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Popularising science… The right way!
Remember this? When I did this restoration of Sereno’s outlandish Spinosaurus, I could’t wait to hear the complaints… there were some but not as many as I expected! Now I have just purchased the new 1:40 scale Spinosaurus from the … Continue reading
Posted in African Prehistory, maniraptora, Spinosaurs, Toy Models, Uncategorized
Tagged Alan Gishlick, Collecta Toy Models, deinonychus, Spinosaurus
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Dinosaurs Take Flight opens at last!
There exhibition many of us were waiting for since last year is finally opening at the Kenosha Public Museum! It is a dazzling design by Nick Regester and Alanna Magovern dedicated exclusively to artwork representing Archaeopteryx and its dramatic development and … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeopteryx, Birds, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs Take Flight, maniraptora, Museum Displays, Uncategorized
Tagged Alanna Magovern, Anchiornis, Bambiraptor, Cathayornis, Confuciusornis, deinonychus, Dennis Wilson, Dinosaurs Take Flight, Gary Staab, Ichthyornis, Jakob Vinther, Julius Csotonyi, Kenosha Public Museum, Mark Hallett, Microraptor, Nick Longrich, Nick Regester, Silver Plume Exhibitions, Sinornithosaurus, Tröodon, Utahraptor, velociraptor
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Just a single picture…
Hatching The Past in Delaware USA (picture by Charlie Magovern). A momentous snap that finally show the moment Oviraptors hatch their babies in the XXI Century (albeit in human form). Who says Paleoart doesn’t pay? At least some times it … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Magoovern, Hatching The Past, Oviraptor, StoneCo
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Odds and Sods… more extras for Anusuya Chinsamy’s Fossils For Africa.
Having fun with old artwork includes also modifying existing pieces that I never found completely satisfactory the first time around. This Tendaguru composition pretended to simply pleasantly illustrate all the famous well known animals from that famous Tanzanian formation. I have always found … Continue reading
Flugsaurier and SVPCA 2015… Face to Face with the Snake!
The Paleo meetings here in England are getting more sophisticated and better attended these days. As a novelty this year the legendary Flugsaurier (Pterosaur) meeting happened in Portsmouth. It always brings me great memories from Munich years ago when we did a tribute … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Cocks, Bob Loveridge, Brent Breintraup, Brontosaurus, Carmen Naranjo, Craig Fraser, David Hone, David Martill, David Unwin, Dinosaur Art, Dinosaur Encounter, Dinosaurs In Your Face, Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Don Henderson, Eric Buffetaut, Flugsaurier, Gareth Dyke, Georgia Maclean-Henry, Godzilín, Jeff Liston, JJ Hill, John Conway, Mark Witton, Mike Taylor, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Niels Bonde, Polacanthus, Portsmouth, Rebecca Gelernter, Rebecca Groom, Richard Forrest, Richard Hing, Rob Nicholls, Sandra Chapman, Sarah-Jane Strachan, Southampton, Steven Vidovic, Stu Pond, Tetrapodophis. Nick Longrich, Thom Holtz, Tiktaalik, Yutyrannus
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More previews from the Kelly Tyrannosaur Project.
Originally posted on Luis V. Rey Blog:
As we can see here… not everything tyrannosaur has to be Tyrannosaurus! This classic scene has been depicted many times…And it should have been an awesome one to watch. Triceratops was once depicted…
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REVAMPS OF OLD FAVOURITES.
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Two reconstructions of Allosaurus for a Ryan Tucker’s project (North Dakota). Allosaurus avoiding Stegosaurus’ tail Allosaurus admiring The Impossible Meal… Giraffatitan brancai. Allosaurus has become a standard in a lot of my new…
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More previews from the Kelly Tyrannosaur Project.
As we can see here… not everything tyrannosaur has to be Tyrannosaurus! This classic scene has been depicted many times…And it should have been an awesome one to watch. Triceratops was once depicted as a mud wrestler by Dr. Bob Bakker. … Continue reading
Posted in ceratopsians, tyrannosaurs, Uncategorized
Tagged Bob Bakker, Keratin Revolution, Mike Kelly, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus
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Yi. Things will never be the same again (and again)!
When I started to get serious about the Dinosaur Renaissance many years ago, I never dreamed that it will take me this far. If the speed of change of the image of the Dinosauria has been dazzling… what can I … Continue reading
The Importance of Being a Chicken in London.
Deinocheirus, eat your heart out… look at the size of this magnificent work of art! Never a theropod relative have been seen reconstructed so… big! And by children! Chicken Fest at the City of London Academy (Southwark, Southeast London) was … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Frimet, Carmen Naranjo, John Hutchinson, London Academy (Southwark)
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