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Adam_RL

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I draw creatures (he/ him) email: [email protected] Commissions : Open NO N/F/T's or A/I "Art" https://linktr.ee/adam_rl

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Sep 4

Very flattered that you would ask for an opinion from me. I don't feel like I have any authority on the accuracy of paleoart but I think it's very reasonable to give them fleshy lips hiding the teeth (they might be visible when the mouth is open) and have the skin covering the head crest. Great job!

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 19

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Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 19

Cool Things I picked up (or was gifted 🤯) at #DinoConUK. Had a great weekend.

Thank you so much to everyone who visited my stall and said nice things/ bought something!

From left to right: Dinocon Vendor badge; postcards and original drawing by Ivan Kay; Moganopterus print by CM Kosemen; Dodo and Anchiceratops by KakapoJay; sticker sheet by Jay Eaton; Ex Terra 3 (book) by DragonsOfWales/ Andy Frazer; keychains by AugustJosephCo; plesiosaur keychain gifted by RoAR board game; ammonite pin by the Introvertebrates; Marine reptile prints by EmilyHiggsArt; Ankylosaurus and Dunkleosteus stickers by SpeedThief; T-Rex sticker by SketchyRaptor; Stegosaur keychain by WightCoastFossils; Duria Antiquior by Phoebe Ginger; Spinosaurus Skull by Nathan Dehaut; Skeleton coasters and postcards by Katrina Van Grouw

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Maija @maijasauna.bsky.social · Aug 19

Ancestors of Clippy

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 11

New paleoart! A pair of Ancyloceras (a heteromorph ammonite) drift along the coral reefs of the lower Cretaceous waiting for food to pass them by. 🐚🐙 #SciArt #Paleoart #Invertebrates

a vibrant digital painting depicting two Ancyloceras (ammonites with a long, hook-shaped shell as opposed to the typical spiral) in the foreground. The coral reef, along with crinoids (sea lillies) and more typically-shaped ammonites can be seen in the background.

An ammonite is classified as heteromorph if its shell is shaped like anything other than the typical spiral/ coil. There is a huge amount of diversity in the shell shapes of hetermorph ammonites, from almost perfectly-straight cones to shells shaped like paperclips!

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ColeTheBug🪲 @colethebug.bsky.social · Aug 18

Biblically accurate clippy

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 11

New paleoart! A pair of Ancyloceras (a heteromorph ammonite) drift along the coral reefs of the lower Cretaceous waiting for food to pass them by. 🐚🐙 #SciArt #Paleoart #Invertebrates

a vibrant digital painting depicting two Ancyloceras (ammonites with a long, hook-shaped shell as opposed to the typical spiral) in the foreground. The coral reef, along with crinoids (sea lillies) and more typically-shaped ammonites can be seen in the background.

An ammonite is classified as heteromorph if its shell is shaped like anything other than the typical spiral/ coil. There is a huge amount of diversity in the shell shapes of hetermorph ammonites, from almost perfectly-straight cones to shells shaped like paperclips!

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 19

Always great when an artist that you've admired online for a while turns out to be lovely in person! Thank you so much Andy! 🐉

Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · Aug 18

(5/n) Next up is @adamrl.bsky.social whose table was directly opposite mine. So good to meet you Adam, and how could I not buy a couple of dragon-themed prints!

A photo of two of Adam’s prints, one showing a dragon with glowing eyes in a dark cave, and the other in the style of a vintage engraving showing a sea-serpent.

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thank you so much for coming by the stall Ant! Was lovely meeting you!

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Ant 🐜 𝖷𝖸 𝗁𝖾·𝗁𝗂𝗆 🖖 🇬🇧 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 🇪🇺 🚫🤖🎨 @antallan.bsky.social · Aug 18

Cool #paleoart : Another of the prints I bought at @dinoconuk.bsky.social !

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 11

New paleoart! A pair of Ancyloceras (a heteromorph ammonite) drift along the coral reefs of the lower Cretaceous waiting for food to pass them by. 🐚🐙 #SciArt #Paleoart #Invertebrates

a vibrant digital painting depicting two Ancyloceras (ammonites with a long, hook-shaped shell as opposed to the typical spiral) in the foreground. The coral reef, along with crinoids (sea lillies) and more typically-shaped ammonites can be seen in the background.

An ammonite is classified as heteromorph if its shell is shaped like anything other than the typical spiral/ coil. There is a huge amount of diversity in the shell shapes of hetermorph ammonites, from almost perfectly-straight cones to shells shaped like paperclips!

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 15

#DinoConUK is Tomorrow!

As well as selling prints and stickers at my stall (mine is number 14), I am also bringing a selection of original paintings, drawings and sketchbook pages that are up for sale! #Paleoart #SciArt

A collage showing all of the original traditonal paintings/ drawings that I will be selling at #DinoConUk. Everything from acrylic paleoart paintings to pen and ink cryptid illustrations and extant animal studies.

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 14

As far as I know (I'm no ammonite expert), the shell shape wouldn't make the animals great swimmers so it's unlikely they would be good pursuit predators. They were possibly planktonic feeders, waiting to snatch crustaceans, maybe fish or even other cephalopods! (ammonites or belemnites).

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thank you very much!

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thanks so much!

