Ole Zant
@TheBioBob
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Scientific illustrator / Paleoartist. Museum fossil preparator and researcher. Admirer of spinosaurs, carcharodontosaurs and Cretaceous North Africa.
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People think this for real
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#PrehistoricPlanet
fact.
Not all animals were CGI.
Some were shot for real.
(Clip unrelated)
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A new paper by Ibrahim et al. just dropped describing a Spinosaurus tail which confirms that it had a very aquatic lifestyle! And it's the tail of the 2014 specimen!!!
#Spinosaurus
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Here's a wip of my Carcharodontosaurus and Alanqa artwork. It's still far from finished.
Since I don't often draw pterosaurs any tips concerning anatomy (or how to draw fur) would be appreciated.
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It is finally done!
Nigersaurus from the Elrhaz Formation of Niger.
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New Spinosaurus paper just got released! Showing how spinosaurids and especially Spinosaurus had denser bones than other dinosaurs.
This extra weight allowed them to be more efficient swimmers!
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The new Spinosaurus mount has an updated skeletal next to it. And it incorporates the new recently found neotype caudals (as well as a new cervical it seems).
And kudos to the squad of Italian artists featured in the displays: Davide Bonadonna, Marco Auditore, and Fabio Manucci!
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Looks like the Spinosaurus biomechanics research results got leaked.
Thanks for all the likes and follows from the block pass, here's the polish. Personal Work. DinoSword, SpinoSwordrus Combo Attack. Jurassic World meets Dark Souls using Cloud's buster sword from Final Fantasy.
#3danimation
#dinosaur
#animation
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Sharing my Spinosaurus reconstruction again, as more research on this bizarre aquatic dinosaur was just published.
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My hypothesis for Irritator's jaws that are (weirdly) pushed outward when opened.
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New Kem Kem drawing!
This is my biggest artwork yet but it was a lot of fun to research and make.
#Spinosaurus
#KemKemGroup
#sciart
#paleoart
#paleontology
Some close-ups and explanation in the comments.
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No time to do a full Spinosaurus reconstruction unfortunately, but I did make a quick color sketch.
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Apparently the new apple vr headset will have some new 3D Prehistoric Planet related footage!
#PrehistoricPlanet
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It's been two years since the announcement of the discovery of Spinosaurus' bizarre newt like tail!
Let's hope for many more discoveries in the future.
#Spinosaurus
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My reconstruction of the extinct softshell turtle Axestemys infernalis.
I made this one for the authors of the newly discovered skull that was finally published last week!
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Unfortunate how this shot didn't end up in
#PrehistoricPlanet
I love how the baby T. rex rears up. A pose which is often avoided because of it's similarities with outdated reconstructions.
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Contrary to what the old Twitter crop might want you to believe. I actually draw whole dinosaurs. Not just their tails.
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A Spinosaurus paper was just released. Interestingly it seems math doesn't support it diving, nor swimming effectively. Although surely there are yet arguments against this. Anyway, I've already made art of both an aquatic and semiaquatic Spinosaurus. At least one must hold up 😅
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A new paper was released just today!
The Spinosaurus holotype turns out to be synonymous with Carcharodontosaurus so Carcharodontosaurus is now Spinosaurus aegyptiacus! All the spinosaurid fossils from Morocco are now Sigilmassasaurus!
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In this thread I'll be sharing the science behind my Carcharodontosaurus reconstruction with photos of the fossils and close-ups of the illustration. 👇
(1/9)
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For anyone wondering if azhdarchids would be too heavy to fly after eating a dinosaur:
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I'd say I'd be happy with a Spinosaurus in Walking With Dinosaurs but they already confirmed that one! So now I'm hoping we get to see a Carcharodontosaurus too!
#WWDSeries2
Are there any other creatures you particularly want to see that are from these four formations?
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Hello
#PortfolioDay
I'm an artist focused on depicting accurate dinosaurs in their natural habitat.
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Loving how many awesome Carcharodontosaurus reconstructions I've seen recently! Mine will soon be done too. 👀 (Yes, I've been working on this one for over a year now...)
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Finished this Camarasaurus head reconstruction almost a year ago.
It's about time I share it.
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#artistsontwitter
#ArtistOnTwitter
I draw dinosaurs!
(And environments, I actually spend more time on those 😬)
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Changed my profile picture for the first time in years. The Spinosaurus had some inaccuracies so it was about time. Also my profile pic eats plants now so that's neat.
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Interesting how the back of the lower jaws of Irritator expand laterally when the mouth is opened. It seems the most likely explanation for this is pressure buildup when opening the mouth. Allowing the mouth to shut extra quickly. Which would be advantageous when catching fish.
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I can finally share what Triassic fossils I've preparated the past few years! As the new Oertijdmuseum exhibition has opened!
This is, to my knowledge, the most complete adult phytosaur head from Europe.
A thread (with more animals & photos) 👇🏻
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I finally finished my new Kem Kem paleoartwork featuring a juvenile Spinosaurus and accurate flora and fauna.
#paleoart
#paleontology
#Spinosaurus
#sciart
Close-ups and elaboration in the comments.
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*Spot* the difference.
Still not done but worth the hours.
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
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For
#FossilFriday
I edited the skeletal from Ibrahim et al. 2020 to show the placement of the holotypical neural spines of Spinosaurus. I also edited it to show the placement of the dorsal spines in a speculative round sail.
#Spinosaurus
#Paleontology
[THREAD 1/4]
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Hello
#PortfolioDay
!
