by Marlin Peterson | Jan 27, 2013 | Science Illustrations
I recently did this picture as a gift. It is rendered in ink and pretty large (24×36 inches). It was an interesting project to do because ALL the references that I could find had contradictory information on them. Some had cuts broken up into the dozens- in...
by Marlin Peterson | Jan 21, 2013 | Science Illustrations
Here is a timelapse video of me prepping my sketches and (highlight/shadow) sculpture models to become references for my digital painting. Swamps, birds, and humidity to ensue...
by Marlin Peterson | Jan 19, 2013 | Science Illustrations
Really the only way to believably render Coryphodons is to look closely at similar animals of today. Their anatomical contemporaries/analogues give some suggestion, but compared to a hippopotamus, for example, their skeleton and (therefore) distribution of muscle...
by Marlin Peterson | Dec 28, 2012 | Science Illustrations
I thought that to get the light and anatomy best on a new paleo-reconstruction of the Eocene, I should start something I have been meaning to do since forever and ever…sculpting! Yes, I could get by without it, but why? Sculpting is so much fun! I will use...
by Marlin Peterson | Dec 6, 2012 | Science Illustrations
The geologist that commissioned me to do the Diatryma piece stumbled on this and is sure that a company in China used my hypothetical color scheme for their life-size animatronic Diatryma. Someone believed me…Check it out! They cost less than 3 grand I...
by Marlin Peterson | Nov 26, 2012 | Science Illustrations
It is so cool to see my frugivorous diatryma eating on the BBC website. This screenshot you can click to link to the article.