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 14

Absolutely! As far as I'm aware, we don't really know what kind of evolutionary advantage this shell shape would give the animal. It almost certainly wouldn't make it more hydrodynamic/ a better swimmer (at least for lateral movement)!

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 14

This piece will be available to buy as a print at #DinoConUK ! this weekend!

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 14

Here's a re-vamped version of this paleoart piece (originally from 2023) depicting the Rhomaleosaurid plesiosaur Atychodracon.

Atychodracon was a fairly large plesiosaur at 5 meters long, with specimens that date back to the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. #SciArt #Paleoart #MarineLife

A paleoart piece depicting the Rhomaleosaurid plesiosaur Atchodracon. The animal is calmly swimming through shallow waters, with the surface of the water visible at the top of the piece via lighting/ distorted water effects. Dark kocks and the sandy seabed can be seen underneath the large animal. Atychodracon, similarly to Rhomaleosaurus is very robustly built for a plesiosaur with a large (although not as large as a pliosaur), triangular head filled with sharp teeth and a stout/ turtle-like body (minus the shell).
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Atychodracon was originally found in the UK, with specimens that date back to the Triassic-Jurassic boundary (early Hettangian). It was a fairly large plesiosaur at 5 meters long. The holotype specimen
was housed in Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery (see second image) but was destroyed during world war II. casts of the head and a flipper were preserved however, with features unique enough to be assigned to its own genus (separate from Rhomaleosaurus), erected in 2015.

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 11

New paleoart! A pair of Ancyloceras (a heteromorph ammonite) drift along the coral reefs of the lower Cretaceous waiting for food to pass them by. 🐚🐙 #SciArt #Paleoart #Invertebrates

a vibrant digital painting depicting two Ancyloceras (ammonites with a long, hook-shaped shell as opposed to the typical spiral) in the foreground. The coral reef, along with crinoids (sea lillies) and more typically-shaped ammonites can be seen in the background.

An ammonite is classified as heteromorph if its shell is shaped like anything other than the typical spiral/ coil. There is a huge amount of diversity in the shell shapes of hetermorph ammonites, from almost perfectly-straight cones to shells shaped like paperclips!

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 8

Just about finished prepping for #DinoConUK !!!🦖

I've got a nice variety of stuff printed, with a few of these in different sizes.

Please come by my stall (number 14 in the vendor hall) and pick up a print or a sticker! #SciArt #Paleoart

A spread of the prints (and stickers) that I will be selling at #DinoConUK! There's everything from paleoart, to illustrations of extant animals (e.g. sharks) to gritty photomanipulations of your favourite cryptids (Mothman and Nessie).

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Victoria Pfeiffer @victoriapfeiffer.bsky.social · Jun 20

Here is the feed for #FishyFriday !

Use the tag to get a flood of fish/ #aquatic themed creatures in the feed every Friday. No rules or prompts, just #art and #photography you’d like to share.

Thanks for joining in today and sharing your lovely #fish 🥰

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A watercolor painting of 3 vibrant fish with prominent scales and bright colors.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · Aug 8

Not counting today, there are just >SEVEN DAYS< until the inaugural #DinoConUK happens at the University of Exeter (weekend of 16th-17th). It's massive, so much stuff. You still have time to buy tickets! Info and booking at .... www.dinocon.co.uk

www.dinocon.co.uk

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Aug 6

Looks incredible!

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · Aug 4

From today, there are just 12 days - T-W-E-L-V-E D-A-Y-S - until #DinoConUK. More than twice as big as the biggest TetZooCon (for those of you who attended!), it's gonna be a massive two full days of great dinosaur-themed content. August 16th and 17th. Tickets are still on sale! www.dinocon.co.uk

www.dinocon.co.uk

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thanks Ant. Likewise!

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Jul 29

I have a stall at #DinoCon 2025!! 🦖

I will be in the vendor hall selling high-quality art prints and (hopefully) stickers!. If you are attending, please come and say hello! #SciArt #Paleoart

An advert page for my stall at DinoCon 2025.
Social media handles across the top: adam_rl_ (instagram); @adam_rl_art (X/ Twitter); adam.rl.artwork@gmail.com (email).
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Bottom Text:
Adam RL
Illustration and Concept art
Paleoart, Nature and CryptoZoology Themed Art Prints DinoCon 2025

DinoCon is a Palaeontology/ dinosaur themed convention and will be hosted at the University of Exeter on 16th-17th August. As well as the stalls there will be talks from palaeontologists and palaeoart workshops. For more info/ tickets visit www.dinocon.co.uk

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · Jul 29

It is true

Claude ✡️🦖🦕 @cascoclauda.bsky.social · Jul 29

AMAZING NEWS!
apple tv has just announced a NEW pleistocene-focused series of #prehistoricplanet! streaming on november 26th

a pair of machairodontines laying in a snow-covered field; they look quite robust, but i'm unsure if they are smilodon or a different taxon like homotherium

a baby elasmotherium and mother

a glyptodont in a grassy plain

a baby giant ground sloth (unsure of taxon) clings to its mother's back as the mother climbs a cliff-face

Adam_RL @adamrl.bsky.social · Jul 7

Here's how the tatoo turned out. Really happy with the result!

Macro photo of the ammonite tattoo.

(Admittedly not great) photo showing the tattoo placement.