Paleoart Competition

The Dinosaurier Park Muenchehagen in Germany has launched a paleoart competition. In short: you have til March 1st, 2011 to send in reconstructions of Europasaurus holgeri. More info here (caution information is in German), and note: it looks great (6 money prizes) but I haven't read through the conditions yet.
Thanks to Denver Fowler of the Dinosaur Mailing List for the report.

Pink Dinosaur Wrap-Up

WHAT A BLAST!  What an amazing fundraising event!  I just wanted to THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for helping out and sending in your wonderful work!  YOU made Pink Dinosaurs the success it was!  

Craig is planning to do a real finale post summing up Pink Dinosaurs very shortly (stay tuned!), but I wanted to let you know right now as to the final total amount raised through the fundraiser.  For full details, check out the Pink Dinosaurs Event Page, where we had posted a fundraising goal of $500.  So, how much was raised?

A grand total of $556, donated to the Canadian Cancer Society!  We did it, no, YOU did it!!

The biggest Thank You ever goes out from ART Evolved to You!!

 Please click to enlarge the compiled mosaic image and view every Pink Dinosaur!

The Pink Dinosaur Sketchbook

The Ebay auction for the Pink Dinosaur Sketchbook and the two custom Fairy Tails ends tomorrow night at 8:00 PM EST! 95% of the proceeds go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. If you're interested, click the link and place a bid. Tell your friends! Tell your friends friends! Good luck!

Pink Dinosaur #248: Our Final Submission!

Pink Velociraptor by Niroot Puttapipat

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And with this wonderful piece, the Pink Dinosaur Cancer Fundraiser Gallery comes to an end.  Thank you so much to all the artists who took time out of their busy lives, grabbed a pink marker and doodled a dinosaur!  Thank you so very much!

Here is a final total: in 248 posts, ART Evolved received a total of 257 pink dinosaur submissions!  This goes well beyond our original expectations!  Look for us to donate that many dollars in the next few days to our Pink Dinosaur Cancer Fundraiser Event Page total which is currently at $256. 

So stay tuned for a final update with our total amount fundraised in our next post...

Pink Dinosaur #247

Pink Austroraptor by Damien Feierday and Taylor Reints

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Pink Dinosaur #246

Pink Concavenator by Damien Feierday and Taylor Reints

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Pink Dinosaur #245

Pink Manospondylus bataar 2 by Damien Feierday and Taylor Reints

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Pink Dinosaur #244

Pink Manospondylus bataar 1 by Damien Feierday and Taylor Reints

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Pink Dinosaur #243

Pink Allosaurus by Ingunn Aasland

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Pink Dinosaur #242

Pink Albertosaurus sealeyi by Damien Feierday and Taylor Reints

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Pink Dinosaur #241

Pink Dinosaur by Santiago Jimenez Iglesias

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Pink Dinosaur #240

Pink Compsognathus by Damien Feierday and Taylor Reints

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Pink Dinosaur #239

Pink Passer Tsaagan by Albertonykus

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Pink Dinosaur #238

Pink Balaur by Damien Feierday and Taylor Reints

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Pink Dinosaur #237

Pink Pentaceratops by vultur-10

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Pink Dinosaur #236

Pink Sanjuansaurus by Damien Feierday and Taylor Reints

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Pink Dinosaur #235

 Pink Scansoriopteryx by Albertonykus

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Pink Dinosaur #234

Pink Utahraptor & Astrodon by Damien Feierday and Taylor Reints

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Pink Dinosaur #233

Pink Haplocheirus by Albertonykus

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Pink Dinosaur #232

Pink Ibis by David Tana

 

31 – Eudocimus ruber – the scarlet ibis is a tropical South American bird with a brilliant scarlet color covering all of its body (with the exception of its black wig tips).  Like flamingos, it gets this color from small crustaceans it eats, as it is born grey and white, and only develops this color as it ages.  It finds them by probing soft sediments with its long, curved beak. Image references for illustration from Wikimedia Commons.

Huge congratulations to David for completing his month-long, 31 pink dinosaur drawings!  Thanks so much!

Also, raise a glass to ART Evolved for reaching it's 400th post!  Woot!

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Pink Dinosaur #231

Pink Ornithocheirus by Damien Feierday and Taylor Reints

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Pink Dinosaur #230

Pink Changchengornis by Albertonykus

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Pink Dinosaur #229

Pink Ptilinopus by David Tana

30 – Ptilinopus jambu – this small Asian dove lives in the mangrove swamps and lowland rain forests of Java, Sumatra, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Brunei.  As its name suggests, this inconspicuous bird feeds on fruit directly from the tree or that has been dropped to the ground. This male has a face just pink enough to make the cut for this ART Evolved event. Image references for illustration from Wikimedia Commons.

