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Ahijah
@blackmambakin.bsky.social
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I'm a growing Paleoartist and learning 3d computer art
Working on an prehistoric animal survival game.
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Times have gotten tough, so I decided to open commissions. I am offering lowpoly modeling/retopology, rigging, uv unwrapping, and stylized textures. Dms be open for inquiries.
I am willing to make almost anything!
#commissionsopen #art #3D #dinosaurs #fantasy #pixelart #minecraft #gamedev #4hire
February 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu)
January 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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xenosmilus hodsonae
Digital painting practice
January 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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New concept complete
protocyon troglodytes
December 10, 2024 at 2:32 AM
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Anatomical study. Endless repetition. But I really enjoy it
December 5, 2024 at 7:02 PM
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Amphimachairodus snarly snarl
December 5, 2024 at 7:21 PM
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The Scimitar-Tooth-Cat, Homotherium.

Once a time, there was a cat that took down giants.
October 18, 2024 at 4:29 AM
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Omg Saber-tooth cats hiii
Smilodon populator, Homotherium latidens, Xenosmilus hodsonae
October 19, 2024 at 4:06 PM
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The American Cheetah, Miracinonyx trumani.
Roughly 90cm at the shoulder, representing an 60-80kg powerful cat alongside a human and pronghorn. Read somewhere that they could possibly surpass 100kg, although i don't have the source to provide. Pronghorn are one of the fastest animals on earth, and are considered one of the most fascinating examples of predator-prey relationship to study and possible coevolution. Why? Despite having bears, wolves and cougars: only one extinct predator was capable to give them some creeps. The American Cheetah, that despite its name, is more closely related to the modern day cougar. A cat that lived through North America's plains, valleys and even canyons. He didn't have the retractable claws, nor a extremely specialized cursorial body adaptation like the cheetah and the most important of all: those cats were fighting for life frequently, differently than the more "peaceful" cheetah. You can see the scars on his face that i added. To add furthermore on this cat's profile, in fact Pronghorn was one of his prey species: but not the exclusive one. The "combination" of an ability to grapple and the development of a slight cursorial anatomy give us a image of a truly unique cat. This reconstruction was a PAIN to do, because even though Cheetahs and Cougars do look a like: they strongly differ at the same time. Given the intermediate lim morphology, i tried something long but strong: a back lower than a cougar's but very strong and long legs. The markings on the head needed to be unique, so i took the most prominent markings on the known oldest cougar population: the Patagonia Cougar. I also had to use as reference the Amazon and central American population of cougars, which are more slim. @8Bit_Satyr on twitter helped me through this by providing the very different colorations and patterns found through cougar's wide distribution, helping me to get a better view of what i wanted to implement and add an artistic touch. So, thank you!!
October 22, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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The Dire Wolf, Aenocyon dirus.
Art by me. Size comparison between a very large specimen of Dire Wolf, being 90cm at the shoulder and perhaps more than 160cm long: between the 80-100kg range. You being a Jon Snow of 175cm, scale bar of 1m. Let's get straight to the point: wolves are some badass animals, how can we imagine a different canid that approaches their reputation and mighty force? Well, in fact, there was one. Aenocyon dirus, better known as the Dire Wolf. Once thought to be a different species of Canis, now believed to be an entirely different animal: far different than the gray wolves we know. Nevertheless, this doesn't stops Aenocyon from being one of the most incredible animals of the Pleistocene. Dire wolves aimed for large prey and were adapted to a more bone-cracking diet (Anyonge and Baker, 2006; DeSantis et al., 2015). Weighing around 50-68 kg (Anyonge and Roman, 2006), dire wolves overlaped with the size of Hyenas. (C. crocuta ultima, ~63 kg). Horses and bison were, on average, the most important prey species for this species. Exceptional individuals could reach about 110kg (Anyonge and Roman, 2006; Sorkin, 2008). The specimen utilized for this reconstruction is a very large A. dirus dirus(Eastern subsp.) based on a fragmentary mandible. Skull lenght for the largest dirus could be from 27-31cm. Smaller canids were the primary font of inspiration(as appointed and suggested by @8Bit_Satyr, which has been helping me!) as seen in my time-lapse video: combining with a more reddish/orange canid look that was cited on the newspaper that showed the reclassification of A. Dirus. Thank you all for reading till there. In case you didn't saw the time-lapse, check my Instagram or Twitter media: as well the other pelt variations which are there. In the next episode, we will go back to South America and reconstruct the most influential big cat over thousands of cultures from the continent, an spotted giant which will be brought back.
October 29, 2024 at 2:55 AM
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Homotherium latidens. The Scimitar-tooth Cat, remade and reconstructed based on the unique saber-tooth cub of Yakutia.
Yesterday i was caught by surprise by a study that showcased to the world the first glance of a Saber Cat with flesh and blood. Homotherium latidens is once again described on the Late Pleistocene, in the form of a cub. This reconstruction takes into consideration the pigmentation loss and eventual differences on adult and younger individuals, applying a lighter pelt than the one described by the study. This was made by comparing cubs and adult individuals from modern cats, then stabilizing which features are more common and those who are not. Afterwards, i used my color palette and color identifications to measure the differences in tones by %. Eventually, i had to deal with the permafrost mummified state which certainly degrades the original colors. So, from the cave lion cubs previously described, i tried a way to restore. And finally, i used the "restored" calculated colors to produce adult colors following the patterns and measures in the first step. I'm still speechless, i can't believe i had the chance to see a Saber-tooth, an animal long gone, now feeling so alive and near: despite still being extinct. I wish that i can atleast see one walk and grow one day.
November 15, 2024 at 9:56 AM
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Photography of "Tchutchuquinha", the subadult female Homotherium in the São Paulo Zoo.
November 16, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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Scimitar-tooth.
Fur study, last piece regarding Homotherium for a while.
November 24, 2024 at 12:42 AM
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Highly adaptable and experienced paleoartist.

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October 31, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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American lion (Panthera atrox) concept art for my video game
December 4, 2024 at 5:22 AM
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My first post on Blue sky👋
Homotherium latidens drawing, in celebration of the homotherium cub mummy recently discovered!!!
November 17, 2024 at 8:09 AM