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Emily Willoughby

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1 year

I finished the sketch I posted a while back of Daurlong, a recently-described little dromaeosaurid dinosaur from Early Cretaceous (Aptian) China. Cute little fellow!

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Another newish painting from my book, and another of my very earliest attempts at working in oil pastels. Aerosteon, a genus of megaraptoran dinosaur from the Late Campanian of Argentina, grapples with the bird Patagopteryx.

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Another new pic from my book, Drawing and Painting Dinosaurs. A Velociraptor mother protects her babies from the oncoming sandstorm. Gouache. #paleoart

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"You are what you eat": The dromaeosaur #Deinonychus composed of a variety of animals from the Cloverly and adjacent formations. I would love to someday do a children's book filled with illustrations like this for different formations all over the world. #paleoart #dinosaurs

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2 years

Yeah a quail covey is pretty darn cute and all, but how about… a covey of dromaeosaurs?

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2 years

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1 year

The birdlike theropod dinosaur Rahonavis has a splash while the frog from hell, Beelzebufo, looks on. Late Cretaceous Madagascar, ~70 million years ago. #paleoart #dinosaurs

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2 years

@zangreene @garius Agreed!

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2 years

1/ So, today there has been an outpouring of accusations levied against me, mostly concerning the research that I do as a PhD researcher in behavior genetics. Most of what has been said today is either stated in ignorance or has been blatantly false.

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2 years

I missed #DeinonychusDay , in honor of the paper in which paleontologist John Ostrom announced and named the #dinosaur species Deinonychus antirrhopus – February 25, 1969. Here are a couple of new #Deinonychus pieces from my book, Drawing and Painting Dinosaurs.

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3 years

I had time to color this today during seminars. Deinonychus floofs! Gift for @XaneFeather . ❤️

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2 years

A pair of the enantiornithine Avisaurus wings over a herd of Edmontosaurus on the move as the evening sun sets on Hell Creek.

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1 year

New illustration of Deinonychus.

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2 years

As per @BStokkermans 's comment about many Caihong illustrations not looking terribly naturalistic, I was inspired to try my own hand at this iridescent, pigeon-sized little paravian dinosaur doing its thing. I rather like how it turned out, for a relatively quick painting.

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2 years

I recently had the honor of painting an enormous 5' x 8' mural for a new bird exhibit at the University of Minnesota's @BellMuseum . If you live around Minneapolis, go check it out! I'll be sharing some crops of the full Jehol biota scene, starting with a pair of Confuciusornis.

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2 years

3/ IQ has been used for bad things in the past, but it is not a 'discredited myth.' It is an imperfect but useful measure. This is completely non-controversial in modern psychology.

Intelligence

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5 years

I imagine Deinonychus as an opportunistic predator grabbing small prey when possible, e.g. wild canids and felids. Here it crashes into shallow water to snatch an eel. Another sketch that began as a doodle at a conference—but I do have a big new paleoart painting to share soon!

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Emily Willoughby

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4 years

Almost everything of worth I produced this year I can’t yet share, but here’s some pencil crap I did. #Artof2019

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3 years

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3 years

I still think about the 2014 study on how non-avian theropods walked, by attaching a plunger to the butt of a chicken.

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3 years

For the past year, I've spent little time doing anything apart from working on #paleoart book and my dissertation, both of which are now recently complete! I spent my first free weekend in ages making a fun #Deinonychus animation, based on Rescuers Down Under eagle. Next: color!

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4 years

My last painting of 2019 was a little Deinonychus in gouache, running happily along. #paleoart

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6 years

Just a chirp-a-derp.

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5 years

Another pencil drawing finished up at a conference. Two rival male Deinonychus have a power scuffle. Poses inspired by two wonderful paintings: 'Hawking in the Olden Time' by Edwin Henry Landseer, and black falcon by Tony Pridham.

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2 years

5/ Most behavioral traits are heritable. This does NOT mean that traits are fixed, immutable or deterministic. We are animals that evolved, and our behaviors reflect individual differences that have both genetic and environmental sources.

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2 years

I have so many unfinished #paleoart sketches on my iPad. Here are four that I rather liked before they reached various stages of abandonment: Archaeopteryx, Hell Creek K-T scene, Deinonychus pair, and Argentavis pair. Which (if any) should I finish first?

