Daniel Loxton 🇨🇦

@danielloxton.bsky.social

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Author, illustrator, and researcher of misinformation and fringe claims. Former Editor (2002–2021) of Junior Skeptic, and author of Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be and other science books for kids and adults. https://www.danielloxton.com

Black and white front cover of Fold & Find Folding and Coloring Puzzle, "Dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period" with art by Daniel Loxton
Digital painting of an extinct, antlered giraffe relative against green foliage and blue sky
Tall dry grass landscape
Work in progress digital painting of an extinct, antlered giraffe-relative, full body profile against green landscape and blue sky
Xenomorph alien, painted, backlit from below in blues
Text reading "quarantining for a period of time even asymptomatic people who arrive from Wuhan. It now appears using epi data and genomic data that the first infection was in early December and was not connected to the market. The infections spread among people weeks before the Chinese reported that they were dealing with a new infection and that gave the virus time to establish itself in multigenerational (sustained) spread. Remember, early on the Chinese were saying that there is no human to human transmission and all the original 27 cases were from the market. Now we know the market was not the source, it was the amplifier. Having said that, somewhere the virus jumped from animals to humans."
Work in progress color digital painting of an antlered extinct giraffe relative against blue sky and green foliage
Work in progress illustration of a brown and white extinct giraffe relative against blue sky and olive drab ground
Work in progress digital painting. Brown and white, antlered, extinct giraffe relative against blue sky with white clouds and an olive drab temporary ground plane
Roughly and partially colored work in progress image of an extinct giraffe-relative walking against blank background
rough B&W sketch of the head, neck, and antlers of an extinct giraffe-relative
Map displaying widespread current US wildfires
Congregation of four young great blue herons in tree against green foliage
Gif of character Ted Lasso saying “be curious, not judgmental”
Blue and bronze colored dragonfly in flight against dark green out of focus background
Belted kingfisher flies upward toward branch against background of green foliage
River otter looking at camera, partially obscured by weeping willow foliage and debris, with water in background
Advertising product image for Calibrite ColorChecker Passport Photo 2, a plastic folding card covered in small square swatches of color hues and grey values
A very large pterosaur attempts to launch itself airborne over a river while beset by attacking small theropod dinosaurs
Tiny black, white, and brown bird hangs upside down from rosehip against green bokeh background
Poem sample reading: They kept their word and they paid his pay Where a clean man's hand would shrink; And that was the traitor's master-day, As he stood by the bar on his homeward way, And called on the crowd to drink. He banned no creed and barred no class, And he called to his friends by name But the worst would shake his head and pass, And none would drink from the blood-stained glass And the goblet red with shame. And I know when I hear the last grim call, And my mortal hour is spent, When the light is hid and the curtains fall I would rather sleep with the dead Ben Hall Than go where that traitor went.
Red-eyed, smallish bird with orange, black, and white plumage perched on twigs against background of green foliage and blue sky
Osprey in flight, as seen from below, with outstretched wings against light sky
Detail of books on bookshelf with many tipped in notes extending from top edge
Bald eagle swoops in toward fish scraps, against rocky background, as two otters retreat to the water
Bald eagle on rocks with large piece of fish in sunset light, wings partially spread
Hummingbird sits in tiny nest under broad green leaves
Bald eagle flying toward camera against calm blue water background
glamorously side-lit photo of a bald eagle in flight, wings raised, against blue sky
Family of Canadian geese swimming past lily pads in pond, isolated in beam of sunlight against dark background. One gosling looks up with an expression that appears comically skeptical to me
Bald eagle strafing run on great blue heron nest, shot from below against blue sky
Illustration of a ghost floating beneath stone arches (Junior Skeptic #58 cover art, 2016, by Daniel Loxton)
Black and white ink style illustration of the head and neck of a sauropod dinosaur against a forest background
Obvious “ai” imagery
Screencap of BBC typo: “…Guadalajara—one of the host cities of th the forthcoming Fifa World Cup.”
Loony Tunes cartoon scene in which a sheepdog and a coyote—ostensible enemies—greet each other pleasantly while clocking in to work
Black and white hard-line illustration of a winged theropod dinosaur swooping in to a landing (archaeopteryx)
Stack of books
Google street view showing residential neighborhood with dinosaur and shark yard decorations
Graph titled “Proportion of Registered Democrats/Republicans Among Faculty at Elite U.S. Universities,” indicating a strong representation of democrats in every listed school. Non-registered voters and independents are excluded to heighten contrast
Full body black and white line art illustration of an Allosaurus walking in profile orientation
Full body, black and white line art illustration of a stegosaurus in profile
Unfinished pen-and-ink-style full body drawing of a stegosaurus in profile
Grey kitten sitting behind wire fence, with squinting expression
Stalking velociraptor in black and white (coloring book-style) line art, with many foreground rocks of various sizes
Book passage reading: In the final volume, a horrified Jesus returns and admonishes the Tribulation Force, "Put your swords away, for all who draw the sword will die by the sword." Just kidding. Actually, what Jesus does is this: “[M]en and women soldiers and horses seemed to explode where they stood. It was as if the very words of the Lord had superheated their blood, causing it to burst through their veins and skin... Their innards and entrails gushed to the desert floor, and as those around them turned to run, they too were slain, their blood pooling and rising in the unforgiving brightness of the glory of Christ.” Gloria in excelsis Deo, motherfucker.
Paper craft construction detail, partial image of a pen and ink dinosaur
incomplete sketch of a pterosaur in flight
Black and white, hard line, coloring book style drawing of a protoceratops. Three quarters, full body view, with chin raised, and one front foot lifted
Ben Collins skeet asking: “Has anybody noted that the first line in this is from the Maurice Sendak children's book Higglety Pigglety Pop?” With screenshot from book: Jennie sighed and bit off another leaf. The plant continued. "Two pillows, two bowls, a red wool sweater, eyedrops, ear-drops, two different bottles of pills, a thermometer, and he even loves you." "That is true," said Jennie, chewing more leaves. "You have everything," repeated the plant. Jennie only nodded, her mouth full of leaves. "Then why are you leaving?" "Because," said Jennie, snapping off the stem and blossom, "I am discontented. I want something I do not have. There must be more to life than having everything!" The plant had nothing to say. It had nothing left to say it with.
Thumbnail sketch of protoceratops
Black and white, coloring book-style illustration of a striding T. Rex
Black and white line art, full body illustration of a triceratops, suitable for a coloring book
Scene from DC comic Kingdom Come depicting a tense conversation between and aging Superman and Bruce Wayne. “The deliberate taking of human - even superhuman — life goes against every belief I have — and that you have,” Superman says. “More than anyone in the world, when you scratch everything else away from Batman, you’re left with someone who doesn’t want to see anyone die.”
Weathered sign just says “no” below an empty red circle with a red diagonal line through it
Screencap from Plato’s Meno dialogue, in which Meno defines “virtue” in a highlighted passage: “Let us take first the virtue of a man-he should know how to administer the state, and in the administration of it to benefit his friends and harm his enemies; and he must also be careful not to suffer harm himself. A woman's virtue, if you wish to know about that, may also be easily described: her duty is to order her house, and keep what is indoors, and obey her husband.”
Screenshot of Google search: how many p in canada Al Overview: There are four "p”s in the word "Canada"
Large cluster of pink cherry blossoms on blooming tree
Vincent Price holding replica of Peter Lorre's head
Color photo of a herd of sheep on a wet day, being quietly turned off a dirt track into green foliage by a medium sized black and tan dog, who is lying on the track