It’s been quite awhile since I made a new video! I show my process for segmenting the hyaenodont pelvis featured in my most recent paper: youtu.be/Jlw8akchDGo?...

A Segmentation Workflow for Complex Scans

YouTube video by The Virtual Paleontologist

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Today our paper introducing Megacauda is published in Nature! Which means I can finally share my illustration! Meet this beautifully preserved Jurassic, semi-aquatic swimmer #sciart #paleontology

Daaaaamn these stem-mammals from China continue to be spectacular. What a treasure trove. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A Jurassic mammaliaform swimmer and transformation of the mammalian pharynx - Nature

A swimming and water-foraging mammaliaform, Megacauda sungei gen. et sp. nov., had a lifestyle analogous to the extant platypus, and was capable of mammal-like swallowing and suckling.

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Found a use for this X-ray fabric! Added a back panel to this denim jacket and I'm loving it! #sewing

Latest #mending project. I tried #sashiko #embroidery for this one and loved the process and result. So excited that I'm wearing the pants today! #solarpunk

I’ll be offering my online carbon dust course and workshop this Fall for the Lyme Art Association. Learn the century old technique of carbon dust which combines drawing and ‘painting’ using a dry brush to apply layers of carbon dust to achieve realistic 3D illustrations. #SciArt

Some mending I've recently finished #mending #visiblemending #embroidery #solarpunk

With my upcoming departure from the University of Michigan, I've found myself deep in the job hunt process. Moving back to Canada from the U.S is certainly something I'm really looking forward too. If any 🇨🇦 labs (especially in Alberta) are searching for a µ-CT expert, please let me know!

Dimetrodon's Daydream #berensart2026 #paleoart

I forgot how nice it is to start off the day in the garden

Starting a new #mending project

Considering engaging in social media again after a long and much needed hiatus. It's been good to focus on people and groups I know IRL.

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Oh hi new followers! Welcome! I'd be curious to hear where you're all coming from. I'm not super active at the moment - focusing on IRL stuff for myself - but I'm around. I'm working on a project that is a little different from my norm, but I'll share it when it's more complete, so that's coming.

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Hello, internet! Things are bad for our trans & queer friends in the US, so I teamed up with bsky's nature artists to create this pack containing 80 wallpapers and growing. 1. Donate to one of the two orgs below 2. DM me your receipt 3. I'll give you a download link Valid til the end of the month

Lily is determined to get in the box

There are people who think they are strong because they close themselves off from empathy, when in reality they are afraid to be vulnerable and they are letting their fear win.

necromancer linen tunic 💀 available now!

Leaving FB will be fairly easy for me. I think it's mostly just given the illusion of connectedness for a while. Instagram, however, will be harder. What are people using as alternatives? Is Cara good?

I've been very much focusing on making things lately - it's been good for my mental health. Been sewing and #mending lately for a bit of something different. My current works in progress are some elbow patches on a chambray shirt and a dress I'm #upcycling to a duster/surcoat!

Have yourself a merry little Carboniferous. #Art #SciArt #PaleoArt #Inverts

Playing around with water soluble PVA support for the first time! At this point I'm not wowed by it, but maybe I'll feel different once I clean all the supports off. #3Dprinting

Just found out that there are a lot of books from MIT Press: Open Access Materials on the Internet Archive, including Preparing Dinosaurs: The Work behind the Scenes. Check it out archive.org/details/mit_...

I’ve been working with the NoCTURN team on developing the new Education & Training Resources 2.0 page – a hub of tutorials, videos, and peer-reviewed papers to help researchers understand the basics and intricacies of non-clinical CT data. #NoCTURN #microCT #tomography #NaturalSciences #morphology

Actually, the correct graphic that expands on the paper that @mjafreeman.bsky.social shared is this one :D

Since there’s finally been a proper migration of academia to bluesky, here’s a link to my most recent paper that’ll give you a sense of what I do. If you recently followed me and we were in touch on ‘twitter’ please say hi! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Differential performance of aqueous‐ and ethylic‐Lugol's iodine stain to visualize anatomy in μCT‐scanned vertebrates

We compared the performance of two common diceCT scan stains, ethylic-Lugol's iodine solution with aqueous-Lugol's, across several vertebrate orders to assess differential imaging outcomes. We found ...

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#Education resource! Over the years I created this collection of colored skull #3Dmodels for teaching. They're available to download on MorphoSource & to view on Sketchfab. Because of recent changes to Sketchfab, I migrated them to my website: www.graysvertebrateanatomy.com/work/colorso... (1/3)

Hi Folks! Looks like it’s time for a reintroduction! I started my career as a scientific illustrator and visualizations person (3D, animation, etc.) at UChicago focusing on early mammals. #sciArt 1/6