Inspired by palaeoart

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Would have been cool ( and more accurate ) if the T-Rex sculpt  had also been based on the art work.

[DC]

It is the nature of submuseum sets to copy public source art. PlayVision used the illustrations in Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures. The Papo Allosaurus that shares the look and feel of Todd Marshall .  The CollectA Williansonia looks like it is from a Burien print. InvicA, Klein Welka and Rom all have the look. I am glad it does Burien was good. If you collect flats then you see lots of Knight and Burien influence.  Sibbeck's posters must be very popular in China his Allosaurus etc show up in UKRD and Hing Fat figures.  If you are a good paleo artist you influence the market place.  I can tell you Luis Rey art work is all over the Safari Ltd Toy Fair stand.  He has a lot of fans at Safari ltd.  Most of Papo and Chap Mei looks like it lived in Jurassic Park.  I think what has changed most for me is that I recall a time when there were at most 3 influences Burien, Zallenger and Knight now it is movies, TV shows, Poster, books the the web.       

[Ikessauro]

Here's my contribution, a few De Agostini Dinosaurs

[Megalosaurus]

Ohh. Thats interesting.

Now, I'm resurrecting this thread because I remember seeing some pictures of a statue by Keith-Strasser. To me it highly resembles Papo Dimetrodon or viceversa. Do someone know if this statue is older than the Papo figure?




The close up head.



But the Papo paintwork looks more loke this paintwork by SWRiojas.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Both Keith and David's Dimetrodon's there are older than the Papo figure.  I suspect the Papo was based on David's though.

[Roselaar]

Awesome! Now I finally know what line my unidentified Huayangosaurus figure belongs to. Thanks a lot, Ikessauro!

[Neosodon]

Only Doug would be able to confirm this but his Nasutoceratops (mostly the color scheme) looks inspired by the Nasutoceratops in one of my favorite pieces of paleoart.

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

Schleich Mini Quetzalcoatlus (2015 color scheme)


Ornithocheirus (Julius Csotonyi?)

[Reptilia]

I see a certain resemblance with the Papo Archaeopteryx:

[CrypticPrism]

But of course, the color scheme wasn't enough.


Schleich is trash. 'Nuff said.

[Doug Watson]

I bet this is the first time an artist has posted a comparison with one of his or her own pieces here.
I have been trying to complete my set of York Peanut Butter Dinosaur cards from 1962. I had a bunch of these when I was a kid in 62 but not a complete set. I now have the album and some of the cards.
I was on eBay yesterday when I spotted the card for the Archaeopteryx. I don't remember having the card but I could have. This is interesting to me on two levels first the 1962 artist foresaw some of the colours that some scientists believe appeared on the Archy, black and white and did it around 50 years before the paper came out. When I did mine I based the colours on that paper but I added the iridescence and the orange that are on the 62 version. The orange I took from modern birds and the iridescence I took from the research on Microraptor colour.
I think the closeness is by chance but maybe I did have that card back in 62 and subconsciously it influenced my piece. Either way I thought it was cool when I saw it.

1962 York Peanut Butter Archaeopteryx


My 2015 Safari Ltd Archaeopteryx

[Halichoeres]

Whenever I'm proud of a particular turn of phrase or other piece of writing, I Google it to make sure I didn't accidentally pilfer it without acknowledgment. That's so much harder to do with visual media, though. That's cool that you rediscovered your inspiration.

[Doug Watson]

Whenever I'm proud of a particular turn of phrase or other piece of writing, I Google it to make sure I didn't accidentally pilfer it without acknowledgment. That's so much harder to do with visual media, though. That's cool that you rediscovered your inspiration.

Better me rather than have someone else here find it and post an "Ah ha! Gotcha!"

[Shonisaurus]

Here's my contribution, a few De Agostini Dinosaurs
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Ikessaurus the dinosaurs of agostini I suppose they will be the dinosaurs of the publishing company Planeta Can be that? Of course they are copies of some illustrations of encyclopedias of dinosaurs and I can affirm that they are very well achieved.

It is a pleasure to have these figures.

[BlueKrono]

Whenever I'm proud of a particular turn of phrase or other piece of writing, I Google it to make sure I didn't accidentally pilfer it without acknowledgment. That's so much harder to do with visual media, though. That's cool that you rediscovered your inspiration.

Bahaha, I totally do that too!

I love that story Doug. Maybe the influence of the subconscious is more than most of us would believe.

[Halichoeres]

Here's my contribution, a few De Agostini Dinosaurs
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Ikessaurus the dinosaurs of agostini I suppose they will be the dinosaurs of the publishing company Planeta Can be that? Of course they are copies of some illustrations of encyclopedias of dinosaurs and I can affirm that they are very well achieved.

It is a pleasure to have these figures.

I believe Planeta and DeAgostini are the same company, formed from Planeta in Spain and DeAgostini in Italy.

[CrypticPrism]

Schleich Mini Quetzalcoatlus (2015 color scheme)


Ornithocheirus (Julius Csotonyi?)

That's by Dougal Dixon m8.

[Sim]

I think that Ornithocheirus is by Julius Csotonyi, it's in both of these galleries on his website:

http://www.csotonyi.com/PrehistoryPaint.html

http://csotonyi.com/galleries/mesozoic-era/cretaceous-period-3/

[CrypticPrism]

I guess it is. The pencil and white background fooled me.

[Halichoeres]

It was included in a Dougal Dixon book. The one Dixon book I have has a list--in tiny print, requiring a hunt--of the artists who contributed artwork, but didn't specify which illustrations were whose, which I find maddening.