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Pink Dinosaur #228

Pink Dice Deinocheirus by Bruce-Earl Barr

I’ve painted my friend Dice Denocheirus pink, and have a pink shirt on today.  Unfortunately it was Permanent paint and won’t wash off till later this month.  Because I am a vocaloid fan boy I included Tako Luca... (yes I know it’s a Palaeontology Blog... but LOOK AT HER! SHES SOOOOOOO CUTE!)

... GOOD LUCK with the Cancer thing!!!

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Pink Dinosaur #227

Falcarius by Damien Feierday and Taylor Reints

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Pink Dinosaur #226

Pink Caudipteryx & Therizinosaurus by Albertonykus

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Pink Dinosaur #225

Pink Loxia by David Tana

 

29 –  Loxia leucoptera– this little crossbill is a member of the finch family, known as the white-winged crossbill or two-barred crossbill depending on the region where it is found.  This male has a pinkish color and white wingbars that make is easily distinguishable from other crossbills and finches that live in the same locations.  Image references for illustration from Wikimedia Commons.

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Pink Dinosaur #224

Pink Koreanosaurus by Damien Feierday and Taylor Reints

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Pink Dinosaur #223

Pink Deinonychus, Archaeopteryx & Jinfengopteryx by Albertonykus

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Pink Dinosaur #222

Pink Egretta by David Tana

 

28 – Egretta rufescens – the reddish egret is a native of the Gulf Coast, the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico that makes a life for itself hunting small vertebrates and invertebrates in shallow water.  They are more energetic than other herons and egrets, and often employ canopy hunting as a method of prey capture.  Image references for illustration from Wikimedia Commons.

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Pink Dinosaur #221

Pink Piano Prodigy Shuvuuia by Ingunn Aasland

Walking with dinosaurs - the musical!
This idea started with the popular expression "I need [item] like a Carnotaurus needs an accordion"... (What do you mean it's not a popular expression? It should be!)

Once I'd drawn him, I started wondering what musical instruments other dinosaurs clearly wouldn't need - hence the drumming Therezinosaurus, trumpet-playing Masiakasaurus, and piano prodigy Shuvuuia. I don't know whose anatomy I've mangled worse, the dinosaurs' or their instruments'! 

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Pink Dinosaur #220

Pink Titanis by David Tana

 

27 – Titanis walleri – this flightless, carnivorous phorusrhacid known as “Waller’s titan” lived in the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene (~ 4.9 – 1.8 mya) of North America. It was one of the last surviving members of its group, and the only “terror bird” known to have migrated out of its ancestral home in South America.  The reference for this restoration comes from a skeleton (cast?) on display at the Florida Museum of Natural History.  Pen and color pencil on paper.

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Pink Dinosaur #219

Pink Trumpet-playing Masiakasurus by Ingunn Aasland

Walking with dinosaurs - the musical!
This idea started with the popular expression "I need [item] like a Carnotaurus needs an accordion"... (What do you mean it's not a popular expression? It should be!) 

 

Once I'd drawn him, I started wondering what musical instruments other dinosaurs clearly wouldn't need - hence the drumming Therezinosaurus, trumpet-playing Masiakasaurus, and piano prodigy Shuvuuia. I don't know whose anatomy I've mangled worse, the dinosaurs' or their instruments'! 

Learn more about the Pink Dinosaur Cancer Fundraiser here. 

Pink Dinosaur #218

Pink Village Weaver by Mo Hassan

Created using an original JPEG photograph saved as a bitmap and coloured over using Microsoft Paint.

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Pink Dinosaur #217

Pink Argentavis by David Tana

26 – Argentavis magnificens – the giant teratornithid was, quite possibly, the largest volant bird that ever lived.  Known from several Late Miocene (~ 6 mya) sites in Argentina, it probably relied on soaring and gliding, rather than flapping to keep it in the air. The reference for this cranial restoration comes from an image in the paper by Chatterjee et al. (2007) titled “The aerodynamics of Argentavis, the world’s largest flying bird from the Miocene of Argentina” from the journal PNAS of the USA. Color pencil on paper.

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Pink Dinosaur #216

Pink Dromornis by David Tana

25 – Dromornis stirtoni – the dromornithid birds (sometimes called Mihirungs) lived in Australia from the Late Miocene – Early Pliocene (~ 15 mya – 30,000 years ago).  Although they may look like other large flightless birds (emus, moas, rheas, etc.) they are more closely related to ducks, geese, and swans. The reference for this restoration is a reconstructed skeleton on display at the Museum of Central Australia. Pen and color pencil on paper.

Learn more about the Pink Dinosaur Cancer Fundraiser here. 

Pink Dinosaur #215

Pink Drumming Therezinosaurus by Ingunn Aasland

Walking with dinosaurs - the musical!

This idea started with the popular expression "I need [item] like a Carnotaurus needs an accordion"... (What do you mean it's not a popular expression? It should be!) 

