Anhanguera Santanae

This is my reconstruction of Anhanguera santanae, based on skeletal and anatomical information from John Conway, Julia Molnar, and Mike Habib.  I've also included a few shots of the preparation I did for a 3D print of this model, and some pictures of the final 3d Prints I received from Shapeways and Sculpteo.   

 

Claws of the Southern Hunter

A reconstruction of the forelimbs of Australovenator Wintonensis based on the type specimen AODF 604.  This was originally intended to be a quick study,  however it became a lot more involved than I had anticipated.

Banjo (Australovenator Wintonensis)

I've been working on this reconstruction of Australovenator for a while. Australovenator is an Australian therapod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. This particular specimen was nicknamed Banjo after Banjo Patterson. This is a head shot of the full body sculpt I hope to complete soon. 

This is a quick breakdown showing how I created the final render. The final image was composed of individual render passes created using Zbrush.  I then used Photoshop to composite the renders using various blending modes, masking and a bit of paint.  

 

The final image was featured in Prehistoric Times Magazine Issue 108 last winter.  I have to give a big thank you to Mike Fredricks of Prehistoric Times for including my image in the issue.

Gorgosaurus Mother

This is the grayscale painting done from one of the thumbnails in the previous post.  Hope to add color soon.

Gorgosaurus Thumbnails

These are a bunch of preliminary drawings for an illustration of Gorgosaurus that I had intended to submit to Prehistoric Times.  I was focusing illustrating the scenes that showed the dinosaurs feeding habits.  There are more than a few theories as to how Gorgosaurus and other Tyrannosaurs fed.  Were they solitary or pack hunters, scavengers, did they chase their prey down or were they ambush predators? So I tried to do at least one thumbnail corresponding to each theory. I also explored some ideas involving behavior pertaining to raising and caring for their young.

Chasmosaurus

So this is the first post on my new blog entirely devoted to my Paleo Illustration work.  This is Chasmosaurus a relative of the well known Triceratops.  Its name means open lizard in reference to the large openings in its frill. I have a colored version of this guy in the works but I'm not quite happy with the coloration yet so it might be awhile before that shows up here.  Anyway this guy was a lot of fun to paint I enjoy rendering reptilian skin so when ever I get a chance to paint scales I kinda go a little crazy.  Thanks for taking a look hope to have more soon.


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