Michael English

@scienceskink.bsky.social

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Irish nature-nerd, occasionally artist and keeper of big bugs, reptiles, and weird plants!

art of a cinereous vulture, it is done in a style reminiscent of an oil painting. the bird is posed in front of a purple circle and has a dark background, looking to the left with neck extended we can see the white rugged feathers that run either side of the darker neck. either side of the portrait we see it framed by three skulls, a wolf, a rabbit, and a boar
art of a Rüppells vulture, it has dark brown feathers on the body with light feather tips. the bird is standing in front of a dark background with gold stars scattered throughout the image. the border has a name plate at the base with The Star written upon it. either side of the cardhas a tan background with the silhouette of a soaring vulture and below it the skull of a wildebeest, one of the animals the vulture scavenges upon
art of a black vulture (Coragyps atratus) leaping. it's wings are up with the feet preparing to extend to land. it has a small jester hat floating above their head. there is a border and at the bottom the tarot card title "The Fool". the background of the image is a vivid blue with yellow spots and a pink circle behind the head. either side of the card there is a border with four skulls on each side, top to bottom they are: black vulture, opossum, alligator, and raccoon
a tarot card depicting a cape vulture sitting within the ribcage of a zebra. the text on the card says "The Chariot" the pose of the vulture emulates a person in a small chariot. the background is sky blue but with a golden circle just behind the head of the bird. the frame of the image is brown with gold on the corners. on either side of the card there is a skull and neck vertebrae of the cape vulture
art of the spinosaurid, Baryonyx. it's head and neck are coming through a green rectangle. the head of the animal is dark with a blue eye and white ring around the eye, the neck starts with a light collar and then is a reddish-brown with darker blotches on the dorsal side and small white scales along the throat
An icthyosaur emerging from the depths mouth agape to snatch an unseen prey animal
Art of the theropod dinosaur, Spinosaurus. It is largely brown in colour with darker stripes and spots. A large dark spot is on the back of the sail ringed in a lighter colour and many of the stripes on the sail seem to point towards it. The animal is standing in front of a blue rectangle
Art of the theropod dinosaur, Allosaurus. It is blue in colour with vivid red markings on the crests and along the body
A blue Mixopterus, a type of eurypterid
A pair of Velociraptors fighting, one is falling backwards while the other is above them preparing to land on them. The background is black with vibrant red brushstrokes. The Velociraptors themselves are largely grey-brown with darker primary feathers and a light pattern similar to an eyespot. They also have blue throats
A large green theropod dinosaur head and neck, it is peering out from a blue rectangle
Art of a feral pigeon It is the pigeon from the head to the shoulders, showcasing the iridescent green and purple on the neck. Behind the pigeon is a gold circle and a blue background.
A human skeleton laying on a mossy hill. There is bog cotton growing around it
Art of the asteroid impact 66 million years ago, there are trees on fire and in the foreground a Quetzalcoatlus looks toward the impact. It is much too late to react but it wouldn't matter
Three herring gull heads floating in a blue circle, chips and onion rings and blobs of ketchup float around them
Art of a lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos). It's in front of a yellow background with a blue circle around its head. The bird is various shades of pink and purple on its bald head and neck, and the feathers are brown with a white ruff at the base of the neck.
Art of the spinosaurid Suchomimus. It is grey in colour with white stripes along its jaws and a bright red eye
Artwork of a Stegosaurus swinging its tail and with its mouth open. It stands in front of a blue circle
A Corythosaurus laying in the same pose as the specimen in the American Museum of Natural History. It is on its side and the view is from above. It rests on a blue square
Art of a Saurornitholestes laying on its side in a death pose. It's brown in colour with paler primary feathers on the arms and paler long feathers on the tail. It is resting on top of a large red circle.
Art of the gecko Rhacodactylus leachianus. It is various shades of yellowish green
