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Dreigiau o Gymru. Illustrator of dragons and dinosaurs. All books available in my Etsy shop. Please DM for commission enquiries. He/him. European/Welsh.
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Hello. I’m Andy, an illustrator of big dead things and tiny imaginary things.
If you’d like to know more, you can:
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I’ve said this before. I’m going to say it again. A lot of palaeoart is too conservative. This bird’s fossilised remains would most probably contain absolutely no indication of how gloriously weird and wonderful it was when alive. Make. Your. Dinosaurs. Weirder.
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As an antidote to the AI garbage that seems to be slowly invading the sci-art space, here is some proper, honest, human-made art. And it is absolutely beautiful.
A Hercules Beetle. My first, and only, commission.
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I’m convinced that, were it not for the small matter of extinction, Dromaeosaur hatchlings would be competing with cats for “internet’s favourite animal” status.
A little digital painting wot I done... and a reminder to Hollywood: dinosaurs were not monsters. 😉🦖
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@pinkfloyd
“Behind the scenes?” Seriously?? Somebody typed some 💩 and an algorithm spewed out more💩. It’s no more complex than that. Please, for the love of god, let’s not pretend there’s some kind of “process” behind this.
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Them: “Dinosaurs were huge and fearsome monsters.”
Me:
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AI users pretending to be traditional artists… one question: why? What do you think this will achieve? Because if it’s fame, status and wealth, REAL artists everywhere have got some bad news for you.
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And there we have it. Big museums now happy to share AI art on social media.
I give up.
Scientists have discovered a pre-dinosaur reptile species— Mambachiton fiandohana, an archosaur (includes bird-line and crocodilian-line creatures). Fossils revealed this species had bony plates along its backbone, indicating that armor was an evolutionary trait that came & went.
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I’ve wanted to do a speculative reconstruction of Dilophosaurus for ages, so anyway…
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At an event this weekend a gentleman told me that he’d love to buy my books for his kids... if they were boys. But as they were girls, they weren’t “into dragons”.
So, if you identify as female, and yet, (despite that 😉) are “into” dragons, do please feel free to say so.🐉😄
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The “illustration” that
@DiscoverMag
have used for their megalodon article.
I give up. I absolutely give up.
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Dinosaur doing dinosaur stuff. ⬇️
(Sound on).
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Strange bird in my garden this morning… (1/2)
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Am I doing this right?
Artist, show me the most cutest art you have
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“Artists use reference. How’s that different to AI?” 🙄
Making slow progress on the boi.
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I read the comments.
Now I can never un-read the comments.
Do. Not. Read. The. Comments.
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Ok, so somebody just sent me one of the pictures from inside this book. And this is one of those “I’ve seen this, so now you all have to suffer too” deals. Sorry.
Anyway, behold… checks notes… Stegosaurus.
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Hold Birb Gentle Like Hamburger. Part 2.
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If anyone needs me, I’ll be in a dark room screaming into a pillow.
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Hold Birb Gentle Like Hamburger. Part 4.
Hold Birb Gentle Like Hamburger. Part 3.
(Technically more like a big loaf than a burger).
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I can’t believe this is a real bird. It’s just unhinged how cool this is to watch.
Pennant Winged Nightjar!
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All shapes and sizes.
Meet the Novosaurs.
(See my profile for details of where to find the book). 🐓🦖
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Thanks to Amazon for recommending this to me. “How to Draw Realistic Dinosaurs” with a deformed AI-generated dinosaur on the cover.
What a time to be alive.
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Once again, my plea to palaeoartists: MAKE YOUR DINOSAURS WEIRDER.
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You don’t need AI. You don’t need to steal the work of others. You just need a pencil.
#HumanArtist
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@LeggeBourke
@RNLI
@CAupdates
What is “bewildering” about that?
@RNLI
have consistently been a beacon of decency and humanity. Values wholly lacking from those who continue to indulge in bloodsports. So yes, “Welcome to 2024” - perhaps it will be the year when we finally see these hunts consigned to history.
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Currently working on a new Dilophosaurus commission, but can’t share it yet. So here’s one I did earlier.
#PrehistoricPlanet
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I received this heartbreaking message today (1st pic). I know it won’t be the last. My response is in the next 3 pics. I’ve explained my decision and I always keep it under review.
F**k the billionaire for putting me in this position. It shouldn’t be this hard to do what I love.
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“Sentinels are the oldest of all dragons. Over the millenia their giant bodies become mineralised, bones become rock, seas rise and fall around them, continents move beneath them. Yet they are not dead. Deep within the cold stone a dragon's heart continues to beat.” (1/2)
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Superbly camouflaged, this male Carnotaurus blends perfectly into the background and moves unnoticed through the forest… 🙄🦖
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NO. “We” didn’t ask for this. We asked for the opposite. We asked you to provide better tools and support for the thousands of artists who make your website a nicer place to be. Instead you chose to pander to fraudsters and thieves. You need to rethink this urgently
@TwitterBlue
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Bleuuurrghhhh!
Plateosaurus with speculative dulla.
Because why not.
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Unlike their predecessors, many of the second-generation Novosaurs are large and potentially dangerous. Their sale is restricted to specialist collectors and wildlife parks.
Novosaurs 2, my next book, launches August 15th.
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“…there is no language for such abysms of shrieking and immemorial lunacy…”
#NoToAIGeneratedImages
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Patagotitan doylensis.
Weighing more than seventy tons, it is by far the largest inhabitant of the lost world of Project:Tepui. See below for details of the book. (1/2)
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Last year I said that even companies those that “valued” artists, including WOTC, would embrace AI - because $$$ trumps everything. Lots of people told me I was wrong.
I wanted to be wrong.
I was not wrong.
oh cool WotC is using AI "art" now. (re: "artists" who are using AI)
i guess it's unsurprising given their sense of ethics.
Look at that goddamn foot.
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Why the long face?
A miniature Novosaur, engineered to exhibit an ornithomimosaur’s physical and behavioural traits. Its small size makes it ideally suited to customers with limited outdoor space.
Illustration from my next book, Novosaurs 2.
Details below (1/2)
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9.7k likes for this pile of AI 💩
Nine thousand seven hundred.
Somebody make this make sense.
Now , honestly if you’d captured this wonderful image im sure you would want to tell everyone…yet it wasn’t named. Perfect. Love the grumpy babies
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Thalassodromeus. Digital portrait.
This was originally going to be a commission, but world events intervened… long story… so this was painted just for fun. And because pterosaurs are cool, obviously.
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For everyone who ever wanted a pet Tyrannosaur…
Novosaurs 2 launches in August. 🦖🐣
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Dew drop.
Illustration from my book “Draco Minimus”.
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I posted my latest piece for the new book. And y’know what? I give up.
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Weird bird in my garden. Part 3. 🤷♂️😉
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This is the way 👍
Calling ALL paleoartists of all ages!
Museum of the Rockies wants you to submit your best paleoart 🎨🦖. Please share!
Details on how to submit:
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Tyrannosaurus rex. 🦖
Painted with Procreate.
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Spino-small-us?
Something from Novosaurs 2 - my new book launching in August.
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The king of kingfishers.
Illustration from Novosaurs 2.
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The Novosaurs book is selling quickly and I don’t have many copies left. So, if you don’t have one, but would like one, you know what to do. All details in reply below 👇
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Gone fishing.
A commission for the Novosaurus 2 book.
(Novosaurs 1 is available now, by the way. See my pinned tweet) 🦖
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Some of the larger Novosaur species exhibit extremely rapid growth. As a result, they can only be safely handled for the first few months.
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“Mirror, mirror, here I stand. Who is the fairest in the land?”
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