Sabre-toothed Cat

Another long overdue post. I must get back to this blog this year.

Anyway here's my my latest image a Sabre-toothed Cat.

IF: Creature

I did this especially for the Illustration Friday topic this week and to get into the Halloween mood.

IF: Underwater

Well I've had yet another long break in posting here  but actually found time to do this one. 

This is an illustration of a German Uboat from WWII. I've been intending to do an image like this for a while to try out the underwater look and  with this weeks topic it had to be done:)

This is a 3D model rendered in Bryce and then lots of post work applied to create a more painterly effect.

Chasmosaurus

Well been slacking again on the blog so thought I'd put up my latest dinosaur illustration of a Chasmosaurus.

This was a ceratopid dinosaur from the late Cretaceous (75-70 million years ago) and would have been about 4.5 metres long and weighed about 1.5 tons.

They had a particularly impressive elongated frills. It has been speculated that this may have had bright colours used for display during mating and other communication and species recognition.

Like with other ceratopid dinosaurs it also made them appear larger and more threatening to potential predators.

IF: Yesterday

Just an old radio for the music of yesterday.

IF: WIngs

I wasn't sure what to do for this so being interested in historical illustration decided to do an image of an  aircraft. I decided on the Spitfire, one of the  best looking planes ever built and one  which also has the very distinct wing shape.

IF: Myth

With the subject of myth here is one of the most well know creatures from Greek mythology, the winged horse Pegasus.

IF: Ocean

Just my take on an Ocean really and trying out a dramatic painterly look.

IF: Edge

Been slacking on the illustration Friday lately so this is just a quick one I did for this week’s topic and a chance to experiment with a graphic look. This was a 3D render that was later post worked to death! :)

IF: Book

Nothing too clever here just a rather wobbly stack of books :)

IF: Tall

Well after another long break form illustration Friday Seeing the topic I thought I’d get back into it with this image I’ve just completed as it seemed appropriate.

Yes back to the dinosaurs.

This is a Jobaria a sauropod dinosaur discovered in the Sahara Desert in 1997. It is thought to have been about 18 metres long. Not the largest of the sauropods but still pretty tall:)

Torvosaurus

Here’s my latest Dinosaur image. This is a Torvosaurus on the prowl with a group of Ornitholestes in the foreground.

The Torvosaurus tanneri was a large theropod dinosaur that lived during the late Jurassic period, about 145 million years ago, in North America and Portugal.

It lived alongside the more famous Allosaurus which it equalled and even exceeded in size at up to 11 meters (36ft) in length.

It was related to the earlier Megalosaurus but was more advanced.

The Ornitholestes was a small theropod of the same period and location. It was about 2 meters (6.5 feet) long.

IF: Grounded

I saw a program a while ago part of which featured an inland sea (can't remember where it was) that had dried up leaving behind the boats and ships stranded in the desert. It was all very surreal. This also gave me an excuse to illustrate one of my favorite things,old abandoned and rusty stuff.

IF: Separated

Well this says it all really :)

"Vive la Revolution!"

IF:Stripes

A bit of a last minute entry here but I came up with this idea that seems to fit the bill.

IF:Ferocious

I’ve been watching the new BBC series Planet Dinosaur over the last few weeks. I think its pretty good really and they are at least trying to backup their claims with actual finds which is more than can be said for some programs.

Anyway in the latest episode they had the Majungasaurus. As I haven't had time to do a new image this week I thought I'd put my version up, an image I did a while ago.

The Majungasaurus was an abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Madagascar about 70 – 65 million years. It was between 6 to 7 metres long though it is thought that the specimens found are not fully grown and that an adult Majungasaurus could reach up to 8 metres.

Well he looks pretty ferocious to me :)

IF: Influence

The first thing that came to mind for this was the evil box of influence that sits innocently in the corner of most peoples homes. Though it may have some potential for good it also influences people for the worst and as been a major tool in the dumbing down of society. It also, if we let it steals a lot of our time that would be better spent doing something else.

Rather than just any TV I thought I'd do a nice Orwellian one, someone who foresaw the possibility of screens being everywhere and constantly bombarding us with trivia and propaganda wherever we are.

IF: Imperfect

I grew up watching the old black and white horror films with the likes of Boris Karloff , Bela Lugosi, and Lon Chaney and I still think they capture something that more modern horror films lack.

I'd been thinking of doing an actual painting of this classic image of Karloff's famous interpretation of Frankenstein's monster but I won't have time for that this week so here's a digital version which I thought fit in well with this weeks subject.

IF: Gesture

This is an image I started on the subject of mediation but I think it also fits in with this weeks topic. It also turned into another experiment with dramatic light and natural media effects. You never know I might even get the real paints out again eventually!:)

IF: Launch

Well seeing his weeks subject I automatically thought of a space rocket, but rather than just do some generic one I thought I'd delve into my TV viewing past. I was always a big fan of the Gerry Anderson "Supermarionation" series and remember watching them all the time as a kid. There still fun now actually but the strings become more noticeable as you get older :)

Thunderbirds which ran from (1964–1966) was one of the most famous. My favorite was always Thunderbird 3 for some reason, It really seemed like a good retro rocket design so here's my take on it.