way too small. I'm not sure where I got my measurements from but its definitely not right haha
Really old Pterosaur nest parasitism piece I did in early 2016. Maybe not the most well thought out concept, and that bark looks so jank, but I remember having fun with this one.
September 23, 2023 at 4:37 PM
Really old Pterosaur nest parasitism piece I did in early 2016. Maybe not the most well thought out concept, and that bark looks so jank, but I remember having fun with this one.
Scansoriopterygids I did in 2016. They where suppose to be life size but idk how well that worked out haha
Also probably wouldn't've restored their wing membranes this way if I did them today. Like everyone I had some whacky ideas back in the day
Also probably wouldn't've restored their wing membranes this way if I did them today. Like everyone I had some whacky ideas back in the day
September 18, 2023 at 2:05 PM
Scansoriopterygids I did in 2016. They where suppose to be life size but idk how well that worked out haha
Also probably wouldn't've restored their wing membranes this way if I did them today. Like everyone I had some whacky ideas back in the day
Also probably wouldn't've restored their wing membranes this way if I did them today. Like everyone I had some whacky ideas back in the day
Something from my lost, unfinished paintings collection. This was a concavenator piece inspired by a painting from Claude Monet. I was so close to being done with this one too. . .suppose I could always paint over it . What do yall think?
September 15, 2023 at 5:19 PM
Something from my lost, unfinished paintings collection. This was a concavenator piece inspired by a painting from Claude Monet. I was so close to being done with this one too. . .suppose I could always paint over it . What do yall think?
Tupandactylus flocking together sketch from a couple years ago.
September 12, 2023 at 5:51 PM
Tupandactylus flocking together sketch from a couple years ago.
A really, really old piece from when I was just starting to get the hang of digital art back in 2016 of some Rhamphorhynchus hatchling emerging from the sand.
September 10, 2023 at 1:18 PM
A really, really old piece from when I was just starting to get the hang of digital art back in 2016 of some Rhamphorhynchus hatchling emerging from the sand.
The old juvenile Gorgo piece I did back in 2017
September 8, 2023 at 3:40 PM
The old juvenile Gorgo piece I did back in 2017
Another 20 minute stream sketch, this time of a breaching Xiphactinus
September 5, 2023 at 5:17 PM
Another 20 minute stream sketch, this time of a breaching Xiphactinus
20 minute Dolichorhynchops speed paint I did on Paleostream back in 2021
September 3, 2023 at 5:29 PM
20 minute Dolichorhynchops speed paint I did on Paleostream back in 2021
Shiny looking Lystrosarus from 2019
September 1, 2023 at 12:29 PM
Shiny looking Lystrosarus from 2019
I can however post this Arizonasaurus thumbnail I did I'm 2018 since it's in my recents, so enjoy this consolation prize.
August 31, 2023 at 12:36 PM
I can however post this Arizonasaurus thumbnail I did I'm 2018 since it's in my recents, so enjoy this consolation prize.
Pangupterus painting from 2017
August 24, 2023 at 3:07 PM
Pangupterus painting from 2017