Stu Pond
@stupond.bsky.social
PaleoStu. Self-employed creative specialising in scientific visualisation, illustration, motion graphics, graphic design, 3D. Aspiring palaeontologist working on armoured dinosaurs. Scientific Associate at The Natural History Museum, London 🦕
Scientific visualisation is a speciality of mine. Illustrations, graphic design, motion graphics. Got lots of capacity. Get in touch via DM or my website (link below👇). #SciArt
November 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Scientific visualisation is a speciality of mine. Illustrations, graphic design, motion graphics. Got lots of capacity. Get in touch via DM or my website (link below👇). #SciArt
I can remember the first time I saw a thin section under a microscope. I was fascinated by the science and struck by the beauty of the sections. I couldn't wait to see thin sections of dinosaur bone, so had my own slides made from rolled fragments picked up on IOW beaches. #palaeontology
October 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I can remember the first time I saw a thin section under a microscope. I was fascinated by the science and struck by the beauty of the sections. I couldn't wait to see thin sections of dinosaur bone, so had my own slides made from rolled fragments picked up on IOW beaches. #palaeontology
From the day job: The monitoring of Prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels is a vital tool in screening for prostate cancer. In this shot PSA is about to leave a cell in the prostate gland and head into the bloodstream. Cinema 4D, After Effects, zBrush, Logic X. #SciVis #SciArt
October 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Alright? Going to #SVP2025 in Birmingham? Make yourself at home with a bit of Brummie lingo on your tee-shirt! Bostin! Alternatively, bag a cool palaeo-related tee and impress your friends and peers. Link to my RedBubble shop in the comments 👇
October 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Alright? Going to #SVP2025 in Birmingham? Make yourself at home with a bit of Brummie lingo on your tee-shirt! Bostin! Alternatively, bag a cool palaeo-related tee and impress your friends and peers. Link to my RedBubble shop in the comments 👇
PaleoStu's Movie Reviews: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. When does a movie become art? This Thai film moves at a gentle pace and invites the viewer to drift along with the narrative. Superb sound design. Sensitive, thoughtful filmaking that lingers in the mind.
Recommended. 8/10
Recommended. 8/10
October 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
PaleoStu's Movie Reviews: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. When does a movie become art? This Thai film moves at a gentle pace and invites the viewer to drift along with the narrative. Superb sound design. Sensitive, thoughtful filmaking that lingers in the mind.
Recommended. 8/10
Recommended. 8/10
On this day in 2012 we were at the SVP icebreaker at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. A terrific museum and a great meeting. The field trip to NC and Virginia was superb. We also visited the Great Smoky Mountains after the meeting. Great trip! #FossilFriday
October 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
On this day in 2012 we were at the SVP icebreaker at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. A terrific museum and a great meeting. The field trip to NC and Virginia was superb. We also visited the Great Smoky Mountains after the meeting. Great trip! #FossilFriday
I specialise in scientific illustrations, motion graphics, animations and graphic design. Get in touch!
October 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I specialise in scientific illustrations, motion graphics, animations and graphic design. Get in touch!
Need science visuals? Graphic design? Scientific illustration? Motion graphics? I do those! Get in touch and let's discuss how we can work together to communicate your research. I can create visual assets for journals, social media, print, meetings or outreach. Website here: stuartponddesign.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Need science visuals? Graphic design? Scientific illustration? Motion graphics? I do those! Get in touch and let's discuss how we can work together to communicate your research. I can create visual assets for journals, social media, print, meetings or outreach. Website here: stuartponddesign.com
Walking through the woods and heard hammering, the source being this Nuthatch that was in the process of successfully extracting an acorn lodged in the bark of a mature Ash tree, presumably by one of the very vocal and industrious jays that were about at the time. #birding
September 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Walking through the woods and heard hammering, the source being this Nuthatch that was in the process of successfully extracting an acorn lodged in the bark of a mature Ash tree, presumably by one of the very vocal and industrious jays that were about at the time. #birding
Species interaction over millions of years. Limpets sheltering in a dinosaur footprint seen at the impressive Triassic track site at the Bendricks, Barri, Cymru. #FossilFriday
September 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Species interaction over millions of years. Limpets sheltering in a dinosaur footprint seen at the impressive Triassic track site at the Bendricks, Barri, Cymru. #FossilFriday
Scientific illustrations? I create those! Simple or complex, 2D or 3D, for any subject illustrations can communicate complex research, processes and concepts effectively. Plus scope for re-usage across a range of channels of delivery. Get in touch! #SciArt
September 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Scientific illustrations? I create those! Simple or complex, 2D or 3D, for any subject illustrations can communicate complex research, processes and concepts effectively. Plus scope for re-usage across a range of channels of delivery. Get in touch! #SciArt
The beautifully preserved skeleton of the Kimmeridgian theropod Juravenator from Germany, as seen at Jura-Museum Eichstätt. #FossilFriday
September 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The beautifully preserved skeleton of the Kimmeridgian theropod Juravenator from Germany, as seen at Jura-Museum Eichstätt. #FossilFriday
I've got plenty of capacity so if you, your clients and or institution need any scientific visualisation, graphic design or motion graphic work then get in touch!
