Bob Nicholls Art / is on Nostr

Full-time palaeo-reconstruction artist. If it's dead & long gone, I'll bring it back to life. You will have seen my art in books, museums, or on TV somewhere...

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology

Locked in Time (book): http://cup.columbia.edu/book/locked-in-time/9780231197281
Dinosaurs (book): https://thamesandhudson.com/dinosaurs-new-visions-of-a-lost-world-9780500052198

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2024-09-13 11:11:01

Here's a closer look at the 565 Million years old Haootia quadriformis – what a beautiful animal! Again, it is time to stop reconstructing these animals standing on discs.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Haootia #FossilFriday
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2024-09-04 14:24:49

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
The making of my 2014 Sophie the Stegosaurus illustration (commissioned by the Natural History Museum, London), part 3.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Stegosaurus #JurassicWorld
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2024-09-04 13:28:57

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
The making of my 2014 Sophie the Stegosaurus illustration (commissioned by the Natural History Museum, London ), part 2.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Stegosaurus #JurassicWorld
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2024-09-04 11:15:48

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
The making of my 2014 Sophie the Stegosaurus illustration (commissioned by the Natural History Museum, London), part 1.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Stegosaurus #JurassicWorld
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2024-08-28 11:19:11

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
In 2013 I was a consultant on the RIVER MONSTERS series about PREHISTORIC TERRORS. Here's my influence on Dunkleosteus – they ignored my request to not shrink-wrap the amour plates.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Dunkleosteus #RiverMonsters #JurassicWorld
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2024-08-27 10:59:09

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
A quick colour sketch of a Megalosaurus from 2013, which I produced for the Dorset History Centre and the Jurassic Coast.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Jurassic
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2024-08-26 11:15:48

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
A quick colour sketch of a metaposaur from 2013, which I produced for the Dorset History Centre and the Jurassic Coast.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Jurassic
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2024-08-23 18:00:35

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
In 2013 I built a life-size model of Thecodontosaurus for the Bristol Dinosaur Project. Here is how it was built, part 9b of 9.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #SciArt #SciComm #Dinosaurs #FossilFriday
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2024-08-22 11:12:07

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
In 2013 I built a life-size model of Thecodontosaurus for the Bristol Dinosaur Project. Here is how it was built, part 6 of 9.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Thecodontosaurus #Dinosaurs #JurassicWorld
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2024-08-20 07:52:33

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
In 2013 I built a life-size model of Thecodontosaurus for the Bristol Dinosaur Project. Here is how it was built, part 1 of 9.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Thecodontosaurus #Bristol #JurassicWorld
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2024-08-19 11:26:17

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
In 2013 I built 23 scale and life-size models for MUSE Science Museum, in Trento, Italy. Here's an enlarged Hylonomus, a reptile that lived about 318 million years ago (Carboniferous).
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Hylonomus #Carboniferous #JurassicWorld
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2024-08-08 12:55:24

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
In 2013 I built 23 scale and life-size models for MUSE Science Museum, in Trento, Italy. Here's a bit of Archaeopteris foliage, from the Late Devonian and Early Carboniferous.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Carboniferous #Archaeopteris #JurassicWorld
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2024-08-04 11:58:26

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
In 2013 I built 23 scale and life-size models for MUSE Science Museum, in Trento, Italy. Here's Anomalocaris, which you might have seen in books and online credited to someone else – but it's one of mine!
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Anomalocaris #JurassicWorld
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2024-06-07 08:17:46

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Immediately after the "Leviathan" image, I painted "Bait Ball" in 2008, depicting ichtyosaurs (unnamed) hunting Thrissops (plus Trachyteuthis). This image is second only to Leviathan for publishing and exhibition licenses and print sales.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
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