Orribec

As many others have done I have renewed motivation in actively using this site. I am primarily a natural history/paleo artist creating works that vary from stylized to realistic.

Proud of the DinoCon team for standing up for the community and for celebrating human art and artists ❤️ I was heartbroken and disappointed with that talk specifically, but being part of a community of incredible, creative, kind people who are so supportive of each other - that is special. ❤️

I do not use and will never use generative AI to make my plushie patterns or artwork. I enjoy the process too much and learn so much about each animal I make when drawing them, I will never let a machine take away this joy from me.

#PortfolioDay

Great news on #MesozoicArtII relevant to buyers in the USA -- I'm reliably informed that you can order direct from Bloomsbury's US site, and that the book qualifies for free shipping. I can't test that from here (as in the UK), but I hope it works out :) @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social

A review of the brand-new MESOZOIC ART II - a lavish, cutting-edge guide to #palaeoart as it looks in 2025 - at Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs ... chasmosaurs.com/2025/10/20/m... #books

What is #PALAEOART / #PALEOART looking like in 2025? Buy the spectacular #MesozoicArtII - published by @chiffchat.bsky.social, edited by @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social and I - now. Info and links... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/9/...

Received the Ceratopsian skull magnets (19 pcs) from Scaled Beast @rubrennanart.bsky.social as an early b-day present for myself.

Received my copy of Mesozoic Art II. It is a genuine honor to have my work be included with so many other talented paleo artists.

Attenborosaurus. This genus of early Jurassic Pliosaurid is named after Sir David Attenborough, whose 99th birthday is today. Piece from 2023.

"See no evil, hear no evil, smell no evil" Somewhat cursed WIP with some layers off.

Old Ed. Edmontosaurus regalis.

The first image is a beautiful illustration by the talented artist @orribec.bsky.social. Long ago in ancient northern China, during the Neogene Period. During the dry season, with no trees in sight, a single amebelodontid proboscidean called Platybelodon grangeri is searching hard for a place to

This paper has a lot of nice data that does seem to indicate an overlooked distinctiveness, but to do taxonomic revisions without any genetic data on living species should not be a thing in 2025. Even if a species is so rare that such data is difficult to obtain it would seem better to wait.

#PortfolioDay #paleoart

I am one of the artists that will be featured in this book. Out September this year. An excellent list of names to be included amongst and if you haven't seen volume 1 it is very much worth getting.

Here's the final cover we're going with on #MesozoicArtII, featuring an image by Anthony Hutchings. The book is already available for preorder online. Out September 2025, and oh boy is it a thing of beauty. #palaeoart #paleoart #books #dinosaurs

“You’ll be visited by three spirits” the three spirits:

Pliosaurus funkei. From November 2022.

Ambulocetus. Mother and calf, looking out over the future. December 2023.

If you see this post your orange art.

Final breath before the plunge. From June 2024.

Trick-or-Treat. Happy Halloween.

Close-up crop to show some detail of the interesting dentition. Also Mesosaurs like the one swimming for its life shown here are not currently known from the Gai-As Formation (not many vertebrate fossils of any kind are known here), but were abundant in the underlying Huab Formation.

Gaiasia jennyae. The recently described giant stem tetrapod from Permian Namibia.

With Halloween approaching its time to repost Gothronychus.

Meraxes gigas foot. A large carcharodontosaur from Late Cretaceous Patagonia. Notable for the enlarged curved claw on digit II. Also a speculative Welwitschiaceae species in background. December 2023.

Ouroboros Spinosaurus. From December 2022.

Smilodon populator. In the harsh conditions of Tierra del Fuego a mother brings half a carcass of a King Penguin to her only surviving cub. From March 2023.

Zalmoxes (and caretaker).

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Lurking Antarctosuchus. A large temnospondyl from Triassic Antarctica.

Lonesome Lusotitan.

From claw to crown.

Pectinodon.

Scaling the art to life-sized is sobering. Adult male Lion skull in comparison.