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4 years

This Forbes article suggests that countries with female leaders seem to do better in response to COVID-19. I scraped some pandemic statistics for different countries along with the gender of each country's leader: No significant gender effects at all. 🤷‍♀️

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2 years

Thanks to @albertonykus 's helpful tip about female Confuciusornis apparently lacking retrices altogether, I updated my crop of the mural I painted for the Bell Museum. While I was at it, I improved a few other minor things. Too late for the mural, but still worthwhile imo.

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3 years

Quick Deinonychus sketch (lines + quick color version) done on Procreate today.

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7 years

Description of new paravian Serikornis, nicknamed "Silky", published finally online, so I can share my illustration!

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2 years

6/ Heritability is a proportion of variance. Something that’s 50% heritable has 50% of its variance explained by sources other than genetics. The fact that IQ is “heritable” only means that the variance in IQ explained by genetics is above 0%.

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2 years

Here's another crop from my Jehol mural for the @BellMuseum : The pterosaur Ningchengopterus swoops towards to grab the fish Lycoptera, while Sinosauropteryx munches on a dragonfly behind.

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2 years

Another belated entry for #DeinonychusDay from my book, Drawing and Painting Dinosaurs, along with an excerpt of text that accompanies it.

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5 years

Pencil drawing of Ambopteryx, a bizarre feathered #dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China, pursuing a snakefly. Ambopteryx was about the size of a pigeon and had, rather than aerodynamic lift-generating feathers, bat-like wing membranes supported by a wrist stylus. #paleoart

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2 years

4/ Here are some more mainstream, uncontroversial sources that discuss intelligence (as imperfectly measured by IQ) and its genetic basis:

Top 10 Replicated Findings from Behavioral Genetics

In the context of current concerns about replication in psychological science, we describe 10 findings from behavioral genetic research that have robustly replicated. These are ‘big’ findings, both...

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2 years

Another crop from my Jehol biota mural for the @BellMuseum in Minneapolis: The four-winged dromaeosaur Microraptor swoops down from a tree as a herd of the sauropod Dongbeititan browse in the background.

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Emily Willoughby

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5 years

Your requisite reminder that feathered dinosaurs don’t need to be ‘scary’, because they were real animals that didn’t give a fuck about what fanboys thought was cool or not.

Natee 🕊🍉 (they/them)

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5 years

On a related note, it frustrates me that we're needing to rebuff the 'feathered dinosaurs aren't scary' crowd by demonstrating the opposite. Yes, countless predatory birds are metal as heck, but it's infantile that we're needing this as some kind of 'coolness' measure.

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2 years

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5 years

Another dinosaur pencil drawing that I've been working on very slowly for a very long time. A pair of Hesperonychus watch over their trio of awkward, half-naked and half-fluffy nestling chicks. Inspired by this beautiful photo:

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3 years

Quick 1-day gouache painting for a friend. Giganotosaurus crosses a stream and pauses to consider two foraging Buitreraptor before moving on. His belly is already full, and he wants to enjoy a peaceful evening. #paleoart

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4 years

Here's a piece of #paleoart I haven't shared online before: My updated rendition of Epidexipteryx, with hypothesized wing membranes informed by Yi qi. You can find this and other updated pieces in the newly-released 2nd ed of God's Word or Human Reason?:

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2 years

2/ I do research on cognitive ability & genetics. Most modern research about these topics, including mine, does not concern race or eugenics.

Emily A. Willoughby

University of Minnesota Twin Cities - Cited by 2,712 - behavior genetics - intelligence - evolution - illustration

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2 years

I also updated some of the plant life in my Jehol mural, starting with my Microraptor crop! I’ve replaced the ambiguous palmatipartite leaves with the familiar Ginkgo apodes, this time thanks to @JulianPalaeoART .

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3 years

Omg. My friend Vickie, a very talented stained-glass maker, just sent me this, made from one of my little Deinonychus paintings. 😍 It's amazing!

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5 years

I got some toned sketch paper and some new pens, so took a couple hours to sketch out a stylized #Deinonychus , subsequently colored in Photoshop. #Paleoart

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5 years

Sneak peek at a new big finished #paleoart painting—can't release the full thing quite yet, but was told a teaser is okay. ;) Who might have such unique coloration...?

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3 years

Trying out Procreate on the iPad with a Bambiraptor! Open-mouthed version in comments. Coloration is loosely based on the fantastic yellow-throated marten. #paleoart #dromaeosaur

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2 years

7/ There are many progressive geneticists who recognize the reality of these things, and I agree with them that understanding these issues accurately is required for social progress. Paige Harden is a good read on this topic.