 

Once I'd drawn him, I started wondering what musical instruments other dinosaurs clearly wouldn't need - hence the drumming Therezinosaurus, trumpet-playing Masiakasaurus, and piano prodigy Shuvuuia. I don't know whose anatomy I've mangled worse, the dinosaurs' or their instruments'! 

Learn more about the Pink Dinosaur Cancer Fundraiser here.

Pink Dinosaur #214

Pink Spectacled Owl by Mo Hassan

Created using an original JPEG photograph saved as a bitmap and coloured over using Microsoft Paint.

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Pink Dinosaur #213

Pink Balaur by David Tana

24 – Balaur bondoc – this newly described velociraptorine made its home in what is now Romania in the Late Cretaceous (~ 70 mya).  It was an island dwelling dinosaur with a number of characteristics unique to its group, such as a slender two fingered hand, a stocky body, and not one, but two sickle-shaped claws on each foot.  The reference for this restoration comes from an image in the paper by Csiki et al. (2010) titled “An aberrant island-dwelling theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Romania” from the journal PNAS of the USA. Pen and color pencil on paper.  (click the image to enlarge.)

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Pink Dinosaur #212

Pink Carnotaurus with Accordion by Ingunn Aasland

Walking with dinosaurs - the musical!

This idea started with the popular expression "I need [item] like a Carnotaurus needs an accordion"... (What do you mean it's not a popular expression? It should be!) 

 

Once I'd drawn him, I started wondering what musical instruments other dinosaurs clearly wouldn't need - hence the drumming Therezinosaurus, trumpet-playing Masiakasaurus, and piano prodigy Shuvuuia. I don't know whose anatomy I've mangled worse, the dinosaurs' or their instruments'! 

Learn more about the Pink Dinosaur Cancer Fundraiser here.

Pink Dinosaur #211

Pink Magpie Goose by Mo Hassan

Created using an original JPEG photograph saved as a bitmap and coloured over using Microsoft Paint.

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Pink Dinosaur #210

Pink Edmontosaurus by David Tana

23 – Edmontosaurus annectens – this “duck-billed” dinosaur made it all the way to the end of the Late Cretaceous (~ 73.0-65.5 mya), and from its home in western North America, probably saw the bolide falling from the sky that would soon contribute to its demise.  Many specimens of Edmontosaurus are known and exceptionally preserved, leaving behind not only bones, but skin impressions, organs, muscles, tendons and ligaments, and even possible traces of color patterns. The reference for this cranial restoration is a skull on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.  Pen and color pencil on paper.

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Pink Dinosaur #209

Pink Lambeosaurus by David Tana

22 – Lambeosaurus lambei -  this hadrosaurid with the hatchet-like crest  would have easily distinguished  itself from other lambeosaurines that shared its Late Cretaceous North American world (~76-75 mya).  Many have suggested that the mostly hollow crest acted as a resonating chamber  for making distinct sounds that, along with the visual cue, would help distinguish them from other hadrosaurines.  The reference for this cranial restoration is a skull on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.  Pen and color pencil on paper.

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Pink Dinosaur #208

Pink Dinosaur by Carol Bond

Thanks Mom!

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Pink Dinosaur #207

Pink King Penguin by Mo Hassan

Created using an original JPEG photograph saved as a bitmap and coloured over using Microsoft Paint.

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Pink Dinosaur #206

Pink Utahceratops by David Tana

21 – Utahceratops gettyi – this chasmosaurine ceratopsian from the Late Cretaceous of Utah (~ 76.4-75.5 mya) is quite the looker!  This year has been a big one for ceratopsians, and Utahceratops is one of many new species that has been named in 2010.  The reference for this cranial restoration comes from the paper by Sampson et al. (2010) titled “New Horned Dinosaurs from Utah Provide Evidence for Intracontinental Dinosaur Endemism” from the journal PLoS ONE. Pen and color pencil on paper.

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Pink Dinosaur #205

Pink Traumador! by Craig Dylke

Check out our little hero, Traumador the Tyrannosaur, paint his friends pink here!

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Pink Dinosaur #204

Pink Stegosaurus in it's Egg by Willy Galleta

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Pink Dinosaur #203

Pink Stegoceras by David Tana

20 – Stegoceras validum – this North American pachycephalosaurid lived in the Late Cretaceous (~ 83-65 mya) and sported a 76 mm thick skull adorned with a rounded dome and spikes adorning the ridge on the back of its skull.  Contrary to popular conception, they probably did not use these skulls as battering rams.  The reference for this restoration is a skeleton on display at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta, Canada.  Color pencil on paper.

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Pink Dinosaur #202

Pink Herring Gull by Mo Hassan

Created using an original JPEG photograph saved as a bitmap and coloured over using Microsoft Paint.

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