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Here's another creature of mine, the PinPin. The PinPin is a timid animal living in herds that brows the seasonal plains and bushlands of their dry home controlled by a short rainy season and a long dry season. They're mammals, but their body plan is more similar to large ground dwelling birds than conventinal mammals. . . . . . #creature #creaturedesign #creaturedesigner #fantasycreature #fantasyanimal #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #pencilsketch #artist #artistsoninstagram #artistofinstagram #worldbuilding #fantasybeast #art

Christmas is fun when you're not really allowed to play with the presents... or the tree.. or the ornaments.. Happy Holidays! Hope you all had a nice celebration if you do celebrate, if not, hope you had an alright time anyway! The Holidays and the moving from the UK to Norway has taken a huge toll on my art, and i'm trying to find my way back😉 #holidays #christmastree #christmaswithpets #christmas #cat #kitty #ragdoll #hiatus #artblock #artistsoninstagram #artistofinstagram

Here's a creature I've kept for so many years! It doesn't have a species name, but this family of dangerous reptiles are called viri [vee-ree]. Two first images are recent from a test to redesign the basic viri design. I still have some work to do to make the physiology to work, but i'm getting there😄 3rd picture is the first time drawing it back in 2011 or 2012, and the 4th pic is the plasticine model that started it. It's been re-worked a couple of times and had some material and design added to it, but it's still the same model. It must be from 2010-2011 or so! #creaturedesign #creaturedesigner #throwback #throwbackthursday #reptile #reptiledesign #reptilecreature #reptilemonster #apexpredator #fantasyanimal #fantasycreature #animaldesign #worldbuilding #worldbuilder #worldbuilders #creature #conceptualart #conceptart #fantasyzoology #art #artistsoninstagram #artist #artistofinstagram #penciledrawing #sketch #sketchbook #blackandwhite #drawing #penciledrawing #plasticine #moldingclay #figure #plasticinemodel #conceptmodel

Instagram's giving me trouble with another post I tried to uploade with some creature design, so here's a oldie; comparing the size between shuuvuia and a baby velociraptor mongoliensis, ca 2014-5 i did for a project that's been shelved for now. Hoping instagram will get back to me soon, I want to show off one of my predators really bad😬 #dinosaur #paleoart #paleoartist #raptor #velociraptor #velociraptormongoliensis #velociraptorchicken #babyraptor #babyvelociraptor #shuuvuia #flamingcliffs #sizecomparison #sizechart #whilewewait #outadetart #outadateddesign #sketch #sketchbook #drawing #artist #artistsoninstagram #artistofinstagram #art

First entry of the year! This cat like creature is called a Jahor. It's a big, cunning ambush predator said to be smarter than some people! They have powerful front limbs used for climbing, breaking the back or neck of smaller prey, and wrestling large prey to the ground so it can use its deadly accuracy and 5 inch canines to deliver the fatal blow. Jahor social structures are complicated, but males seem to govern large territories overlapping several female territories. Cubs stay within the mother's territory until they're 2 years of age before they split up to find their own place in the world. Largely solitary, they have been seen working together and even hunting for each other in times of need. . . . #creature #creaturedesign #conceptart #worldbuilding #art #sketch #penciledrawing #sketchbook #artistsoninstagram #artistofinstagram #fantasyanimal #animal #animaldesign #creatureart #creaturedesigner #artist #firstpostoftheyear #creatuanary

Breaking in a new sketchbook! I've been writing lately for a worldbuilding project of mine, triggered by the start, and now hiatus of my D'nD campaign happening in this world. The other day I got around to start writing about the worlds griffins, so here's an owl/lynx griffin! This griffin inhabits cold, Northern forests and mountain areas, specialising in ambushing anything from reindeer to hares and voles in the wee hours of dusk and dawn. It is also a supreme master of stealth both by foot and by wing. A very shy creature, it pose little threat to people (other than goblins..) unless cornered, then it can violently lash out with its powerful 4 inch claws #griffin #gryphon #griffith #owl #lynx #bobcat #sketch #sketchbook #drawing #eagleowl #birdofprey #mythicalcreatures #mythology #fantasy #fantasycreature #conceptart #creaturedesign #worldbuilding #dnd #artistofinstagram #art #artistoninstagram #dm #dmsofinstagram #dungeonmaster

