Ivan Kay
@ivan23.bsky.social
Animal enthusiast and hobbyist artist. Zoology BSc, Vetebrate Palaeontology MRes.
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Can finally share this #watercolor #paleoart I did a few years back of the “King of the Riverside” I did for the new paper by @melanieduring.com which shows that in Hell Creek there were giant Prognathodon mosasaurs that were living in freshwater (not just visiting)
December 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Can finally share this #watercolor #paleoart I did a few years back of the “King of the Riverside” I did for the new paper by @melanieduring.com which shows that in Hell Creek there were giant Prognathodon mosasaurs that were living in freshwater (not just visiting)
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Look at this cat. She's called Mocha and, while she's very friendly, we argue over whether she has two or three brain cells.
December 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Look at this cat. She's called Mocha and, while she's very friendly, we argue over whether she has two or three brain cells.
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While the paper hasn't come out just yet, the news certainly has. Proud to announce our discovery of color patterning in a sauropod dinosaur. Will go in depth tomorrow.
December 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
While the paper hasn't come out just yet, the news certainly has. Proud to announce our discovery of color patterning in a sauropod dinosaur. Will go in depth tomorrow.
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We can all relax now, ROM put out some press photos over the weekend!
Basically, the space between the Jurassic/hadrosaur hall and the T. rex/Cenozoic hall has been opened up, and now houses the real Zuul fossil plus the cast Gorgosaurus vs Zuul created for a temporary exhibit in 2019.
Basically, the space between the Jurassic/hadrosaur hall and the T. rex/Cenozoic hall has been opened up, and now houses the real Zuul fossil plus the cast Gorgosaurus vs Zuul created for a temporary exhibit in 2019.
December 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
We can all relax now, ROM put out some press photos over the weekend!
Basically, the space between the Jurassic/hadrosaur hall and the T. rex/Cenozoic hall has been opened up, and now houses the real Zuul fossil plus the cast Gorgosaurus vs Zuul created for a temporary exhibit in 2019.
Basically, the space between the Jurassic/hadrosaur hall and the T. rex/Cenozoic hall has been opened up, and now houses the real Zuul fossil plus the cast Gorgosaurus vs Zuul created for a temporary exhibit in 2019.
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Finally have time to upload things to Sketchfab.
Here's the dead eel I found at an aquarium store!
Thanks to the generosity of the store owner, everyone can see the scary extra jaws these guys have!
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Here's the dead eel I found at an aquarium store!
Thanks to the generosity of the store owner, everyone can see the scary extra jaws these guys have!
sketchfab.com/3d-models/sn...
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Finally have time to upload things to Sketchfab.
Here's the dead eel I found at an aquarium store!
Thanks to the generosity of the store owner, everyone can see the scary extra jaws these guys have!
sketchfab.com/3d-models/sn...
Here's the dead eel I found at an aquarium store!
Thanks to the generosity of the store owner, everyone can see the scary extra jaws these guys have!
sketchfab.com/3d-models/sn...
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I'm a little late, but I'm jumping on the #nanotyrannus bandwagon because #tyrannosaurs are awesome! So cool that these dinos definitely valid, and with such amazing specimens and science to boot!
#dinosaur #paleoart #trex
#dinosaur #paleoart #trex
December 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I'm a little late, but I'm jumping on the #nanotyrannus bandwagon because #tyrannosaurs are awesome! So cool that these dinos definitely valid, and with such amazing specimens and science to boot!
#dinosaur #paleoart #trex
#dinosaur #paleoart #trex
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Amazing new data on the edmontosaur soft tissue head crest, with implications for other hadrosaurs too! Crennulated margins and cock's comb-like shapes inferred for lambeosaurines... anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #dinosaurs
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November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Amazing new data on the edmontosaur soft tissue head crest, with implications for other hadrosaurs too! Crennulated margins and cock's comb-like shapes inferred for lambeosaurines... anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #dinosaurs
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Quickish Nanotyrannus lethaeus anatomy study.
Really cool to see two papers more or less back to back that very conclusively reestablish NanoT as a distinct taxon.
