Regular servings of inspiration for visual artists from the bestselling author of Dinotopia, Color & Light, and Imaginative Realism.
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This Post is Everything “Skybax”
The skybax is the giant flying reptile of Dinotopia.
My first sketch has them gliding over pastureland. I changed the background to a city far below.
The name "skyax" is the Dinotopian term for Quetzalcoatlus, the largest pterosaur know...
That Look of Elegant Disdain
Here’s my character, Goldsworthy Marlinspike, celestial navigator. (From Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara, oil/board, 2005.)
I wanted to capture that look — how would you describe it? Elegant distain? Effortless grace? Studied carelessness?...
Edwin Landseer, Dog Specialist
Old Shepherd’s Chief Mourner, by Edwin Landseer, (English, 1802-1873)
Edwin Landseer was an animal specialist who frequently drew and painted from life.
He drew all the time: in books, on letters, even on checks.
He painted many animal...
Acting Out a Tug-of-War Game
Sometimes your imagination can only take you so far, and you've got to act it out.
When I sketched a tug-of-war game from Dinotopia, the dynamics didn't feel right.
So I brought a couple 5-gallon buckets and a rope to a big family get...
The Studies Behind ‘Garden of Hope’
For Garden of Hope (Oil, 24x36”) I didn’t just dive into a blank canvas and hope for the best.
I tried to follow the method used by Norman Rockwell and Tom Lovell in the 20th Century, specifically a comprehensive charcoal tonal study and a...
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Author and illustrator of Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time and the art instruction books Color and Light and Imaginative Realism.
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