Behold! The revised design of the modern harpy! Revised my design from yesterday and realised that the previous post featured the "classic" harpy, the harpy that inhabited the archipelago and lived like a pretty normal vulture. This version is the man-eating, "temptress" of the sea, and the scurvy arial thief, stealer of feasts of the mainland. This is the modern harpy. You can see that the classic harpy's display features have changed slightly to look like a female humanoid, like its beak flaps have turned more vibrant in colour (not illustrated) and luscious, resembling lips, and its inflatable chest wattles have grown proportionally bigger, and gained more detail as to mimic breasts. #harpy #creaturedesign #art #fantasy #speculativeevolution #specevo #fantasyart #greekmythology #dnd #bird #vulture #turkeyvulture #animaldesign #monster #conceptart #sketchbook #artistoninstagram #artistofinstagram #evolution #worldbuilding #siren

Not sure if image quality is that good? But here's the finished harpy, coloured with watercolours! I'm not working with watercolours that much, but I enjoy it, it's just scary to work with it compared to say digital colouring, as you can fuck up and then that's that drawing gone. Anyone got any tips on straightening the paper out? Just scan it? Laminating it? I know my paper's not really meant for getting wet, so I'd be happy to take tips on what to paint on too 😋 Anyway, here you can see that the modern harpy has taken pre-existing traits from the classic harpy, and made it look more humanoid. It's skin has also gotten less orange, and its head more compact, bringing the facial features closer and making it look more humanoid. In broad daylight it looks like an ugly hag at best. However, in a stormy night, and in the eyes of sea drunk and weary sailor, the power of the harpy's charming voice and the illusion of a alluring face is often a bait few can resist..or survive. . #harpy #siren #sirensong #mythology #greekmythology #zeus #islandgigantism #fantasyart #fantasycreature #sciencefantasy #fantasy #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #dragonsdogma #creaturedesign #creaturedesigner #worldbuilding #conceptart #sketchbook #sketch #doodle #artistsoninstagram #artistofinstagram #watercolor #watercolour #watercolourpainting #guache #art #speculativeevolution #fantasybird #birb #bird #fantasyzoology

I keep finding pictures I thought I posted a long time ago, but didn't! This creature here is called a Napuuna. They are huge, mammalian creatures resembling duckbilled dinosaurs in physique, although they "only" reach up to 5 meters in length, and 2-3 tonnes. Mainly quadrupedal, they can rear up on their powerful hind legs to for example brows tall foliage, intimidate rivals and threats, and to move faster. They are related to the smaller, gracile PinPin (see earlier post), stemming from the same line, however they are not closely related. #creature #creaturedesign #creaturedesigner #sketch #sketchdrawing #drawing #art #artistsoninstagram #artistofinstagram #artist #sketchbook #conceptart #worldbuilding #grayscale #blackandwhite #zoology #fantasyzoology #fantasybiology #specevo #speculativefiction #speculativeevolution #evolution

Here we go, some better pictures and trying again! A male mallard duck is enjoying a calm summer noon in the reeds along the bank of a forest lake. A small group of perch swim through it looking out for their next meal, and potential predators. Not far off at the outskirts of the reeds, a larger perch observes them, making it's mind up if one of them will be it's next meal. Little do any of the perch know that they are being watched by a subadult pike further out. The lightning fast hunter is a force to be reckoned with as it doesn't need to lurk much closer before it can grab any of them! . I really did enjoy making this, despite my frustration on the leaking water effect (Fuller seems to be more runny than others that I've seen in tutorial videos). I learned a LOT and I feel confident that my next diorama featuring water will be a lot better! The next will be a paleo oriented one #miniature #forestpond #lake #pond #sculpture #artist #artistofinstagram #artistoninstagram #art #supersculpy #watereffect #forest #diorama #arts #artsandcrafts nature #pike #perch #mallard #duck #fish #forestdiorama #seafoam #seafoamtree #sculptor #paleoartist #sunny #summer #visualstorytelling #handmade #forestpond #birdwatching #animals #animalart #natureart #natureinart (at Drammen, Norway) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvbrL2qFTG9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=104w1f6b0wt7l

Some more photos of the underlying armature and how i built it up for the platybelodon sculpt. I think i will keep making basic skulls for my sculpts as it gives a rather natural look imo, also it satisfoes my need for playing with and kearning better anatomy👀 one tuak is deliberatley shorter than the other to portray use and wear from a life of fighting. I'm always fascinated by battle scarred bull elephants. If you want to see more pictures of tge finished sculpture, check out my previous post! #miniature #artistofinstagram #artistoninstagram #paleoartist #sculptor #art #artist #paleoart #platybelodon #sculpture #supersculpey #armature #maquette #toy #elephant #animalart #sciart #dinosaurart #poboscidea #toymaker #prehistoric #prehistoriccreature #gompothere #creaturedesigner #creaturedesign #fossilfriday https://www.instagram.com/p/BwJwcSHlafe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=53ak37gp4w0b

