My Own Work

    I do some restorations of my own, but I'm not the greatest artist in the world.  Mostly, I'm good at accurately showing the overall shape of a subject.  Since it's my website, I'm going to be self-indulgent and put my stuff out for display (evil laughter).  If you like them, I have a few more I could add.
    I am aware of recent evidence suggesting nostrils much closer to the tip of the snout; for me, this mostly affects the ceratopian drawings I've done.  For old stuff, see the archive.

Sauropelta edwardsorum:  Ankylosaurians are something of a rare subject, and they've got some eccentric characteristics to take into account, including the armor.  This is my take on the common nodosaurid Sauropelta.  I didn't give it a full-body tint because I didn't want the armor to be obscured.  New finds put even more armor on this animal, including lateral plates on the tail and additional spines on the neck, and my revised version takes this into account. 

Apatosaurus sp.: Everybody loves sauropods!

Parksosaurus warrenae: A cousin of Thescelosaurus, Parksosaurus was a lightly-built bipedal herbivore.

Coelophysis rhodesiensis: I keep finding myself doing coelophysoids.  It must be the long, lean build and the narrow, elongated skull (or something like that!).  I like the speculative "fuzzy" look a lot.

Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum: This is done mostly off of photos I took of the mount at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and I'm quite proud of it.  The difference in appearance is due to a different scanner and art program.

Coelophysis bauri: Well, I just like Coelophysis and its ilk.  Here's a rediscovery, self-commissioned for a Historical Geology project back in the spring of '01.

Thescelosaurus neglectus (again!): I thought I'd get back into drawing, so I decided to start with something I know.



Acrocanthosaurus atokensis: No, it's not the greatest image quality (scan of a photocopy, because it was too big to fit on the family scanner), but I had to do something, as I'm proud of this one (the actual drawing).  It's really much more impressive in person.  Oh, well.  Have I ever mentioned I'm fond of Acrocanthosaurus?  I drew it in June of 2003, with some touch-ups of the skull in 2004.



Thescelosaurus neglectus (yet again): I drew this in Scientific Illustration, and since I've got a good scan, I thought I'd put it up.  It's based on the middle photograph of the Science Museum mount, with the new head inserted and the position of the arms changed to reflect current thinking on their flexibility.  I see I have to fix the back, though; back muscles are not my speciality!



Shuvuuia deserti: I'd never done an alvarezsaurid before, and I thought I'd give it a try.  It looks different than the other pictures here because it's in ink.  There are a few things that probably aren't in proportion, but on the whole it's not bad for a first try.  I went without long feathers on the arms for two reasons: first, if this was breaking into termite nests and the like, it might be maladaptive to have long things right next to the digging tools that the intended food objects can climb up and then inflict vengeance on the alvarezsaurid, to say nothing about being in the way, period; second, I can't draw long feathers.
    These little devils have an eccentric charm to them; someone's missing a marketing opportunity here!

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