Really cool to see two papers more or less back to back that very conclusively reestablish NanoT as a distinct taxon.
December 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Quickish Nanotyrannus lethaeus anatomy study.
Really cool to see two papers more or less back to back that very conclusively reestablish NanoT as a distinct taxon.
Really cool to see two papers more or less back to back that very conclusively reestablish NanoT as a distinct taxon.
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Four different styles I have used to paint my beloved European shore crab (Carcinus maenas). Had the joy of doing my Honours and PhD on these contentious little guys
Digital raster
Digital vector
Pen and ink
Watercolour paint
🦀🐡
Digital raster
Digital vector
Pen and ink
Watercolour paint
🦀🐡
September 25, 2023 at 12:46 PM
Four different styles I have used to paint my beloved European shore crab (Carcinus maenas). Had the joy of doing my Honours and PhD on these contentious little guys
Digital raster
Digital vector
Pen and ink
Watercolour paint
🦀🐡
Digital raster
Digital vector
Pen and ink
Watercolour paint
🦀🐡
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‘Short-eared Owl over Saltmarsh’
gouache, 32 x 20 cms
Unlike most other species of Owl in the UK, Short-eared Owls may hunt during the day. In winter, birds arrive in variable numbers from the Continent and may be seen over saltmarshes, as well as inland over rough grassland.
#owls #birdart
gouache, 32 x 20 cms
Unlike most other species of Owl in the UK, Short-eared Owls may hunt during the day. In winter, birds arrive in variable numbers from the Continent and may be seen over saltmarshes, as well as inland over rough grassland.
#owls #birdart
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Added in the shiny reflections and he is pretty much done. I'd like to touch up certain areas after resting for a bit, but I may as well show him off early.
This is "Regal", a male Australian blue swimmer crab that took nearly 250 hours to paint, spanning over 3 years
#sciart #crustmas 🦀
This is "Regal", a male Australian blue swimmer crab that took nearly 250 hours to paint, spanning over 3 years
#sciart #crustmas 🦀
December 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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More Kaiparowits #paleoart for #artadventcalendar day 2: this travel poster featuring a pair o' Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus, perched enantornithean, and big ol' turtle. 🐡🎨
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
More Kaiparowits #paleoart for #artadventcalendar day 2: this travel poster featuring a pair o' Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus, perched enantornithean, and big ol' turtle. 🐡🎨
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New species of tinamou, the slaty-masked tinamou (Tinamus resonans): mapress.com/zt/article/v... 🪶🧪 (📷Luis A. Morais)
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
New species of tinamou, the slaty-masked tinamou (Tinamus resonans): mapress.com/zt/article/v... 🪶🧪 (📷Luis A. Morais)
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December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Daspletosaurus wilsoni holotype skull full-size reconstruction. Went on display in our exhibit hall (Badlands Dinosaur Museum) Sept 2025. The nicest Daspletosaurus skull reconstruction I think. Casts possibly available in 2026. #dinosaurs #fossils #fossilfriday
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Daspletosaurus wilsoni holotype skull full-size reconstruction. Went on display in our exhibit hall (Badlands Dinosaur Museum) Sept 2025. The nicest Daspletosaurus skull reconstruction I think. Casts possibly available in 2026. #dinosaurs #fossils #fossilfriday
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December 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Huge News from the Western Amazon: it's the year 2025 and we are still describing entirely new, strikingly-distinctive large-bodied bird species! Behold Tinamus resonans sp. nov. the Slaty-masked Tinamou mapress.com/zt/article/v... #Ornithology @tetzoo.bsky.social 🪶
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Huge News from the Western Amazon: it's the year 2025 and we are still describing entirely new, strikingly-distinctive large-bodied bird species! Behold Tinamus resonans sp. nov. the Slaty-masked Tinamou mapress.com/zt/article/v... #Ornithology @tetzoo.bsky.social 🪶
