marcoornithodira

Paleoartistic wannabe

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Flora of Cretaceous Taiga by Eurwentala, journal

Flora of Cretaceous Taiga

Dec 1, 2015

My next Botany for paleoartists post is finally here. I had to sit on it for a month, because the illustration had to be first published by the newspaper that ordered it.Here it is, however: the plants and climate of Northern Alaska during the latest Cretaceous. This was the time of Ugrunaaluk, Nanuqsaurus and a number of other Arctic dinosaurs, and it looked surprisingly much like modern taiga.Link to full text: https://hummingdinosaur.wordpress.com/2015/11/02/dinosaurs-of-the-taiga-botany-for-paleoartists-part-vii/

2015-333 Advent and the Catechism by pearwood, literature

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2015-333 Advent and the Catechism

Thoughts on the First Sunday of Advent.I was struck again this morning in church by the description of the Advent banners; the predominant color is purple, the color of penitence and mourning. It's not the glittering light and color we see in the stores. The world of commerce loves Christmas but hasn't a clue what to do with Advent other than as the four weeks of last-minute shopping leading up to Christmas. But penitence? Mourning? The world says, "Yes! Buy that expensive toy! You deserve it!" The simple message of Advent is that we do not.The first section of the Heidelberg Catechism fits Advent beautifully. Advent and the Catechism pres...

About marcoornithodira

Artist // Student // Traditional Art

Sep 9, 1997
Italy
Deviant for 13 years
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Favourite Visual Artist

I'm not sure; I like John Conway and the Pre-raphaelites a lot, but then again there's a lot of other artists I also like and I'm surely forgetting significant names. Oh and Terrence Malick.

Favourite Movies

The Tree of Life, the Harry Potter series

Favourite TV Shows

White Collar

Favourite Bands / Musical Artists

Joanna Newsom, Devin Townsend, Hooverphonic, Goldfrapp, Tori Amos, Ladytron/Marnie, Florence and The Machine, Björk, Kate Bush, Simon & Garfunkel, Portishead, Bill Callahan, et cetera et cetera

Tools of the Trade

References, music, and paper and pencil or wacom tablet.

Other Interests

Absolutely everything.

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marcoornithodira

Jul 5, 2013

Various news

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Mark Witton's book has just arrived; I haven't read it all yet, but it looks fantastic. It's huge and the amount of skeletal reconstructions is surprising even though we knew it was going to be very well-diagram'ed. The new illustrations look great (well, the old ones do too) and I'd like to mention that the "Disacknoweldgements" section is the cutest thing ever. Also, https://twitter.com/TetZoo/status/353149291088449538 Best. News. Ever.

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marcoornithodira

Mar 17, 2013

Cutest video ever

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq6RyIyGr2Q&feature=player_embedded#! So Koalas do drink after all (though they don't seem to be particularly good at it).