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who are your favorite modern book paleo artists?

Started by sauroid, May 20, 2012, 06:40:29 AM

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Patrx

#40
February 12, 2016, 04:30:25 PM
When it comes to Rey, I think the most accurate thing I can say about my opinion is that I appreciate, but rarely enjoy his work. If that makes any sense.

Gwangi

#41
February 12, 2016, 08:54:59 PM
Quote from: suspsy on February 12, 2016, 04:23:52 PM
I can see why some people don't like Rey's style, but I love it. It's bright, dynamic, and sometimes wonderfully weird. Rey's clearly having the time of his life with his art, and no one can fault him for that.

He's hit and miss for me but overall I find his work too chaotic and cartoonish. But like Patrx, I appreciate his work.

I can get behind something like this.


But stuff like this? No thanks.

suspsy

#42
February 12, 2016, 09:00:36 PM
See, I find those pieces hilarious, in a good way. Rey is kind of like the Picasso of paleoart.
Untitled by suspsy3, on Flickr

Newt

#43
February 12, 2016, 09:07:10 PM
That piece reminds me more of Lisa Frank than Picasso. It would look great on a Trapper Keeper.

JurassicGeek09

#44
February 12, 2016, 10:33:22 PM
Quote from: Takama on February 12, 2016, 05:36:23 AM
Thing is Birds are Dinosaurs, and there closest relatives are Dromeosaurs and Troodonts (the latter may or may not be just birds themselves from what i read in past forum posts), so they will look very bird like, no matter if the general public likes it or not.

Oh dude, I fully understand and respect that. It's just an aesthetics thing for me.

Anyway, finally in response to the OP. My top paleoartists are:


  • John Sibbick. Seriously, even his old stuff, inaccurate as it may have been. The guy brings his dinosaurs to life just like Papo does. His animals always look alive and breathing.
  • Raul Martin. To me he's a modern-day Sibbick in how he draws his dinosaurs.
  • Brian Franczak. I know he's no longer relevant but he's in my top five for the same reason the Ninth Doctor is my favourite Doctor. He came and went in a very short time and did some incredible work.
  • John Gurche. For obvious reasons. The guy one-ups Sibbick in terms of creating realistic dinosaurs.
  • Charles R. Knight. Duh.
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Gwangi

#45
February 12, 2016, 11:12:06 PM
I always forget about Brian Franczak which is odd because I would certainly count him among my favorites. I really wish John Gurche would do more dinosaurs but I don't think that will be happening. I had the opportunity to meet him and I told him that while I love his hominidae reconstructions I would really love to see him get back into dinosaurs, he didn't seem keen on the idea.

JurassicGeek09

#46
February 13, 2016, 12:34:27 AM
Any theories or ideas on why Franczak left the biz?
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Federreptil

#47
February 13, 2016, 06:51:16 PM
This Top Ten is no surprise:
1. Julius Csotonyi is my absolute favorite for the fotorealistic style, because he paints his actors and uses no 3D for his dinosaurs
2. Raul Martin for his clear nearly transluzent paintings
3. Peter Schouten for real personalities of ancient animals
4. John Sibbeck – my latest discovery was his pterosaurs fom 1991
5. Doug Henderson for his athmospheric triassic scenes – he is a master of landscape
6. Juan Carlos Alonso – I can't wait till autumn for the second strike – thanks Tyrantqueen for your introduction of his book in this forum
7. Gregory S. Paul and Scott Hartman for setting the standards
8. Luis Rey for his powerful drawings and not for this parrots in fotorealistic surroundings
9. Emily Willoughby for his new look in a very old fashioned manner
10. John Convay, Matthew P. Martyniuk and Mark P. Witton for their beautiful 'graphic' style opposite to this hyperrealistic 3D-fireworks in DK-style

Michael W. Skrepnick, Todd Marshall and Brian Franczak will not be far behind.

Yutyrannus

#48
February 13, 2016, 07:18:23 PM
How is it so few people have mentioned Mauricio Anton?

