#mayleozoic

[ormspryde]

And the final piece for today, helicoprion. I was going to just paint the tooth whorl itself, but instead I decided to paint the world's goofiest-looking fish.

[ID: A pixel art depiction of the extinct fish helicoprion, seen here from the gills forward. The animal is depicted in various cool colors, with white and dull yellow for accentuation. /ID]

[literalliterature]

Today's Mayleozoic prompt is Diplocaulus! Flat boi...

[ID: Two photos showing a polyclay figurine of a pale green Diplocaulus, an amphibian with a boomerang-shaped head. It's body is flattened and its long, finned tail appears to be undulating, as though it were swimming. The first photo shows it on a stone slab in the shade, while the second shows it sitting among soil and moss. End ID.]

[teethands]

mayleozoic 2023 prompt list! i probably wont be posting my art for this here until the end of the challenge as to not cluster your feed, but you can catch them on my twitter and instagram.

anyone is welcome to participate in this may art challenge. the prompts can be interpreted as you please, there are no rules to mayleozoic!

[cat-dragron-arts]

Augh I'm already a little late with Mayleozoic!!! Anyways, time to play catch up and try out some new style things >:]

My commissions are currently open!

[ormspryde]

Another mayleozoic piece, a trilobite. Pretty pleased with how this one came out.

[ID: A pixel art depiction of a trilobite with long tail and head spines, done in various shades of purple with the eyes done in green. /ID]

[literalliterature]

Unfortunately won't have time for anything except quick doodles today, but the Mayleozoic prompt is Helicoprion, and I wanted to pay homage to its many delightfully outdated reconstructions. They are like little guys to me.

I'll probably refine/add to this at some point and make it a pattern on my redbubble so consider this a WIP I guess?

[ID: Five cartoony, simplified drawings of different versions of Helicoprion, a shark-like animal with a whorl of sharp teeth. In each of the different reconstructions, the tooth whorl is in a different placement on the body. One of them has a lower jaw that ends in a spiral of teeth below its body, one has the tooth spiral at the end of its nose, and one has it at the end of one of its tail fins. There is also one whose body is notably small compared to its tooth whorl, which comes out of its mouth, and one with a saw-like projection of teeth at the end of a very long bottom jaw. Each of them has a different color and pattern, though all are done in shades of blue, gray, and brown. The background is light blue. End ID.]

[literalliterature]

Inostrancevia for today's Mayleozoic prompt, "stem mammal." Beeg yawn!

[ID: A monochromatic drawing in various shades of purple showing a bust of Inostrancevia. It is a furred, mammal-like animal with a squarish skull, no external ears, and sharp teeth including saber teeth. Its mouth is wide open in a yawn. End ID.]

[literalliterature]

Dimetrodon for Mayleozoic! Big lad! Lad who is not a dinosaur! Lad with a semi-upright stance!

Also bonus outtake of my cat trying to eat him

[ID: The first photo shows a polyclay sculpture of a Dimetrodon, a brown animal with partially splayed legs and a tall, red, spiny sail on its back. There are a few teeth sticking out of its closed mouth. The second photo shows a white cat biting down onto the sail of the sculpture. End ID.]