I get that. The same sort of thing can happens with poetry at times for me. Stepping away and returning with fresh eyes and a fresh mind can make such a difference in perception.
6 Likes
Happy Anniversary!!! We are blessed to have you here!!!
5 Likes
Thank you!!! 
4 Likes
Definitely a blessing to have you here! You are definitely loved here too!
6 Likes
Happy anniversary to you dear one! Trust me! Everyone here loves you! 
5 Likes
Thank you guys so much, it’s so wonderful to have such an amazing and interesting online family 
6 Likes
I don’t know how I missed this earlier! Happy anniversary my man, you’re genuinely one of the best things on this site, your art is probably the thing that I return to the most here. As previously mentioned, very very blessed to have you in the community, you’ve inspired me a lot.
5 Likes
Thank you so much I love all of you here so much and I’m so happy to have this place to visit each day
6 Likes
Not a reptile, but another deep sea fish too weird to not share! This is the Barrel Eye, a fish that does have the usual eyes, but its forehead is transparent to allow its visual processing areas to interpret light/shadows above the fish, essentially letting it ‘see’ movement that suggests danger from above!
It looks both creepy and weirdly endearing because it has the saddest fish face I’ve ever seen, like it knows how it looks and is ashamed of its green forehead balls
8 Likes
That’s the stuff nightmares are made of!!! I’m not sure I’ll be able to sleep for the next few days 
Wow, though! Such a cool-looking creature. And that’s a great rendering of it, @cmills !
4 Likes
Lad looks so disappointed that his head is see-through lol.
5 Likes
Can the deep ocean produce anything else??
Truly the best description of this fish ever 
4 Likes
New visual for where I’m at in my audiobook recording of the original JP novel: Dr. Alan Grant and Dr. Ellie Sattler have received a puzzling x ray image of a new lizard species biting children along the central and south American coasts. The paleontologists correctly deduce this is no normal lizard, but a procompsagnathid dinosaur, and they are shocked! Suddenly they get an invitation to John Hammond’s new biological park on a lone island…surely a coincidence…
7 Likes
I happen to be at the same part in the Jurassic Park book as you! I find it odd that at first the scientists believed it was a basilisk with a mutation, but hey, it’s a book. I love the X-ray visual!
4 Likes
I mean I totally get why they didn’t automatically assume escaped genetically modified dinosaur! I’m not sure what I would have thought tbh!
4 Likes
Honestly you’re right, lol. I probobaly would have assumed it was a undiscovered species of reptile, but who knows.
4 Likes
Seasonal Affective Disorder (hilariously, and accurately, represented by the acronym SAD) has caught me, so I am slowing down on work across the board, including art.
But some good stuff tonight I’m proud of!
Citipati - a cute oviraptorian that I based on the Eurasian Hoopoe
And here is a Nothosaurus, a semi-aquatic reptile believed to have lived like a modern day seal or sea lion, hence my pattern use of the Ringed Seal
This was my first attempt at a more dynamic pose with environment incorporated into the piece, and I really like how it turned out! It did unintentionally turn out sorta Little Mermaid-y
7 Likes
Nice! Glad you and your art are part of our world, @cmills ! 
Sorry, sorry, just couldn’t resist! 
4 Likes
Ha! A 10/10 for you! 
3 Likes
Some modern reptiles tonight:
For my weird animals series, here’s the flying frog! It glides from tree to tree using BIG FREAKIN HANDS
For my extinct/endangered species, here’s a familiar face: a crestie! Cresties were believed to be extinct in the wild for a bit, the pet trade actually seems to have both allowed their wild counterparts to be protected and boost numbers globally as pets - this is based on an orange base LW
5 Likes