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.
by Marlin Peterson | Nov 26, 2012 | Science Illustrations
My image of the fruit-laden, lumbering Diatryma was featured in an article for Palaeontology by George Mustoe. Cool. I love how my fleshed out painting was aligned and mirrored facing a pic of the articulated fossil bones. The bird seems to be asking “does...
by Marlin Peterson | Apr 29, 2011 | Science Illustrations
This incredible beast of a bird ambled around North America during the Eocene. I was so happy to be commissioned to illustrate this bird in its paleoenvironment, especially since I was given the challenge to display features that hadn’t really been illustrated...