I make scientifically accurate illustrations of extinct animals (and plants).
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Advertise your account with one image 🦕
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I made a new work of
#paleoart
Carcharodontosaurus treading the floodplains of North Africa. The Leptostomia are foraging for food but they would rather not get stepped on.
#FossilFriday
#Carcharodontosaurus
#Leptostomia
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Sketched two of my favourite dinosaurs today. Spinosaurus and Sigilmassasaurus.
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A Krasiejów phytosaur scavenging a Metoposaurus carcass.
Pencil on paper.
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North African river animals for
#GetYourArtUnderwater
from a time when the Sahara still had water.
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Just finished my reconstruction of the Kem Kem Beds. I wanted to depict the environment with it's variety of life this time, not just a Spinosaurus.
#KemKemBeds
#Spinosaurus
#Elosuchus
#paleoart
#FossilFriday
#sciart
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QRT with your faces
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This tweet trend made me realize that I don't draw like most people at all 😂
My first version already has the lighting incorporated and I just paint over it until I think it looks done 😂
Before Render // After Render
It was fun trying to fake the 3D Pokemon card illustration aesthetic entirely in 2D
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Quick reminder I actually worked on Big Al 2. Great to see him getting a new permanent spot.
As promised, here are a couple of highlights of the newly refurbished
@UZH_en
palaeontological museum!
Starting things off with our very own Big Al 2.0 Allosaurus (1/6)
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#NobodyArtistClub
Hello, I like to draw extinct animals and their environments. Here are some examples of my art.
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New paleoartwork! The famous Archaeopteryx taking off. It took way too long to make this because I wanted to get the wings just right, but I'm pretty happy with the result.
#paleoart
#sciart
#Archaeopteryx
#FossilFriday
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I don't normally make/post memes but these are of scientific importance.
#mammothcube
(Artwork in last image by Stålenhag)
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New spinosaurid paper just got released! It's about the rostral morphology of Spinosaurids.
Here are some images from the paper comparing the premaxillae. Some pics are reused from older papers, others were newly taken.
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I've been working on this illustration for a while. It's the most detailed artwork I've done so far. It displays two Diplodocuses resting in the shadow and a curious Othnielosaurus among the ferns.
#paleoart
#sciart
#FossilFriday
#paleontology
#Morrison
#Diplodocus
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I might start working on another
#Spinosaurus
reconstruction. I've already made some color and composition sketches.
I can't wait to have to update it halfway through because of an unexpected paper.
#paleoart
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I got a brand new set of pencils! Here's an Acrocanthosaurus I made to test them out.
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Juvenile Spinosaurus skull reconstruction. I drew this over my recent juvenile Spinosaurus artwork.
#paleoart
#sciart
#skeletal
#Spinosaurus
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A 2020 Spinosaurus press release video showed a skeletal reconstruction (left) that differs slightly from the paper (right). It has some bones that were absent or moved in the final recon. It is obviously inaccurate now. But I'll point out some stuff I noticed in this THREAD
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It's
#PortfolioDay
(again)!
Here's some art of mine. Mostly reconstructions of extinct animals.
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The diplodocid skeleton at the Oertijdmuseum in the Netherlands seems to be a new genus/species! It's been publicly announced this week so I can finally share it. It'll take a while before it's published and officially named though.
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Two years ago, among unpreparated Morrison Formation material I identified an unknown bone to be an Allosaurus lacrimal. From Big Al 2 specifically!
After preparation it was reunited with the rest of Big Al 2, the most complete Allosaurus, who is now a little more complete.
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I immediately made a reconstruction of the new Spinosaurus. It looks so aquatic I start to question whether it spent any considerable time on land.
#Paleoart
#Spinosaurus
#Paleontology
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Hey, I remember making this edit for April Fool's. Don't forget about his buddy, sailed Carcharodontosaurus.
Spinosaurus is literally a Chinese Dragon (aka a Lung) if you remove its sail
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Spinosaurid lips
THREAD
Theropods have been depicted with lips for quite some time now, but not Spinosaurids. In this thread I explain why they might have had lips and what it may have looked like.
#Spinosauridae
#Spinosaurus
#Paleontology
#paleoart
#sciart
#FossilFriday
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Perucetus colossus
Sketching it in an attempt to grasp this thing.
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I made a juvenile Spinosaurus skull skeletal in preparation of a juvenile Spinosaurus artwork I'm working on. This is my first skeletal and not of good quality but it turned out better than expected.
#paleoart
#sciart
#PaleoartProcess
#FossilFriday
#Spinosaurus
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Sketched some Morrison Formation dinosaurs today. Galeamopus pabsti and Allosaurus jimmadseni.
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Here's a sneak peek of the juvenile Spinosaurus in the Kem Kem I'm working on. It's still far from finished. I'm also using more natural colors than in my other recent artworks. (WIP)
#Paleoart
#PaleoartProcess
#FossilFriday
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Quoting this tweet as I see people are liking this art again.
Such bizarre animals, I can't get bored staring at them either.
It is finally done!
Nigersaurus from the Elrhaz Formation of Niger.
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I reconstruct and draw extinct animals. Here is some of my art.
#AnimalArtistsUnit
#AnimalArtistsUnite
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Drop something green from your gallery 🌲🌳🌿 (At last drawing plants pays off)
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I recently found my first Nothosaurus tooth in the Netherlands! I preparated it today, really happy with the preservation.
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Who else got chills at this part? Best moment in Prehistoric Planet 2 in my opinion.
#PrehistoricPlanet
#PrehistoricPlanet2
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