Doodle-a-Day: January 12
Raptor went all the way to the store to get ice cream and they’re all out of Black Cherry :(
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Given that I don’t have any new art ready to go, I thought I might post some old dino stuff that I don’t think I’ve put on the web before. This is one of my first “successful” paintings, done in 1997 or so. I thought it was the bees knees, and clearly made me the best palaeoartist ever.
The dinosaurs are very Greg-Paulian (what we called then) Albertosaurus libratus, and the painting itself was very Ely Kish inspired. Ely Kish is a great painter, I’m glad I recognised that early on.
This was obviously pretty quick and dirty, but after spending around 6 hours painting tree bark today, I wanted to speedpaint something fun. So have a Microraptor doing a threat display, inspired by this fantastic photo of a great horned owl.
Many animals, when threatened, will use absolutely everything in their power to make themselves look bigger. There are endless artworks out there of Microraptor using its legwings for the obvious function - to fly or glide - but if trying to make itself look bigger, the little dromaeosaur has an obvious advantage over its two-winged brethren.
Such a little poof.
A very Doug-Henderson-y Coelophysis eating temnospondyls.
First upload in a while, I’ve been very busy finishing up the All Yesterdays book. Whoda thunk a book would be so much work, huh?
A plant eating dinosaur, eating plants! Giraffatitan looking handsome? You decide!
