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Curtis Lanaghan
@clanaghan.bsky.social
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3d Artist and Illustrator
doodler of dinosaurs & dragons
No AI🚫 No Nazis🚫
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Curtis Lanaghan @clanaghan.bsky.social · Oct 27
“Dragging a ladder through long rows of bookshelves can be exhausting. It’s much more efficient to have a co-worker who’s able to reach the top shelves on their own or at least give you a boost climbing up.”

#miragaia #stegosaur #dinosaur #paleoart #library #librarian #books
clanaghan.bsky.social
“Even if you decide to build a home or business in the middle of nowhere you can almost guarantee a regular supply of visitors if there’s a trade route even remotely nearby. Everyone loves a pit stop after a long day on the road.”

#dinosaur #paleoart
February 9, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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legendarium.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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everydaymerlin.bsky.social
i made a whole ass youtube video for these damn brushes and i want to puke now, please share so i dont regret my life choices 😎👍
February 8, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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milesdraws.bsky.social
Fan art for @fa-revival.bsky.social wanted to draw some marine reptiles since I haven’t drawn many
#art #Paleoart #plesiosaur #paleontology
February 7, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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wuckeillustration.bsky.social
The Mushroom Dragon is a delicate creature that dwells upon the forest floor. It can take on the appearance of many kinds of mushrooms, hiding safely among them from predators. Though it cannot fly, it has the ability to glide between the trees.

#dragon #traditionalart #fantasy
February 7, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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emmalerae.bsky.social
Series Three has been completed just in time for ECCC! 5 more dinosaurs, 5 more birds, 5 new locations. You can now get prints and stickers of all 5 new designs. Series 4 is slated for October/November.

www.emmalerae.com/store.html
An image showing 5 illustrations of birds paired with dinosaur skulls: Albertosaurus and Magpie Utahraptor and Barn Owl Torvosaurus and Turkey Vulture Sinosaurus and Red Junglefowl Giganotosaurus and Chilean Flamingo below each reads the words "Dinosaurs Survived!" with the geological formations and locations of each.
February 6, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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emmalerae.bsky.social
Dinosaurs Survived!

All 15 designs so far.

www.emmalerae.com/store.html
An image showing 15 illustrations of birds paired with dinosaur skulls. Below each reads the words "Dinosaurs Survived!" with the geological formations and locations of each.
February 6, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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popcrave.com
FINNEAS defends sister Billie Eilish amid online backlash over her anti-ICE comments at GRAMMYs:

“Seeing a lot of very powerful old white men outraged about what my 24 year old sister said during her acceptance speech. We can literally see your names in the Epstein files.”
February 4, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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sanders.senate.gov
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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derptiles.art
Was just a meme but then so many people are getting away with horrible things 😑
Illustration of a crested gecko angrily sticking to the glass of her enclosure with the text “Touching grass is not enough, I need evil people to suffer.” Photo of my pet gecko GoobieWoobie sticking to the glass of her enclosure looking a little evil
February 4, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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sarahlsheffield.bsky.social
Opportunity for women students in paleontology! The Winifred Goldring Award will be presented to three women graduate students and the AWG Undergraduate Paleontology Award will be presented to a student pursuing a career in paleontology. Due April 30th. More information here: tinyurl.com/msdc3m68
Winifred goldring award: apply by April 30th! Coral decorative image in background
February 2, 2026 at 1:47 AM
clanaghan.bsky.social
Some more of my favorite commissions that I've worked on from the last few months
#dinosaur #paleoart
February 2, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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jameelawahlgren.bsky.social
Pinterest CEO says in layoff email: "We’re doubling down on an AI-forward approach – prioritizing AI-focused roles, teams, and ways of working"

So it's time for me to move to another platform to save images
Linkedin Post from a Pinterest designer reading: "Yesterday I was impacted by the Pinterest layoffs. I was Pinterest's only icon designer and product illustrator. In his email to the company, the CEO said "we’re doubling down on an AI-forward approach – prioritizing AI-focused roles, teams, and ways of working". I WAS working on AI projects including the Pinterest Assistant that soft-launched in October. If you haven't heard about that feature launch, you can find it on Pinterest's own newsroom or with a Google search. I was vocal internally about how our users don't want AI slop or features on the platform, how we as employees are feeling uncomfortable and discouraged about AI, and what I wanted from leadership. Last year, I told my manager I was worried about AI-based layoffs. I was told not to worry. At an onsite, we were told that "in the future", we would all be "managers of AIs". That I would be expected to manage some sort of AI employees, rather than craft and design my own work. Human-made art and design matter. I am never going to stop creating, even if the "home of inspiration" decides that creators are secondary to profits. If you want to support me, you can follow me on threads or instagram @bonniekatewolf where I post my hand-knit sweaters and oil paintings. If you want to hire a human illustrator, designer, or iconographer, my email and DMs are open for freelance, contract, or FTE roles."
February 1, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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eiffel.art
this painting is now available!

eiffel.art/store/into-t...
a tower stands imposingly on a mountaintop, a fiery sunset blazes behind it
January 30, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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markwitton.bsky.social
More new #paleoart and discussion at #Patreon: the colour schemes of Sinornithosaurus and Microraptor. What do we know, and what do their colours tell us? www.patreon.com/posts/sinorn...

#sciart #dinosaurs #paleontology #fossils
In a yellowing Cretaceous ginkgo tree, a chestnut, black and white Sinornithosaurus perches on a branch beneath a black, iridescent Microraptor. It has a small mammal in its jaws, which the Sinornithosaurus covets. Another Microraptor, all four wings spread, approaches to land. Ginkgo leaves fall around them, and X-shaped Microraptor silhouettes glide in the skies behind.
January 31, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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mollyflood.bsky.social
🍀I'm available for work!🍀

Storyboards & Revisions
-11 years exp.
-Action, Comedy, & Drama
-Prev. WBA, CNS, Nickelodeon, Rooster Teeth, NDA
Portfolio is private, but will provide with real offers.

📧 mollykflood@gmail
(reposts are appreciated!)
January 20, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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kaseysnow.bsky.social
It's Draw a Dinosaur Day! Let's draw some dinos!!!
www.twitch.tv/kaseysnowart

#DrawADinosaurDay #dinosaurs #SciArt
collage of dinosaur stickers from dinovember prompts
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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jlynnart.bsky.social
Don’t hold back 📣
A pair of theropods with their mouths open, giving a roar. Simple, clean piece. One color with white highlighting.
January 28, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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therbis.bsky.social
🖕🧊
January 28, 2026 at 6:18 PM
clanaghan.bsky.social
Some of my favorite commissions from the last few months
#dinosaur #paleoart
January 27, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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pattonoswalt.bsky.social
Just found out this dude’s store is called Dreamhaven Books. dreamhavenbooks.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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flyingtrilobite.com
If LLM data centres that serve generative AI platforms were erased from the Earth…

…we’d be fine.

They prop up nothing of essential value we can’t do ourselves.

If we let them proliferate for a generation, we may lose institutional expertise.
November 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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minouette.bsky.social
So today the 12yo has declared it Tayra Awareness Day!

I was new to the tayra myself, but we have now been made aware. The 12yo says, “Spread the word.”
Tayra - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 23, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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thisnorthernboy.bsky.social
40% off my prints at the moment…

www.inprnt.com/gallery/this...

#ArtPrints #Illustration #SciFi
Screen grab of my print store.
January 22, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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aluino.blacksky.app
I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.

I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 PM