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Vena Carr Illustration
@venacarr.bsky.social
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🌈 Mixed media illustration
🦖 Creator of the Dessert Dinos
🇨🇦 Fredericton, NB
🎂 ONLINE STORE: venacarr.com
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New painting in progress 💙 I'm redrawing my boy Tricerapops!

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An illustration of a popsicle Triceratops. His head is an upside-down popsicle. The popsicle is blue, pale pink, and pink, with popsicle sticks that say "di" and "no". His body is blue and purple. The artwork is partially completed abd surrounded by various art supplies such as tubes of paint and pencils.
March 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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This month's Patreon reward! Anyone who joins the Paleo Prints tier in March will receive this print in the mail 💌 patreon.com/venacarrillustration
A pink graphic promoting my Patreon rewards. The top text (in white) says "March Patreon Reward", followed by a picture of my original character, Strawberry Milk Trike. Below that, the text reads "Strawberry Milk Trike 7x5 Art Print". The character is a pink Triceratops dressed as a strawberry milk carton.
March 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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New Dessert Dino keychains!! Shop update coming soon 😊 In the meantime, I have a few items on sale: venacarr.com

#dinosaurs #cuteart #cartoon #acryliccharms #oc #ocsky #illustration
A photo of a hand holding two Dessert Dino acrykic charm keychains. One is a jaw breaker pachycephalosaurus, and the other is a carrot cake pterodactyl. They are both cute and friendly.
February 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Happy Valentine's Day 💝

This is one of my latest new & improved greeting cards 🥰 The design is something I came up with years ago and recently revisited 😊

#greetingcard #cuteart #cutefoodart #illustration #stationery
A photo of a cute pink greeting card. It has illustrations of various chocolate-covered strawberries. They have happy faces. There is text above them that says "you're so sweet".
February 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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New Dessert Dino! Strawberry Milk Trike 🍓

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An illustration of a strawberry milk Triceratops. She has a pink body with pink spots, and she is wearing a giant pink strawberry milk carton. She has red toes, a red nose horn, and pale green head horns.
February 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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New greeting card design for Valentine's Day 💘
A photo of a Valentine's Day card on a pink backdrop. The card has an illustration of a cute ice cream sundae in a glass dish. The sundae is smiling with its tongue out and winking. It is covered in lots of chocolate sauce, as well as whipped cream, red heart sprinkles, and a cherry on top. There is text above the sundae that says "you are sweet & saucy". The background behind the sundae is pale pink with small pink hearts.
February 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Baby Tricerapops acrylic & epoxy keychain! I was thinking about making strawberry and watermelon versions 😋

#characterdesign #dinosaurs #cuteart #art #oc #ocsky #procreate
A photo of an acrylic keychain. The charm is a popsicle Triceratops. His head is an upside-down popsicle with two sticks. The sticks are his head horns, and the popsicle is a gradient from blue to pale pink to hot pink. His small nose horn is also hot pink. His body is purple with purple stripes. He is smiling but looks mishevious. The charm is very glossy and shiny. The keychain hardware is a gold-coloured metal clip. There are a few 3D paper origami stars around the keychain.
February 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Sea turtle painting! I'm really proud of this one ☺️

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A framed paintings of a sea turtle swimming above a coral reef. The turtle is pink and yellow, and the rocks and coral below it are blue and green, with a couple of sea stars and barnacles on the rocks. There are silhouettes of fish in the background. The frame is white, and there are colourful paper stars around the frame.
February 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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New Patreon mini print available today! Anyone who signs up for the Paleo Prints tier this month will receive Jelly Ceratorollus 💘 patreon.com/venacarrillustration
A blue graphic that says "February Patreon Reward," followed by an illustration of a jelly roll Ceratosaurus, followed by more text that says "Jelly Ceratorollus 7x5 Art Print". The dinosaur has a body made from a jelly vanilla roll cake with a swirl of strawberry jelly inside and white frosting outside with chocolate drizzle. The dino's head and neck are also white, with strawberry horns; one on the nose and one over each eye. The forearms and tail are also white with chocolate details, and the legs are bare yellow cake with chocolate drizzle.
February 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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New Dessert Dino in the works 🍓

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A partially completed painting of a pink Triceratops wearing a strawberry milk carton. She has green horns on her head and a bright red nose horn. The artist's hand can be seen holding a painting brush in the lower right corner.
January 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Hi friends! Just want to quickly mention that there's just a few days left to claim this Patreon mini print of Lioscotti 😋 There will be a new Dessert Dino available in February 💘 patreon.com/venacarrillustration

#art #illustration #cuteart #oc #ocsky #dinosaurs #paleoart
A pink graphic featuring an illustration of my character Lioscotti. He is a biscotti Liopleurodon. He is January's Patreon mini print. The print measures 7x5 inches. The text reads "January Patreon reward", followed by Lioscotti's picture, then followed by more text that says "Lioscotti 7x5 Art Print".
January 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Another sea creature painting today!! This time, it's manta rays 💙 Created in 2024 with watercolor, gouache, and pencil 🎨

#seacreatures #mantaray #painting #watercolor #illustration #mixedmedia ##cuteart #art
A framed illustration of two manta rays. The one in the background is swimming upside down. Instead of black, the manta rays are a mix of blue and pink but still have their signature white chevrons. The white is pale pink, and there are blue fish swimming around the manta rays. Behind the mantas, in the center of the illustration, is a radial burst of light beams. The manta rays are smiling. The picture frame is white, and around the frame, there are multicolored paper origami stars.
January 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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COMPY CANDY 💙
A cotton candy Compsagnathus from 2023. I wanted to make him very fluffy like a silkie chicken haha. Another one to maybe revisit some day.

