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Record of my paleo book collection began here... symbion-pandora.deviantart.com… like to take a sample of more of these when I have time. Although i'm not sure how many people would be interested in it, I always like seeing page samples when buying books like these because some will surprise you with general lameness or bad art. I collect both for quality and for amusement, though, so accuracy and usefulness may vary drastically.
Purchased today, a new book... www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs-Carl-… new they don't have a cover image on Amazon
It was only $13, very large, and looks fun so I bought it. Contains paleos other than dinosaurs, making the title pleasantly misleading. Various art contributors, so the art ranges from very good ( Luis Rey, probably others) to quite serviceable, to middling, to abysmal. Back matter credits only an art agency with a few exceptions.
Example of a good spreads:: snipurl.com/u33ng h…
snipurl.com/u33n7 Half-and-half: a lovely illustration on the left is juxtaposed with a... thing of some sort on the right page. Unfortunate
Along with genuine Rey art, many of the illustrations are afflicted with the dangerous Luis Rey Syndrome-- a terrible disease that compels mediocre paleo artists to depict all prehistoric creatures in EXTREME!! foreshortening so that you can see almost none of the body except for eyes and teeth, and garish colors appropriate only for reef-dwelling fish and corals.
snipurl.com/u33ns t… Platybelodon is afflicted with a very unfortunate case of the disease.
snipurl.com/u33mw One of the saddest sights ever. I'll grant them the plesiosaur. But Mononykus is one of my personal favorites, and here it looks like a clown vomited on a genetically damaged plucked chicken. One of the worst examples I have seen.
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From Dinosaurs Through Time, the large youngsters' book on the top left here symbion-pandora.deviantart.com…
snipurl.com/u33og Iz dat some Sibbick
snipurl.com/u33o2 I… dat sum Henderson
snipurl.com/u33oi Pretty creative for kids' book
Time-Life "The World We Live In" general nature and earth and science related giant coffee table book from IIRC the '60's, contains giant fold-outs of the famous Zallinger murals, both dinosaur and mammalian:snipurl.com/u33oy
Well anyway, those fold outs are my favorite part of this book, which I got at a thrift store for like 50 cents or something.
DINOSAURS Super Sticker Book: snipurl.com/u33os It's actually pretty fun and great variety.
The First Book of Prehistoric Animals, published 1954 (kickin it old school):
snipurl.com/u33p3
snipurl.com/u33p8
snipurl.com/u33pb
More later?
**I can't remember the name of the artist I particularly like whose work is in that book, and I will have to find it.
Purchased today, a new book... www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs-Carl-… new they don't have a cover image on Amazon
It was only $13, very large, and looks fun so I bought it. Contains paleos other than dinosaurs, making the title pleasantly misleading. Various art contributors, so the art ranges from very good ( Luis Rey, probably others) to quite serviceable, to middling, to abysmal. Back matter credits only an art agency with a few exceptions.
Example of a good spreads:: snipurl.com/u33ng h…
snipurl.com/u33n7 Half-and-half: a lovely illustration on the left is juxtaposed with a... thing of some sort on the right page. Unfortunate
Along with genuine Rey art, many of the illustrations are afflicted with the dangerous Luis Rey Syndrome-- a terrible disease that compels mediocre paleo artists to depict all prehistoric creatures in EXTREME!! foreshortening so that you can see almost none of the body except for eyes and teeth, and garish colors appropriate only for reef-dwelling fish and corals.
snipurl.com/u33ns t… Platybelodon is afflicted with a very unfortunate case of the disease.
snipurl.com/u33mw One of the saddest sights ever. I'll grant them the plesiosaur. But Mononykus is one of my personal favorites, and here it looks like a clown vomited on a genetically damaged plucked chicken. One of the worst examples I have seen.
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From Dinosaurs Through Time, the large youngsters' book on the top left here symbion-pandora.deviantart.com…
snipurl.com/u33og Iz dat some Sibbick
snipurl.com/u33o2 I… dat sum Henderson
snipurl.com/u33oi Pretty creative for kids' book
Time-Life "The World We Live In" general nature and earth and science related giant coffee table book from IIRC the '60's, contains giant fold-outs of the famous Zallinger murals, both dinosaur and mammalian:snipurl.com/u33oy
Well anyway, those fold outs are my favorite part of this book, which I got at a thrift store for like 50 cents or something.
