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Kiabugboy @kiabugboy.bsky.social · May 17

Heya..so seeing that Freelance work is getting unstable and I can't rely solely on Youtube Revenue, I'm giving Patreon a shot!

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Kiabugboy

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Wayang purbakala
The iconic myth from my hometown (a shark fighting a crocodile) depicted as Javanese wayang shadow puppets of Permian animals.
#wayang #wayangkulit #3D #blender3d #Surabaya #Indonesia #Permian #paleoart #SciArt

Submitted for the ilustra.see competition last year. This was an experiment on depicting Paleontology with Wayang kulit, a traditional shadow puppet art form from my country. Here a scene reminiscent of my City, Surabaya's founding myth is depicted, but instead of a shark fighting a crocodile, it is a Permian Spiny shark fighting an early armored sea reptile. Surrounding them are brachiopods, tabulate corals, and horn corals found throughout Permian strata in Java and Timor, while the Gunungans in the back have a simple wavy pattern to indicate the scene is taking place underwater.

The wayang cutouts are drawn in Photoshop, imported as transparent PNG objects in Blender and rendered in Cycles to achieve the shadow puppet look

February 2, 2026 at 3:21 PM

Kiabugboy

@kiabugboy.bsky.social

Did some loose doodling tonight
#creaturedesign #specevo

A series of creature sketches, most are clam and coral-like

I find myself getting influenced by whatever is the latest paleo-critter I'm obsessed with

January 23, 2026 at 2:29 PM

Kiabugboy

@kiabugboy.bsky.social

Spiriferid
#Brachiopod #3Dart

3D model of a generic spiriferid Brachiopod. It superficially looks like a clam where the sides of the shell tapers into points

But Brachiopods are Lophophorates, not molluscs

January 22, 2026 at 1:48 PM

Kiabugboy

@kiabugboy.bsky.social

Found an old doodle while sorting through documents
#sketch #creatureart

Blue ballpoint sketch of various fictional trilobites and other arthropod creatures

Sketch page with blue ballpoint pen, the fictional creatures here are more insect and myriapod-based

January 15, 2026 at 4:26 AM

Reposted by Kiabugboy

Delphine Mestdagh

@delphine-art.bsky.social

Hi!

I wanted to share these first #coloringpages that I made for an upcoming project 💙
They all show #deepseacreatures living in the #ClarionClippertonZone

Would you like to see more?
Let me know!

September 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM

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Meghan Jones

@studio-mbj.bsky.social

One more painting for the @unseenocean.bsky.social shows completed! Titled “Nibbles and Cuddles” this 24x24” acrylic on canvas is a Chondrocladia carnivorous sponge, several varieties of brittle stars, and even a little rainbow polychaete too! #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑 #acrylicpainter

December 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM

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franz

@franzanth.bsky.social

Here's the #InverteFest art book December 2025 cover posted in full - how many species can you identify in this piece? (Answer below)

Prints: www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/...

#Art #SciArt

horizontally long artwork with line-heavy drawing. opabinia on the right and wavy, fern or tendril-like shapes coming out from its tail end swirling across the image made of various animal parts, with geometric shapes arranged in the background

January 7, 2026 at 9:41 AM

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Maulido rmi Dwiputra, S.Ds

@mightytalos.bsky.social

A group of Serpentisuchops seeking fortunes at the open sea.

Serpentisuchops pfisterae is a genus of Polycotylid Plesiosaur from Late Cretaceous and know to dwell the Shallow Sea in North America.

December 12, 2024 at 11:55 AM

Kiabugboy

@kiabugboy.bsky.social

#Prehistoricplanet: Ice Age animals as celebrities (according to my gf)

Tilda swinton

Closeup of a female Giant Moa from Prehistoric planet Ice age, showing its face and a bit of the neck

December 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM

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Luther Wells

@ultraluther.bsky.social

Lyrarapax unguispinus, my favorite Radiodont.
#paleoart #sciart #art

A digital painting of a Lyrarapax unguispinus

December 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM

Kiabugboy

@kiabugboy.bsky.social

Here's another crinoid (for a tutorial video in Patreon)
#crinoid #InverteFest #SciArt

Calyx/cup of Archaeocrinus, it has ten arms that fork twice. The center of the cup has a raised funnel where the anal sac is.

Full body of Archaeocrinus, the stalk ends in a taper, and root like structures called cirri emerge out of it

Another view of the Archaeocrinus from the back, showing the plates of the cup clearer

December 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM

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franz

@franzanth.bsky.social

We present: The Art of #InverteFest - December 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.

Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!

Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...

#Art #SciArt

a promo image showing various pages from the book, each page showcasing different animals like an opabinia, a leaf insect, close up of a starfish, and so on. the art featured shows a range of different medium, including digital, pixel art, ceramic, fursuit, post it, and so on.

December 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM

Kiabugboy

@kiabugboy.bsky.social

My old Nautilus model finally has an ammonite friend
#ammonite #nautilus

Top: ammonite modelI recently got from Fukui dinosaur museum, not sure of the exact species but it kinda looks similar to many Jurassic ammonites with a keel

Bottom: old 4D puzzle nautilus model I had since a I was a kid

December 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM

Kiabugboy

@kiabugboy.bsky.social

Japan loves crabs...
#crab #japan #invertebrate

Crab painted on wood, it's an artefact in Osaka history museum

A ceramic pottery with crabs sculpted on the sides

I think this was in Dotonbori, many restaurants have these giant crab statues in front

December 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM

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John P. Friel, Ph.D.

@friel.bsky.social

Sharing this cool animation of #Aquilolamna, a fossil shark from the Late Cretaceous Agua Nueva Formation of Mexico. This species was cosplaying as a manta ray long before the first manta rays appeared in the fossil record. #FossilFriday

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfdd...