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Michael English
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Irish nature-nerd, occasionally artist and keeper of big bugs, reptiles, and weird plants!
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Spinosaurus turned 110 this month!
Art of the theropod dinosaur, Spinosaurus. It is largely brown in colour with darker stripes and spots. A large dark spot is on the back of the sail ringed in a lighter colour and many of the stripes on the sail seem to point towards it. The animal is standing in front of a blue rectangle
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Haven't drawn in a while, and haven't posted here in a while too!
Allosaurus art
Art of the theropod dinosaur, Allosaurus. It is blue in colour with vivid red markings on the crests and along the body
October 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Quote with your blue art! 💙
A blue Mixopterus, a type of eurypterid Art of a feral pigeon, it has a blue background with a yellow circle behind the head Stylized art of a giant anteater sitting, its tongue sticking out and on the ground. It has a blue background
September 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Wanted to draw something dramatic, Velociraptors seemed the most appropriate subject
A pair of Velociraptors fighting, one is falling backwards while the other is above them preparing to land on them. The background is black with vibrant red brushstrokes. The Velociraptors themselves are largely grey-brown with darker primary feathers and a light pattern similar to an eyespot. They also have blue throats
September 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Been a while, here's some Torvosaurus art!
A large green theropod dinosaur head and neck, it is peering out from a blue rectangle
July 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Pigeons, they're neat!
Art of a feral pigeon It is the pigeon from the head to the shoulders, showcasing the iridescent green and purple on the neck. Behind the pigeon is a gold circle and a blue background.
June 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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If you see this, post your green art!
A human skeleton laying on a mossy hill. There is bog cotton growing around it Art of the dicynodont, Placerias bellowing. It is green in colour Art of Daspletosaurus, it is green in colour with paler scales along the neck and darker keratinous structures on the head
May 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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One bad day.
A Quetzalcoatlus sees the cataclysmic impact that will wipe out three quarters of the animal and plant species on Earth.
Art of the asteroid impact 66 million years ago, there are trees on fire and in the foreground a Quetzalcoatlus looks toward the impact. It is much too late to react but it wouldn't matter
May 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Gulls night
Three herring gull heads floating in a blue circle, chips and onion rings and blobs of ketchup float around them
April 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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BIRD PROTOCOL activated. Take a bird, leave a bird.
Art of a lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos). It's in front of a yellow background with a blue circle around its head. The bird is various shades of pink and purple on its bald head and neck, and the feathers are brown with a white ruff at the base of the neck.
April 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Why the long face?
Art of the spinosaurid Suchomimus. It is grey in colour with white stripes along its jaws and a bright red eye
April 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Stegosaurus, an iconic animal.
I rarely draw any thyreophorans so this didn't turn out as well as I would have liked, but it now has me wanting to draw more to improve my abilities
Artwork of a Stegosaurus swinging its tail and with its mouth open. It stands in front of a blue circle
April 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Hadrosaurs, they're neat!
A Corythosaurus laying in the same pose as the specimen in the American Museum of Natural History. It is on its side and the view is from above. It rests on a blue square
March 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Something morbidly satisfying drawing dead dinos in the same pose as a fossil of said dino. Take this Saurornitholestes for example based on a beautiful specimen kept in the University of Alberta!
Art of a Saurornitholestes laying on its side in a death pose. It's brown in colour with paler primary feathers on the arms and paler long feathers on the tail. It is resting on top of a large red circle.
March 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Leachies are great!
Art of the gecko Rhacodactylus leachianus. It is various shades of yellowish green
March 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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I do make myself giggle sometimes
Art of a Spinosaurus, it is brown in colour with a darker mottling of stripes along the body. Above the Spinosaurus is the line "fish fear me" and below the animal is the line "I fear women" This is a parody of those classic "fish fear me, women want me" hats but paleo themed
March 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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First dino art of 2025!
Art of Spinosaurus, its a close up of the head and neck. The animal is brown in colour with darker spots along the dorsal skin and a lighter colouration under the neck.
January 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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My contribution to #artvsartist
Haven't made a lot of art this year but did improve through a lot of half finished doodles that never got posted! 😂
A collage of 9 images in a grid, the centre inage is of me the artist. I have long ginger hair and it is blown around in the wind obscuring my face. The art around me is as follows Top row: skeleton laying on moss, blue tongue skink looking startled with the caption "anxious af", the eurypterid Mixopterus. Middle row: the ammonite Titanites, picture of me, a grass snake playing dead. Bottom row: adjutant stork, the ammonite Didymoceras, and a lappet faced vulture
December 25, 2024 at 8:34 PM
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Got this absolutely gorgeous Dilophosaurus skull from my folks for Christmas, @rubrennanart.bsky.social your skull making skills are second to none!!!
A replica of the skull of Dilophosaurus, it is about the length of a hand A replica of the skull of Dilophosaurus beside a replica of a human skull at the same scale A replica of the skull of Dilophosaurus with a human skull at the same scale The human skull replica within the mouth of the Dilophosaurus skull replica!
December 25, 2024 at 11:34 AM
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Was compelled to animate this piece
The same art of a skeleton laying on moss but this time the bog cotton has been animated to give the appearance of it dancing in the wind
December 23, 2024 at 9:09 PM
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How your email finds me....
Art of a skeleton laying among a carpet of moss. Bog cotton is growing around the landscape
December 23, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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Titanites and Didymoceras art
Quite like making invertebrate art with these brushes on clip art studio, they're just a mix of the default chalk and pastel brushes.
Art of an ammonite, its spiral shell has algae growing on it. The soft body and arms are orange with the arms also having white and black stripes along the length Didymoceras art, this ammonite has a shell that twists and turns into a strange corkscrew like shape. Its soft body is a pinkish hue and the arms have extensive webbing to capture detritus like a net
December 21, 2024 at 4:59 PM
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Share art featuring animals!
Art of a lappet-faced vulture, it stands in front of a yellow background with a blue circle behind its head
December 3, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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Tyrannosaurs are very good shaped
Art of Daspletosaurus, it's green in colour with grey crests and heavily keratinised skin of the back of the head and nape of the neck. Its mouth is slightly open and the inner tissues are pink Art of Tyrannosaurus rex. This individual is throwing its head back while it manipulates a long chunk of meat. The animal is brown with a countershaded underside. The eye is orange and ringed with white and the inside of its mouth is a dark blue Art of Gorgosaurus. This individual is brown in colour with a red throat and blue interior of the mouth
November 22, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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🔥 ARTIST THREAD 🔥

QRT with two of your best works and a little introduction:

Hello, I draw animals both prehistoric and modern
Art of the eurypterid Mixopterus, it is blue in colour with orange spines on the four front limbs Art of the grass snake Natrix natrix, it is "playing dead" laying on its back with mouth agape.
November 22, 2024 at 7:01 PM