Mind blown. I am an artist, and was asked to draw a Tyrannosaurus Rex. So for a sketch I drew the T-Rex as I had remembered it, from when I was a kid in the eighties and nineties, and then when I did some research I discovered allot has changed... The work I see here is beautiful, I am now wandering what my client expects of me. He saw my toy T-Rex from Jurassic Park. The artist in me is quite intrigued with the bird like versions that are apparently the most recent scientific depictions. I think I am going to make a few more drawings and ask him which one he likes best. I love what I have seen so far on your channel, thanks for introducing me to a whole new world. Sincerely MEAF
You may like the page 'Brian Engh Paleoart' His videos like Dinosaurs of Copper Ridge are especially great, the Morrison Formation is littered with fossils,.it's crazy
I think you should consider talking about what dinosaurs could have sounded like when you get the chance to. I find it as a very interesting subject, its not talked about enough unfortunately.
Hunter Strait possibly a video on Hadrosaurs like Parasaurolophus of Muttaburrasaurus. i like to hear some speculation as to what dinosaurs might have sounded like
StupendousRex 65 I'm pretty sure t-rex sounded almost like a cassoway, just my thoughts. And Spinosaurus, since he was aquatic, could've sounded like a crocodillian.
Also Dinosaurs had no Syrinx, like birds have. The sounds were probably based on hissing, trumpeting, deep growling like from an alligator and infrasound
Yes! I came to the comments to see if he'd already been mentioned. I got to see some of his Dinotopia paintings at an exhibition a couple of years ago, truly breathtaking. (To anyone who doesn't know, he has a RU-vid channel, 'gurneyjourney'. Wonderful tutorials and art.)
My favorite is easily when he included his friend. It just made me smile, it was so wholesome. "Okay, yes, I'm including h in m because I know him but it's because he's so good and cool and great!"
i personal don't like emily willoughby much because she draws inaccurate dinosaur mouths. NOT EVERYTHING HAS A FUCKING BEAK!!!!!!!!! TRIGGGEEERRREEEDDD!!!!!!!!!!
I have no friggin' clue what you're talking about. Aside from a single painting of a _Deinonychus_ with a small "proto-beak," all of her paravians have partially feathered faces with fleshy snouts covered in small tuberculate scales (where detail allows), which is consistent with the fossil record as it currently exists. Even the proto-beak, while unlikely given the evidence, is not totally outside the realm of speculation.
My favorites are: Charles Knight, Zdenek Burian, John Sibbick, John Conway, Raul Martin, Mauricio Anton, Julius Csotonyi, Gregory Paul, James Gurney and Douglas Henderson, I totally adore the pastels paintings of Henderson.
Luis V. Rey and David Krentz are amazing Paleo-Artists. To be honest, I was suprised not to see either of these artists on your list, but nonetheless another good video you made. Keep up the good work!
I am getting on board with feathered dinosaurs. I think many modern birds are beautiful, and I'd love to see more speculative work of dinos with startling bright colours.
Thanks for making this! I've seen a lot of the artwork around the internet, but never knew names of the artists. Finally I can enjoy more of their great work!
1:56 That guy did some artwork for the Jurassic World Website.2:51 I remember that image from a dinosaur A-Z book.My honorable mentions would be:Gregory S. Paul, Robert Walters, James Gurney(Who I meet in person in Canajoharie, NY), Luis Rey, Jane Burton, Arthur Hayward, Joe Tucciarone, Nobu Tamura, Zdenck Burian, William Stout, John Sibbick, David Krentz, James Field and Doug Henderson.
I really like your list, I grew up admiring John Sibbick's art he's amazing I love his work in general, specially the way he paints super detailed skin patterns and the use of color and fog makes his dinosaurs feel real. Luis Rey is amazing too.
This List is simply Amazing ! Joshua Knuppe & emilly are my favourite paleoartists But Arvalis'es Artwork is too much accurate & epic at The same time Also Thanks for mentioning him; again; Great work in this video
My personal top 10: -Joschua Knüppe -Zdenek Burian -Todd Marshall -Mark Witton -Midiaou Diallo -David Krentz -Wayne Barlowe -James Gurney -Brian Engh -Luis V. Rey
Wayne Barlow and RJ Palmer (Arvalis) are really talented with their art works they were so talented they were both hired as creature designer for the movies for Wayne Barlow it James Cameron Avatar, and for RJ Palmer (Arvalis) for Pokémon Detective Pikachu
I've seen many of these paleoartists on DA, and i love julius csotoni's work because of both his realistic interpretations and realistic color patterns and choices.
