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kret.bsky.social
I draw aliens, dinosaurs, and speculative evolution 🦖 / A follow is not an endorsement ❌ / Beep boop, computers are our friends 💻
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Given the chance, would you rather travel to the deep past or the far future (many millions of years either way)?

submitted 54 days ago • 23 comments

My attempt at a more biologically grounded Groot, re-imagined as a species of lumbering insect-cycad creatures that eat wood. The official design, while iconic, is not alien enough for my taste. And yes, I am hopelessly addicted to Marvel Rivals.

submitted 66 days ago • 3 comments

I'm kret, and I draw #aliens, #speculativeevolution, and #dinosaurs Here's Allan from #smilingfriends re-imagined as a species of one eyed flounder-headed reptilian biped. Like all critterzoans, the head is flat with eyes on one side and respiratory orifices on the other:

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

SPEC EVO DESIGN TIP: When creating large organisms, it is not enough to just linearly scale up your little creatures. Big animals have robust limbs, weight saving adaptations, larger guts, thicker skin, etc., to deal with a huge increase in mass.

submitted 390 days ago • 0 comments

SPEC EVO DESIGN TIP: This is Snood, the little mammal-thing I've been using in my speculative evolution design tips. Let's give him a face lift by collecting reference materials from nature. The more detail you add to your creatures, the realer they will look.

submitted 390 days ago • 1 comment

SPEC EVO DESIGN TIP: Once you notice the "sausage with legs" design, you cannot unsee it. It's a common speculative evolution creature design trope. In nature, animal bodies are organized in segments. Ditch the sausage: group limbs together, and add more detail to torso/abdomen/joints.

submitted 390 days ago • 1 comment

Lorrainosaurus, a new pliosaur from the Middle Jurassic of France.

submitted 502 days ago • 1 comment

Portrait of Brachiosaurus, my favorite dinosaur. Let’s continue building the paleoart community on here

submitted 502 days ago • 1 comment

Perucetus colossus, the newly discovered super-chunky Basilosaurid.

submitted 552 days ago • 0 comments

Realistic Pokémon! Lotad, a small pseudo-mammalian aquatic herbivore. Its most distinctive feature is a broad dorsal crest. This air-filled structure serves two purposes: boosting buoyancy as Lotad skim for vegetation, and serving as a lily-pad disguise for befuddling potential predators.

submitted 552 days ago • 1 comment

Speculative evolution concept: woodpecker-pachycephalosaur. This stout dinosaur pulverizes rotten bark with its chisel-shaped skull, probing the cavities for wood-boring insects. Thick arms and a flat torso give it an ideal build for shimmying up tree trunks.

submitted 552 days ago • 0 comments