Ivan Kay
@ivan23.bsky.social
Animal enthusiast and hobbyist artist. Zoology BSc, Vetebrate Palaeontology MRes.
A thread of books I have read this summer. First, Alone in the Wilderness by Dick Proenneke. The fascinating story of an extremely skilled carpenter living frontier style in Alaska while building his own cabin from scratch. Proenneke's writing is lively and enjoyable. 5 stars, highly recommended.
Ichneumonid wasps A few wasps I've seen in recent years. These parasitoid insects are incredibly diverse, yet poorly known with possibly as little as a quarter of living species even named. They're famous for making Charles Darwin doubt the existence of God simply by existing in nature.
The mint chocolate chip flavor of flies [I imagine] 😋 #Stratiomyidae: #Promeranisa #FlySchool2026 Costa Rica
Ok, I recently travelled to the far off city of Winchester in quest of books (my youngest little child is questing books on Greek philosophy)... and found a bunch. We start with Klaus Günther and Kurt Deckert's 1956 Creatures of the Deep Sea, first published in German in 1950. It is SUCH a treat...
Finished the Great Hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) illustration I started during Shark Week! 🤘🦈💙 If I HAD to choose a favorite species, this would be it. Photo reference by the great Eli Martinez at SDM Diving. 🤙🦈 #shark #greathammerhead #nature #animalart #illustration #animal #fish #fishart #art
New at Tetrapod Zoology, a longish discussion of what happened at #DinoConUK 2026.... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/8/...
DinoCon 2026, a Giant Event at Hilton Birmingham Metropole — Tetrapod Zoology
Bigger, better… in fact, around twice the size of DinoCon 2025. Let’s discuss what happened at DinoCon 2026…
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With the chaos of DinoCon, I forgot to share this! Scott's website has been THE resource for paleoartists for decades, and this new overhaul has made it such a breeze to use! Go check it out!!
Dr. Scott Hartman - but not THAT kind of doctor@skeletaldrawing.bsky.social · 2w agoHey everyone - For #FossilFriday, I'm relaunching a completely overhauled Skeletal Drawing dot Com. Check it out, read the welcome post (below), and let me know what you think! www.skeletaldrawing.com/blog/welcome...
'Look at that beautiful face,' said I to @dinodadreviews.bsky.social. 'Is it not exactly like a little Hypsilophodon?' Red-breasted goose (_Branta ruficollis_), St. James' Park, London.
Our Nanotyrannus (Wayne) is based on specimen NCSM 40000 (AKA Bloody Mary, AKA Manteo, AKA Warhammer, AKA one half of the Dueling Dinosaurs). It represents an adult N. lancensis.
Just out of our massive, full #DinoConUK debrief meeting. We learnt an awful lot and numerous modifications will be in place for next year.... full reports and more on DinoCon 2026 are coming soon :)
Thanks @williambabey.bsky.social for the tag! I'm Ivan and I usually draw palaeoart and art of living animals.
Guillaume Babey (commissions open)@williambabey.bsky.social · last wk.Thank you Quico for the share and @danhawk333.bsky.social for the tag!! I'm Guillaume and I draw portraits, paleoart, horror, and fanart.
Shark Week study in progress! Some Porbeagle (Lamna nasus) sketches I'm doing to better understand their physiology. Adding the shading tomorrow. Some reference photos by Dr. James Sulikowski at Big Fish Lab. 🦈💙🤘 #shark #sharkweek #sketches #workinprogress #drawing #marinelife #sciart #nature
Massive, heartfelt thanks to everyone who attended #DinoConUK 2026, it was a huge success and we hope you enjoyed it :) Watch our website dinocon.co.uk and social account @dinoconuk.bsky.social for news on what happens next...
Thank you Quico for the share and @danhawk333.bsky.social for the tag!! I'm Guillaume and I draw portraits, paleoart, horror, and fanart.
Hey everyone - For #FossilFriday, I'm relaunching a completely overhauled Skeletal Drawing dot Com. Check it out, read the welcome post (below), and let me know what you think! www.skeletaldrawing.com/blog/welcome...
Welcome to Skeletal Drawing 4.0! | Skeletal Drawing
Welcome to the completely overhauled SkeletalDrawing.com. For the last month and a half I've been working on a ground-up overhaul of the website. I'd like to explain a bit of what's changed and why, h...
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The #DinoConUK team are on site and getting things ready... we look forward to seeing you this evening and over the weekend :) Remember to use #DinoConUK in place of #DinoCon, and follow @dinoconuk.bsky.social
#DinoConUK 2026 - the second ever DinoCon - isn't this weekend, but the weekend after. We are just about fully prepared, but still hard at work. It's going to be huge. I mean it... the attendee number is high. If you're able to get to Hilton Birmingham Metropole for July 25th-26th: www.dinocon.co.uk
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For an overview of what happened at the FIRST #DinoConUK of 2025, see my article here... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/8/... Follow @dinoconuk.bsky.social for news and see you soon!
DinoCon 2025 Has Left the Building — Tetrapod Zoology
A look back at August’s DinoCon 2025, our outstandingly successful first event!
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Here's a few renders a #kosmoceratops I finished up recently. However, I'm actually quite unhappy with how I went about some of the texture work as well as with the final result of the renders. I've been working on some new and improved renders recently so stay tuned for those #blender3D #paleoart
The small, basal coelurosaur #Compsognathus longipes and the lizard Schoenesmahl dyspepsia. The holotype of Compsognathus was found with Schoenesmahl in its ribcage, eaten shortly before the dinosaur's death. Schoenesmahl dyspepsia means something like: 'beautiful meal that is difficult to digest'.
Range of motion in the forelimb of the Two Medicine Formation troodontid: peerj.com/articles/209... (I am surprised that the potential effects of wing feathers are not discussed...) 🪶🧪 (📷Serio et al.)
really thinking about this tweet as i’ve been struggling to breathe through nausea for the last 5 hours
Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 3w agoThese images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
There are so many tiny baby frogs in these photos, see how many you can spot. Encourage the persistence of wild and untidy places, build ponds, stop the building of featureless paving!