Some progress shots from a newly done commission of a thylacoleo carnifex. Looks rather alien and bony doesn't it? Steelwire armature padded with tinfoil, bound by soft steel wire, basic skull and skeletal structure, and premade custom size eyes and very rudementary anatomy "filling". Finished product up on Firday 10th. . Been thinking about doing process videos/time-lapse videos of sculptures. Would you be interested? . Been a few hectic and exhausting weeks! I haven't shown much from the animation project I'm working on for ADHDNorge and Extrastiftelsen..don't know why? Will show some soon as my contract is nearing an end✌😢 On top of this I've been working more on my more seasonal job lately, so, very little time energy to do anything but!😪 #armatureworks #armature #art #artinprogress #wip #artistofinstagram #artist #paleoart #thylacoleo #thylacoleocarnifex #dropbear #marsupial #animalart #sculpture #sciart #fantasyart #creature #creaturedesign #paleoartist #creaturedesigner #dinosaurart #iceage #iceageanimal #maquette #supersculpey #sculpey #supersculpeyoriginal https://www.instagram.com/p/BxRCDPSlR28/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=n0oznum5h44d

Thylacoleo carnifex enters the arena! Thylacoleo, commonly called the "marsupial lion" was the largest carniverous marsupial to have ever lived, and could reach about the same weight class as an African lion! Some of it's closest relatives are the kangaroos and wombats. It has a series of adaptations suggesting it stems from an arboreal ancesstor, and it may have evolved carnivory from a mostly herbivorous diet along its evolutionary tree. It actually doesn't have usable canine teeth like most carnivorous mammals do, instead it used its well developed incisors, possibly in combination with its meathook "thumb" claws to deliver a fatal bite to the neck or back of the skull of its prey. . Commission done for @caitlinmillerm I hope you enjoy! And do share if you're painting it or do something fun with him! If you are interested in a commission, contact me through DMs😊 (cannot promise i can do anything until August due to work, but we can talk and plan out the details) #miniature #artistofinstagram #artistoninstagram #paleoartist #sculptor #sculpture #supersculpy #paleoart #thylacoleo #thylacoleocarnifex #maquette #creatureart #creaturedesign #creaturedesigner #arksurvival #dinosaurart #iceage #iceageanimal #marsupial #marsupialion #commission #art #jurassicworld #jurassicpark #toymaker #prehistoricanimal https://www.instagram.com/p/BxTN-SAl6wr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ougp2n01xyi1

My birthday drawpile with @thatsamthere @emmaaaaaamme @poochie.come.home and @kscraggsanimation ! Had lots of fun! Think drawing session lasted for 3-4 hours? Following are my doodles in chronological order (tho coloured doodle was finished last, it was not the last drawn) Enjoy! I know i did! 1 - whole page 2 - welcoming face to the session 3 - warm-up kelenken from an angel 4 - self portrait 5 - "i don't even go to this school!" 6 - a charicature character #drawing #art #artist #artistofinstagram #artistoninstagram #paleoartist #drawpile #anime #doodles #doodle #sketch #digitalart #digitalsketch #jjba #selfportrait #character #warmup #warmupsketch #kelenken https://www.instagram.com/p/B2pqL9LI482/?igshid=1xetsbqerda87

Been busy working, adulting and starting on a 3 week job seeker course to help me do more, non-art related adulting, so not done that much art. Here's scene i drew like 15 years ago mashing up something from The Future Is Wild, Ice Age (the movie) and BBC's Walking With Beasts. Top left is a saber toothed wolverine or badger pressing a flock of chicken like, flightless birds off a cliff. Bottom left is a sabertoothed cat cub waiting in anticipation of it's mother to kill an unsuspecting mammoth or mastodont having a shower. More more drawings and sculpture updates will be posted soon👌 #art #artist #artistofinstagram #artistoninstagram #paleoartist #paleoscene #fantasy #throwback #idrewthisasachild #childrensdrawing #drawing #lookingback #reminiscing https://www.instagram.com/p/B3hiBnslWrs/?igshid=o8zxiqksk41v

