Last time in Vintage Dinosaur Gaming, we met the precocious Parasaurolophus Rolph and began a quest to save Paleo Island from a monstrous T.rex. After a tour through the Triassic section of the island, we took a ride on our pterosaur pal Pterrance and landed in the Jurassic section. This screen represents the early Jurassic, as indicated by the Dilophosaurus skulking about in the distance. Besides the grass-like ground cover, the flora has an appropriately Jurassic flair and shows an attention…
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Vintage Dinosaur Art: Dinosaur Stamps of the World – Part 2
Uncategorized Vintage Dinosaur Art March 6, 2023How about a little more from the world of palaeontological philatelelely? Last time, we took a look at stamps from various countries including the UK, Poland, Cuba, and China, with the promise of more to come, because “we haven’t even talked about Tanzania yet.” Best get right to that, then. Although they date from 1988 and 1991, the artwork on these stamps borrows from(/outright copies) much earlier palaeoart, most obviously Burian. Most stamps simply name the animal, but the lovely…
I was only a year old when BBC’s landmark series Walking with Dinosaurs first aired, but I have to imagine watching it in 1999 must have felt similar to the way I felt watching Prehistoric Planet this week. Not since then has the age of dinosaurs ever been portrayed so believably. For the first time in a big-budget media project we’re getting depictions of Mesozoic life that isn’t plagued by concessions and strange design choices. Feathers are commonplace. Multi-ton behemoths…
There’s a new face on the blog! Sophie has been getting some attention on Twitter with, among other things, her threads on vintage dinosaur books. Of course, it was a matter of time before she found her way here. Please welcome Sophie and come say hi in the comments! – Niels Hi there, everyone! I’m Sophie, you might know me from my Twitter where I’ve made a name for myself with my enormous threads on old dinosaur art, regular commentary…
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 are able to increase the scope of our Vintage Dinosaur Art posts. Our sole criterion has always been that the books we cover should be…
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 before that, Marc Vincent invited me to write for this blog, which I had been a fan of and through which we met. Of course,…
Vintage Dinosaur Art: Dinosaurs and Other Archosaurs – Part 3
Uncategorized Vintage Dinosaur Art August 19, 2020It’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 one of my favourite illustrations in the book – not only is it superbly detailed, in every aspect from the animal’s scaly skin folds to…
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 place during the university’s bicentennial festivities is because of its connection to the history of fossil collections at IU. The original specimens were discovered on…
An Open Letter from Paleoartists to the Paleontological Community on the Subject of Fossil Measurements
Uncategorized December 11, 2019Dear 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.…
Vintage Dinosaur Art: A Field Guide to Dinosaurs – Part 2
Uncategorized Vintage Dinosaur Art November 22, 2019And 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 know, I know – that sort of thing was accepted more back then. Still, figuring out which artists have ‘inspired’ the work here is entertaining…
