lumitykkimyssyNov 8, 2022
Darren Naish
Let's start posting assorted images of #dinosaurs and such here to expand the #palaeoart #paleoart representation on mastodon. I'm trying to find and follow the people whose stuff I like -- can we get a thread going so I find more, please? Tag with #PaleoartAtMastodon and help us find our people :) Here are assorted old images I've done ...
Nov 7, 2022 at 6:03pmWeb
Show threadMike Taylor 🦕Nov 7, 2022
@TetZoo The extended head posture in that diplodocid is making me uncomfortable.
Show threadDarren NaishNov 7, 2022
@mike A valid and interesting point. The sauropod in that illustration (it was done for the 2nd ed of DHTLE) is deliberately shown as a ground-feeder as per the view favoured by some authors, it's not meant to show that I think is 'best' as per their feeding behaviour. Then again, even poorly designed animals like us can extend our head-neck junctions to an uncomfortable degree.
Show threadMike Taylor 🦕Nov 7, 2022
@TetZoo We can; but we don't :-)
Show threadDarren NaishNov 7, 2022
@mike That's a lie, I just did it. Didn't do me any good, mind you.
Show threadMike Taylor 🦕Nov 7, 2022
@TetZoo OK, I admit I did it too, just before posting, to see what it would feel like. What it felt like was: bad.
Show threadClint BoydNov 7, 2022
@TetZoo Here is the new Thescelosaurus artwork from my SVP talk by Christopher DiPiazza. Not sure if he is on Mastodon, but I really love this one.
Show threadDarren NaishNov 7, 2022
@Boydpaleo Epic! Sadly I didn't get to see your talk but congrats, great stuff. I've been meaning to ask if you're aware of certain early 2000s statements by Mark Norell where he refers to thescelosaurs as 'armored' - was wondering if he was aware of these spurs and thinking of them as osteoderms or such...
Show threadClint BoydNov 7, 2022
@TetZoo Morris (1976: p. 98) mentions small osteoderns found adjacent to cervicals 1-4 in referred specimen LACM 33543. I am told by others that have seen the specimen (I have not) that they appear to be washed in crocodylian osteoderms. None of the other articulated specimens (e.g., MOR 979, NCSM 15728) show any signs of osteoderms.
Show threadDarren NaishNov 7, 2022
@Boydpaleo I recall the Morris descriptions and photos (in the Athlon volume I think) and -- yeah, they're croc osteoderms. Thanks for thoughts.
Show threadJun-Hyeok JangNov 7, 2022
@Boydpaleo @TetZoo There were some of Korean-translated Japanese books from early 1990s showed Thescelosaurus with osteoderms.
Show threadClint BoydNov 7, 2022
@palaeotaku @TetZoo got and pics of those reconstructions? Would love to see.
Show threadJun-Hyeok JangNov 7, 2022
@Boydpaleo @TetZoo Unfortunately I don't have these books now but I could ask others for photos.
Show threadJun-Hyeok JangNov 7, 2022
@Boydpaleo @TetZoo But from the Japanese book published around 1990 or 1991, there is a reconstruction of Hypsilophodon with osteoderms. I am not sure whether the artist was influenced by 'osteoderms' in Thescelosaurus but still interesting take. For people who can't read Japanese, the green theropod represents Calamospondylus.
Show threadClint BoydNov 7, 2022
@palaeotaku @TetZoo oh beautiful!
Show threadJun-Hyeok JangNov 8, 2022
@Boydpaleo @TetZoo This is the Thescelosaurus showing osteoderms which I talked above, from one of the Korean-translated Japanese book. It was published around 1993 or 1995.
Show threadClint BoydNov 8, 2022
@palaeotaku @TetZoo I am guessing this ends as a bad day for the Thescelosaurus. 🤣
Show threadJun-Hyeok JangNov 19, 2022
@Boydpaleo @TetZoo Finally, here's the full segment with the Thescelosaurus.
Show threadJun-Hyeok JangJan 8, 2023
@Boydpaleo @TetZoo Here's the another thescelosaur illustration with osteoderms, from the unknown artist.
Show threadllewellyNov 7, 2022

@TetZoo These are great drawings (and I think not seen before outside of your patreon customers? ), but they don't have captions.

