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Emily Stepp

@emilyart.bsky.social

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Freelance illustrator / concept artist / paleoartist. Please email me at [email protected] for business inquiries.

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · Jul 24

Hey, everyone! I'm here hoping to keep sharing my paleoart and paleo-inspired art with the world.

Digital self portrait of artist Emily Stepp 2022 holding the small dinosaur Jakapil.

Digital self portrait of artist Emily Stepp 2021 holding a hatchling Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur with a larger one behind.

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 15h

And the Procreate process for this hour long piece.

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 15h

#Paleoctober2025 day 10 paleoart sketch of the Miocene caiman Mourasuchus.

The broad, flat, elongated snouted caiman at the bottom of a murky river or pond with large toad tadpoles swimming around it.

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 19h

And the Procreate process for this 25 minute long piece.

Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 19h

#Paleoctober2025 day 9 paleoart sketch of the ancient mollusk Protobalanus spinicoronatus.

#Paleoctober #Paleoart #Mollusk #Protobalanusspinicoronatus

The spiked mollusk on the ocean floor with large grains of sand surrounding it.

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 1d

Compilation of the first week of #Paleoctober2025 speedpaints! youtu.be/derFLtPkarU

Paleoctober Week 1 | Paleoart Speedpaints

YouTube video by Emily Stepp Paleoart

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 2d

Procreate process for this hour long piece.

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 2d

#Paleoctober2025 day 8 paleoart sketch of the noasaurid dinosaur Masiakasaurus.

#Paleoctober #Paleoart #Dinosaur #Masiakasaurus

Painterly speedpaint of the dinosaur with a reddish brown coloration baring its strange teeth in front of a Madagascar beach.

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 2d

A nice warm fall day in the neighborhood, but unfortunately that also means swarms of blue aphids. They got in my eyes.

A farm viewed across a vacant field with fall colors on the trees and mountains in the background in late evening lighting.

A large swarm of blue aphids noticeable in the setting sun outside of someone's fenced yard.

Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 3d

And the Procreate process for this hour long piece.

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 3d

#Paleoctober2025 day 7 paleoart sketch of the extinct conifer Sequoites.

#Paleoctober #Paleoart #Sequoites #Enantiornithes

The genus existed until the Miocene, but I chose the Late Cretaceous Sequoites dakotensis so I could include an enantiornithine bird. The juvenile avialan is begging for food from an unseen parent perched atop the conifer branch with a cone and speculative leaves below it. The scene is overcast with fine rain.

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 3d

He almost didn't want to cooperate with me for that picture either lol. He'd already smelled the clover but I wasn't fast enough.

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 3d

The cats had a really great early fall walk today.

Ginger rolling around in the grass and smiling with one of her fangs showing.

Mew rolling around in the grass in pure joy, fur very poofy.

Ginger and Zuko standing next to one another eating grass with their tails curled toward one another and touching.

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 3d

And the Procreate process for this hour long piece.

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 3d

#Paleoctober2025 day 6 paleoart sketch of the giant Late Triassic ichthyosaur Ichthyotitan.

#Paleoctober #Paleoart #ichthyosaur #Ichthyotitan

Painterly hour long digital sketch of the massive ichthyosaur in cool ocean waters with much smaller ammonites swimming past.

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David Glenn @davjglenn.bsky.social · 6d

My next video is up, featuring artwork from @brandonpilcher.bsky.social @talesofkaimere.bsky.social Emily Stepp Paleoart on YouTube and Nickroraptor on YouTube (1/4)

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The Nijivoni: Unusual Companions of Aos Talun. Science Fantasy Worldbuilding

YouTube video by David Glenn's Writing Desk

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah I'm really happy they sent me this as a gift because I don't think I could've afforded to have it shipped myself. Definitely hoping it gets localized more places.

Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 4d

I'm so excited! The company sent me the cards I illustrated for the Jurassic Park Trading Card Game booster deck "Silent Giant" along with some other goodies! Here's all 13 cards! Mostly dinosaurs, but some other fun creatures too.

#JurassicPark #JurassicParkTradingCardGame #JPTCG

Booster deck on left, deck holder, card binder in back, mouse pad on right, a couple of my Jurassic Park toys I already own on either side, and in the middle the cards in plastic protectors. Top to bottom left to right: Lambeosaurus, Microraptor, Avimimus, Camarasaurus, Apatosaurus, Ornithomimus, Othnielia, Tropeognathus, Estemmenosuchus, Leptoceratops, Scutosaurus, Timimus, and Alioramus sitting on top of other cards toward the bottom.

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 5d

Since I never played either series, I have a very hard time remembering the difference between Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts and flipflop them a lot.