Opinion | Why Progressives Should Embrace the Genetics of Education (Published 2018)

The science can be harnessed to create a more equal society.

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Emily Willoughby

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4 years

A quick sketch of the new Spinosaurus for a young fan. 😊

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6 years

The diagram that I created for Lee et al. (2018) on genetic variants associated with education and cognitive ability. (Full text: ) Synapse in action, and the role of 59 genes prioritized in the GWAS. Amazingly cool... Literally the stuff of thoughts.

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Emily Willoughby

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4 years

I made this to use on lecture slides for my class on personality and individual differences. :>

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Emily Willoughby

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3 years

Many thanks to @TetZoo and @thejohnconway for inviting me to host one of the paleoart workshop rooms at this year’s TetZooCon, and thank you to everyone who attended! My demo Deinonychus in gouache was a 40 minute quick piece, but I think I’ll enjoy finishing it.

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Emily Willoughby

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2 years

9/9 All of my research is posted on my website. If you would like to ask questions, or want to read a full paper, I encourage that and am happy to respond to civil queries.

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Emily Willoughby

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10 months

Some recent photos from a trip up to the North Shore of Lake Superior. Night sky, American redstart, tree swallows having a disagreement, and chestnut-sided warbler. See the rest of the gallery on my SmugMug (link in comments).

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4 years

Am I doing it right? 🤓

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4 years

A quick warmup gouache sketch turned into a thing inspired by Calvin and Hobbes as well as @Geeky_dino ’s “Tyrant and Holtz”. Oh the adventures they have! One tries to photograph warblers, the other dreams of warbler drumsticks.

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Emily Willoughby

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2 years

Another piece of new(ish) art from my book that I haven't posted yet: A pair of Deinonychus meander slowly through a humid, sunlit jungle. This was my first foray into oil pastels—very tricky and messy medium! Still have much to learn. #paleoart #Deinonychus

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4 years

Utahraptor pencil drawing. #paleoart #dinosaur

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3 years

A fairly undisciplined but fun Brachiosaurus.

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5 years

Allosaurus-inspired theropod sketch thing

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5 years

New #paleoart ! Anchiornis father feeds young at the nest, gouache & digital. Painted to accompany a lovely poem by Jonathan Kane in what will hopefully be a published anthology one of these days. Read the poem over on @Palaeopoems ’s kind article!

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1 year

I missed Deinonychus Day, but here’s a little sketch of the newly described dromaeosaur Daurlong. Not sure if I’ll finish it, but it’s turning out pretty cute so far.

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3 years

2 things I recently learned: 1) Einiosaurus was named for the Blackfoot word for buffalo. 2) In the 70s a paleontologist proposed that ceratopsian frills were fused into body muscle: Hence: Buffalo lizard. He enjoys grass and goes well with bleu cheese.

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2 years

Another update to my Jehol mural with the addition of Leefructus, an early member of the eudicot order Ranunculales. The pterosaur Ningchengopterus swoops towards to grab the fish Lycoptera, while Sinosauropteryx munches on a dragonfly behind. Thanks again to @JulianPalaeoART

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4 years

Three little pen drawings of everyone’s favorite Claw Most Terrible. #paleoart #Deinonychus

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@eawilloughby

4 years

I tried my hand at wood burning (pyrography) for the first time, and found it pretty fun! What do you think?

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3 years

I'm giving a talk on paleoart for the Rochester Academy of Science Fossil Section in about 45 minutes. Wish me luck! 😊

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5 years

THE ENFLUFFENING

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2 years

@papaliktoo @algedonode @OlufemiOTaiwo This.

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4 years

Another quick little attempt at wood burning/pyrography, this time featuring everyone’s favorite terrible claw.

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2 years

8/ About the drawing from ~13 years ago. I did not draw this—it was a commission with my Jewish ex-boyfriend who thought it was funny. It does not reflect my worldview. Other artworks from this time were drawn or commissioned in the context of my relationship with this person.

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5 years

Boing! 😁

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2 years

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6 years

This personalized book request asked for “a T. rex eating a creationist”. While I could have easily made it violent and gory, I ultimately decided this was much more amusing.

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@eawilloughby

6 years

Quetzalcoatlus. Probably my first-ever attempt at an azhdarchid pterosaur, and certainly my first at one on the ground! As a non-paleo colleague remarked at the sketch: "What an improbable-looking animal." Mad respect to @markwitton et al for mastering these weirdos' anatomy.

