While old dinosaur books are a finite resource, as this blog grinds inexorably on – as years become decades, as countless sentient beings live, die and are consigned to oblivion by the unfeeling laws of an immeasurably vast universe, as my bones weary and ache and my teeth develop irritating, expensive faults – so we …
Hello everyone! This is Niels, and I’m here to look back on my first year writing for Love In The Time Of Chasmosaurs. I figured after a year of writing I deserved to toot my own horn a little. My first article, the write-up of TetZooCon 2019, appeared exactly one year ago! A little while …
It’s time for one last outing with Peter Zallinger’s tan-and-green creations (see parts 1 and 2), only this time, we’re entering the Cenozoic! Although not right away. There are some heretofore unseen ceratopsians that deserve a look, first. Triceratops, being the ceratopsian rock star that it is, gets an entire page to itself. This is …
January 20, 2020 marked the bicentennial of Indiana University, the august institution where I completed my MFA studies and am now employed as a graphic designer. It also was the day that the university unveiled a special reproduction of Jefferson’s ground sloth, Megalonyx jeffersonii, fondly dubbed Megajeff. The reason the new model received a special …
Dear paleontologists, Please FOR THE LOVE OF THE ELDER GODS provide measurements for the fossils you publish. P.S. How did this not sink in 10 years ago? P.P.S. Post inspired by Gabriel Ugueto’s anguished tweet this morning.
And so we return to yet another book that I hadn’t heard of until recently, but turned out to be a beloved childhood staple for many people. It also contains very little truly original art, with its illustrations being slightly reworked (and sometimes, de-feathered) versions of other artists’ work, when they aren’t outright copies. I …
As readers of this blog should know all too well, palaeoart is a field where copying other people’s work is commonplace. This is especially true if a nonexpert artist has been commissioned to cook something up on the cheap. How many books have been reviewed here whose artwork can be traced back to the old …
I’m happy to report that the 2019 Survey of Paleoartists is now available in Spanish! Thanks to Pablo Lara and Julián Bayona for their hard work to make the translation. This survey will remain active through July of 2019, and at that point we will begin tabulating the results of both versions of the survey …
A lot of us creative types have to rely on a mosaic of income sources to stay afloat, and the writers and artists who regularly deliver us fossiliferous goodies are no exception. Here is a selection of these creators who use Patreon, a site which allows patrons to support talent by making monthly pledges. In …
As I was poking around the web recently, I happened across a pretty wonderful lesson plan, Paleoartists: Bringing Dinosaurs to Life, designed by The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis, using study of paleoart as an entry into paleontology. Michael Skrepnick’s work is a key component of TCM’s Dinosphere exhibit, translating their lively fossil mounts into large-scale paintings. The first …