Callum Pursall (DM for commissions)
@CPursall
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Paleoart and bad decisions. Commissions open currently in my ammonite era cephalopod enjoyer he/him
Joined January 2021
Some late Cretaceous ammonites bask near the oceans surface. This art was made for the fantastic paper released by @JoeFlanSan in @NatureComms .
Delighted to see our work on ammonoid diversification out today in Nat Comms, along with some stunning artwork by @CPursall for the press releases. We know that diversity varied around the globe, so the drivers of diversity must also have shown similar spatial variation 1/n.
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Ridley Scott is gonna fill this dude with milk.
Introducing Torso, a bimanual android actuated with artificial muscles.
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Art deleted from /r/cryptozoology because the mods think it's AI. This may be a new low
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In 1977 the Japanese ship Zuiyo-maru caught a highly decomposed carcass first assumed to be that of a plesiosaur. Though quickly identified as a basking shark, a recently uncovered image from the small New Zealand fishing vessel Karetai dating to 1975 casts doubt on this theory.
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By the 1950's it was widely accepted that the giant squid (Architeuthis dux) was the origin behind the myth of the "Kraken". In 1956 this theory was challenged with the discovery of an enormous shelled carcass found beached upon the small Norwegian island of Flesa.
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This is categorically true
Let me make this clear: "Fisherman finding something fucked up" is the best genre of horror.
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Twitter talks a lot of shit about Reddit but this is still the most affecting response I've ever had from posting my art.
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In a perfect world
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@JakeDoesMemes @JermSansContext Jerma has entered that Tommy Cooper level where he could die on stream and decompose for two weeks and people would still think it's a bit.
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@Caimanspectacle I posted this in the comments to show it was human made but apparently that wasn't enough rip
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Has to be this fellow with his rather impressive catch
ARTISTS you can only use one Art picture to convince people to follow you. Which art piece you using? .OK GO UWU.
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Orbital Defence Camarasaurs helped prevent meteorite impacts in the Late Jurassic. They were sadly decomissioned at the start of the cretaceous.
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New Cube reconstruction from DeFault et al. 2022
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Coexistence isn't always harmonious.
YOU! PALEOARTIST!. Show me your art of dinosaurs and people coexisting. (Can be any other prehistoric animal. Can be mounts, pets, an animals that farmers like having around because it helps the ecosystem, or the more realistic dinosaurs hunting humans in spec evo)
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Happy national sea serpent day!
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There's something in the trees. The whole forest reeks.
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The waters surface is just magic
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This piece was inspired by the aforementioned Zuiyo-maru carcass, the single greatest "sea monster" image ever captured.
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I really wish sea monsters were real
ARTISTS UNDER 5K! DROP YOUR ART!.
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This is my most popular piece by far. The people yearn for sea monsters.
Never can predict what will resonate with people, this piece be so popular was certainly a surprise. I do have more entries for this "Ghost of . " series in the works, but they are very time consuming.
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Does it hurt, knowing you'll never be held by a living ammonite?
does it hurt, knowing you’ll never be able to hold a living trilobite?
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The "Karetai Carcass" was entangled in the lines of the vessel where it had been fed upon by cookiecutter sharks. The original film was recovered from the first mate of the Karetai after the publication of the image in 2019. Analysis of the image has been inconclusive thus far.
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This is the third in a series of vintage cryptid paleoart I've been slowly adding to, there's more cooking so watch this space.
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These people would rather every endangered species on earth die than listen to actual conservationists.
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This piece was inspired by one of my favourite photos of the giant squid, credit to NTNU Museum of Natural history and Archeaology.
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Hydrotherosaurus basks in the moonlight of the Cretaceous summer
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Ancient Kraken - Weighing over a tonne with a shell up to 3.5m in diameter, Parapuzosia seppenradensis is the largest invertebrate to have ever lived. Had great fun modelling this in blender! #paleoart #ammonites #paleontology #digitalart
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Rewatching the planet of the apes trilogy has confirmed that Maurice is the most convincing CGI animal ever put to screen. He makes the other apes look less real just by standing near them
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@jonkenstonk I would, but I get some incredibly helpful criticism from the people who don't see the [ART] tag and analyse it like its a genuine cryptid photo. They're rude and smug but the critique does come in handy for future pieces.
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Migrating hydrotherosaurs will often breach during sunrise and sunset
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Support human artists!
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A young Tylosaurus makes a miscalculation in prey choice. A Parapuzosia this big won't let itself become an easy meal. #ammonites #paleoart
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A Tylosaurus breaching after a long dive. #paleoart #palaeoart #mosasaurs #3dart #blender #dinosaurs
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I don't think I've made enough to be iconic for anything yet but these two seemed to get a good reaction.
Im bored so let's do something artists,. What is a drawing you think you're iconic for? and let people reply to you what drawing they think you are iconic for.
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@mocndu @DurpTurdle Imagine being so unrelentingly homophobic you can't even suppress it to talk about video games.
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Alright I'm stopping trying to justify Coyote Peterson's tactics as a sci communicator.
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@Valdevia_Art It's also got a weird guilt trip energy to it, as if you are in the wrong for making art that can induce challenging emotions.
