[Edited 6/17/18 to provide a few more details from the prospectus in the post] This year, the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Meeting takes place in beautiful Albuquerque, NM. As part of the event, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science is putting together a concurrent juried paleoart exhibition. Opening on October 6, it …
After a few months of sketching, designing, and communicating with manufacturers, I’ve launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a new set of enamel pins! I’ve been wanting to create some pins for a while, and decided to take the plunge with some flaming dinosaur skull designs I’ve been working on. The initial set consists of …
In the News It took almost a century and a half, but we finally have a good Ichthyornis skull reconstruction. It shows a surprising mix of primitive and derived features. See the Nature publication and coverage at NatGeo and SciAm. Andrea Cau published a huge summary of reptile-to-bird evolution. Read the paper; more at DinoGoss. …
Blasting into your feed reader, it’s another roundup to close out this month. Over the first four months into 2018, we’ve been treated to a glut of Mesozoic insights. You never know what’s coming next on this veritable feast of knowledge! Dine away, my friends… feast on this prehistoric enlightenment. In the News The Ichthyosaurus …
More Camptosaurus coming at you! As in literally, a lot of these look like they’re coming directly at you! I have to say, I’m just tickled by this whole thing. To think that Brian tweeted out this hashtag and then people all over the place spent the next few days drawing Camptosaurus in front-view… it’s …
It began, as anything of any merit does these days, with some joshing around on Twitter. Brian Engh made a remark about paleoartists who rely on lateral view too much. lol paleoartists so shook by non lateral views. — Brian Engh (@GreyGriffon) April 4, 2018 So, I replied that a good way to quickly test …
What a fine paleontological month March turned out to be. I’d like to send massive thanks out to all of the paleontologists, preparators, museum workers, and other dauntless explorers and communicators of deep time who deliver us such amazing research and insight. Good job, everyone! Now let’s check out this Mesozoic month. In the News …
In my first post on the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, I covered the Triassic and Jurassic halls of the Dinosaurs in Their Time exhibit. Sorry for the wait for part two! I didn’t intend to be so long! Now we journey to the Cretaceous and beyond, for as we all know by now: dinosaurs …
A bit of a quieter month than January, which coincided with an incredibly hectic month here on the homefront. But I am undaunted, and here is a quick roundup of news, blogging, video, art, and more from February of 2018. Let’s stick a pin in it. In the News A few years back, a mighty …
Here’s a nice, big slab of paleontological goodness to start 2018. We’ve had a host of new discoveries and research, insightful blog posts and more. Belly up and dig in!