Move over, All Yesterdays: It’s time for #MikeTaylorAwesomeDinoArt!
September 19, 2014
Stupid painting takes too long. I should outsource this.
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John Conway (@nyctopterus) September 16, 2013.@nyctopterus Here you go: miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/art.jpeg That'll be £8, please.
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) September 16, 2013
@nyctopterus Now I regret not having used MS Comic Sans for the lettering.
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) September 16, 2013
Salamanders are surprisingly difficult to paint. Too formless or something.
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John Conway (@nyctopterus) September 17, 2013@nyctopterus "Salamanders are surprisingly difficult to paint" <-- "Always with you it can not be done." Here you go: miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/salamander…
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) September 17, 2013
@nyctopterus That'll be £8, please.
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) September 17, 2013
Urge to draw #temnospondyls won't go away. Stop reading Schoch 1999, #JeholWealden2013 is tomorrow & it's mostly #dinosaurs. But but - -
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Darren Naish (@TetZoo) September 19, 2013@TetZoo Dude, I already drew you one. (You have to share with @nyctopterus though). miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/salamander…
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) September 19, 2013@MikeTaylor @nyctopterus Brilliant work, thanks, I assume it's CC BY? #terribledrawings #lame
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Darren Naish (@TetZoo) September 19, 2013@TetZoo @nyctopterus Even better, it's CC0 -- public domain! But hey, you accidentally misspelled #awesomedrawings
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) September 19, 2013@TetZoo well, then I probably ought not to suggest drawing a male Platyhystrix calling for females with a fully-inflated vocal sac.
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J. Pardo (@incisorial) September 19, 2013@incisorial @TetZoo Here you go. miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/platyhystr… That's be £8, please.
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) September 19, 2013
I'm so proud that my Platyhystrix restoration made the cut for the @TetZoo article!
blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoolo… I'm a real palaeoartist now!
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) September 23, 2013
That's seven #temnospondyls illustrated. Each one takes 20 minutes but can only spend time drawing on rare occasions.. otherwise writing.
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Darren Naish (@TetZoo) September 25, 2013@TetZoo Twenty minutes? Har har, that's rubbish. I can do them in TWO minutes. Look, here's my newest: miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/another-te…
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) September 25, 2013
@TetZoo So bummed I missed deadline for this. LOVE the book. Supporting your podcast. #AllYOURYesterdays #tetrapodcats
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Charon Henning (@TheOddAngel) September 25, 2013.@TheOddAngel @TetZoo I feel your pain. I also wasn't able to finish my feathered Dipldocus in time to be included.
miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/feathered-…
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) September 25, 2013
@MikeTaylor @TheOddAngel @TetZoo I believe there are many of us who missed the deadline... maybe there is an AYY: Episode Two in the future?
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Ezequiel Vera (@ezequielvera) September 25, 2013.@ezequielvera @TheOddAngel @TetZoo I hope you're right, fort sake of my speculative quadrupedal tyrannosaur: miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/tyrannosau…
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) September 25, 2013
@MikeTaylor @TheOddAngel @TetZoo you haven't seen my gliding ankylosaur :-P
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Ezequiel Vera (@ezequielvera) September 25, 2013@ezequielvera @TheOddAngel @TetZoo Here you go, I've saved you the trouble. miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/ankylosaur…
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) September 25, 2013
Wow, people really don't like drawing braincases, do they? Especially crappy line drawings throughout the vertebrate literature, sigh...
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Darren Naish (@TetZoo) September 25, 2013.@TetZoo "Wow, people really don't like drawing braincases, do they?" <-- Here you go. miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/braincase.… CC By as usual.
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) September 25, 2013
@MikeTaylor @TetZoo If you went with CC0 you could avoid the shame.
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Mike Keesey (@tmkeesey) September 25, 2013@tmkeesey @TetZoo Shame? I'm not following you.
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) September 25, 2013@MikeTaylor @TetZoo Let's just say attribution is a double-edged sword. ;P
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Mike Keesey (@tmkeesey) September 26, 2013@MikeTaylor Hey, that's >>>brilliant<<<, thanks again! But it's an occiput, not a braincase :( Something tells me you don't do skulls...
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Darren Naish (@TetZoo) September 25, 2013@TetZoo I copied it from the Suuwassea basicranium app.pan.pl/archive/publis… I'm pretty sure it's something to do with the head.
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) September 25, 2013
Dear World: just because Burian made Diadectes green & like a fat iguana, doesn't mean it was so. It could have been NOT GREEN, you know.
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Darren Naish (@TetZoo) September 26, 2013.@TetZoo "just because Burian made Diadectes green & like a fat iguana, doesn't mean it was so." <-- Yes. Proof here: miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/diadectes.…
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) September 26, 2013
Thanks LOADS to @mattkeevil @RosemaryMosco @UK_Wildlife @Blackmudpuppy for salamander pics used at #TetZoo :) blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoolo…
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Darren Naish (@TetZoo) October 01, 2013.@TetZoo @mattkeevil @RosemaryMosco @UK_Wildlife @Blackmudpuppy I can't BELIEVE you didn't use mine!
miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/salamander… All that work!
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) October 01, 2013
This wonderful article by @tetzoo on salamanders reminds me that PhyloPic could really use more salamanders. blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoolo…
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(@PhyloPic) October 01, 2013@PhyloPic @TetZoo Here you go: miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/salamander… CC By.
