Matt (he/him)

a stylized 3d render of a kid drawing at a table, surrounded by ancient fish and sea creatures of the devonian and silurian.

ancient friends

A circular illustration of 19 colorful different species of invertebrates across various phyla (arthropods, cnidarians, echinoderms, sponges, mollusks, annelids, flatworms). Black arching text surrounding them reads “Celebrate Invertebrate Biodiversity”. They are illustrated on a light blue background.

Happy #Invertefest! Celebrate invertebrate biodiversity 🐛💕

A digital drawing of a cat character wearing a cute outfit and a party hat standing looking proud and content among lots of flowers. Below is the text “be cringe, be free!”

YEAH

If you want a book like this now, read @beebrookshire.bsky.social’s Pests. It’s excellent.

My twin has gotten into studying evolution and this is honestly the best thing that could be happening.

The Polish Phrase That Will Help You Through Tough Times In Poland, the concept of ‘Jakoś to będzie’ is acting without worrying about the consequences. It’s reaching for the impossible. It’s taking risks, and not being afraid.

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Really liked this article and learning more about Polish culture. It's about the Polish Version of what taking a leap of faith means to them.

a simple tutorial on how to draw a medieval cat. step 1 shows a basic “normal cat" with no details. step 2 shows the same cat but with a "human face" added, featuring a straight mouth and serious eyes. the final drawing combines both elements — a cat with a human-like face, surrounded by sparkles ✨

how to draw a medieval cat in two easy steps

a vibrantly colored work in progress illustration focusing on the face and hand of a man holding a quill. His eyes are bloodshot rainbows, his skin is blue and his hand is wearing a bright red glove. There's a ribbon of darkness coming from the tip of the quill

goodnight 🌙

Fall of the Candlekeep

Four panel comic with two figures talking. Panel 1: figure in black "How are things going?". Panel 2: figure in red "well...". Panel 3: shows a giant swirling black cloud above with lightning coming out - red figure '... aside from the gaping maw of existential apocalypse looming overhead...'. Panel 4: red figure '... pretty good. Can't complain.'

Pretty much fine, you know? (new comic inspired by <gestures at everything>)

My friends and I loved this book so much!

The book itself was amazing, but being able to see my feinds really think and appreciate the world differently after reading is priceless.

As a biologist, it was super special to see my friends get it. You're an amazing author! 💜

HOUSE SPIDER IN LATE MESOZOIC ERA WAITING FOR THE HOUSE TO BE INVENTED: ..... 100 MILLION YEARS LATER: (spider sees house being built) "Sick."

I used this image as a visual reference for the last frame!

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A two frame illustration depicting Tiktaalik roseae. The first shows a black and white line art of a Late Devonian landscape. The second is a close of up Tiktaalik with orange and green to highlight different aspects of the anatomy. The different colors went with different parts of the original presentation these illustrations were drawn for. *Some of the traits are over simplified or not fully scientifically accurate.

Shows a Tiktaalik 'fin' compared to human anatomy.

These are almost two years old now- but here aresome #Tiktaalik illustrations I did for some educational outreach!

My favorite part was adding @nshubin.bsky.social into the drawing as a fun to add a segway into shouting him out lol

My very first #paleoart commission- Diplocaulus! I believe this was made around 2017-2018
#sciart

Those two ✨🤍
Lord of Ruin
Mistress of lies
@kmenright.bsky.social

Palaeoartist to follow 👇

The cover for Riley Black’s book When the Earth Was Green, showing dinosaurs, prehistoric mammals, and insects among ancient plants

“Essential”

“Brilliant”

“Vivid”

“Another triumph from Black”

When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution’s Greatest Romance, blooming on bookshelves February 25th. 🌱

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Real

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Are Not Optional—They Are Essential Image created by Olly Costello. Olly Costello shared this image and other beautiful images with the public on the Art for Community page of their website in exchange for donations to one of the Abolit...

Proud of @prereview.bsky.social for their full-throated commitment to their values: "Equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility are not optional—they are essential to Open Science and human well-being. We reject any vision that excludes them." content.prereview.org/edia-not-opt...

This is so gorgeous!!

💗 Stupid Cupid 🏹

You're a gem, and I love every facet.

Omg it's him 🥹 (comic by @beetlemoses.bsky.social)

I used a picture of __coyotl__ on Instagram as a pose/anatomy reference for this!

An unfinished drawing of a man holding a sword to his chest. He is looking off to the side and looks a little flustered or embarrassed. He has royal esc. attire on with big ruffled sleeves. He has some scars on his neck and on the right side of his face.

I feel like I should actually post my art here more....

Here is Azear, the Captian of the King's guard in a roleplay I'm doing 💕

#oc

Very large gator with the reptilian equivalent of a Mona Lisa smile, a green leafy flower-shaped accessory on her head

When you're very pleased with your new hat