Still around! I did a paleoart PAINTING omg for a friend's birthday. A little weird for me, since I'm used to the control that one gets from pencils!
I did a lot of reading, and learned a LOT about the frustration that goes into trying to do both the studies of the original fossil material and scientific papers, just for a start. And then the artistry! An accurate, but interesting depiction is a double challenge. I did my best to NOT create derivative work (which means work based on another rendering, which there is SO much of in paleoart. It is REALLY HARD TO NOT MAKE STUFF UP!!!
It had also been a very long time since I had done any serious painting -- okay, ever. I was so uncomfortable with the media that none of the Quetzalcoatlus here even have the same-shaped skull, and their arms are toooooo short. So much for all that research.
Anyway, here, have some stabby flying things the size of a giraffe shrieking at each other like hellish seagulls. 16"x20" canvas, acrylic paint.
I did a lot of reading, and learned a LOT about the frustration that goes into trying to do both the studies of the original fossil material and scientific papers, just for a start. And then the artistry! An accurate, but interesting depiction is a double challenge. I did my best to NOT create derivative work (which means work based on another rendering, which there is SO much of in paleoart. It is REALLY HARD TO NOT MAKE STUFF UP!!!
It had also been a very long time since I had done any serious painting -- okay, ever. I was so uncomfortable with the media that none of the Quetzalcoatlus here even have the same-shaped skull, and their arms are toooooo short. So much for all that research.
Anyway, here, have some stabby flying things the size of a giraffe shrieking at each other like hellish seagulls. 16"x20" canvas, acrylic paint.