Art of a Spinosaurus, it is brown in colour with a darker mottling of stripes along the body. Above the Spinosaurus is the line "fish fear me" and below the animal is the line "I fear women" This is a parody of those classic "fish fear me, women want me" hats but paleo themed
Art of Spinosaurus, its a close up of the head and neck. The animal is brown in colour with darker spots along the dorsal skin and a lighter colouration under the neck.
A collage of 9 images in a grid, the centre inage is of me the artist. I have long ginger hair and it is blown around in the wind obscuring my face. The art around me is as follows Top row: skeleton laying on moss, blue tongue skink looking startled with the caption "anxious af", the eurypterid Mixopterus. Middle row: the ammonite Titanites, picture of me, a grass snake playing dead. Bottom row: adjutant stork, the ammonite Didymoceras, and a lappet faced vulture
A replica of the skull of Dilophosaurus, it is about the length of a hand
The same art of a skeleton laying on moss but this time the bog cotton has been animated to give the appearance of it dancing in the wind
Art of a skeleton laying among a carpet of moss. Bog cotton is growing around the landscape
Art of an ammonite, its spiral shell has algae growing on it. The soft body and arms are orange with the arms also having white and black stripes along the length
Art of a lappet-faced vulture, it stands in front of a yellow background with a blue circle behind its head
Art of Daspletosaurus, it's green in colour with grey crests and heavily keratinised skin of the back of the head and nape of the neck. Its mouth is slightly open and the inner tissues are pink
Art of the eurypterid Mixopterus, it is blue in colour with orange spines on the four front limbs
Art of an adjutant stork, its neck is orange and yellow, the face and beak shades of brown and greys. The background is green and has a halo of pale cream around the birds head
Art of a blue tongue skink looking apprehensive about a conical flask fill of a bubbling green liquid. Above them is text saying "anxious af"
Art of a blue tongue skink poking its head and arms through a hole. Sticking its tongue out the words "no thoughts head emtpy float above their head"
Art of two Gorgosaurus, one is laying on the ground dead, the other standing over the corpse. They're brown in colour with a red underside, they have rows of darker spots along the body
Art of a rather unfortunate Velociraptor caught in the jaws of a Protoceratops. The Velociraptor is grey in colour with a brown featherless snout and orange eyes. The Protoceratops is a sandy colour with eyespots on the frill ans a blue eye
The artist, me, I, a long haired bearded fellow with glasses holding a blue tongue skink, her name is Fluffy
Art of an old Edmontosaurus, it's covered in healed scars and its eye is grey
Art of Tyrannosaurus rex enjoying a meal, there is a large red mass hanging from its lower jaw. The dinosaur itself is brown in colour with a lighter underside and white skin around the orange eye
Art of a grass snake (Natrix natrix) playing dead. It's underside is turned up and dark in colour while thw mouth is open and tongue hanging from the mouth
A large green beetle resting on a mans hand, this is Mecynorhina torquata immaculicollis
Art of the eurypterid Mixopterus. It is blue in colour and its forelimbs sport long, orange spines to catch prey. It is resting over a brown square looking like a seafloor
Art of the dicynodont Placerias, an animal best known from its appearance in the Walking With Dinosaurs tv series
Two dinosaur skulls, the left is a Tyrannosaurus rex and on the right is a Triceratops. Behind them is a red/orange square and both skulls are brown.
Art of the large 'terror bird' Kelenken, this depiction has a bare featherless head and the neck is feathered.
Art of Allosaurus, its crests are blue while the majority of the animal is brown. It appears to be poking its head from a rectangles window and the background of the rectangle is green
Art of the pterosaur, Dimorphodon. It's largely brown in colour with some blue on the head, the tail has light banding
a Protoceratops with its jaws around the neck of an unfortunate Velociraptor
Lineart of Apatosaurus, its walking towards the viewer with its mouth open
Gorgosaurus libratus, it is facing to the left of screen. It is largely brown in colour with a red throat, it has a vibrant blue colour inside the mouth!
Art of Anaschisma, its largely brown in colour with an orange/red underside and a darker back with a row of white spots along the spine. It's walking towards the right and a dark green rectangle is behind the animal
Art of a sixgill shark tearing off a mouthful of blubber
Art of Pentaceratops, a sandy-brown coloured individual with a teal coloured square behind the head
Art of the ceratopsian Pentaceratops