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The second part of "Botany for paleoartists" is here. It's another dive into the modern diversity of ancient plant groups, with some details about their fossil record too. This time I'm talking about edible "fruit" before the time of flowering plants. The seeds of surprisingly many gymnosperm plants have fleshy, edible coatings that are for all practical purposes (though not botanically) fruit. These colourful and tasty plant bits are rarely depicted in paleoart.
The article can be found here: hummingdinosaur.wordpress.com/…
The article can be found here: hummingdinosaur.wordpress.com/…
New blog post: were dinosaur lives brutish?
Another blog post published and a new series started: animal behaviour for paleoartists! It's a common idea that the lives of wild animals are horribly brutish, full of violence and suffering, as if they lived in a constant horror movie. Though predation and aggression are obviously an important part of animal behaviour, a closer look reveals that for the most part, animals live what we might call a normal life - they spend far more of their time resting, eating, grooming and socializing than fighting, killing or actively avoiding being killed. Read more: https://hummingdinosaur.wordpress.com/2023/01/28/were-dinosaur-lives-brutish-and-violent-animal-behaviour-for-paleoartists-part-i/
New blog posts: prehistoric colour mutations
Hi there! After a ridiculous four year pause (!!) my blog, The Humming Dinosaur, finally has a new post (and several more lined up). As before, it's mostly thought as a resource and source of inspiration for paleoartists and wildlife artists, but might be worth reading to anyone with a passing interest in animal colouration. Paleoartists sometimes depict prehistoric animals that are either albinos or melanistic. But there are many more possible colour mutations of animals, and they often occur repeatedly in distantly related animals. Have you ever wondered what a Siamese sabertooth cat might look? Or a piebald tyrannosaur? Well, now you have! Link to my post: https://hummingdinosaur.wordpress.com/2023/01/18/the-odd-ones-out-zoology-for-paleoartists-part-iv/
New blog post: ecology of (dinosaur) colour
Hi everyone!
I finished the third part of my Zoology for Paleoartists blog posts. While the last two were concerned on which colours are possible in non-avian dinosaurs, this one discusses what kind of colours are ecologically plausible - that is, how evolution shapes animal colour. The needs to camouflage, impress mates or warn off predators are different for each species, producing the incredible diversity of colours and patterns in the animal kingdom.
Link to the article: https://hummingdinosaur.wordpress.com/2018/07/30/ecology-of-colour-zoology-for-paleoartists-part-iii/
Includes original artwork!
New blog post: a rainbow of dinosaurs
Hi everyone!
I published the next part of my Zoology for Paleoartists blog posts. This one also concerns dinosaur colours, but this time, the ones we can't (yet) decipher from fossils. How are yellow, green, orange and red hues formed in bird feathers and skin? And which of these were likely present in non-avian dinosaurs?
Link to the article:
https://hummingdinosaur.wordpress.com/2018/05/21/a-rainbow-of-dinosaurs-zoology-for-paleoartists-part-ii/
Thanks for all the comments and shares for the last post. I'm glad you find this stuff useful!
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You are really pushing the limits of depictions and information of ancient plants. They are so hard to come by and I admire that.