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Orthographic Elasmosaurs aren't real they can't hurt you. Orthographic Elasmosaurs:
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@VoicesByZane I've had it happen on one of my art posts before. It's just to stop the blue checks panicking when they see something that requires any critical thinking.
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@hubbzjunkman The juxtaposition between our relatives and the abstractions we associate ourselves with. Or something.
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Qrt the character and how you "drew" them
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@babyfatherBBF @The_Wub_ Because twitter decided Waititi was cringe after Thor 4 so people want to dunk on his other films to look cool.
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This same image is 4th on google images for "trilobite embedded in rock". 5 of the first 10 results are AI. This may not have been intentional but it's still damning that a trilobite researcher didn't vet the image better. Especially with so many other better available options.
Our new paper uses Bayesian astrochronology to date the origin of trilobites with extreme precision. Read it here:
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New year, new job, new house and the first of many new ammonites. Maximites is the smallest known genus of ammonite. This tiny carboniferous cephalopod grew to only 10mm in diameter. #paleoart #palaeoart #paleontology #ammonites #cephalopods #Blender3d #digitalart #squid
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@REALSONICDANGER One looks like a real animal and the other looks like a lump of melted plastecine.
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I'm now open for commission(s)! . Available for 3d models, simple renders and full scenes of anything palaeontology related. 🦖🦕🦑. DM me with your ideas or price inquiries. One slot available for now.
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This nearly doubled my follower count overnight
since its the end of the year, what's your most popular art?.
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They're back!
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QRT With a meme you made
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Advertise your account with one image 🦑
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This year's #ammonites . In 2023 I'm planning to make a new ammonite a month. If any cephalopod connoisseurs want to hit me with their favourite ammonites and extant cephalopods it would be much appreciated for inspiration. #paleoart #cephalopods #squid #octopus #blender #kraken
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#portfolioday today. I'm Callum an amateur palaeoartist working in blender. Mainly focused on aquatic life and spooky compositions.
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Oh this blowing up, I make paleoart. Check it.
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Blue things
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@basalisk120 Thank you so much! I'm so glad people are liking the cookiecutter bites, they were a fun challenge to get looking right.
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Who's behind the art? 🦖. Show yourself 🐊
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@MartinFinnbarr It's all made in blender, I sculpted the Hydrotherosaurus and then made the scene using megascans materials and some of my own models. Then I used @photopeacom (in browser free photoshop clone, can't recommend it enough) to edit in the fisherman.
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@rocksolidfossil This is an art piece by Huang Yong Ping who has made other giant snake skeleton pieces. Why is this account posting so much misinfo an AI shlock lately?. Just use the smithsonian model if you want to show titanoboas scale
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Your art is a reflection of yourself. (I'm a rotting carcass on the beach)
Your art is a reflection of yourself. (I'm a fat boy who enjoys picnics by the river).
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A bonded pair of Hydrotherosaurus patrol a meadow of seagrass
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I know Tuna are huge but seeing one next to a basking shark broke my brain a little.
Basking Shark 🦈 vs Bluefin Tuna 🐟. Exclusive for #worldbaskingsharkday a 🧵 . A world’s first moment from this summer. We captured this amazing event, where a bluefin tuna attacked a basking shark for around 20min. Check out the drone footage 👇 /1
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Big Catch - A "sea serpent" caught off the coast of Maine circa 1920. Some vintage cryptid/paleoart art I made a few months back. #paleoart #cryptozoology #cryptids #mosasaurs #seamonsters #blender #alternatehistory
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Nice argument, however I have already depicted you as the weaker, unflanged orangutan and myself as the wise flanged Maurice.
Raka's lack of flanges (cheek pads) compared to Maurice indicates that he was living in proximity to a sexually dominant flanged male. Female orangutans prefer mating with flanged males, and unflanged males will not grow flanges in the presence of a male who already has them
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@SonFrankUchiha @cockknot Sex is part of the human experience, it's going to be portrayed in media and is essential for certain stories.
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@NarwhalerN While it's undoubtedly cruel, I can't help but think it's incredible to see the video version of old illustrations like these.
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@AwrBamiyas Thank you! I assumed it would be something like that given the time between the post and it's removal.
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ARTISTS, you can only use ONE art picture to convince people to follow you. Which art piece you using?
ARTISTS, you can only use ONE art picture to convince people to follow you. Which art piece you using?
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@MaxistLeninist @welshsocialism I patiently await her video decrying the use of bawbag by people who aren't Scottish.
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@bishylee1978 @OwenJones84 Tone policing people's frustrations is just an excuse to ignore the content of the problems. People swear, grow the fuck up.
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@Valdevia_Art @BlackSaltGames @BSG_DREDGE This is THE aesthetic. I've made a similar piece in the past and just can't get enough.
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A frantic hydrotherosaur flees the pursuit of an enormous Tylosaurus. A quick composition to test the new pc. Rendering about 10x faster than before baybeee
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@Sweetemmilyn @wormwrangler666 @john_m_b @EvoIutlon The sun doesn't overcome entropy. It introduces energy into the ecosystem. In the wider context of the universe the sun will eventually expand and and succumb to entropy. Evolution doesn't violate thermodynamics.
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@Bobbadbig @SoozUK Shit I didn't realise I could choose to opt out of inflation. Thanks for the advice Bob.
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