Lambeosaurus lambei

This might hopefully grow into a page of studies, but I thought I would share this as it is now.

Also trying out this watermarking lark.

Maiasaura Egg

An altogether far gentler interlude to the recent posts. 

I recently made this 'card' for a dear friend of mine to welcome her new baby daughter. 

A dinosaur egg, which, when the tabs at the base are pulled, opens to reveal...

...A little Maiasaura hatchling.

The wonderful Trish made my day when she first gave her characteristic response.  

Gibran

You all remember Gibran the Olorotitan infant, don't you? No?

He seems to look richer yet subtler in the original, if that makes any sense at all. This is one of those rarer occasions in which The Miraculous Scanner is... not so miraculous.

The original is 8.5 x 11.5cm. Here is a photograph of an earlier stage.

I have a feeling I may need to introduce a tag for him in future.

Ruslan and Ludmilla... And Others

Why, no, I'm not obsessed with this hadrosaur, whatever gave you that idea?

This page in my sketchbook was the victim of an accident with my bottle of sepia ink.  It did, however, add much to the appearance of this being an actual page of field sketches.  I ran with the idea and added a few notes.  Perhaps the messy spattering was because I needed to get out of Ruslan's way in a hurry...

('Ludmila' or 'Lyudmila' is usually anglicised with just one 'l', but I decided to use two here...)

Holiday Hadrosaur

A present-laden Parasaurolophus to wish you a very merry Christmas!

An Airing

"An Airing Atop an Olorotitan"

I have to begin somewhere.  Let us suppose I'm taking an airing with this blogging lark too.

This drawing was begun during the tail end of 2010, and was completed on the evening of New Year's Eve, with the clock ringing in the New Year just as I began making the final touches.  So perhaps it is an auspicious piece enough with which to launch this blog.  It also happens to be a particular favourite of mine, of course.

So, onwards, shall we?