Prehistoric life images

[Megalania]

hello
here i will upload art , sketches and draws of different paleoartist
First the man that saw trough time
Charles R Knight


Agathaumas


Apatosaur ( Brontosaurus )


Dimetrodon and Edaphosaurus


Hadrosaur ( Trachodon  )


Smilodon


Apatosaurus ( Brontosaurus ) At the time Knight painted this mural, the skull of Apatosaurus was not known and the head was restored based on the skull of the Camarasaurus


Titanotheres. A team of flesh-eating Hyaenodon hope to bring down a Brontotherium. Also shown is the tortoise (turtle) Stylemys


Small four-toed horses of the genus Orohippus, and Uintatherium


Stegosaurus


Tyranosaurus and Triceratops This is unequivocally Knight's most influential work, the classic confrontation between the most famous dinosaurs


Late Cretaceous Dinosaurs ,Corythosaurus, submerged in water, a herd of long-crested Parasaurolophus, heavily armored Palaeoscincus, based on a specimen of Panoplosaurus, ostrichlike Struthiomimus, and flat-headed hadrosaur Edmontosaurus.


Rancho La Brea Tar pits, you can see the large bird Teratornis , Smilodon and an extinct species of horse


Wolly Mammoths and wolly Rhinos


Miocene plains mammals ,  Long neck camel Oxidactylus , the two horned rhino Menoceras , three-toed horse Parahippus , giant Pig Daeodon (then Known Dinohyus) and the mammal with claws Morupus a chalicotherium


Leaping Laelaps , this is one of my favorites , it shows dinosaurs as active animals instead of the slow lizards people think they are

thats all for now . i will update this tread costantly if i can

[tyrantqueen]

What is the point? People can just find these pictures on google by typing in "Charles Knight prehistoric" or something similar.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Lots of forums have image sharing threads like this..I don't think there is anything wrong with it. Just post your favorite paleo art.

[Megalania]

Lots of forums have image sharing threads like this..I don't think there is anything wrong with it. Just post your favorite paleo art.

thanks for your understanding

[Doug Watson]

Hi Megalania,
I think its cool that a 16 year old even knows who Knight is let alone thinks his art is worth sharing. When I was growing up pretty much all we had was Knight and Burian and now we have a cornucopia of great paleo artists many of whom were inspired by Knight. I am sure there are probably lots of 16 year olds and younger who may be unaware of him and you posting these images here might encourage them into looking him up and finding out where the art form began.
Doug

[Megalania]

Hi Megalania,
I think its cool that a 16 year old even knows who Knight is let alone thinks his art is worth sharing. When I was growing up pretty much all we had was Knight and Burian and now we have a cornucopia of great paleo artists many of whom were inspired by Knight. I am sure there are probably lots of 16 year olds and younger who may be unaware of him and you posting these images here might encourage them into looking him up and finding out where the art form began.
Doug

thanks for your opinion it means a lot to me hear that

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Good post Doug.  I heartily agree.  I had a lot of different dinosaur books but still Mr. Knight's art was there.  I have the new book about him on my Christmas list so maybe someone will pick it up for me. heh  The excerpts in PT were really nice.

[Doug Watson]

Good post Doug.  I heartily agree.  I had a lot of different dinosaur books but still Mr. Knight's art was there.  I have the new book about him on my Christmas list so maybe someone will pick it up for me. heh  The excerpts in PT were really nice.

Thanks Blade,
I am still a big fan of Knight, like Megalania pointed out he was ahead of his time in showing some dinosaurs as active creatures like the leaping Laelaps. My copy of the new book is in the mail as I write. I can also recommend his own book Animal Drawing, Anatomy & Action for Artists by Charles R. Knight and the book that accompanied the traveling exhibit of his work in the 80s, Dinosaurs, Mammoths and Cavemen by Silvia Czerkas & Donald Glut. Both can still be found from secondary sellers on Amazon. I saw the exhibit when it toured here and got to see some of his sculpture in person for the first time. The book has images of some of the 3D models he made for his paintings. I am interested to see how much will be different in the new book. There is a fair amount from what I saw in PT.
I still haven't picked up his autobiography yet.
Doug

[Megalania]

okey
next images of Paleoartist Jonh Sibbick


a leaellynasaura clan is stalked by a Polar Alosaur in a Mid Cretaceous Antartic Forest


a Gastornis hunting primitive horses


A Ceratosaurus Attack a Huge Brachiosaurus


Pristichampsus an Eocene land Crocodile that hunt Horses


Tyranosaurus  , Two Albertosaurus And A Daspletosaurus


Lystrosaurus


Oviraptors Nest


Pterosaurs i Think they are Anhanguera or Ornithocheirus


Permian Russia , an  Eotitanosuchus stalks a herd of Estemmenosuchus


Tenotosaurus been Attack by a Pack of Deinonychus


Neovenator

[Everything_Dinosaur]

Great pictures, wonderful artwork.

[Jetoar]

I love Jonh Sibbick art  .

[Megalania]

I love Jonh Sibbick art  .

me too
the first paleoart i ever saw was from John Sibbick

[Crackington]

Wow Megalania,

First Charles Knight and then John Sibbick , my favourite artist.

You have impeccable taste, it will be interesting to see which artist you choose next.

[Megalania]

Wow Megalania,

First Charles Knight and then John Sibbick , my favourite artist.

You have impeccable taste, it will be interesting to see which artist you choose next.

Thanks
i still looking what artist
any suggestions ?

[Crackington]

Doing requests, that's great 

This could be a bit of a challenge, but do you know Neave Parker? He was a great British artist from the 50s-70s and illustrated quite a few of the London Natural History Museum publications. Many of that museum's vintage Invicta models are based on his work.

If he's too hard to find, I always like to see Burian's work, particularly his sea reptiles.

[Gwangi]

Great pictures, all of them. There are even a couple Jonh Sibbick ones I haven't seen before! As for suggestions, Douglas Henderson is a favorite of mine. Don't know if you have seen his work but if not, look him up.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

No collection of prehistoric work is complete without some work by Zednek Burian...and a modern day artist of choice for me would be Julius Cstonyi

[Megalania]

have read the suggestions i will start with Zednek Burian


Chasmosaurus


Tyrannosaurus


Dimorphodon


American Mastodon


Diplodocus


Pteranodon


Ceratosaurus attack a Couple of Stegosaurus
Remind me a scene from the series When Dinosaurs Roam America


Elasmosaur


Kronosaurus


I think is an Ichthyostega


Ice Age hunt


Barosaurus


Pteranodons


Deinotherium


Matamynodon

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Nice selections.

[Megalania]

Nice selections.

Thanks