What is there to say about sauropods that hasn't been said before? Nothing, so I won't bore you with repeated information and technical mumbo-jumbo. If you want to learn about sauropods, click here for Wikipedia, here for Skeletal Drawings and here for SV-POW! With the following artistic restorations of the genera, I have tried to pick up-to-date, exciting, and rare pieces, that hopefully some of you will not have seen before. Hopefully, you will be inspired to create something great for November 1st!Restorations of Sauropod Genera
Click the artwork to ENLARGE it - see the DETAIL!
PRIMITIVE SAUROPODS
Barapasaurus by Dmitry Bogdanov
Isanosaurus by Luis V. Rey
Omeisaurus by Greg Paul
Mamenchisaurus by Raul Martin
Mamenchisaurus by Mark Hallett
Shunosaurus by Greg Paul
Cetiosaurus by John Temperton DIPLODOCIDS
Apatosaurus by Todd Marshall
Apatosaurus by Ely Kish
Barosaurus by Michael Skrepnick
Diplodocus by Doug Henderson
Diplodocus by Todd Marshall
Seismosaurus by Mark Hallett
Supersaurus, Ultrasaurus, Seismosaurus by John Sibbick
Supersaurus by Raul Martin
Supersaurus by Luis V. ReyDICRAEOSAURIDS
Amargasaurus by Pixeldust
Amargasaurus by Pixeldust
Amargasaurus by Luis V. Rey
REBBACHISAURIDS
Nigersaurus by Mineo Shiraishi
Nigersaurus by Todd Marshall
Rebbachisaurus by Zhang Zongda
MACRONARIANS
Camarasaurus by James Gurney
Camarasaurus by Raul Martin
Jobaria by Michael Skrepnick
Brachiosaurus by Raul Martin
Brachiosaurus by John Conway
Brachiosaurus by John Sibbick
Brachiosaurus by Brian Franczak
Brachiosaurus by Gregory S. Paul
Giraffatitan by Gabriel Lio
Paralititan by Todd Marshall
Neuquensaurus by Pablo Lara Herrera
Saltasaurus by Alain BeneteauThat completes a general overview of sauropod genera recreations. Stay tuned for a continuation post, where I'll review early attempts at restoring sauropods, from Knight to Zallinger (Hey! That means you, Mr. Draggy-tail!)
10 comments:
I think the JP Institute picture is by Bob Bakker. Not 100% sure, but that looks like his style. Never heard of Raul Martin, but I think I'm in love!
Very impressive collection Peter!
Having done a few of these summary posts myself, I know how much work it can be tracking down, uploading, and labelling all that art. It sure paid off here.
I think it is safe to say this is among the best single collections of Sauropod Palaeo-Art on the web!
Awesome
I just may add Nigersaurus by Pablo Lara
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HmvEOMwShEI/SQpbc-aa_DI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/toI-X6iguOU/s400/nigersaurus02.jpg
Indeed...some of the ones in this collection have been some of my favorites. Thanks for bringing most, if not all, of them together in one post!! :D
By the way, you missed a few by Joe Tucciarone! They would have been great here! :D
Oh yeah...I agree with Zach about the JP Institute picture. I think it is by Bob Bakker. I'd recognize it anywhere!! (I know I sound like a crazed, obsessed, lunatic when it comes to Dr. Bakker, but he is SO awesome!) :)
Impressive gallery. If there's any major type of dinosaur I tend to shirk drawing, it's the sauropods. I'm not sure why. I prefer drawing little maniraptors. (But that should be pretty clear by now.)
I think that Seismosaurus is now reclassified as an old Diplodocus.
The Brachiosaurus/Ceratosaurus painting is by John Sibbick, NOT Mark Hallett.
Sibbick has a much more precise "archival" style to his work as well as a HUGE knack for panoramic perspective that Hallett just doesn't. Though both are very talented artists (and to be fair, Sibbick also makes some errors too).
I love this stuff, but I also have a few other good sauropod images by famous artists, I'll post them soon.
And also, the Brachiosaurus painting that's attributed to Doug Henderson is ACTUALLY by Brian Franczak.
Franczak paints with oil on canvas, whereas Henderson uses mainly pastels and lithographs... and that painting DEFINITELY has the unmistakable look of canvas.
Zach - Raul Martin is also my new Superman.
As for the JP Institute pieces, they truly could be Bakker's (and I hope so!) but we need to be sure. Someone needs to find out definitively who the artist is of this wonderful series of dinos is.
Craig, thanks. It has opened my eyes to such awesome artists as Martin, Shiraishi, and Marshall (I knew his work, just not the name that went with it!)
The idea of this overview was to highlight most sauropod genera with a few examples of artists' work, not mass ALL sauropod art. This is why I have left out amazing art AND artists (such as Tucciarone and Carpenter).
Thank you Nima, for bringing the Sibbick and Franczak brachiosaurs to my attention (they've been fixed). I look forward to seeing your additions to sauropods in art.
Does anyone officially know if Seismosaurus has been reclassified as a large old Diplodocus? I have never seen one mounted yet, but I have witnessed one being built! Craig, remember visiting that casting company in Drumheller? What was it's name?
After some extensive research Peter was able to figure out the JP Institute pictures are by Timothy Bradley.
The same guy who did the book Care and Feeding of Dinosaurs (http://www.amazon.com/Care-Feeding-Dinosaurs-Timothy-Bradley/dp/0761313052). The cover of which has another of his beautiful Sauropods on it.
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