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Ankylosaurus portrait

I got a set of six Promarkers, Earth tones, and wanted to try them out. I've only used alcohol markers a few times before, and only grey tones. It was a challenge to work with such limited palette, but I'd say it turned out pretty well.

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Slapped some color on This Drawing.

Just a couple birds hanging out with not-quite-bird. I should use my watercolors more.

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This is so pretty, love it

I'm alive! Sorry for not uploading anything for almost half a year. I've hardly drawn anything since March, and what I did draw wasn't worth showing.

Alright, now let's get to the good stuff. My art has been featured in the Mesozoic Art II book. I got my copy back in August, but didn't get to write about it until now. I'm honoured to be included among all these insanely talented artists (some were new to me). The book is packed with over 200 pages of amazing paleoart and I can't recommend it enough.

As for my section, it opens with an illustration I painted specifically for the book:

It's actually a new version of an old work from 2009:

I thought it would be a fun exercise to remake this work in higher resolution, with updated anatomy etc.

Unfortunately, the whole painting process was such such a slog, I wanted to give up halfway. I forced myself to keep painting until it looked right.

I'm quite happy with how it turned out, though if I were painting it now, I'd use the original, more vivid colours.

Anyway, that's it for now. Hopefully it won’t take me another six months to post again :D

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Aragochersis and Europelta, 2023

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Coelophysis and Hesperosuchus, pencil sketch from 2023 redrawn and colored in CSP

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Results from the #paleostream!

Ojoceratops, Leidyosuchus, Hemiauchenia and Bienotheroides.

Ojoceratops is a homage to The Lost World, the original movie, that was introduced 100 years ago, yesterday

Saurornitholestes and Basilemys

Slowly going through my backlog, this one's from 2021

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Compsognathus, drawn a few years ago

He's just a little guy

Fineliner+CSP

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How much research do you put into each of your drawings? Are you more interested in accuracy or expression? Your art is so cool and interesting!

Probably not enough ;) I search for photos, skeletal drawings, articles etc., really depends on the subject. Animals are most often easier to research than e.g. vegetation, the latter is always a pain in the ass.

I don't think accuracy and expression are mutually exclusive.

Thank you for your kind words =)

Hi!!! I was wondering if you were okay with someone printing out one of your art pieces for decoration? I didn't know if you had a shop or not, but if so I'm more than willing to support this amazing art <3

I don't have a shop; it's ok to print for personal purposes :) Thanks!