Friday, March 18, 2011

Antarctican coelophysoid.

This is another pencil and digital sketch completed for the July-September 2010 issue of Answers Magazine. The animal depicted is Cryolophosaurus ellioti, a 6 m (20 ft) long dilophosaurid from Antarctica. The holotype--a partially complete subadult--is the only known specimen.
While this image is a decent representation of the animal, there are definitely some elements that I'd like to modify in the future.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Antarctican ankylosaur.

This is a pencil and digital sketch that I completed for the July-September 2010 issue of Answers Magazine. It appeared in an article by Buddy Davis titled, "Antarctica—Dinosaurs on Ice."  The image is a life restoration of the medium-sized ankylosaur, Antarctopelta oliveroi.  Fossils have only been recovered from a single, fragmentary and inarticulated specimen, so the image above contains a lot of conjecture.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Psittacosaur.

Here is an unfinished pencil-on-illustration board sketch from 2009.
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This dinosaur is the prototypical psittacosaurid, called Psittacosaurus mongoliensisP. mongoliensis is known from China, Mongolia, and Siberia. Fossils of P. mongoliensis are so abundant, nearly a full skeletal ontogeny is known for the species. At least one species of Psittacosaurus (and there are many) exibited a patch of long, moderately-flexible and hollow bristles along the dorsal surface of its tail.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Baryonyx image.

I'll post a larger, watermarked version in the near future. If anyone has any questions regarding the piece or the animal, just let me know and I'll address it a.s.a.p.

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

First post!

The moderately-sized, semi-aquatic spinosaur Baryonyx walkeri.
Digital image: CS2