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) October 01, 2013
How long does it take me to draw a gar? I decided to time myself. A: about 15 mins. Results are pretty ropey but good enough.
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Darren Naish (@TetZoo) October 02, 2013.@TetZoo "How long does it take me to draw a gar? About 15 mins"<-- Pathetic! It only took me ONE minute! miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/gar.jpeg
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) October 03, 2013
When time allows, gonna draw fish. Each takes c 10 mins. Let's see how many I get done in average work day. Follow #drawingfish. 1 so far.
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Darren Naish (@TetZoo) October 03, 2013@TetZoo Come on, slow-coach, I'm beating you already! miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/fish.jpeg #MikeTaylorAwesomeDinoArt
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) October 03, 2013
@MikeTaylor No you're not, I've done two so far today. Anyway, it's not a race :) #drawingfish #MikeTaylorAwesomeDinoArt
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Darren Naish (@TetZoo) October 03, 2013.@TetZoo I retake the lead: THREE fish in a day! miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/shark.jpeg #drawingfish #MikeTaylorAwesomeDinoArt
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) October 03, 2013
@MikeTaylor @TetZoo You know, I'm thinking that #MikeTaylorAwesomeDinoArt is the true revolution in palaeoart we've all been waiting for.
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Mark Witton (@MarkWitton) October 03, 2013@MarkWitton @MikeTaylor Yeah, HE should have done those new Royal Mail #dinosaur stamps. Mike, you should be raising hell.
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Darren Naish (@TetZoo) October 03, 2013.@TetZoo @MarkWitton Like this, you mean? miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/stamp-trex… #MikeTaylorAwesomeDinoArt #rockinItOldSchool
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) October 03, 2013
@MikeTaylor @TetZoo Yes. Constructed with the same consideration for scientific accuracy as the actual product, I see.
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Mark Witton (@MarkWitton) October 03, 2013
#drawingfish I just did a hagfish, lamprey & chimaera which brings final count to 9 fish for the day. @MikeTaylor, did you beat me? :)
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Darren Naish (@TetZoo) October 03, 2013@TetZoo Not yet ... but the world has not seen the last of #MikeTaylorAwesomeDinoArt! Bwahaha! Mwahaha!! BwahahaHAHAHA!
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) October 03, 2013.@TetZoo OK, here you: lamprey and hagfish: miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/lamprey.jp… and miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/hagfish.jp… #MikeTaylorAwesomeDinoArt
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) October 03, 2013
@MikeTaylor Aww shucks, much better than mine, but hope you don't get hurt when I don't publish yours in a book (unlike mine, which I will).
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Darren Naish (@TetZoo) October 03, 2013@TetZoo Fine! I'll make my own book! Of #MikeTaylorAwesomeDinoArt!
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) October 03, 2013@MikeTaylor @TetZoo Cult classic in the making ….
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Charon Henning (@TheOddAngel) October 04, 2013
We learnt at #SVP few yrs ago that Tsintaosaurus doesn't look as it does in the books: anyone know if this has been published? #dinosaurs
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Darren Naish (@TetZoo) October 10, 2013@TetZoo Yep, it's right here. miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/tsintaosau…
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Mike Taylor (@MikeTaylor) September 19, 2014
September 19, 2014 at 1:44 pm
Seeing that art, I’m left slack-jawed with wonder that guys like John Conway and Mark Witton can make the vast fortunes they do from palaeoart when it’s obvious any 3 year old can do it.
September 19, 2014 at 1:50 pm
Checking the post I just noticed that: 1. I was in the conversation, and 2. I never drew the gliding ankylosaur…. too nice and too bad, respectively.
September 19, 2014 at 1:50 pm
After 200 years, palaeoart finally has a winner.
September 19, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Awesome ! What program did you use?
September 19, 2014 at 2:02 pm
Amazingly, I was able to achieve this level of artistry using only the GIMP, a free PhotoShop-alike.
September 19, 2014 at 7:59 pm
And here I was thinking Doug Henderson was the best Palaeoartist of all time!
September 19, 2014 at 10:32 pm
Mostly I’m left being grateful that I wasn’t drinking a mouthful of beverage when I started reading this post. Well done Mike!
September 20, 2014 at 3:28 am
Yay, another falling ankylosaur to add to the collection!
September 20, 2014 at 6:18 am
There’s other falling-ankylosaur art out there? Dammit! Just goes to show how hard it is to come up with something genuinely new!
September 21, 2014 at 4:30 am
Just goes to show how hard it is to come up with something genuinely new!
I just hope that this doesn’t instigate accusations of plagiarism / uncredited inspiration on your part, Mike! You’ve already stated that you were unaware of prior work (and that’s good enough for me) but perhaps it’s worth considering detailing the process that you went through when creating this unique piece? Hopefully it won’t take you any longer than it did to draw the picture in the first place.
September 30, 2014 at 4:50 am
Tsintaosaurus proves both dragons and unicorns exist!
October 8, 2014 at 1:19 am
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January 23, 2015 at 12:45 am
Mike! I’m loving the awesome dino art. Now, I definitely feel encouraged to have a go myself.
However (a minor quibble!) I feel you have drawn T.rex with too many gill slits. I don’t think the gastralia were gill arches.
Otherwise, great!