Modern Dinosaur Artists

All of today's dinosaur artists have been influenced one way or another by the artists mentioned on the previous page. Also, movies, books, new theories all shape how an artist depicts how a prehistoric animal will look. Since there are no real "rules", artists have to mix science, modern animals and imagination to reconstruct animals that no human has ever seen.

Scientific knowledge  is changing all the time. New specimens are discovered and theories are updated, changed, or altogether discarded predicated on what information can be gleaned from these new finds. That's why looking back on some old images of prehistoric life looks odd to us today. The information these early artists had to rely on has changed considerably over the decades.

Artists of today still work with the same materials as their predecessors, pencil, acrylics, oils, clay. And, they are also creating their work on computers. To there are applications that make it possible for artists to replicate real-world materials in the computer. Also, they are not limited to a 2D canvas or even a static image. Today, 3D and animation has brought many of their creations even closer to life.

Here is a list of some of my favorites and by no means is this a complete list. I will try to add to this list as often as I can. If anyone has any suggestions or are an artist themselves and would like to be added, by all means let me know. This list is in no particular order.

Walters and Kissinger
http://www.dinoart.com/index.html

Luis V. Rey
http://www.luisrey.ndtilda.co.uk/

Douglas Henderson
http://gallery.in-tch.com/~earthhistory/index.html

Mark Hallett
http://www.hallettpaleoart.com/

James Gurney (also lots of general art technique information)
http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/

John Sibbick
http://www.johnsibbick.com/

Josef Moravec
http://www.prehistory.com/

Joe Tucciarone
http://members.aol.com/Dinoplanet/dinosaur.html

Charlie McGrady
http://www.cmstudio.com/

David Krentz
http://www.krentzpresentz.com/

Michael Trcic
http://www.trcicstudio.com/

Julius T. Csotonyi
http://www.csotonyi.com/

Michael Skrepnick
http://www.dinosaursinart.com/index.htm