Re: Books for a paleoartist: suggestions?

["Jordan Mallon" <j_mallon@hotmail.com>]

As an amateur paleolife artist myself, I too found out early on how 
important skeletal drawings are in creating a scientifically sound drawing.  
But I've come to realize more recently (with a bit of coaxing) that skeletal 
reconstructions are not enough.  If an artist wishes to truly make a 
paleo-drawing, -painting, or -sculpture believable, he or she must have some 
understanding not only of dinosaurian biology, but of the biology of extant 
animals too.  And as such, I would recommend getting one's hands on 
basically any animal book one can find.  Dorling Kindersley publishers 
recently released a great book, called "Animal", that may serve as an 
excellent visual guide to the overwhelming variety of animals out there 
today.
I hear "Dinosaurs: Past & Present" is good too, if you can get your hands on 
it. :)

Jordan Mallon

http://www.geocities.com/paleoportfolio/

> From: "Aspidel" <aspidel@wanadoo.be>
> Reply-To: aspidel@wanadoo.be
> To: "The Dinosaur Mailing List" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
> Subject: Books for a paleoartist: suggestions?
> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 18:16:41 +0100
>
> Hi dear dino-list members,
>
> As you maybe know, I drew comic-strips before coming to paleoart. I thought 
> it was just a passing phase, but since my _Paralititan_ drawing I think 
> it's gonna go on for a long while.
>
> So it's time for me to buy some good books. As it's for PALEOART, I'd need 
> one with skeletal reconstructions or photos - and well, I'm just an amateur 
> who has still much to learn.
>
> I've read much on list about Don Glut's "Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia" and 
> the 2 supplements; a $300 investment isn't a big problem for me if it's 
> worth doing it. Or is there a better choice for me? I'd like to have your 
> opinion and suggestions.
>
> Thanks in advance - Luc J. "Aspidel" BAILLY.
>
> ps: in order to help you to guide my choice, I give you once more the URL's 
> of my drawings:
> http://dinosauricon.com/artists/ljb.html
> and, for _Paralititan_, http://www.egyptdinos.org/PT_Bailly.html


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