kicking off #azhdarchidapril, we have Cryodrakon boreas, a giant azhdarchid from the dinosaur park formation of alberta, and the only #pterosaur from Canada to be named.
#PterosaurPtuesday
My final Canadian province #linocut is my home #province #Ontario along with its symbols, the common #loon and trillium. The block was inked 'à la poupée' (with different colours, black, green and yellow, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.
Ontario is where I was born and where I now call home. Growing up on Lake Ontario I was always aware of our region being defined by the Great Lakes, 1/2
announcing #azhdarchidapril a month in which i (and anyone else who wants to try) will attempt to illustrate a different azhdarchoid ( i ran out of azhdarchids proper) pterosaur every. single. day. (except for easter). marking the beginning of an effort to reconstruct every pterosaur taxon i plan on undergoing. (Background image obviously credited to @markwitton )
#art #paleoart #pterosaurs #sciart #april #dinosaurs
A vase in honor a dying star, Eta Carinae. Ashes of Eta, a star’s demise, In Carina’s wake, light fades from the eye. Embers are scattered, stardust crowned, The light slowly dims till darkness is found. #space #sciart #pottery #star #astronomy
For #PencilDay, I sketched this caiman peeking out of the water! Used my Pentel Graphgear 1000 pencils, mostly a .5mm with 4B lead. Getting the reflection right was a fun challenge! Fun fact: Caimans can stay underwater for up to 15 minutes before surfacing! #sciart #artyear
Here's another available mitosis painting! #sciart artologica.etsy.com/listing/1867...
A 3d model I made based on concept art by Jeff Zugale @jeffzugale
Enjoy.
My next Canadian province is Manitoba with its provincial animal the bison and flower the crocus (Anemone patens) in this linocut. The block was inked 'à la poupée' (with different colours, pale violet, umber and brown, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.
It's no mystery how the bison could symbolize this prairie province. Manitoba is one of the few places where 1/n
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
The 2022 Korean translation of Locked in Time (by Dr Dean Lomax & published by Columbia University Press) commissioned me to colourise my 50 greyscale illustrations. Here's "Condemning the host," showing a prehistoric wasp (Xenomorphia) injecting an egg into a fly pupa.