And, here are some pictures of the painting process

In the background, other marine fauna from the upper Aptian layers of the Paja Formation (Association 3 of Benavides-Cabra et al., 2023), such as a pliosaur, 𝘔𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪 and 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴, complete the scene.

It depicts the taphonomic history of specimen CFSTA090318, from its sinking and burial to its fossilization, along with the remains of an associated turtle.

Un nuevo Protolamna ricaurtei
Illustrated for: Cristian D. Benavides-Cabra, José A. Narváez-Rincón, Daniel E. Pomar

Made to go with the study published last week describing a new specimen of 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘯𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘪 Carrillo Briceño et al., 2019.

This illustration therefore underwent extensive changes and explorations, and gave me the chance to explore other techniques.

It depicts an individual of the ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘨𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘰𝘴𝘰 Páramo-Fonseca et al., 2023 hunting an ammonoid 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 d'Orbigny.

El mar se estremeció primero
Illustrated for: 3° Congreso Colombiano de Paleontología Paleoart contest - 1st place Digital Illustration category.
This illustration was originally intended to go out with the publication but life got in the way, I resumed work on it mid-August.

𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘴
A practice illustration to delve into a different group of organisms, inspired by the work of Torres et al., 2022.
#paleoart #foraminifera

Intriga
Illustrated for: 2° Congreso Colombiano de Paleontología Paleoart contest - 1st place.
Two years ago, I presented a talk at a conference for the first time and made this illustration for their paleoart contest.
#paleoart #ichthyosaur