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When we find bizarre & unbelievable creatures in the #fossil record, I don't approach #paleoart by asking "how can I make this animal seem more 'believable'?" My #paleoartprocess starts by asking "how bizarre was it really? & how much bizarreness is was never fossilized?"

23/07/28 00:04

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#FURCATOCERATOPS is finally published! I had the pleasure of doing a life reconstruction of this animal for @WesternCenter a few years back because they bought a cast of the skull from @TrieboldPaleo. #Dinosaur #ceratopsian #paleoart twitter.com/Dinoh555/statu…

23/07/21 01:02

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Paleontology since the 1960s: #Ceratopsian #dinosaurs had "turtle-like beaks" (Ostrom 1966) #Paleoart: Could #Archosauromorphs🐊 have lips? Cheeks? 🐢Turtles: Yes. And beaks. #Dinosaur & #Pterosaur #fossils: oh & hair too. Me... 🤷‍♂️ #Paleoart #Archosaur #Protoceratops

23/07/21 00:10

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AYOOoo #PortfolioDay2023 #Portfolioday My name is Brian Engh & I'm an artist & filmmaker who works w/ museums & scientists to reconstruct ancient ecosystems (& I enjoy imagining alien ones) I like to work BIG, ask me about my #mural & #dinosaur #sculpture #paleoartprocess

23/07/12 04:30

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Sketchy #Harpactognathus for #JurassicReimagined. #pterosaur #morrisonformation #Jurassic #paleoart #palaeoart

23/07/05 08:05

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The #Permian diorama at the @DenverMuseumNS is vibes. #paleoart

23/07/03 11:15

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Here's #Mirarce sitting on its distant relative #Utahceratops while i work on new things #birdsaredinosaurs #fossilfriday #paleontology #paleoart #palaeoart #bird #fossil #ceratopsian #sunset

23/06/23 23:00

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Apropros of nothing #paleoartprocess

23/06/07 16:22

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Contra to the famine mentality common in #paleoart, I want more artists working in the artform & getting hella paid so that a living wage for #palaeoart is normalized. More pro artists making rad art = more audience wanting the art, which means more financial basis for the art.

23/05/07 15:27

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bivalve #paleoart is my actual lane tho

23/04/21 05:52

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diplodocoid #sauropod #dinosaur & semionotiform #fish grazing on #algae drawn for my friend/mentor Mathew Wedel #paleoart #palaeoart

23/02/19 05:19

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AYO its #PortfolioDay?!? I'm Brian Engh, I tell ancient stories. I'm currently working on a #paleontology /#paleoart #documentary called #JurassicReimagined. I also paint murals, sculpt life sized creatures, build puppets & make music. I combine #traditionalart & digital.

23/01/12 15:30

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doodle imagining #Spinosaurus belly-sliding across mudflats like a #crocodile & using its long snout to pull snacks from the mud like dozens of species of long-billed #shorebirds. #paleoart #palaeoart #dinosaur #mudskipper #slipandslide

23/01/05 02:20

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#Tyrannosaurs were weird. Working on a video about the science & art that went into this reconstruction of #Dynamoterror for @westerncenter #tyrannosaurus #lythronax #teratophoneus #trex #theropod #dinosaur #sculpture #paleoart #exhibitdesign

22/12/31 06:51

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#lifesize #Dilophosaurus #sculpture #paleoart #naturalhistory #exhibitdesign #animalsculpture #dinosaur #dinosaursculpture

22/12/23 01:43

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ok but forealztho, I am not against reconstructing #Spinosaurus with soft tissues inspired by tiny semiaquatic #lizards, but let's explore that (wildass speculation) further...🧵 #paleoart #dinosaurs #basilisk #sailfindragon #hydrosaurus #herpetology

22/12/21 05:50

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I for one welcome surface-bound-halibut/aircraft carrier #Spinosaurus into the pantheon of un-knowable #dinosaur feeding hypotheses. (seen here cooperatively thrash-feeding in the shallows w/ saw-nosed guitarfish & misc #pterosaurs on Diplomystus) #paleoart #fish #shark twitter.com/OliverDemuth…

22/12/08 04:55

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😂ok but hear me out bruh... #spinosaurus #paleoart #palaeoart #paleontology #boring

22/12/02 06:36

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current mood. #JurassicReimagined #morrisonformation #jurassic #paleoart #palaeoart #dinosaur #fossil #taphonomy #documentaryfilm #paleontology #scicomm #sciart

22/11/29 15:28

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#Megaraptorid #dino I sketched for a supporter a few years back. I'm wild honored to have a core of ppl who've been supporting my art for several years now. I absolutely would not have been able to focus on developing my skills, personal projects & #paleoart w/o yall. Thanks🦕

22/11/14 02:50

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Awesome to meet yall at #2022SVP! So impressed by all the early career researchers doing revolutionary & fascinating work! Every time I go to SVP i come away feeling like my wildest #paleoart ideas will seem tame or boring in a few years 🤯🤯🤯 Thank you all for the inspiration

22/11/07 04:17

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Listen idk how this info will help you, but i do feel it's important for ppl to know that there were smol species of #Dimetrodon that lived in the mountains & were only about the size of a chunky lil pitbull (around 25kg {55 lbs}). #permian #paleoart #2022SVP

22/11/05 00:21

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Plz note: insect trails in sand left behind by the cleanup crew -signs of desiccation even though this is a humid climate (shore of Great Lake) & it was storming & wet recently. -differential preservation (so far) of soft tissues on diff parts of body /diff species #paleoart

22/10/23 06:08

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...because that's what evolution has been doing for millions of years. (hence so many life forms being unpredictably bizarre) For me, #paleoart is a playground for exploring evolutionary possibilities. Our imaginations should be as unbridled as the bizarre forms nature shows us.

22/10/07 13:35

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why is depicting what we humans* feel is "most likely" the ultimate goal to strive for in #paleoart? Do you get a prize or something if some day we find a complete dino mummy fossil & you got everything right? *we humans who have been historically wrong about everything

22/10/07 13:27