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awannabepaleoartist · 2 years

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Prehistoric Premiere Party

Totally forgot to upload this here like a month ago, but with Prehistoric Planet now out in it’s entirety, I figured I would catch-up. Here is the father T. rex from Prehistoric Planet (known to some as “Hank”) hanging out with some other Rex dads/families across paleomedia. See if you can name all the references!

Side note: Please watch Prehistoric Planet if you get a chance. It’s a refreshing look at dinos, it’s gorgeous, and you can watch it with an Apple+ free trial. I am in love with it.

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awannabepaleoartist · 2 years

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Baryonyx - Re-Sequenced

Introducing the Re-Sequenced Baryonyx! The Jurassic World Baryonyx is no stranger to ire and criticism, and I admit I’m not the biggest fan either, but this art is meant to be more of an exploration of the design than a criticism/”fix”. I wanted to keep the things I liked while incorporating more “real science” and adding some extra character/flair. Enjoy!

#jurassic world #jurassic world dominion #jurassicworld #baryonyx #resequenced #theropod #spinosaur #spinosaurus #crocodile #dinosaur #dinosaur art #fanart #fan art #digital art #redesign #myart #colinm art

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awannabepaleoartist · 3 years

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Why The Long Faces?

Yesterday, some new spinosaurs out of the Isle of Wight were formally described/revealed. They are very similar to Baryonyx, but as I understand it enough material was discovered to make the argument that Riparovenator and Ceratosuchops are sufficiently different.

To catch the bandwagon of drawing new dinosaurs in a timely manner, here are some shitposts. Enjoy.

#riparovenator #ceratosuchops #spinosaurs #baryonyx #isle of wight #theropods #dinosaurs #dinosaur art #digital art #lineart #cretaceous #shitpost #sci art #myart #colinm art

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awannabepaleoartist · 2 years

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Just found your page, and in in absolute LOVE. What are your preferred books/resources for practicing and studying dinosaur anatomy?

Thanks so much!

Apologies for the late/long reply. I can’t say that I’m “classically trained” in dinosaur anatomy, I’ve just kinda drawn them a lot over a long period of time and followed/taken mental notes from artists far better than I am lol. But, in terms of resources I AM aware of, these are pretty good:

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SkeletalDrawing.com, run by Scott Hartman, has a lot of really well done dinosaur skeletal diagrams to give you an idea of the proportions of different species (as viewed from the side) as well as a few diagrams showing the musculature of theropods like T. rex and Allosaurus and some basic anatomical terms.

https://www.skeletaldrawing.com/

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Matt Dempsey has a lot of spectacular drawings showing the musculatures of various kinds of dinosaurs, and as seen from the side, as well as from the front, back, top, and bottom to boot! They also have some skeletal drawings and some 3D renders of the dinosaur’s life appearances using those musculature diagrams.

https://www.artstation.com/sketchy-raptor

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The Paleoartist’s Handbook: Recreating Prehistoric Animals in Art by paleontologist & artist Mark Witton is available if you’re especially interested in accurately drawing dinosaurs and other extinct life. It’s a book I’ve read, it broadly goes over anatomy for many prehistoric creatures as well as many different aspects of the art form.

https://www.amazon.com/Palaeoartists-Handbook-Recreating-Prehistoric-Animals/dp/1785004611

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Books like Dinosaur Art and Dinosaur Art II showcase a lot of great art by many talented artists, and work great as some general guidelines/inspiration for your own art. They also work pretty well as coffee table art books!

https://www.amazon.ca/Dinosaur-Art-Worlds-Greatest-Paleoart/dp/0857685848

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In terms of some more general references,

RJ Palmer does nice paleoart every now and then and has a detailed diagram showing the anatomy of T. rex.

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Jacob Baardse has some of my favorite 3D renditions of dinosaurs, they do a good job of showing the underlying anatomy while having the models appear extremely lifelike. His Artstation page also has a few pieces where you can view their models in 3D, giving you a better idea for the body shapes at different angles.

https://www.artstation.com/littlebaardo

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There are many other amazing artists, too many to name here. Some of my favorite artists being Andrey Atuchin, Lucas Atwell, Fred Wierum, Joschua Knüppe, Rebecca Dart, David Krentz, Emiliano Troco, and Tom Parker among countless others. Many of them are quite knowledgeable, and if you look them up on social media you’ll find their art and discussions with other talented, knowledgeable people about similar topics.

If you can afford them, David Silva is also producing highly articulated figures for the Beasts of the Mesozoic series. These are very accurate and are made in collaboration with some of the artists already brought up here. Good in-hand art references if that’s to you’re liking. Much better than most dinosaur figures you would find at the dollar store or some large supermarket.

I know this was long-winded and maybe more than you were looking for, but hopefully you at least found it interesting and even a small portion of this helps!

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awannabepaleoartist · 2 years

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Getting ready for Jurassic World Evolution 2 by drawing some more or less imaginative renditions of dinos from the first game. Enjoy!

#jurassic park #jurassic world #jurassic world evolution #jurassic world evolution 2 #pentaceratops #ankylodocus #deinonychus #acrocanthosaurus #albertosaurus #theropods #dinosaurs #dinosaur art #fanart #digital art #sketches #colored sketches #art #myart #colinm art

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awannabepaleoartist · 2 years

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The “Prologue” for Jurassic World Dominion (that short IMAX preview from this summer) is finally out on Youtube, so I drew up a Dominion-ish Giganotosaurus to celebrate.

