Associate Editor: Maps and Graphics at NatGeo Magazine. Illustrator, designer and more.
Known elsewhere as FossilFracas, or Fracas
#Designersaur
Lucas Petrin
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Orctober's coming to a close so soon...
The quest for refinement, resulting in a flamboyant, Fracas-style Compsognathus. Pigeon colors took over, leading to some more stylized feathers and unnatural traits.
Gonna boost this, and also take the opportunity to repost some related artwork! Sloths are such incredible animals, nothing like what remains in our tropical canopies.
Check out this incredible interactive I contributed a huge chunk of animation to! The world’s tallest church was built with extremely novel and (when first planned) impossible building techniques. We showcase some of the most inspired of Gaudi’s plans!
www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/grap...
I said “Hey, Emma, could you make me a poster for my book, with peak 80s horror vibes?” and she absolutely killed it.
Plus the cutest, bloodiest dinosaur sticker anyone’s ever made.
Follow her directions and poke if you have a worthy idea.
Happy National Dinosaur Day! Moby turns 5 this year in November, but I couldn’t help having him be front and center on this blessed day. Made from spare turkey and pitbull DNA alongside his majority T. rex, Moby was a beloved dinosaur for years.
#dinosaur #dinosaurday #Tyrannosaurus #Trex
HOT FRESH NEW ART! A two-headed Ash Drake confronts a perhaps outmatched little warband, in this illustration from the just-released Champions of Chaos for Age of Sigmar: Soulbound!
Warhammer Wednesday! Capping off my night with a mournfang. I’ve sketched this fellow up to be more ungulate than carnivore.
#warhammerwednesday #ageofsigmar #theoldworld #ogormawtribes #cartoon #mournfang #warhammercommunity
Lucas Petrin
Lucas Petrin
#marchofthemammals2026 Day 2: Miaopatagium furculiferum. A top 10 Mesozoic mammal
Lucas Petrin
Lucas Petrin
Lucas Petrin
Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕
Lucas Petrin
I feel the need to address some comments that have been popping up here and there regarding the #Eremotherium design for #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge. To people saying that our paper fully refutes a sparse coat of fur in this genus, here is what we actually say:
The architect Antoni Gaudí died a century ago, but his celebrated basilica, the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, is only now nearing completion. Here’s a guide to his grand vision—and the work that still...
I feel the need to address some comments that have been popping up here and there regarding the #Eremotherium design for #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge. To people saying that our paper fully refutes a sparse coat of fur in this genus, here is what we actually say:
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Folks have been asking about commissions for years, so I finally updated my website with a commission section.
I'm still picky, quite busy, and not the fastest, but I just wanted to be up front with what I charge and how I calculate it and allow folks to poke me.
www.emmalerae.com/commissions....