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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 1d

Really excited for everyone to see this next year. My baby looks so good! 😍😍😍 So happy and proud to have been one of the talented group of people who worked in this show!

Palaeoncryptozoologist Briton @raftingzalmoxes.bsky.social · 1d

WAKE UP EVERYONE NEW #SurvivingEarth STILL FEATURING PLIOSAURS JUST DROPPED!!!

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 2d

Though other subspecies of green alar (also just called alar) can get quite large, the Seridic alar is the smallest member of not only the species but the genus overall. It is generally believed living alongside the only living species of Ardeanax (the ba'khar) contributes to this restriction.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 2d

Some notes on the vision of the ba'khar and what their prey sees from below the surface...

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David Glenn @davjglenn.bsky.social · 3d

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Featuring art by @talesofkaimere.bsky.social

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 2d

A female kurajaku. While large aquatic males of this species are by up to a factor of three or four the largest theropods either planet has ever seen, females are restricted to the conventional maximums of the clade due to having to nest on land.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 2d

Squamantarx (a coelacanth) and Trokteplosus (a perchid) are two large fish found in the Seridic Wetlands, and both are favored prey of the ba’khar

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 6d

Yes indeed!

Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 6d

A female kurajaku:

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David Glenn @davjglenn.bsky.social · 6d

#DVparty

Hope I’m not too late. Here is some art and a map of my science fiction fantasy middle grade book involving speculative evolution dinosaurs.

Credit for the art goes to @talesofkaimere.bsky.social

These images have been shown in various videos on my YouTube channel

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 7d

Ah gotcha lmao my bad

Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 7d

The ba'khar, a massive fish-specialized megaraptoran endemic to the Crescent of southern Ni'Khar, most abundant in the Seridic Wetlands. Males have a sail on their back for display and to anchor lifting muscles and ligaments of the neck. They also sport a pronged midline crest.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 7d

My scanner only has so much space so this is a way for me to draw them at higher size for more detail while still fitting in the device

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 8d

The Seridic Alar:

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 8d

I have fixed the Saga of Tenir'ha and Baru compilation! All five chapters are now in order.

Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=38Zw...

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 9d

Art from I think around 2012-2013 depicting the Ba’Khar (then called the 1-humped kurajaku) as a noasaur descended from the likes of Masiakasaurus:

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 9d

Some young megaraptorans for the Ba’Khar Fable:

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 10d

A size chart of our megaraptoran mothers: a ba'khar and kurajaku.

Yodemi is a ba'khar in her late forties. A mother of over a hundred adults and many more young at the start of our story, including our protagonist, Fai Zhemi.

Mazhu is, conversely, a new mother, laying her first clutch.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 11d

Halfway done writing the December Ba'Khar story: the Fable of Fai Zhemi! I'll be doing at least one live stream Q&A, probably two, as fundraisers for the fable. Probably one in October and one in November as I fill out the many sketches and illustrations. Stay tuned for dates!

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 15d

Sauropods are the largest land animals of the known world, and wherever they go, they shape the landscape to their desires. Cold is their only weakness. In their absence, a related lineage has taken dominion over the southern continent: the parasauropods of Kaishel.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A99e...

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 20d

Uploaded the episodes through October. Next couple days I’ll try to finish up my backlog of commissions then we’re off to Maine for vacation! Once we get home I’ll finish November’s episodes then plan a fundraising stream for the December Ba’Khar Saga!

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 23d

A year apart. Little Westley isn’t so little anymore (by a notable margin the biggest of our 3 cats)

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · Sep 7

He's ready for school!

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · Aug 26

The Hell Pig Episode is Here!

A bit early because I forgot to set the time, but that works since I'm at camp and will be working at usual release and engagement hours.

Thank you so much to my sponsor and art budget team! Hope you enjoy!

Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7fd...

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · Aug 21

Magic not only powers or is a component of all three, they had domesticated magic long before any of these were developed.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · Aug 20

A few First Children weapons. In their later years so many artifacts were botanical or made of magic so have poor preservation. However, in their early occupation of Qajar, they had many items made of metals that last much better, especially enchanted artifacts like these.

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