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Paleo Illustration

Transforming a classic model.

Posted on 20/03/2018 by luisvrey

About twenty years ago I was collaborating with the famous Kaiyodo label from Japan, trying to promote their wonderful models here in London. They were so advanced for their time that I really wanted to have them all and customise … Continue reading →

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Dinosaurios Hechos En México opens in Monterrey (Part 2)… now for real!

Posted on 14/03/2018 by luisvrey

7500 visitors in two days can’t be wrong… ! After the preview in my last blog,  we have had the opening of Dinosaurios Hechos En México. As this little photo tour shows,  I think Planetario Alfa and Gondwana Studios have … Continue reading →

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And Now… Monterrey, México!

Posted on 24/02/2018 by luisvrey

For those who have seen them this might not be come as a surprise, but the spectacular way Planetario Alfa in Monterrey and Gondwana Studios are mounting the Mexican Dinosaurs murals, is really a surprise even to me!  The great … Continue reading →

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Dinosaur Families Opens in Copenhagen…

Posted on 05/02/2018 by luisvrey

It took two years of brainstorming… And finally they they did it!  Copenhagen is the new site for a fabulous new version of Hatching the Past: http://video.ku.dk/dinosaurfamilier. The Danish team from the National Museum of Natural History  have worked very … Continue reading →

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Swerving across the path of controversy… Sinosauropteryx and Yi Qi.

Posted on 16/01/2018 by luisvrey

While we know a lot about Sinosauropteryx, to ‘almost’ even the level of colouration, we don’t know enough about Yi qi, the famous bat-like feathered dinosaur… its remains are not well enough preserved to be certain of many details like the … Continue reading →

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Best wishes for 2018

Posted on 19/12/2017 by luisvrey

Thank you all friends and followers of this blog for your support in 2017…… and for those who don’t want celebration hats or anything to do with “holiday seasons”, here’s, by request,  the original version of the illustration for the “postcard”… T. … Continue reading →

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An Impaling Down Jurassic Fern Fields.

Posted on 10/11/2017 by luisvrey

Imagine yourself walking quietly searching for prey on a field of ferns in the middle of a Jurassic tropical forest. You have good colour vision to spot any unusual coloration in the sea of greens. You discover some  structures raising … Continue reading →

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Intermission after Mexico…more inspiration for “Paleoart”.

Posted on 10/10/2017 by luisvrey

And this time for real… No helping Diplodocus restorations, no talks, no scientific accuracy… only  surrealism. Hope you can excuse indulging once again in my taste for Pre-hispanic Art and the fact that I keep turning  to use its influence … Continue reading →

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The Missing Link…

Posted on 24/08/2017 by luisvrey

Once Palaeontologists get their heads down to  revise classification things start to be seen with different eyes  and everything changes. There’s almost a full acceptance now on the newest reclassification of dinosaurs, that managed to challenge the traditional dinosaur evolutionary … Continue reading →

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The Art of the Dinosaur.

Posted on 15/08/2017 by luisvrey

Presenting: The Art of  the Dinosaur. It is difficult to describe my excellent relationship with a consummate professional like Mr. Kazuo Terakado, science journalist and senior researcher at the Japan Space Forum. His love for Dinosaur Art seems to have … Continue reading →

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