#jurassic world #jurassic park #jurassic world dominion #giganotosaurus #giga #dinosaur #theropod #allosaur #dinosaur art #fanart #digital art #sketch #myart #colinm art

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awannabepaleoartist · 2 years

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Jurassic Park Files-Suchomimus

And here’s the companion piece to the Baryonyx, the Suchomimus! This was heavily inspired by the design from Warpath: Jurassic Park, which I really dig (even if its head is literally a Bary head reused from the Lost World PS1 game). The designs here include (left to right, top to bottom) the default Warpath Sucho, the Jurassic Park Institute Sucho based on art by Timothy J. Bradley, and the maxed out Sucho from Jurassic Park Builder.

I may do more of these in the future, but the next piece will be only tangentially related. It has more to do with Bary than Sucho.

#jurassic park #jurassic world #jurassic world dominion #jurassic park warpath #jurassic park institute #jurassic park builder #suchomimus #spinosaur #theropod #dinosaur #dinosaur art #digital art #fanart #extinct animals #creature design #myart #colinm art

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awannabepaleoartist · 3 years

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Some recent sketches. I’ve been watching a lot of Jim Henson’s DInosaurs. Good show.

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awannabepaleoartist · 2 years

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Jurassic Park Files - Baryonyx

After a lot of work over what should have been a whole lotta “eh”, here are some “dossiers?” “readouts?” of Baryonyx drawn in the Jurassic Park art style. This is a fun one especially since you can compare and contrast it with the existing Jurassic World Baryonyx to get an idea of how those movies design creatures differently.

Enjoy! Another one of these will be shared tomorrow.

#baryonyx #spinosaur #theropod #dinosaur #dinosaur art #jurassic park #jurassic world #jurassic world dominion #kenner #jurassic park institute #jurassic park builder #fanart #digital art #art #extinct animals #myart #colinm art

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awannabepaleoartist · 3 years

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Mii, mii, mii

Over the past few months, I’ve had a grand old time with the Mii maker in the new Miitopia. So, I figure I may as well share what I’ve made. It’s a wide range of random, mostly unrelated characters I made for fun, but hopefully someone appreciates the effort that went in.

Enjoy!

#miitopia #miitopia switch #miitopia access code #miitopia access key #miitopia code #jurassic park #jurassic world #pokemon #pokemon sword and shield #pokemon shield #pizza game #animaniacs #the jungle book #myart #colinm art

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awannabepaleoartist · 3 years

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Idk if the Paleostreams by Joschua Knüppe have much presence on here, but they’re basically Twitch streams where people draw & chat about extinct animals and paleoart together.

Here are some drawings I did yesterday and then made a lot prettier. Animals from top to bottom are:

Edops (attempting to mate)

Utahraptor (preening on a rock)

Ebrachosuchus

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awannabepaleoartist · 3 years

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Styracosaurus sketch. This makes me think of the “scaring cats with cucumbers” meme, but having a spooked Styracosaurus on your hands would be disastrous.

#styracosaurus #ceratopsian #dinosaur #dinosaur art #ornithischian #paleoart #sciart #triceratops #digital art #myart #colinm art

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awannabepaleoartist · 3 years

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Had a day off today and wanted to do some quick painting practice. Didn’t end up being so quick, but I am pretty happy with the results. Especially since I haven’t painted much.

#african elephant #elephant #elephant art #tusker #wildlife art #animal art #digital art #art #painting #myart #colinm art

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awannabepaleoartist · 3 years

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Here’s the penultimate Jurassic June entry, Jurassic World’s Mosasaurus.

I wasn’t able to find a lot of complete baby mosasaur remains online to base this one off of, so I made the silhouette a bit closer to a real Mosasaurus, along with incorporating some juvenile crocodile and komodo dragon. Including having a stand-out color scheme. Baby komodo dragons/monitor lizards (a close relative to ol Mosa) are seriously pretty. Enjoy!

#jurassicjune #jurassic world fallen kingdom #fallen kingdom #jurassic world #mosasaurus #mosasaur #marine reptile #extinct animals #baby #juvenile #jurassic park #fanart #digital art #colinm art #aquatic

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awannabepaleoartist · 3 years

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Baby JP Compsognathus for Jurassic June! This is based on a mish-mash between animals like Sinosauropteryx and Coelophysis, mostly due to the fact that the animal’s name changed during production. I imagine these would be super soft like a kitten, and not potentially ravenous like the adults. A real gamble for a cute pet in a post-Fallen Kingdom world.

I expect I can get 2 more done for the month, and I think they’re interesting subjects. Enjoy!

#jurassicjune #jurassic park #The Lost World: Jurassic Park #the lost world #jurassic park 3 #jurassic world #jurassic world fallen kingdom #fallen kingdom #compsognathus #compy #theropod #coelurosaur #dinosaur #dinosaur art #baby #digital art #fanart #myart #colinm art

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awannabepaleoartist · 3 years

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Here are some hypothetical baby Jurassic Park hadrosaurs that pull from the film designs, fossil specimens of Parasaurolophus and Hypacrosaurus, as well as general “baby” proportions the series has used before.

I won’t be doing daily uploads for Jurassic June, but some more JP ontogeny-themed drawings could be fun. Stay tuned!

#jurassic park #The Lost World: Jurassic Park #the lost world #Jurassic Park 3 #parasaurolophus #corythosaurus #dinosaur #dinosaurs #dinosaur art #fanart #hadrosaur #ornithischian #ingen #fan art #digital art #myart #colinm art #babies

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