Art inspired by figures

[Horridus]

This topic is inspired by tyrantqueen's spot of this poster featuring a brachiosaur that looks remarkably like the Invicta figure:



Has anyone else spotted any artwork, including sculpture (and I'll count fibreglass dinos for my own sake ), that's clearly been inspired by a prehistoric animal figure?

Let's not forget official artwork of course! Like the Invicta posters...









I also swear that this 'life size' Apatosaurus at Dierenpark Amersfoort is based on the original Wild Safari, although this isn't the best angle to demonstrate that.



There's also a life-size T. rex in Norfolk clearly modelled on the 1970s Airfix T. rex, but I can't find a photo of it just now...

[Sharptooth]

I have a puzzle of that Invicta poster 

Paleoart inspired by figures... Mmh, well, it comes to my mind Fabio Pastori's Rugops, which not only is a, eehr, "homage" ( ) to the Todd Marshall's one (bony face and nasal crest), but is also inspired by a bronze Carnotaurus statue (don't remember the author, it was on "paleoartistry.com" though...).

[Seijun]

[Himmapaan]

Paleoart inspired by figures... Mmh, well, it comes to my mind Fabio Pastori's Rugops, which not only is a, eehr, "homage" ( ) to the Todd Marshall's one (bony face and nasal crest), but is also inspired by a bronze Carnotaurus statue (don't remember the author, it was on "paleoartistry.com" though...).

Pictures, per favore! Examples on this thread are insufficient without pictures!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Dan had a lot of sculptures based on the Safari figures if I recall.

Here's one from his facebook page :



http://www.facebook.com/DansDinosaurs

[SBell]

Dan had a lot of sculptures based on the Safari figures if I recall.

Here's one from his facebook page :



http://www.facebook.com/DansDinosaurs

That's a statue of Mo, the Ponteix Plesiosaur (Terminonatator ponteixensis). I passed by it last week!  And it might be at least a little old--it has the original colour scheme!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Dan had a lot of sculptures based on the Safari figures if I recall.

Here's one from his facebook page :



http://www.facebook.com/DansDinosaurs

That's a statue of Mo, the Ponteix Plesiosaur (Terminonatator ponteixensis). I passed by it last week!  And it might be at least a little old--it has the original colour scheme!

Sweet ! That's a great name as well !

It looked to have some damage near the back..hope Mo gets a bandaid !

[tyrantqueen]

Found this in a book I just got, called Dinosaurs- Prehistoric Life Explained by Rupert Matthews. Not really the best book I've ever gotten on the subject, I have to say

Seems like a bad photoshop of the Carnegie Tyrannosaurus and Schleich Torosaurus. Sorry about the glare from my camera 

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

That's pretty neat seeing the figures like that. Do they credit the companies at all ?

[SBell]

Dan had a lot of sculptures based on the Safari figures if I recall.

Here's one from his facebook page :



http://www.facebook.com/DansDinosaurs

That's a statue of Mo, the Ponteix Plesiosaur (Terminonatator ponteixensis). I passed by it last week!  And it might be at least a little old--it has the original colour scheme!

Sweet ! That's a great name as well !

It looked to have some damage near the back..hope Mo gets a bandaid !

It wasn't damaged when we were there last week, so they must have fixed it!

That's pretty neat seeing the figures like that. Do they credit the companies at all ?

I've seen several books--even DK ones--that frequently use dinosaur toys (Papo are especially popular). I can't recall ever having seen a credit though.

[Roselaar]

These may not be considered proper art, but I like them well enough to post them here.

This one is from a recent newspaper. That Rex should be instantly recognizable to you all. For those who can read Dutch, I apologize for the stupendous silliness of the article, it's really quite lame and an embarrassment to this otherwise good quality newspaper. 



Then there's this... I don't know what to say about it. I just hope you guys find it funny enough not to be offended by it. I certainly do! 

[Horridus]

What. The. Hell.

[Roselaar]

What. The. Hell.

I know. Don't ask me where the Rex's hands are, I don't even wanna know.
Or were you referring to the piece about dinosaur farts?   

Farts and boobs... Geez, I really defiled this fascinating thread with smut and pornography, haven't I? Yet I don't feel really much ashamed. 

[Horridus]

Oh, I meant the second one. The farts thing has actually been spreading around the global media (like a bad smell).

[Himmapaan]

That second article looks like something Don Glut might have contrived.

[Himmapaan]

And from the ridiculous to the sublime. James Gurney's illustration for Dinotopia: The World Beneath.



Inspired by the Kaiyodo vinyl Camarasaurus.



Photograph by forum member, Blackdanter.

[tyrantqueen]

Not really an inspiration, more like a direct rip-off XDD

^ (Tamiya Triceratops, and some random Triceratops I found on google)


And this Suchomimus isn't identical, but looks definitely influenced by the Invicta Baryonyx

[Takama]

What. The. Hell.

Don't ask me where the Rex's hands are, I don't even wanna know.

Rest assurd that He cant reach with his tiny arms.   

nuff said

[CityRaptor]

Should be a female, given te base...

Do the Dinosaurs on this poster look familiar? ( Scroll down to see bigger pics)
http://www.planetposter.de/dinosaurier/Dinosaurier.htm

[stoneage]

Should be a female, given te base...

Do the Dinosaurs on this poster look familiar? ( Scroll down to see bigger pics)
http://www.planetposter.de/dinosaurier/Dinosaurier.htm

Some of them look like Invicta figures, especially the Tyrannosaurus rex.