Many people here won't boost photos unless they have a caption briefly describing the photo, and I'm thinking about adopting that habit myself. (There should be an edit or caption button in your app to add them - I don't think you can do it to already posted photos. )

Show threadDarren NaishNov 7, 2022
@llewelly Ok, thanks for telling me - obviously, I didn't know that. Will admit that I'm lazy on adding captions since -- once writing the tweet, I'm keen to post it asap. But duly noted.
Show threadllewellyNov 7, 2022
@TetZoo oh, and some of them have been in your books.
Show threadJun-Hyeok JangNov 7, 2022
@TetZoo Here are my some selected artworks, which I used in my undergraduate thesis about the certain South Korean dinosaur tracksite. These images are representing theropod trackmakers and paleoenvironment.
Show threadMike Taylor 🦕Nov 8, 2022

@TetZoo "Let's start posting assorted images of #dinosaurs and such here to expand the #palaeoart #paleoart representation on mastodon."

Sure, here you go!

Show threadMark WittonNov 8, 2022
@mike @TetZoo Wow, peak #paleoart at Mastodon already. Why were such masterworks not included in the new Mesozoic Art book? Is the world not ready for them?
Show threadMike Taylor 🦕Nov 8, 2022
@markwitton @TetZoo I don't get it. I am easy to find online. Why did the editors of the book contact me? I can only be a conspiracy. It's Big Palaeoart up to their tricks again.
Show threadJohn ConwayNov 8, 2022
@mike @markwitton @TetZoo Shadowbanned for being too avant guard.
Show threadMike Taylor 🦕Nov 8, 2022
@john @markwitton @TetZoo The world was never meant for one as beautiful as my Brontosaurus artwork.
Show threadDarren NaishNov 8, 2022
@mike @john @markwitton Well, book 2 is going to happen so keep an eye on your emails
Show threadMike Taylor 🦕Nov 8, 2022
@TetZoo @john @markwitton It really would be the BEST thing if #MikeTaylorAwesomeDinoArt was included!
Show threadMark WittonNov 8, 2022
@TetZoo @mike @john I see what's going on here: we're building to a specific collection of #MikeTaylorAwesomeDinosaurArt. Clearly didn't want the series to peek too early.
Show threadMike Taylor 🦕Nov 8, 2022
@markwitton @TetZoo @john For anyone who is late to the #MikeTaylorAwesomeDinoArt party, here is another sample, this time from my Speculative Palaeobiology collection:
Show threadDarren NaishNov 8, 2022
@mike @markwitton @john Mastodon palaeoart peaked too early, it's all downhill from here
Show threadBloomNov 8, 2022
@mike
Best paleo-art ever 
Show threadMike Taylor 🦕Nov 8, 2022
@bloomoom Thank you. I don't like to seem arrogant, but I can only agree.
Show threadDarren NaishNov 8, 2022
@mike @markwitton I will re-iterative that, err, we'll call you. Just keep watching those emails.
Show threadMark WittonNov 8, 2022
@TetZoo @mike One does not *email* for artwork of such quality. One *signals*.
Show threadChris Degl 🦖Nov 8, 2022
@markwitton @TetZoo @mike
Few days in and we already have memes on Paleo-Mastodon
Show threadMike Taylor 🦕Nov 8, 2022
@DEGL_TOONS @markwitton @TetZoo Don't say I never do anything for you guys. #MikeTaylorAwesomeDinoArt enters the realm of mammals!
Show threadMark WittonNov 8, 2022
@mike @DEGL_TOONS @TetZoo I love the delicate details in the skin and the look of intelligence you've put into the eye. And the hair at the end of the tail? [Chef's kiss]
Show threadMike Taylor 🦕Nov 8, 2022

@markwitton @DEGL_TOONS @TetZoo What can I tell you? I learned from the best.

#ProTip! Sometimes JPEG artifacts can look like skin texture!

Show threadllewellyNov 8, 2022

@mike @TetZoo It's definitely the best sauropod ever, but it needs a caption, because otherwise no one will know what it is. : )

Many people in the fediverse won't boost images unless they have a caption briefly describing the image, and I'm thinking about adopting that habit myself. (There should be an edit or caption button in your app to add them - I don't think you can do it to already posted images. )

Thank you.

Show threadRobNov 9, 2022
@mike @TetZoo Ah, my kind of #paleoart thread. Here's my #Triceratops.
Show threadMike Taylor 🦕Nov 9, 2022
@PencilBloke IT'S ON!