Category Archives: Dinosaurs

The Oviraptor Saga.

Posted on 05/07/2012 by luisvrey

If there’s an  animal that perfectly suits the creativity of any dinosaur illustrator it is the enormous array of oviraptorosaur species. Here I used several well known species (known from well described fossil specimens) as well as several  as yet … Continue reading →

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Therizinosaurus.

Posted on 04/07/2012 by luisvrey

I did  Therizinosaurus  in this zebra-stripped guise right from the first painting I did of it. Then, Dorling Kindersley -under my supervision- took the idea to 3D levels in the the DK “Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life”, a book … Continue reading →

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The inseparable Chinese Couple…

Posted on 03/07/2012 by luisvrey

Guanlong… A rare, feathered and crested tyrannosaur and the other,  Yinlong a (basal ceratopsian) enact here what their possible descendants (Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops would  continue to do millions of years later). I employed a completely different style in this … Continue reading →

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Sinusonasus Fighting.

Posted on 02/07/2012 by luisvrey

I have noticed that several key pieces in my own development as a dinosaur illustrator are absent from my website. The purpose of this blog is also to  refresh them.  I tried to represent these two Sinusonasus raptors as naturally … Continue reading →

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Raptorial family life.

Posted on 01/07/2012 by luisvrey

This piece from “Dino Babies”  was a modification of the purported original cover with added members of the family… it was originally going to be Velociraptor (as you can see for the colours), but at the end I finished it … Continue reading →

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Old Volcanic Stuff.

Posted on 30/06/2012 by luisvrey

Giganotosaurus extreme close-up as I envisioned for my first and only Pop-up book called “Dinosaurs In The Round”… I’m including the cover here too. It is a book that represented a challenge but it was so much fun to do!  Layer upon … Continue reading →

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The Deinonychus Saga (Part 2)

Posted on 27/06/2012 by luisvrey

We were talking about female Deinonychus in the previous post… what about this dandy. flamboyant male? I did this as a challenge: we really don’t have much evidence of the exterior of dinosaurs… what is underneath all that flamboyancy  is … Continue reading →

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The Deinonychus Saga (Part 1)

Posted on 27/06/2012 by luisvrey

Since I’m going backwards and forwards with the artwork in this blog, I decided to include a bit of the Denonychus Saga that inspired the  3D restoration you can see  in previous pages. I have depicted the deadly embrace of Deinonychus and Tenontosaurus many … Continue reading →

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Announcing: “Dinosaurs In Your Face”

Posted on 24/06/2012 by luisvrey

Random House has just re-released several of my collaborations with Robert Bakker (“Dinosaurs!”, “Dino Babies!” and “Prehistoric Monsters!” … for the first time in 3D! Yes… more exclamation marks… they have compiled several of the children books we have done … Continue reading →

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