Griffin Art- 3/8/12 Microraptor

[Griffin]

Hi I am relatively new here and would like to show some of my dinosaur illustrations to you all. For anyone who belongs to the JPtoys site these will be old news for the most part.

The drawings that I will be showing were done for my college professor as an independent study I did with him. Basically I would draw pictures of what he would tell me and he would check them to make sure they were accurate enough and then use them in his lecture slides while teaching the dinosaur class at my school. It was the most fun school credit ever earned.

These are just a few of many. I'll gradually put the rest up as time passes.

Baryonyx

Ceratoasaurus

Pachycephalosaurus behavior

[Dan]

Wow, excellent work! I definitely see the JP influence in the ceratosaur.

[Ajax]

Nice, I really like the Pachy drawing.

[Griffin]

Thanks. Yes that cerato was influenced by the JP diecast figure.

[Meso-Cenozoic]

Hey, these are nice. Thanks for sharing! I for one would like to see more. ;D

[Dan]

It's strange how the diecast figure resembles the one in JP3, isn't it? They must have been looking at an original concept sketch.

[Tyrannax]

I love your drawings. Keep them coming.

[Griffin]

Im glad so many people like them. Here are a few more. Gradually the whole series will be up here. For some reason imageshack isnt letting me upload certain ones.

Heterdontosaurus and Fabrosaurus compared. Meant to show the two early routes of ornithopods.


Postosuchus


Psittacosaurus.


Rex pair fights over an Anatotitan kill

[[][][]cordylus[][][]]

You're lucky you have a scanner... All I have is a crappy digital camera

[Griffin]

Actually I don't (well not a good one at least). All these were done with my professors scanner. Thats why my new ones on the jptoys forum (majunga, spino...) were all taken with a digital camera.

[Meso-Cenozoic]

Woh! I'm liking the fight between the two Rexes! Tres cool!! ;D

[Griffin]

Thanks. I was trying to get the images up nice and big like that to begin with but imageshack either makes it too huge or those small clickable images that I've been using.

[Dan]

This is great stuff, griffin. Have you considered selling any of it?

[Griffin]

Well right now technically its being used by my college. The on Campus museum MAY use one I did of a Hadrosaurus and Dryptosaurus since its NJ and they have mostly fossils from that area (including some hadro bones). I've been looking into getting it protected so people don't just steal the images. If I ever get that down I may consider selling copies of them I suppose. I'm really thrilled everyone has been so impressed by them so far. I'll try to get the rest of my collection up as soon as possible.

[Griffin]

Heres four more.

Parasaurolophus defends its nest against an Albertosaurus.


A Quetz pair


Possible feeding behavior of Oviraptor


Allosaurus takes a dip.

[Dan]

Very cool, I like the use of the forelimbs on the Oviraptor. These aren't typical reconstructions, very interesting stuff.

[Meso-Cenozoic]

Hey, Griffin. In ImageShack, you can resize your pic before you hit "start upload". After you've browsed and picked your pic, before you hit the "start upload" button, there's a "resize image" area you can check and choose your size in the drop box next to it. I usually either choose 800x600 (15-in monitor) or 1024x768 (17-in monitor).

The "resize" area is between the "browse" button and the "start upload" button.

[Griffin]

Hey thanks so much! Ill def be doing that in the future.

Dan, glad you like it. Everybody has seen the same old Oviraptor at the nest scene. We all know that. I wanted to show it doing something different, yet still within the boundaries of scientific possibility.

[Griffin]

Chasmosaurus and Monoclaunius/Centrosaurus


Triceratops

[Megaraptor]

Have you considered giving these to someone who makes dinosaur models? these would make an awesome toy set.