Liam Elward Paleoart 🇵🇸さんのイラストまとめ

This was the first Cenozoic mammal I've ever done (digital or traditional!) and adding shading/texture to a smooth-skinned animal was quite the challenge! I learned a lot and can't wait to tackle cetaceans again. #paleoart #naturalhistory

It was about 21-23 feet long, and unlike its living counterpart had a pronounced snout rather than a gigantic battering ram head. Loved adding the scratches/scars, I think it really brings it to life. #paleoart #whales #dolphins #sciart #paleontology

I used the skeletal provided by the beautifully comprehensive paper by Asier Larramendi. It has such a tall skull and nearly-vertical forehead. I gave it green eyes, maybe as a recessive trait? #paleoart #paleontology #sciart #scientificillustration

Its size is an example of insular dwarfism, whereby lineages become much smaller than "average" when restricted to small habitats like islands. As you can see, I gave P. falconeri a coat of short hair/fur, giving it more of a mammoth-like appearance.

Late night thoughts: if the BatCave had space for a stem-elephant, Alfred might’ve spent his days shoveling this Gomphotherium’s dung 🤭🤧🐘💩👴🏻 #paleoart #paleontology #sciart #scientificillustration

I chose a different pose than typical proboscidean reconstructions, because those trunks were highly flexible, mobile and dextrous appendages and I think that's important to note.

Meet Zygolophodon, bearer of perhaps the largest tusks of any animal living or extinct. This massive proboscidean was one of the biggest land mammals EVER, and otherwise differed from living elephants in having a longer body and proportionally smaller head. #paleoart #sciart

I set out to reconstruct the basal proboscidean Barytherium, but ended up channeling my inner @arvalis and accidentally made a realistic Drowzee

Update: RIP snake-trunked Zygolophodon #paleoaart #paleontology #sciart #scientificillustration @TwilightBeasts @MostlyMammoths

Gomphotherium, a proboscidean from the Miocene and Pleistocene of Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. Unlike its distant modern relatives, Gomphotherium had 4 tusks: 2 longer ones on the upper jaw, and two shorter, shovel-like ones on the lower jaw. #paleoart #sciart