#dinosaurs #cutefoodart #characterdesign #oc #ocsky #mixedmedia #characterart #illustration
An illustration of a cotton candy Compsagnathus. His skin is pale pink with pink stripes, but most of his body is covered by fluffy blue cotton candy. He's also wearing a paper cone—like what is used to serve cotton candy at a carnival—on his head like a party hat.
January 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Some non-dinosaur art today! I also have a series of sea creature paintings, and this is one of my latest 💙 I love sharks 🥰

#watercolour #paintings #mixedmedia #sharks #seacreatures #cuteart #art #illustration
A painting of a pink great white shark. He has a big friendly smile, and there are some fish in the foreground and background. The fish are mostly silhouettes with small details to suggest faces. There are rays of light near the sharks face, and his smile is sparking. There are lots of watercolour textures. The artwork is displayed in a white mat and a pink frame.
January 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Did you guys know about dinosaurpictures.org ??

I'm about to get so inspired 😤
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January 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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TIRAMISAURUS REX 😋 Illustrated in 2022. Tiramisu is probably my favourite dessert 😊
An illustration of a T-Rex tiramisu hybrid. The T-Rex has a yellow cake body with layers of mascarpone. From the top of the head all the way to the tail is a brown layer of cocoa powder. Balanced on the tip of his tail is two coffee beans. He has two chocolate shavings on top of his head. He is smiling.
January 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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ICE CREAM TAIYAKI PLESIOSAUR 🍦 Or Tai for short 💖 Illustrated in 2023 with watercolour, gouache, and colour pencil. I was briefly experimenting with cross hatching during that year.

#characterdesign #paleoart #conceptart #characterconceptart #oc #ocsky #mixedmedia
An illustration of a taiyaki (fish-shaped waffle) ice cream and plesiosaur hybrid. The back half of the plesiosaur is the taiyaki cone. It is beige. The front half of the plesiosaur is pink soft serve ice cream. The front flippers are strawberry slices. There are red, yellow, and blue sprinkles on the back and neck of the plesiosaur. He is smiling with his mouth open.
January 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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PUMPKIN PINOSAURUS 🧡

Popular sticker but not a popular print 🥲 Funny how that works out sometimes, haha. And after drawing this I learned that there is a lot of HEATED debate over Spinosaurus 😵 But I still like this #characterdesign and might revisit it eventually.

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January 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Hey folks! I just wanted to quickly mention that I'm on Patreon, and you can join for free if you would like to receive my monthly newsletter 😊 www.patreon.com/venacarrillu...

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A graphic featuring four illustrated "Dessert Dinos": an ice cream taiyaki plesiosaur, a pumpkin pie spinosaurus, a strawberry shortcake stegosaurus, and an ice cream carnotaurus. The text says "I'm on Patreon".
January 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Wow, 100 followers!! Thanks so much for being here. It was a little scary starting fresh on a new platform. I can't wait to share more art with you all 😊
A craft show table with displays full of colourful artwork. The tablecloth is pink, and there is a banner that reads "Vena Carr Illustration". The artist behind the stall is wearing a black and red vlouse and a red head bandana. The artwork features lots of dinosaurs and cryptids, and the products include art prints, keychains, greeting cards, and stickers.
January 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Chocolate Milk Trike 🍫

This is the baby version I designed for keychains and stickers 😊

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A picture of an acrylic keychain. The artwork is a cartoon Triceratops dressed as a small carton of chocolate milk. The triceratops is beige with light brown spots, light yellow head hormsz and bright pink toes and nose horn. The milk cartoon is brown and pink, with text that reads "Dino Dairy" and "Chocolate Milk". This is a photo of the other side of the same chocolate milk triceratops keychain. The spots are in different places on this side. The colour scheme and text is the same, but the expiration date reads "65 million years ago".
January 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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JELLY CERATOROLLUS 🍓

This is my first painting of 2025! She is a strawberry jelly roll cake Ceratosaurus 😋 I created her with watercolour, colour pencil, and gouache 🎨

#characterdesign #originalcharacter #dinosaurs #oc #ocsky #watercolor #mixedmedia
January 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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I made a baby version of my Carrotdactyl Cake!! This is the style I like to work in when I make digital art. This lil guy will become stickers and keychains 🥰

#digitalart #cuteart #paleoart #art #illustration #characterdesign #oc #ocsky #procreate
A digital illustration of a baby pterodactyl and carrot cake hybrid. He has a big orange carrot for a head, with the crest of his head being the leafy green part of the carrot. His body is a deep orange-brown, and his stubby little wings are stretched out mid flight. His wings are made of carrot cake, complete with cream cheese frosting and crushed walnuts. He is very happy and cute.
January 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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DIMACARON 💖 He is a macaron Dimorphodon! There is a patisserie in my town that makes beautiful macarons that inspired this prehistoric friend 😋

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An illustration of a macaron Dimorphodon (pterosaur) hybrid. The body of the Dimorphodon is pink and makes up the filling of the macaron. The cookie parts are blue and have small pink, yellow, blue, and white sprinkles. He is flying and smiling with his mouth open, revealing a few of his teeth.
January 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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ANKYLOSMORUS 🔥 Another Dessert Dino design I would like to revisit. Illustrated in 2022 with watercolor, gouache, and pencil 🎨

#oc #ocsky #dinosaurs #ankylosaurus #characterdesign #paleoart #art #illustration
An illustration of an Ankylosaurus snd smores hybrid. His body is yellow and orange. He has white horns on his head and white bumps on his legs and tail. On his back is a big slab of melting chocolate. On top of the chocolate is a toasted marshmallow. The marshmallow is on fire, and their is another smaller flaming toasted marshmallow on the tip of his tail. The marshmallows are beginning to char. His stance is somewhat aggressive as if he is ready to attack or defend.
January 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM