Jim Robins Zoo. Art: Sinosauropteryx

Thursday 28 January 2010

Sinosauropteryx

Today a paper has been published by messrs. Benton, Johnson, Kearns, Orr, Wang, Xu, Zhang and Zhou ( go tohttp://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/melanosomes ) on the presence and effect of melanosomes in fossilized feather structures of theropod dinoaurs and birds from China's Jehol deposits. A drawing was required to illustrate the article and this is what we came up with, Sinosauropteryx in the colours it probably wore in life

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L.28 January 2010 at 22:54
Dear Jim Robins,
I admired your palaeo-art when I was a kid. As a young adolenscent interested in palaeontology and art I've appreciated the style of your pastel (fine) colours and subtle stroke. A unique and unmistakable style! Now I discover your own blog with a touching melancholy that refers to my past. Looking forward to seeing your remarkable artwork!
If you are interested in dinosaurian palaeontology and geomythology I have my own blog: www.geomythology.blogspot.com. See you there!
[Many thanx to Andrea "Theropoda" Cau for sharing the knowledge of this wonderful site!]

Leo
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James (Jim) Robins, illustrator. Graduated Brighton College of Art 1971, has worked in most areas of publishing in a broad range of subject areas and using many and varied techniques, for more of which go to his website at www.jr-illustration.co.uk.

This blog is intended as an archive and showcase of my natural history and palaeontological work. Samples here cover nigh on forty years, and therefore reflect the ongoing theories of tetrapod evolution over that time, so there will be no apologies for positions of necks, tails and hands, possession of feathers - or not - which may not concur with current ideas. Due to copyright limitations there are many omissions, old drawings often pop up - usually uncredited - in clipart and museum archives. Others, after just a single airing have disappeared into the back of a filing cabinet, never to see the light of day again. Everything shown here is under my copyright, please treat this with respect.

If however, you would like to use any of these images, please contact me at: james.robins1@gmail.com