Category Archives: Theropods

The spinosaurid saga continues. Now it’s a new look for enigmatic Irritator challengeri!

Posted on 22/05/2023 by luisvrey

We are all aware of the debates about Spinosaurus, the biggest fish eater dinosaur the world has ever seen (insert smile here)… now things take a new twist with a reappraisal of the South Amerrican, Brazilian spinosaur Irritator challengeri… Gondwana … Continue reading →

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The extraordinary paleoart of 余国梁 (Passion Charger) … and my relation with it!

Posted on 25/04/2023 by luisvrey

Growing up as a budding surrealist, I remember with a smile that Alejandro Jodorowsky, my mentor in the seventies, dedicated a phrase to my work: “If it is not excessive is not genius”… well, this amply applies to the work … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Customising Models and Casts, welcome back from Mexico, again!

Posted on 03/07/2022 by luisvrey

Every time I come back from Mexico I bring a lot of samples from Hector Munive. Dalia Castillo and other Mexican sculptors and casters… that means hours and hours of further customising of quality casts that need to be “brought … Continue reading →

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…and now for the Spinosaurus Apotheosis Downfall.

Posted on 10/10/2020 by luisvrey

I will leave this here. Almost no words necessary… needless to say there will be comparisons and zoologists will know where this scene is coming from, only that it is at such colossal scale that is difficult to think of … Continue reading →

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EXTREME DINOSAURS II. THE PROJECTS.

Posted on 08/07/2019 by luisvrey

Almost 20 years ago the book Extreme Dinosaurs, a compilation of artwork I had done from 1988 to 2000 was released. It was a novelty mostly because the colourful approach to dinosaurs and the de-facto depiction of feathered dinosaurs for … Continue reading →

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The Next Bone of Contention…

Posted on 26/03/2018 by luisvrey

Yes, that is what feathering T. rex is becoming! Once again I’m feeling the same as what was happening  in the 80’s and 90’s when several madcaps like some of us  confronted the hard core scientists that claimed they had … 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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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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The Ceratopsians from Aldama…

Posted on 29/03/2017 by luisvrey

Our Mexican dinosaur spree continues! Presenting a herd of mid-sized chasmosaurine ceratosians from the region of Aldama, Chihuahua, Mexico indicates that there were more species relative to Nasutoceratops. The Museo del Mammut in the northern state of Chihuahua has tried this reconstruction, but … Continue reading →

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Sneak preview: Dinosaur rEvolution embarks in its first tour!

Posted on 16/03/2017 by luisvrey

The City of Albury is a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia DinosaurRevolution at Albury City and it has become home of the debut of  the efforts of Gondwana Studios and myself in this very … Continue reading →

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