No John Sibbick? His case is similar to Charles Knight where a lot of his dinos are outdated now, but his art is so iconic. Favorite of the new generation is definitely Rodolfo Nogueira. His compositions are pure eye candy, and the environments always so detailed you can spend ages checking out just one piece.
Honestly I think Luis V. Rey deserved at least a mention on the list. His works are lively full of color and during the reign of Jurassic Park movie monsters showed dinosaurs as animals. Not to mentions his amazing sculptures. Not to put any of the deviant art down but I feel as though he could of made a better fit for 8, 7, or 6. Anyways the artists you did mention are still very talented.
I don't know how well know he is outside europe, but around my region, Zdenek Burian (Czech painter and paleoartist) was THE most influental artist from the 30's until the 60's. His art reseble Knight's paintings in many ways, but Burian had a super-convincing, near photorealistic style which made all these beasts even more beleivable.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video about the artists who make the dinosaurs come to life in vibrant, realistic scenarios. As a science teacher I will definitely include this video in my "fossil" unit. One of my own students turned me on to this site ... lucky me!
I might sound like an asshole, but I hate it when people call artists talented. They are skilled because drawing and painting is not a talent, but a skill. Anybody can learn to paint or draw over a period of time. There are artist that were born with natural talent, but most artists are skilled and learned to draw or paint over a period of time with a lot of hard work.
that's a very wise thing to say. truer words have perhaps never been spoken. I'm a physicist & I hate it when people say, "wow, you must be a genius!" It's not a compliment: it's a discredit to the years I spent struggling because I'm an average person with an average intellect who is simply passionate about science. imho, people who throw around such compliments are really just stroking their own ego. they want to do what you can, but they aren't willing to put in the effort & thus, tell themselves that you were just born lucky rather than admit to their own lack of discipline. pure, unadulterated bull shit!
that's a very wise thing to say. truer words have perhaps never been spoken. I'm a physicist & I hate it when people say, "wow, you must be a genius!" It's not a compliment: it's a discredit to the years I spent struggling because I'm an average person with an average intellect who is simply passionate about science. imho, people who throw around such compliments are really just stroking their own ego. they want to do what you can, but they aren't willing to put in the effort & thus, tell themselves that you were just born lucky rather than admit to their own lack of discipline. pure, unadulterated bull shit!
Well, I think this comes down to a semantics game when all said and done. I think the word talent should be used to describe artists, because they can do something amazing, whether they learn it or are born with it, that the average person can't. No, I think it's people saying that someone is "gifted" is worse, because that doesn't leave any ambiguity to how the artist got their skill. Saying someone is gifted implies they were just handed a talent, not learn it over time.
Yes YES- I KNEW Emily would be first! I suspected that as soon as I clicked on this video. She's honestly a big inspiration of mine. I aspire to become a partly paleoartist, and I doodle dinosaurs a lot. Whenever I draw dromaeosaurids I look a lot at her paintings and pretty often use them as references.
I know it's art and hence opinion, but any list without Zdeněk Burian is just not a list worth compiling. Not only was he not in the top three, but not even an honorable mention? If you're not familiar with his work you definitely need to google it.
i'm glad i am not the only one here....exactly, Zdeněk Burian is clear number one for me (but i am czech you know, so take that with a grain of salt :D )
I really liked most of these paintings and drawings exept for the works of two of the artists - I won't mention which ones! ;-) I'm a painter from Austria, so this was quite interesting for me. And I'm a big fan of your videos. So I really appreciated this combination! But there is one issue I have to cover. I hope you won't be angry with me, but I had to to roar with laughter about your German pronunciation. It's hilarious! You are wondering: "How do you pronounce that [Hyrotrioskjan]?" But whenever you are using German words or names I would have no idea what you were actually talking about, if it wasn't written down below. My whole life span wouldn't last to figure out what you meant with "Dschoschua Knuhb", if I hadn't read the actual name - Joschua Knüppe. I will try to transcribe the name pseudo-phonetically, so that a native English speaker gets a faint idea of how it should be pronounced. It won't work one-hundred per cent, but I'll give it a try. First of all: In German every single vowel written is vocalized aswell (diphtongs are different story), but you dropped the "e" at the end. Second: No German speaker will understand you, if you say "u" instead of "ü". Examples: "Blüten" means "blossoms", but "bluten" means "to bleed", "schwül" means "muggy/stuffy", but "schwul" means "gay/poofy" and so forth... The German "ü" is pronounced like a hybrid of "u" and "i/ee" but if you struggle with this sound (as most Englisch speakers do), go for "i/ee" So noone will misunderstand you! Third: The German "j" is always pronounced as the "y" in "yes/lawyer/yoga/...". The German "e" is pronounced as the "e" in "men/telephone/help/...". So "Joschua Knüppe" would sound somehow like "Yoshua Cnippe" [if you relinquish the correct "ü"-sound] By the way: "Csotonyi" is a Hungaran name, which I again wouldn't have recognized in my life, if I hadn't read it. I won't do another lesson about Hungarian pronunciation, as I've written this much already. So I just want to say: it's pronounced "Chottony" [first syllable stressed]. I hope you take my text with humor. I didn't mean to insult you at all. If you have any questions concerning German, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish,... pronunciation, don't hesitate to ask (No, I don't speak all of these languages. I myself learnt only three foreign languages at school, but I know the correct pronunciation of several ones). Best regards, Clemens
I honestly really enjoy the old vintage style of Dinosaurs, Zdenek Burian and Charles R. Knight, I honestly don’t give one about them being accurate there’s something just really unique and alien about them and their world. I don’t think many people remember but those old Dinosaur documentaries and books could actually be really dark and foreboding, the landscapes could be lush and vibrant, or harsh and desolate, with reds and oranges with the Dinosaurs having often muted colours. This is a harsh, primal world, where life can flourish just as easily as it can be taken away, and the old musics make it feel more primordial. I remember there being a book called the Last Dinosaur which is very subtle is it’s feeling that something is wrong with the world. It’s something that games like Carnivores capitalise on.
My favorite paleo-artist is Luis V Rey. Maybe bc looking at his pictutes in my cousin’s dinosaur book started my obsession with dinosaurs, but also bc I really like his style of paiting and sketching, and how his art has evelved (heh) gives you a good sense of our understanding of prehistoric creatures has changed
***** And what about the Venatosaurus, the Ferrucutus Cerastes, the Vastatosaurus Rex and any other creatures? kingkong.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Creatures_Of_Skull_Island
***** Ok, that they don't exist. But i want just to see if the evolution in Skull Island was accurate or not. Also, even Jurassic Park dinosaurs are not accurate.
You could mention to James Gurney, and Simon Stälenhag, very different illustrators, but both very inspiring. As some of the artists you put on the list, their work is not entirely paleoart, but they do have some great dinosaur illustrations.
All of these guys are amazing, but I think you missed two great ones. Firstly Sergey Krasovskiy, or atrox1 on DeviantArt. He mostly draws big scenes or portraits and the level of details he gives them is just... Breathtaking. Secondly Julio Lacerda. There's no real words that can be used about his art exept for "photorealistic". It truly looks like he stepped out of a time machine with a camera.
RJ Palmer is my favorite artist period. The guy made Pokemon look plausible! If I ever work on films one day, I'm hiring him as my go-to creature designer.
This list seems more of a list about who is cool now. No William Stout, no James Gurney, no John Sibbick, No Zallinger, no Zdenek... I feel like some of these artists are not included because of the inaccuracies of their art (considered accurate for their time). The reason I say that is because you keep mentioning how these artists depict the animals accurately or in ground breaking ways when in fact these older artists were doing the exact same thing for their time. These older artist I guarantee you probably have art that is more widely recognizable than most of the artists on this list. Im not trying to take away from what the modern artists have accomplished but there is a 100% chance that some day their art is also going to be considered inaccurate as new discoveries are made. Again... not trying to take away from the artists on this list... just feel like the ones who paved the way are not being recognized because of a perception in what is more scientifically accurate by todays standard not really on their true influence on paleo art.
I missed Gabriel Ugueto (serpenillus), cause I think he's one of the greatest in terms of detail and accuracy. Joschua Knuppe is my favourite, cause his paleoarts are so creative in every way, and looks so natural and beautiful...
I LOVE paleoart! My friends usually admire my drawings of dinosaurs and pterosaurs. My top 5 have to be; Franco Tempesta, Fred Wierum, Luis V. Rey, Julius Csotonyi, and myself.
All of the art featured was absolutely beautiful. A lot of the artists listed influence me a lot, despite some inaccuracies or outdated reconstructions. I'm trying out paleoart as well, but I'm not that good and they're usually only sketches, [usually I draw a really good face and I'm scared that I'll ruin it if try to draw the body]. I really want to get into painting dinosaurs though, because it sounds fun and I feel like it'll do the animals more justice. Anyways, thank you for making this video! Even if it is a little old.
