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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!
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awannabepaleoartist · 2 years
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Hi there! I'm a wannabe paleoartist too! I really liked your art. Could you give me some tips on drawing dinos?
Hi,
I do already have a post on resources for researching dinosaur anatomy, which you can find here:
https://awannabepaleoartist.tumblr.com/post/669423922383618048/just-found-your-page-and-in-in-absolute-love
On a related note, I would say that the most important things to do when drawing dinosaurs (depending on your desired outcome) are:
1. Practice. As with all art, you only get better if you keep practicing.
2. Research. The more you look into our current understanding of dinosaurs and how their bodies were built and worked, as well as by looking at the modern world and its animals to see how they "work", you can pick up on things to make your dinosaurs look more accurate and believable.
As far as drawing the dinosaurs themselves, besides referencing well-informed artists to help you learn what dinosaurs may have been like (which I cover in the earlier link), I think the most important thing to learn is shapes.
Look at whatever dinosaur you want to draw and break down its body into simple shapes like ovals, rectangles, triangles, and cylinders. This will provide you with a "framework" for how to draw the dinosaur as well as how to understand how the parts of its body relate to each other in position and size. These can help when you're drawing dinosaurs at more difficult perspectives.
Here are some examples from me:
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You don't have to follow the shapes/techniques I use, use whatever makes sense to you.
It's certainly not all-encompassing, but hope this helps! There are other guides online of shape studies for different animals (like horses) that can also give you an idea for how to "block out" the rough shapes for your drawings.
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awannabepaleoartist · 2 years
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Jurassic Park Files-Suchomimus
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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.
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awannabepaleoartist · 2 years
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Jurassic Park Files - Baryonyx
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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.
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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,
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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. 
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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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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.
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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!
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awannabepaleoartist · 2 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.
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awannabepaleoartist · 2 years
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Hi! I am in love with your redesign of the Indominus Rex, and I was wondering something
Do you have any recommendations for someone who would want to do something like this but for the Indoraptor/Scorpios Rex (S Rex would be a lot harder because we dont know most of its genetic code, and because of how unstable it's supposed to be)?
Take your time answering this, you're probably busy with something
Ultimately, the thought process behind my Indominus design was super simple: “If I got to design the Indominus to suite my tastes, what would I do?”
It’s a culmination of a lot of smaller, random thoughts about the lore, the concept art/old scripts, what we see in the movie, what (I feel) could have been done better or expanded on, and some personal touches.
In terms of recommendations, I’d firstly say to just come up with ideas you think are cool and write them all down so you can figure out what you want to include and how.
Study up not only on JP/JW lore but also on dinosaur/creature anatomy. This helps you see similarities between different animals and how you can “mash” them and their abilities together while still seeming more natural.
Also, think of what you want the creature to be like and what features could help sell that look. Is it smart? Aggressive? Unsettling? Does it resemble the official design or does it have a different look? And what could you include to make those things clear/possible?
Hopefully this isn’t too vague. My I. rex is just a “best of” compilation of ideas I had and then justified in overly complex ways. Your designs will depend on how you think and what you want to make.
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awannabepaleoartist · 2 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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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.
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awannabepaleoartist · 3 years
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Mii, mii, mii
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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!
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awannabepaleoartist · 3 years
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Snake Boy & Snaggletooth
Stayed up late to finish a drawing of the very recently revealed designs for Attenborosaurus (left) and Plesiosaurus (right) in Jurassic World Evolution 2.
I’m excited for the game and am fairly lenient on "janky”/unpopular creature designs. On social media, Attenboro seems popular and folks don’t like that Plesio just looks like a King Cobra. But Attenboro is a good friend about it.
Enjoy!
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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.
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awannabepaleoartist · 3 years
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2K or no- yes, 2K.
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A little sketchdump I put together as a thanks for hitting 2K followers on Twitter. Everything but the steg is a request from a follower in one way or another. Enjoy!
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