DINOSAURS Super Sticker Book: snipurl.com/u33os It's actually pretty fun and great variety.
The First Book of Prehistoric Animals, published 1954 (kickin it old school):
snipurl.com/u33p3
snipurl.com/u33p8
snipurl.com/u33pb
More later?
**I can't remember the name of the artist I particularly like whose work is in that book, and I will have to find it.
Updated blog.
https://symbion-pandora.blogspot.com/2012/11/spiders-of-japan.html
So maybe I'll get around soon to making the youkai reference and gendered marketing posts I was collecting links for...
In other news, I can draw crappy digital 4-komas and get tons of faves/ratings/bookmarks/comments, but spend hours making an attempt at 'real' art that I'm genuinely happy about and hardly anyone notices. ~fliptableplz (https://www.deviantart.com/fliptableplz)
Doug Henderson FTMFW
I read about that fancy new Dinosaur Art book, but I dunno it's like do you really need more books full of Sibbick, Rey and Hallett or whoever when you would rather see more Jim Robins? (I was led to believe that
DA is giving me blank pop-ups for everything
I can't join a group, see groups I'm a member of, or see the window for editing my profile page. There isn't anything in there. I can't find anything about this in forums, does anyone else have this problem? I'm in Firefox, but I haven't updated to 12 yet because I'm lazy... is that the problem?
I only have 80 watchers here because I am so shiftless ~NotSoHappyAliceplz (https://www.deviantart.com/notsohappyaliceplz) I should go back to drawing a creature a day like I intended to a long time ago, but being tired and working 40 hours a week on a completely unstable schedule tends to make you forget stuff. A lot.
Gomen ne.
Been stressed out from working a lot, and I guess things weren't going well for a long time.
Guess I should post more here :/ But that might mean unoriginal characters to start with. My confidence has been sapped over long months of just existing and being unable to hope for improvement. Cheerful huh? Not sure what else I can say to explain it.
...Now that I posted another Touhou-related image here, it occurred to me that it would be great to point unfamiliar people to a place with decent, more serious or fantastic takes on the characters. But I don't think that place exists in reality. To be honest, if you want to know why Touhou can
Sorry about that
I haven't felt good for a long time, and things aren't going well. So whatever apologies, are due to anyone who expected more drawings here. Not that you would, or anything like that... ~tsundereplz (https://www.deviantart.com/tsundereplz)
Right now I'm working on commissions and gifts and that's forcing me to draw again, though. I couldn't feel inspired for a while and there was no point posting here. I might double-post my recent commission here, although it's partially fanart it's partially something I completely made up. Not sure yet.
Sometimes I post previews of things on twitter https://twitter.com/#!/rezupokkaripsu
mostly it's nonsense, but that can't be helped.
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"From Dinosaurs Through Time, the large youngsters' book on the top left here [link]"
I saw that book in person for the 1st time last week. No wonder it's w/the "Bargain priced" books at Borders: It's so bad that they probably couldn't sell it at regular price. Besides the info (E.g. Deinonychus vs. Triceratops?), it has more classic paleoart rip-offs than I've ever seen in any 1 book (maybe even more than "The Humongous Book of Dinosaurs").
"[link] Iz dat some Sibbick
[link] Iz dat sum Henderson"
Don't forget Hallett. Not only does it rip-off his T.rex ( [link] ) on page 116, but it adds a third finger to e/hand & calls it Giganotosaurus! Seriously, WTF?
"[link] Pretty creative for kids' book"
Just out of curiosity, what exactly are you referring to?
I saw that book in person for the 1st time last week. No wonder it's w/the "Bargain priced" books at Borders: It's so bad that they probably couldn't sell it at regular price. Besides the info (E.g. Deinonychus vs. Triceratops?), it has more classic paleoart rip-offs than I've ever seen in any 1 book (maybe even more than "The Humongous Book of Dinosaurs").
"[link] Iz dat some Sibbick
[link] Iz dat sum Henderson"
Don't forget Hallett. Not only does it rip-off his T.rex ( [link] ) on page 116, but it adds a third finger to e/hand & calls it Giganotosaurus! Seriously, WTF?
![[link]](https://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174330320l/381391.jpg){kind=link}
"[link] Pretty creative for kids' book"
Just out of curiosity, what exactly are you referring to?