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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 1d

Finally done moving, now the art can continue. For today’s warmup, a funky, giant chicken dance…?

I guess. Sylviornis courtship dance. Get that special someone in ur life a love rock TODAY!
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#paleoart #sketch #ink #holocene #birds

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 1d

Finally done moving, now the art can continue. For today’s warmup, a funky, giant chicken dance…?

I guess. Sylviornis courtship dance. Get that special someone in ur life a love rock TODAY!
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#paleoart #sketch #ink #holocene #birds

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you all for the amazing support over here. You guys have to be some of my favorite supporters! 💛

Accept this random Plotopterid as a thank you!

#paleoart

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you all for the amazing support over here. You guys have to be some of my favorite supporters! 💛

Accept this random Plotopterid as a thank you!

#paleoart

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 2d

Awww thanks for sharing my art!

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 6d

Birdtober day 2 - Sparrow: Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus). Straight from the mothaland!
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#art #birds

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 6d

Birdtober day 1 - Favorite bird:

Mine is the Splendid ASTRAIAAA! (Astrapia splendidissima).

Also, it’s my internet namesake.
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#art #birds #birdofparadise

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 6d

Birdtober day 2 - Sparrow: Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus). Straight from the mothaland!
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#art #birds

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 6d

Birdtober day 1 - Favorite bird:

Mine is the Splendid ASTRAIAAA! (Astrapia splendidissima).

Also, it’s my internet namesake.
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#art #birds #birdofparadise

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 11d

I’m so glad you see the vision! Most of pieces go for that camera or trail cam-type vibe and I’m glad I’m getting that across.

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 11d

Additional Madagascar arts!

Malagasy Crowned Eagle hunting a Pachylemur, Mullerornis, Giant Aye-Aye and Bertha’s Coua!
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#paleoart #malagasy #wildlifeart #procreate #lemur #birds

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 11d

Additional Madagascar arts!

Malagasy Crowned Eagle hunting a Pachylemur, Mullerornis, Giant Aye-Aye and Bertha’s Coua!
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#paleoart #malagasy #wildlifeart #procreate #lemur #birds

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 13d

Meet Fanantenanirainy (or Fano for short), a male Archaeoindris residing at the Fort Worth Zoo.

learn more about him below!
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#paleoart #lemur #megafauna

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 13d

He is also protective over his blue enrichment ball and his stress reliever potato! Unfortunately, our guy suffers mild tuberculosis, but he is regularly checked and given his antibiotics!

☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 13d

At 13 years old, Fanantenanirainy is the only male at the zoo and tends to seek solitude often. He loves carrots, lacinto kale, apple slices and juicy mangos. The keepers noted that he also likes to smell and lick cilantro, so they often supply the exhibit with the herb.

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 13d

He was born in a lemur reserve in Madagascar, then sent to the zoo when he was 3 in hopes that he would breed. His name is Malagasy for “hope of his father”, and he was named so as his father was killed weeks before his birth, causing security concerns within the reserve.

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 13d

In this timeline Archaeoindris is critically endangered/possibly extinct in the wild due to intense habitat loss. With less than 60 lemurs in captivity across the world, the FW Zoo is one of the only ones in the west to have breeding success in past years and one of 3 in the USA to house the giants.

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 13d

Meet Fanantenanirainy (or Fano for short), a male Archaeoindris residing at the Fort Worth Zoo.

learn more about him below!
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#paleoart #lemur #megafauna

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 15d

Some do, and some have shorter nails. I based this guy’s off of the ring-tailed lemur (bottom right foot) and a sifaka (bottom left hand).

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 15d

A sketchy sketch of Archaeoindris fontoynontii, the 300+ lb lemur of Central Madagascar 🇲🇬!
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#paleoart #primate #extinct #animals

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 15d

A sketchy sketch of Archaeoindris fontoynontii, the 300+ lb lemur of Central Madagascar 🇲🇬!
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#paleoart #primate #extinct #animals

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 20d

Arsinotherium zitteliiiiiiii!!!
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#paleoart #extinct #animals #megafauana #eocene

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks! I was studying up on it, and I was like “Huh. Barely any YouTube vids, not much recent art and no mentions of it!” Then I picked up the pen haha!

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 20d

Arsinotherium zitteliiiiiiii!!!
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#paleoart #extinct #animals #megafauana #eocene

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks for resharing!!