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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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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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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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#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

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don't act like your #paleoart is superior because you're afraid to be wrong about the >unknown<

22/09/28 01:11

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It's funny to me that some ppl think of me as the gnarly violent dino combat #paleoart dude (which isn't untrue) but I'm also the dude who has painted tons of pretty plant life, sparkly fish & invertebrates, & animals nesting & parenting... so maybe thats an external bias 🤷‍♂️

22/09/26 13:20

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Imo the primary aim of #paleoart should be to glorify the mind-bogglingly vast, complex, & nearly-eternal beauty of our living planet. (This piece from #SavageAncientSeas, a 2018 collab w/ @TrieboldPaleo & @Mosasaurologist ) #naturalhistory #nature #biosphere #marinebiology

22/09/25 04:37

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Ayo #FossilFriday, here's that hot pink #Dilophosaurus for @ZionNPS yall ordered. I turnt the noggin up to full reef fish mode for the breeding season. Full view next tweet. #paleoart #traditionalpainting

22/09/16 23:47

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Before... (#sketch) & after... (#traditionalpainting for @ZionNPS ) Bonus points if you know the dinosaur track-type made by small #theropod #dinosaurs like these that have been found in the park... #paleoart

22/09/15 23:45

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Sustaining and promoting #biodiversity should be a foundational & guiding value for all humans and our societies. All other values are less crucial to our species' long term survival. Anyway here's a family of #Seitaad #dinosaurs I painted at life size for @ZionNPS. #paleoart

22/09/15 01:25