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Dinosaurs of the recent past

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I suppose some of you who have been following this blog for some time and who aren't interested in dinosaurs probably find these posts excruciating.  Sorry, guys; there will be plenty more urban sketching posts, including some very soon. Meanwhile, I've been spending the last three months or so re-learning how to draw dinosaurs, and rediscovering the world of dinosaurs-- the research, the art, and the fans, thanks to the dinosaur blogosphere. Why do I say "rediscovering?"  Because, about 17 years ago, I was nuts about dinosaurs.  Just completely bonkers.  This post is about how that all started and ended, and started again. As a pre-teen, I was certainly a fan of dinosaurs, but I was never the kind of serious devotee that many of my friends were at that age.  It was my final year in middle school when I stayed up all night reading Jurassic Park for the the first time on my bottom bunk that I became truly hooked.   Mind you, this was a few months before the movi

Moleskine Update

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At long last, another moleskine update, to show that I have not been completely idle these past few weeks and months.  Just idle in a blog-writing capacity.  Which is odd, since I don't really write much of anything; I just post images. And here are some now.  Look at the dates for the proper order-- I don't think there's any rhyme or reason to the order in which I'm posting these. These last three are from the collection of Dinosaur-Quest.  We have quite a few cool modern mammal skulls in addition to our fossil collection, so when it's slow I'll sketch them.  It's great because I can come back to them whenever I have time and keep myself occupied and drawing.

I guess this is what I do now...

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Sorry for the seeming redundancy, but these dinosaurs are in color, unlike the last ones.  I suppose that makes them even better. Thanks to Bill's Wacom tablet and a lot of practice, I've almost gotten comfortable adding digital color to my scanned pencil drawings.  Almost. Hey, that reminds me!  If you want me to draw something for you (I think it's called illustration or something), contact me and I will gladly for draw it for the appropriate amount of compensation.  Dinosaurs or otherwise!

The best dinosaur ever

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Not much to say here.  This is Tyrannosaurus rex.