September 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I've got plenty of capacity so if you, your clients and or institution need any scientific visualisation, graphic design or motion graphic work then get in touch!
Rather chuffed to have been awarded first prize in two photography categories at our village show today. Alan Garner fans might know the location of the colour photo.
August 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Rather chuffed to have been awarded first prize in two photography categories at our village show today. Alan Garner fans might know the location of the colour photo.
Love this! Ann-Marie found a section of Iguanodonitan jaw at Grange years ago one that Penny cut and polished and that too has a tooth in one socket and emergent teeth in others.
August 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Love this! Ann-Marie found a section of Iguanodonitan jaw at Grange years ago one that Penny cut and polished and that too has a tooth in one socket and emergent teeth in others.
This lovely little bird poo mimic caterpillar hitched a ride home from the woods on my trousers this morning before being released back into the wild.
#wildlife
#wildlife
August 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This lovely little bird poo mimic caterpillar hitched a ride home from the woods on my trousers this morning before being released back into the wild.
#wildlife
#wildlife
Photogrammetry of a sauropod trackway from the site at Duntulm, Skye.
#FossilFriday
#FossilFriday
July 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Photogrammetry of a sauropod trackway from the site at Duntulm, Skye.
#FossilFriday
#FossilFriday
Scientific illustrations are vital for communicating research, and I make them along with animations, figures and a range of other graphic design services across a wide range of subjects. Get in touch for a chat if I can help with your projects! #ScientificVisualisation #illustrations #SciArt
July 17, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Scientific illustrations are vital for communicating research, and I make them along with animations, figures and a range of other graphic design services across a wide range of subjects. Get in touch for a chat if I can help with your projects! #ScientificVisualisation #illustrations #SciArt
15 years ago today we woke up in Yellowstone. It took us two days to drive from Rapid City, staying in Buffalo and crossing the Bighorn Mountains at 10,000ft. Yellowstone is incredible, hope to go back one day.
July 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
15 years ago today we woke up in Yellowstone. It took us two days to drive from Rapid City, staying in Buffalo and crossing the Bighorn Mountains at 10,000ft. Yellowstone is incredible, hope to go back one day.
Two years since the publication of our description of the Isle of Wight ankylosaur Vectipelta barretti. What a day it was, press interviews all day then beers! Time sure does fly!
June 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Two years since the publication of our description of the Isle of Wight ankylosaur Vectipelta barretti. What a day it was, press interviews all day then beers! Time sure does fly!
I didn’t manage to get to Lyme Regis Fossil Festival this year, which is a shame as I remember picking my first fossil up on Charmouth beach in the early 70s, and my Dad filmed it on his cine camera. My love of dinosaurs and fossils has not dimmed since. I hope everyone had a great time!
June 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I didn’t manage to get to Lyme Regis Fossil Festival this year, which is a shame as I remember picking my first fossil up on Charmouth beach in the early 70s, and my Dad filmed it on his cine camera. My love of dinosaurs and fossils has not dimmed since. I hope everyone had a great time!
Rainstorm over Macclesfield, as seen from Cophurst Edge.
June 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Rainstorm over Macclesfield, as seen from Cophurst Edge.
Tridactyl dinosaur foot cast, probably from an ornithopod. The upper surface of the cast has a relatively well-preserved small theropod footprint on it. From the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Fm at Grange Chine, IOW. #FossilFriday
June 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Tridactyl dinosaur foot cast, probably from an ornithopod. The upper surface of the cast has a relatively well-preserved small theropod footprint on it. From the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Fm at Grange Chine, IOW. #FossilFriday
I have availability at the moment so if you have any scientific visualisation, motion graphics or graphic design projects you'd like to discuss then get in touch! 2D and 3D animations and illustrations, posters, logos, assets for meetings and research programmes. #ScientificVisualisation #SciArt
June 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I have availability at the moment so if you have any scientific visualisation, motion graphics or graphic design projects you'd like to discuss then get in touch! 2D and 3D animations and illustrations, posters, logos, assets for meetings and research programmes. #ScientificVisualisation #SciArt