The Coffee Is Black

The Sketch Blog of Sean Closson - Illustrator/Paleoartist/Prehistoric Art Beast

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My latest illustration reveal of work I did for the Zoic TCG by Creative Beast Studios!

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So I was re-watching Walking With Dinosaurs. 🦖🦕

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Playing with some red and blue drafting leads for a Muttaburrasaurus sketch.

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A character portrait for my weekly game of Star Wars Edge of the Empire.

The character is a Devaronian female who was a padawan at her local Jedi temple before the Clone Wars. She fought briefly in the war as part of her training before Order 66, which she escaped by launching an escape pod and disappearing into dark alleyways of the city planet below where the space station she was assigned to was orbiting. A while later she was captured by her former master who had been turned into an Inquisitor, he tortured her in an effort to turn for nearly a year but she managed to kill him and go on the run. Basically I wanted a sort of grey jedi/almost inquisitor. She took jobs working as a thug for hire in the underworld before the events of the game take place.

I do love me some ttrpg fanfic writing and making art for characters in the games I get to play.

I promise I will get back to paleoart stuff, but this was fun and wanted to share the finished piece.

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Behold! The adorable Centrosaurus baby I got to make for Creative Beast Studio's new Zoic trading card game this past year, I can finally reveal it to the public. Don't mess this little one!

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Here's a closer look at the art work that I did for Gaming Beaver's RIVER RUMBLE! Tournament video.

Velociraptor RAPRU and Triceratops TORI.

Check out the video here👇

https://youtu.be/bzu3ZF2lmMs?si=VHPAbvLETzdmf4-R

It's a fun video and was a fun project to work on🦖

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It's pterosaur tuesday and this is Darwinopterus robustus, a middle to late Jurassic specimen from China that features traits of both early long-tailed and later short-tailed pterosaurs.

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A quick sketch of Troodon, based somewhat on a Secretary Bird.

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What's thous favorite prehistoric species? Mine is Deinocherius

Growing up I was a big Deinonychus fan. Now I have a few more, Gigantoraptor, Lambeosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus, and Stegoceras to name a few.

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I am finally finished with my reconstruction for Dromeaosaurus albertensis.

I too often want to just sit on a branch and munch on a lizard.

Original sketch that lead to this piece and the update

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Look at dem toes! 🦖🦶 More work in progress for on my Dromaeosaurus!

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Details, details...

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Dromaeosaurus albertensis color progress.

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Color begins! 🎨🦖🦅

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Dromaeosaurus albertensis enjoying a meal. Work in progress underpainting, based on an old sketchbook drawing.

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Final for Camarasaurus grandis!🦕

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Coffee Raptor says hello☕️