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Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · 9d

@extinctmonsters.bsky.social oh wow Ben thank you for tagging me, I would never have known 😂 it looks incredible 🔥🔥🔥

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Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · 9d

Oh wow, finally installed!!! Looking absolutely EPIC 🤩

Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 9d

At long last, Beth Zaiken’s spectacular He’ll Creek mural is permanently installed in the Sue gallery!

Corner display with a verdant mural of dinosaurs and other creatures in a swamp, over four cases with small fossils.

View of right side of mural, with resting T. rex in the center.

View of left side of the mural, with Pachycephalosaurus among some cypress

Big T. rex skeleton on platform, mural visible in the far distance

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 16d

The stupendous, monumental and awesome Mesozoic Art II is officially out in shops TOMORROW and we know that many people who've ordered one have already received their own copies. Here are thoughts on this amazing book ... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/9/... #books #art #paleoart #palaeoart

Mesozoic Art II, Palaeoart Portfolio for the 2020s — Tetrapod Zoology

Among the most successful of books I’ve been involved in are those devoted to palaeoart. In particular, I’m thinking here of 2022’s Mesozoic Art , edited by Steve White and myself and published by Bl...

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Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · Mar 14

Adorable ❤️

Iben Krutt 🇳🇴 @ibenkrutt.bsky.social · Mar 14

ZOOP!, 2015
What if dromaeosaurs did the heron thing?

A small dromaeosaurs with green heron markings and a skrunched up neck.

A small dromaeosaurs with green heron markings and a REALLY LONG neck!

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Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · Jan 15

Hey look—now y’all can follow my friend and fellow coin designer/nature illustrator @emilydamstra.com , she’s the bees knees! 🐝

Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Jan 10

For my first post here, I'm sharing a little collage of my work: three natural science illustrations and one coin design. I've been a self-employed illustrator for nearly 25 years now, so this is a small sampling. Many more examples here: emilydamstra.com

#sciart #paleoart #coindesign #fishart

Illustration of bumble bee on aster; illustration of ammonoid; illustration of rainbow trout head; image of American Silver Eagle coin

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Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · Dec 6

Hey y’all should follow my friend @kevinbeaudin.bsky.social , an inspired painter of magical critters and fellow maker of prehistoric monsters!

Kevin Beaudin @kevinbeaudin.bsky.social · Dec 6

Hey #bluesky,
Reintroducing myself for all the new folks!
Personal work & kayaking = www.instagram.com/kevin_beaudi...

Day job= www.rhinocentral.com

@bsky.art #SciArt #paleoart #animalart #sculpture #painting #artistsonbluesky

Blue Rhino Studio

Blue Rhino Studio is a leading artistic exhibit fabricator and designer for museum exhibits, visitor centers, educational institutions, zoos and aquariums throughout the United States and around the w...

www.rhinocentral.com

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Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · Nov 26

Always thought this was impressive af 👏👏👏

Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · Nov 23

These are lovely, some remind me a bit of a roadrunner (an excellent bird of course)

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Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · Nov 23

Oh yuck. Dodged a bullet there though, you deserve so much better 🫶

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Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · Nov 23

A Tylosaurus chomping a smaller mosasaur (platecarpus) for Bluesky! 🥂

Tylosaurus grabs a smaller mosasaur, Platecarpus from the ocean surface

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Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · Nov 17

I started my career as a traditional painter, and I used to hand-paint gigantic canvas murals (like this 58’x14’ one from 2015 (c) Blue Rhino Studio). These days I’ve transitioned to doing the same kind of work, only digitally.

Beth Zaiken paints a monumental mural featuring elk, bison and mammoths in a scenic river valley landscape

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Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · Nov 17

Should probably remind folks I’m also an illustrator, you might see my work out in the wild on a cover like this recent one for Scientific American

Tyrannosaurus rex approaches a wary triceratops on a Cretaceous floodplain

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Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · Nov 17

Oh RJ what have you gotten yourself into now 😆

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Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · Nov 14

Throwback Thursday (are we still doing this?) to that time I was a Homotherium dentist....

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Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · Nov 14

New sabretooth just dropped! Well, scimitar-toothed if we’re being serious

Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · Nov 14

This is not a drill, a mummified sabretooth cat has been published from the #Pleistocene permafrost of Russia. It's a Homotherium cub! The team (Lopatin et al.) reckon it's Homotherium latidens. It's too young to have enlarged upper canines. Paper is OA ... www.nature.com/articles/s41... cont...

Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia

www.nature.com

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Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · Nov 14

Love the ‘alaska’ vibes in this one 🔥

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Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · Nov 13

Yup that’s her! 😊

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Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · Nov 12

Reintroducing myself here—I’m a #PaleoArtist (illustrator of natural history), sculptor/fabricator and lead #muralist at Blue Rhino Studio. Here’s a popular pic of me doing a small part of the job—creating #dinosaurs! #quetzalcoatlus

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R_Slumber🐀 @rodshark.one · Apr 20

Reminder to my artist friends that this awesome site exists. It lets you pick a species of animal, set the orientation of the skull, and then search for pictures of that animal that match the skull position.

Also, consider tipping the creator if you found it useful!

x6ud.github.io#/

A screenshot from the website https://x6ud.github.io/#/ showing a gallery of pictures of wolves all looking up, matching the direction of the skull that I set.

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Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · Nov 12

Honestly don’t know where to be putting my energy these days. Posting new work feeds the AI beast, besides the algorithms seem to severely limit the reach when I do, compared to past results. Anyone out there have advice here? #art #artist

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Jeanne Timmons @mostlymammoths.bsky.social · Mar 21

"Telling stories in #art has always been essential to how I navigate the world." @bzaiken.bsky.social

readingroom.money.org/qa-with-beth...

Q&A with Beth Zaiken

A narrative-driven artist brings her love of storytelling to the bold designs she produces for the United States Mint.

readingroom.money.org

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Jeanne Timmons @mostlymammoths.bsky.social · Jul 5

#FossilFriday Scientists sequenced Siberian #mammoth genomes from genetically healthy animals to those who were isolated on Wrangel Island before extinction. What they found has implications for endangered animals today. 🦣

(Art: @bzaiken.bsky.social)
arstechnica.com/science/2024...

DNA from mammoth remains reveals the history of the last surviving population

The mammoths of Wrangel Island purged a lot of harmful mutations before dying off.

arstechnica.com

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Beth Zaiken @bzaiken.bsky.social · Oct 18

Well let’s try out this new establishment….hello! I’m Beth, a paleoartist, science illustrator, museum muralist, diorama creator, dinosaur builder, and hey I also design coins and medals for the US Mint. #paleoart #bluerhinostudio

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