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A paleoartist is an illustrator who specialises in the science and art of reconstructing ancient animals and their world.

In Dinosaur Art, ten of the top contemporary paleoartists reveal a selection of their work and exclusively discuss their working methods and distinct styles.

Filled with breathtaking artwork - some never before seen - and cutting edge paleontology, this is a treasure trove for dinosaur enthusiasts, art lovers and budding illustrators.

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• Hardcover: 188 pages
• Publisher: Titan Books; First Edition edition (September 4, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0857685848
• ISBN-13: 978-0857685841
• Product Dimensions: 0.9 x 12.1 x 10.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds

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"Dinosaur Art". Excited to hear it and simultaneously I was put off by the simplicity of the title. Couldn't the author or publisher come up with something more imaginative? More all-encompassing considering there's more than just dinosaurs here? I know the reason - search engine purposes. Dinosaur Art is so broad it's bound to turn up and lure buyers.
To subtitle it "The World's Greatest Paleoart" took some moxy considering with ten artists they just scratched the surface. Anyone thinking this is a critical overview or covers the comprehensive evolution of paleoart is mistaken. No such book exists (not even books by Rudwick, Davidson or Debus). This project was a paleofan's wish to compile his current favorite artists in one book, and probably have an excuse of speaking to them. So what you have is contemporary dinosaur art padded out with some basic Q & A.
I found the selection too Eurocentric. But what do you expect from a UK publisher? If you have wondered, where are the North American giants Mark Hallett? Larry Felder? James Gurney? Michael Skrepnick? Bill Stout? Karen Carr? Bob Walters? David Peters? Carl Buell? What about the Southern Hemisphere - Jorge Blanco? Peter Trusler? Some of these and others were approached by the author but there were space limits and disagreements about licensing/payments/royalties.
Let's hope a second volume can be produced with those or others, if Titan feels this one is successful. Dinosaur art books are always risky. Until then you have your Prehistoric Times interviews to fill in much of the same profiles.

Busy busy Phil Currie seems to be the first call paleontologist on these art books (see Dinosaur Imagery) and his foreword this time out seems generic, canned.

For those interested in paleoart this book is without doubt a wonderful way to journey back in time on a lazy afternoon or rainy evening as you leaf through its glossy pages and is well worth forking out the money for if you are a lover of dizzying dinosaurs, bizarre beasties and creepy crawlies of all shapes and sizes in general! Focusing on ten of the key artists who've helped popularise the aptly termed "Dinosaur Renaissance" given several pages each to showcase their meticulous art, explain the creative process and offer scientific insights every page is full of vivid, vibrant and often visceral imagery. Usually the work of art itself will take anywhere from hours, days or weeks to finish but the painstaking research the artist has to do beforehand to get the proportions, anatomy and also the natural environment the animal is portrayed in true to life can take many gruelling months. This normally involves consultation with palaeontologists, studying a plaster cast of the fossil and a rigorous process involving several other disciplines of science as well as fieldtrips to comparable landscapes still in existence today if possible. There is also an ongoing discussion of creating art for natural history museums, popular scientific publications or for release to the press to help publicise a new find using traditional media versus digital media. I've always found that art created using traditional media feels much warmer, stylistically unique and more natural looking but art created using digital media often seems cooler, more impersonal and somewhat artificial looking though of course using digital means to update an older hand painted image does make sense.