"The world's still the same. There's just less in it."

JurassicGeek09

#49
February 13, 2016, 09:39:59 PM
Quote from: Federreptil on February 13, 2016, 06:51:16 PM
This Top Ten is no surprise:
1. Julius Csotonyi is my absolute favorite for the fotorealistic style, because he paints his actors and uses no 3D for his dinosaurs
2. Raul Martin for his clear nearly transluzent paintings
3. Peter Schouten for real personalities of ancient animals
4. John Sibbeck – my latest discovery was his pterosaurs fom 1991
5. Doug Henderson for his athmospheric triassic scenes – he is a master of landscape
6. Juan Carlos Alonso – I can't wait till autumn for the second strike – thanks Tyrantqueen for your introduction of his book in this forum
7. Gregory S. Paul and Scott Hartman for setting the standards
8. Luis Rey for his powerful drawings and not for this parrots in fotorealistic surroundings
9. Emily Willoughby for his new look in a very old fashioned manner
10. John Convay, Matthew P. Martyniuk and Mark P. Witton for their beautiful 'graphic' style opposite to this hyperrealistic 3D-fireworks in DK-style

Michael W. Skrepnick, Todd Marshall and Brian Franczak will not be far behind.

I'm sorry I forgot to include Julius in my own list. He's perhaps the best paleoartist in the biz today.
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HD-man

#50
February 14, 2016, 01:36:40 AM Last Edit: February 14, 2016, 01:37:31 AM by HD-man
Quote from: Yutyrannus on February 13, 2016, 07:18:23 PMHow is it so few people have mentioned Mauricio Anton?

Probably b/c he mainly paints stinkin' synapsids. ;) :P Seriously, though, it probably has something to do w/his dinos.

"Mauricio Anton from Spain mainly paints fossil mammals in a style reminiscent and strongly influenced by the great Smithsonian muralist Jay Matternes. In other words, it's AMAZINGLY good. However, with that high of a standard he has set, Anton's dinosaurs do not stack up against his mammals in terms of quality or resonance, or other dinosaur specialists for that matter. Check out the book Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives if you can. Perhaps his heart is mostly in the Paleogene/Cenozoic" ( http://paleoartistry.webs.com/1990s.htm ).
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Neosodon

#51
November 02, 2016, 08:55:11 PM
Raul Martin has been my favorite ever since I first discovered his art work. He has quiet a few paintings but its been about a year since I noticed any new ones. I hope he hasn't quit. This may be my favorite conceptually, but he has others that are even better detailed. Likely the best depiction of a meteorite impact cloud I've ever seen. Just wish I could find an hd version. My profile pic is done by Raul Martin too.

"3,000 km to the south, the massive comet crashes into Earth. The light from the impact fades in silence. Then the shock waves arrive. Next comes the blast front. Finally a rain of molten rock starts to fall out of the darkening sky - this is the end of the age of the dinosaurs. The Comet struck the Gulf of Mexico with the force of 10 billion Hiroshima bombs. And with the catastrophic climate changes that followed 65% of all life died out. It took millions of years for the earth to recover but when it did the giant dinosaurs were gone - never to return." - WWD

DinoLord

#52
November 02, 2016, 09:07:00 PM
My favorites are mostly the ones I grew up with, which include in no particular order:

Mark Hallet
Luis V. Rey
Doug Henderson
Gregory S. Paul
Todd Marshall

Newt

#53
November 03, 2016, 10:54:06 PM
Mark Witton has improved dramatically in the couple of years I've been following him. He takes chances with composition, atmosphere, and other choices; it's not all views from the animal's eye level, in broad daylight, on a sparsely vegetated plain, as we see in far too many works. He does not yet have the technical chops of some other paleoartists, but I think he'll be very good one day.

gfxtwin

#54
November 13, 2016, 07:25:49 PM
Don't think I've ever seen a Raul Martin painting that wasn't pretty much amazing. 

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