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DINOVEMBER 2025 - DAY 30: ELASMOSAURUS [also Claosaurus]
(Only ONE of these animals is a dinosaur, and it's NOT the bigger one)
#dinovember #dinosaurs #dinosaur #paleoart #paleoartist #paleontology #sciart #prehistoric #prehistoricanimals #prehistoricplanet #elasmosaurus #claosaurus #plesiosaur
(Only ONE of these animals is a dinosaur, and it's NOT the bigger one)
#dinovember #dinosaurs #dinosaur #paleoart #paleoartist #paleontology #sciart #prehistoric #prehistoricanimals #prehistoricplanet #elasmosaurus #claosaurus #plesiosaur
November 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
DINOVEMBER 2025 - DAY 30: ELASMOSAURUS [also Claosaurus]
(Only ONE of these animals is a dinosaur, and it's NOT the bigger one)
#dinovember #dinosaurs #dinosaur #paleoart #paleoartist #paleontology #sciart #prehistoric #prehistoricanimals #prehistoricplanet #elasmosaurus #claosaurus #plesiosaur
(Only ONE of these animals is a dinosaur, and it's NOT the bigger one)
#dinovember #dinosaurs #dinosaur #paleoart #paleoartist #paleontology #sciart #prehistoric #prehistoricanimals #prehistoricplanet #elasmosaurus #claosaurus #plesiosaur
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Nanotyrannus lancensis (pencil lines, 2025)
December 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Nanotyrannus lancensis (pencil lines, 2025)
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The legs on the right side are now done (minus the orange bristles).
Back to rendering the carapace the next few days and then adding some soft textures/drop shadow to the background.
The end is finally in sight 🦀
Acrylic on panel
#sciart
Back to rendering the carapace the next few days and then adding some soft textures/drop shadow to the background.
The end is finally in sight 🦀
Acrylic on panel
#sciart
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The legs on the right side are now done (minus the orange bristles).
Back to rendering the carapace the next few days and then adding some soft textures/drop shadow to the background.
The end is finally in sight 🦀
Acrylic on panel
#sciart
Back to rendering the carapace the next few days and then adding some soft textures/drop shadow to the background.
The end is finally in sight 🦀
Acrylic on panel
#sciart
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From 2016, another piece featuring my favourite 'thing under tree' motif, 'White Hart.' Ink, 85 x 125 mm.
Trivia: the stag here combines features of both the red and fallow deer to suggest a mythological creature rather than a real animal.
#ArtAdventCalendar
Trivia: the stag here combines features of both the red and fallow deer to suggest a mythological creature rather than a real animal.
#ArtAdventCalendar
December 11, 2023 at 3:33 PM
From 2016, another piece featuring my favourite 'thing under tree' motif, 'White Hart.' Ink, 85 x 125 mm.
Trivia: the stag here combines features of both the red and fallow deer to suggest a mythological creature rather than a real animal.
#ArtAdventCalendar
Trivia: the stag here combines features of both the red and fallow deer to suggest a mythological creature rather than a real animal.
#ArtAdventCalendar
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From our family to yours: Happy Thanksgiving!!
Did this pen sketch in the morning. Very first turkey I've ever drawn! 🤣🦃
Enjoy your day everyone!! 💙🤙
#Thanksgiving #turkey #turkeyday #bird #birdart #animal #animalart #wildlife #nature #ArtYear #bskyart #sketch
Did this pen sketch in the morning. Very first turkey I've ever drawn! 🤣🦃
Enjoy your day everyone!! 💙🤙
#Thanksgiving #turkey #turkeyday #bird #birdart #animal #animalart #wildlife #nature #ArtYear #bskyart #sketch
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
From our family to yours: Happy Thanksgiving!!
Did this pen sketch in the morning. Very first turkey I've ever drawn! 🤣🦃
Enjoy your day everyone!! 💙🤙
#Thanksgiving #turkey #turkeyday #bird #birdart #animal #animalart #wildlife #nature #ArtYear #bskyart #sketch
Did this pen sketch in the morning. Very first turkey I've ever drawn! 🤣🦃
Enjoy your day everyone!! 💙🤙
#Thanksgiving #turkey #turkeyday #bird #birdart #animal #animalart #wildlife #nature #ArtYear #bskyart #sketch