Do you remember her? THIS is her NOW! Soo.. i thought i saved my little forest creek diorama from the summer sun, but turnes out it got too hot in the cabinet as well😓 I believe the water effect i used was too thick compared to what is advised on the bottle, so that may have had something to do with it too? I learned a lot from it and got some nice photos of it anyway, so it's not that big a loss. Oh well! I'll do better next time😋 #miniature #artistofinstagram #artistoninstagram #paleoartist #sculptor #sculpture #supersculpy #watereffect #art #artist #thenandnow #update #forestpond #lake #pond #forestdiorama #diorama #miniatures #minatureenvironment #miniaturepond #duck #mallard #pike #perch #fish https://www.instagram.com/p/B3nRmLyF16_/?igshid=1fhcvp5bhzg2b

Future post... tease? I've worked on the natural, and unnatural, origin of the unicorn for a personal project of mine that I should really work more on (other than frantically writing notes at 3 in the morning) so I can share more creature designs and beastiary entries. Here's a small collage of some headshots, in no particular order, of the majeatic beasties coming up. Fellow world builders..what to do if the only name you have for a world is specific to ONE (1) of the many stories set in said world? #art #artist #artistofinstagram #artistoninstagram #paleoartist #fantasyart #conceptual #conceptart #unicorn #speculativeevolution #specevo #fantasyscience #fantasycreature #fantasticbeasts #fantasyartist https://www.instagram.com/p/B33_vYiFXGu/?igshid=d9vk0gh7r46o

Unicorns! I'm on my way to Berlin for a short week so i nabbed some pictures of my page of unicorns. This feels very relevant atm because I've been looking up horse evolution and trying to find a good point for unicorns to branch off from horses, and through my reseearch I've seen some nice mounts/life reconstructions that seems to be in the NHM of Berlin, so I'm actually a little stoked over that specifically! Anyway, here are two of the first possible members of the unicorn family representing their respective theories on when the split happened. First theory is that of protoceratherium, a small animal that shot off from the likes of eohippus. The second theory is that they split off from the likes of mycohippus, a part of the genus equus, with unoceratherium. Their longer legs allowed them to partake in the grassland ecosystems aswell as their prefered forest bioms, with a better survival chance than their predecessors, and their basal three hoofed legs gave them advantages of stealth and grip on the slippery forest floor. Might do more indepth post on both of these critters later on. Still research and naming to do too🤔 #art #artist #artistofinstagram #artistoninstagram #paleoartist #fantasyart #unicorn #fantasyscience #fantasy #fantasticbeasts #conceptart #creaturedesign #creaturedesigner #creatureart #horse #horseart #conceptartist https://www.instagram.com/p/B3_O-3ZFtWP/?igshid=11u96epssshji

Next up on the unicorn tree, we have an, as of now, unnamed species, descended from the unoceratherium (2 image). This species was more adapted to open grasslands than it's predecessors and the two last lines of unicorns, both its descendants, or very close relatives. The previously three hoofed feet are now mainly monodactylous, it's other digits being lifted off the ground, like the artiodactyle posterially positioned toes. It's horned is larger, slightly curved, and is now "twisted" in a corkscrew manner. This species likely went extinct from preassure by climate, hunting, and being out competed by bovids and cervids, and also the other equids like the larger wild horse. . This design is based more off on the split from the equid family while they still had 3-toed hooves and had moved into open grasslands, than the very early split from the forest dwelling ancestors mentioned in my previous post. #art #artist #artistofinstagram #artistoninstagram #paleoartist #fantasyart #unicorn #fantasyscience #fantasy #fantasticbeasts #conceptart #creaturedesign #creaturedesigner #creatureart #wip #workinprogress #sketchbook #sketch #drawing #magicalbeast #magicalcreature https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Kn3hsHaC2/?igshid=ooqk5x5q2by5

Still a wip, but here is a long promised update on the kelenken sculpt 2.0. Been working on it on and off for a while now, and i keep running into problems with it. I think the glue in the masking tape i foolishly tried to use again (after learning not to while making the platybelodon), has been deteriorating the bulk layer of clay, and the the bulk layer has been drying out and cracking up the outer layer😓 so much back and forth and so much material.. I'm doubting wether or not to double down and get this one right, or restart. #miniature #artistofinstagram #artistoninstagram #paleoartist #sculptor #sculpture #supersculpy #paleoart #terrorbird #art #artist #jurassicpark #jurassicworld #dinosaurart #iceage #iceageanimal #kelenken #kelenkenguillermoi #arksurvival #wip #workinprogress #dinosaur #diorama #miniatures #phorusrachid #phorusrhacos https://www.instagram.com/p/B4V1ga1lTgo/?igshid=1a8kxuc8in90m