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6 years

Dakotaraptor: another book personalization request, this time for a young fan who has been very patient with my slow responses to his emails. Wanted to do a nice sketch for him to hopefully make up for it.

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@eawilloughby

6 years

A Dilophosaurus with a fish caught within the notch in her snout. Because it looks like a reasonable location for a fish to be.

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5 years

A silly dromaeosaur cartoon doodle for a lazy Saturday. Inspired by @HIYORATORY ’s adorable bird stickers! 😻

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5 years

Utahraptor pencil sketch WIP. Found this unfinished among some old art and might actually be inspired to finish it at some point. #paleoart

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1 year

Tickled by this replication in a completely independent data set! Take home point: Laypeople are surprisingly accurate when asked to estimate the relative genetic and environmental influences on various human traits.

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6 years

In doing another round of book signings today, wanted to keep the sketch requests interesting by trying a bit of a new pen style—inspired by the amazing @FalseKnees 's elegant, beautiful pen drawings. #paleoart #birds

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5 years

I guess it’s #VelociraptorAwarenessDay . Here’s a six-year-old painting of a Velociraptor who desperately wants you to be aware of him.

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6 years

Dromaeosaurs in general and Velociraptor in particular are oddly-named dinosaurs, with short ankles and long tibias unlikely to be well-suited for running quickly. Still, everyone has to sometimes.

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5 years

On and off sketch I've been working on in seminars & meetings for a month or so. Archaeopteryx mom and chick. Cute, but then you realize he's trying to get her to regurgitate half-digested fish for him. Yum! Inspired by this wonderful pic.

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5 years

A piece of original paleoart that most of you have never seen before—my rendition of Epidexipteryx hui from 2015, produced for the book "God's Word or Human Reason?". Just shortly before the announcement of Yi qi rendered my depiction of the arms and wings less probable. Oh well.

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Finished gouache & watercolor #Tyrannosaurus rex painting commission, with some Photoshop touchups. It's supposed to be a slightly fantastical piece (it's for a 7-year-old's birthday) and not strictly rigorous #paleoart .

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6 years

At a conference in Orange, CA and adhering to my tradition of doodling dinosaurs on the program. This Deinonychus was meant to be slashing his claw at the dragonfly, but it ended up looking the opposite of menacing so they are exchanging pleasantries instead.

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3 years

As some of you already know, I successfully defended my Ph.D. dissertation in January. But it hasn't quite felt real until I finally received this lovely and hard-earned piece of fancy paper a couple days ago. 😊 I am now, at long last, officially Dr. Willoughby.

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5 years

PSA: This is perhaps the simplest and most straightforward way that we know ceratopsian feet did not look or work like elephant feet.

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@Macbeth62944945 @BrolyBerserker @Himmapaan Exactly. Plus, we can look at footprints like these:

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A quick Dilophosaurus sketch based on the new material and @BrianEngh_Art ’s awesome reconstructions. Although the perceived “coolness“ of a dinosaur should be irrelevant to the principles of restoration, it’s still kind of fun when they turn out looking more badass than expected.

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10/10 Since others are wondering about my views on this: I think that eugenics programs and their supporters were unethical and a gross abuse of government power. None of my research has expressed support for this practice.

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Want to help fight COVID-19 from home? Lend your free CPU & GPU resources to projects like Rosetta via BOINC () and Folding @home (). Here’s a new Deinonychus WIP to inspire signal boosting.

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3 years

Years ago I recall hearing some vague whisperings of a possible color study conducted on Dilong, but never saw any follow up. Does anyone know of any potential unpublished materials on the coloration of Dilong?

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I miss being able to share "real" paleoart that isn't just a quick sketch, but I did find this slightly less-quick sketch from last year. Two generic unenlagians chill on a cliffside, inspired by the spotted shag (a type of cormorant, for the jokers in the audience).

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A little Jinfengopteryx painting I adapted from an older pic of a junglefowl I did for nature. I miss doing #paleoart .

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4 years

@Number10cat I couldn't choose just one, and had trouble narrowing it down to four. Working from home has been a wild ride for both of us, lemme tell you.

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My second attempt at bizarre scansoriopterygid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China, Yi qi. This time a more obviously bat-inspired restoration and hypothetical aposematic patterning.

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