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Julio-Lacerda

Feb 24, 2016

Hi everyone! I'm not dead!

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Hello guys!

Some of you may be wondering why I am not making art anymore. The fact is, I am! Plenty, actually, including a much more variant content like cenozoic mammals and pre-mesozoic fauna!
But, for several reasons, I am not being very active here on DeviantArt lately, and have instead moved to other social media platforms, mainly Facebook and Tumblr. So, if you want to keep yourself up-to-date with all the new artwork that I'm making almost weekly, take a look at the following links:

My paleoart page on Facebook

My Tumblr

I also suggest you to have a look at the Earth Archives webmagazine and the brand new Pteros, an online encyclopedia for pterosaur species, where my works are often being featured.

For those of you interested, I am open to commissions, although my availability at any given moment depends on how much stuff I have on my hands simultaneously. But if you want me to make a piece specially for you, contact me at j_lacerda_3@hotmail.com so we can discuss it!

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Julio-Lacerda

Apr 3, 2013

Contest Closed!

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Thanks for all of you who submitted your entries to my contest!
As said in the contest rules, I'll be selecting some entries to put up for you to vote on the winner.
Expect the poll to be up soon!

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Julio-Lacerda

Mar 10, 2013

Toothed Birds

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Meet the Common Merganser and it's toothed beak.

Granted, these are not real teeth but serrations on the rhamphotheca. But by all means, they work as well as teeth in helping the merganser to catch slippery prey, and surely could cause a lot of danger when biting your hand.

They also serve to give us a nice glimpse on how most enantiornithes and even deinonychosaurs could have looked like, all birdy and feathery but with nasty teeth on their mouths. Oh, nature!

Image source: www.vancouverislandbirds.com/J…

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Julio-Lacerda

Mar 2, 2013

Contest Exension

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Upon request, I'm extending the deadline of my Torvosaurus Contest to March 31st. Some very nice entries were submitted, so I hope the deadline extension will bring even more participants into this!

For more info about the contest, check here: julio-lacerda.deviantart.com/a…

Let's get this going, guys!

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Julio-Lacerda

Feb 18, 2013

Preening Feet

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So, apparently Some species of hummingbird (sword-billed hummingbird in the pictures) use their feet for preening since their bills are so long and awkwardly-shaped. That makes me think of how deinonychosaurs might have used their toe claws to preen, almost like a dog. Perhaps therizinosaurs used their hand claws as well? That must've looked funny.

Images from BBC's Life of Birds, The Mastery of Flight.

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Hi everyone! I'm not dead! by Julio-Lacerda, journal

Hi everyone! I'm not dead!

Feb 24, 2016

Contest Closed! by Julio-Lacerda, journal

Toothed Birds by Julio-Lacerda, journal

Toothed Birds

Mar 10, 2013

Meet the Common Merganser and it's toothed beak. Granted, these are not real teeth but serrations on the rhamphotheca. But by all means, they work as well as teeth in helping the merganser to catch slippery prey, and surely could cause a lot of danger when biting your hand. They also serve to give us a nice glimpse on how most enantiornithes and even deinonychosaurs could have looked like, all birdy and feathery but with nasty teeth on their mouths. Oh, nature! Image source: https://www.vancouverislandbirds.com/Journal340.html

Contest Exension by Julio-Lacerda, journal

Preening Feet by Julio-Lacerda, journal

Preening Feet

Feb 18, 2013

So, apparently Some species of hummingbird (sword-billed hummingbird in the pictures) use their feet for preening since their bills are so long and awkwardly-shaped. That makes me think of how deinonychosaurs might have used their toe claws to preen, almost like a dog. Perhaps therizinosaurs used their hand claws as well? That must've looked funny. Images from BBC's Life of Birds, The Mastery of Flight.