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Bob Nicholls Art Jun 18, 2025

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Flight evolved independently in Dromaeosauridae, Archaeopterygidae, Anchiornithidae, Scansoriopterygidae, and whatever Rahonavis is. Here's Yi qi from DINOSAUR BEHAVIOUR, by Prof Michael Benton (published by Princeton University Press).

#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Dinosaurs #Microraptor #Rahonavis #Archaeopteryx #Anchiornis #YiQi #Raptors #Velociraptor #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld #CampCretaceous #WildlifeArt

Bob Nicholls Art Jun 18, 2025

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Flight evolved independently in Dromaeosauridae, Archaeopterygidae, Anchiornithidae, Scansoriopterygidae, and whatever Rahonavis is. Here are Archaeopteryx and Anchiornis from DINOSAUR BEHAVIOUR, by Prof Michael Benton (published by Princeton University Press).

#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Dinosaurs #Microraptor #Rahonavis #Archaeopteryx #Anchiornis #YiQi #Raptors #Velociraptor #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld #CampCretaceous #WildlifeArt

Bob Nicholls Art Jun 18, 2025

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Flight evolved independently in Dromaeosauridae, Archaeopterygidae, Anchiornithidae, Scansoriopterygidae, and whatever Rahonavis is. Here's Rahonavis from DINOSAUR BEHAVIOUR, by Prof Michael Benton (published by Princeton University Press).

#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Dinosaurs #Microraptor #Rahonavis #Archaeopteryx #Anchiornis #YiQi #Raptors #Velociraptor #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld #CampCretaceous #WildlifeArt

Bob Nicholls Art Jun 17, 2025

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Flight evolved independently in Dromaeosauridae, Archaeopterygidae, Anchiornithidae, Scansoriopterygidae, and whatever Rahonavis is. Here's Microraptor (Dromaeosauridae) from DINOSAUR BEHAVIOUR, by Prof Michael Benton (published by Princeton University Press).

#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Dinosaurs #Microraptor #Rahonavis #Archaeopteryx #Anchiornis #YiQi #Raptors #Velociraptor #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld #CampCretaceous #WildlifeArt

Bob Nicholls Art Dec 17, 2024

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

In 2020 I illustrated DINOSAURS: NEW VISIONS OF A LOST WORLD, written by Prof Mike Benton. Here's my painting of Anchiornis.

This book would make a great Christmas gift!
https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/dinosaurs-new-visions-of-a-lost-world-hardcover

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Anchiornis

Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World

Dinosaurs are not what you thought they were—or at least, they didn’t look like you thought they did. The world-leading paleontologist Michael J. Benton brings us a new visual guide to the world of the dinosaurs, showing how rapid advances in technology and amazing new fossil finds have changed the way we see these extinct beasts forever. Stunning new illustrations by paleoartist Bob Nicholls display the latest and most exciting scientific discoveries in vibrant color. From Sinosauropteryx, the first dinosaur to have its color patterns identified—a ginger-and-white striped tail—by Benton’s team at the University of Bristol in 2010, to recent research on the surprising mixed feathers and scales of Kulindadromeus, this is one of the first books to include cutting-edge scientific research in paleontology. Each chapter focuses on a particular extinct species, featuring a specially commissioned illustration that brings to life the latest scientific breakthroughs, with accompanying text exploring how paleontologists have determined new details, such as the patterns on skin and the colors of feathers of animals that lived millions of years ago. This visual compendium surprises and challenges everything you thought you knew about what dinosaurs looked like and how they lived.

Thames & Hudson USA

Arthur McTalon Nov 20, 2024

Anchiornis Pair - Krita, 2023 #anchiornis #feathereddinosaur #jurassic #dinosaur #paleoart #digitalpainting

Bob Nicholls Art Jun 25, 2024

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

A 2010 sketch of 5 male Anchiornis (left) competing for the attention of a female (right), by showing off their plumage. Halfway between the males and female is a confused gynandromorph (half male, half female) #Anchiornis.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld

Global Museum May 10, 2024

Dragon Balls and a model of Anchiornis at Elysée Palace: Japan and China's Astonishing Gifts to Emmanuel Macron.

Macron welcomed China's leader to Elysée Palace with an exchange of Olympic torches and precious gifts.

https://japan-forward.com/dragon-balls-and-dinosaurs-at-elysee-palace-japan-and-chinas-astonishing-gifts-to-emmanuel-macron/ #France #Anchiornis

Dragon Balls and Dinosaurs at Elysée Palace: Japan and China's Astonishing Gifts to Emmanuel Macron

Macron welcomed China's leader to Elysée Palace with an exchange of Olympic torches and precious gifts, but is he deceiving himself that this can influence Xi?

JAPAN Forward