Mary P Williams: Illustration & Paleo Art

I have always loved Quetzalcoatlus and you bet your butt I’d be riding one to work every day. I would have a Pterosaur zoo at my house.

Also check out this (or another) article on modern day Pterosaur “sightings” and hoaxes. So interesting.

http://paranormal.about.com/od/livingdinosaurs/a/Did-Pterosaurs-Survive-Extinction.htm

crownedrose:

What would life be like if pterosaurs were alive today?

io9.com discusses the theoretical life of pterosaurs if they were alive with us today. No dinosaurs here, though. Pterosaurs are flying reptiles; they are not dinosaurs.

Could you ride Quetzalcoatlus to work? How would they act in today’s world? What were they really like if we found them exactly as they were during the Mesozoic (aka we didn’t screw with their genetic makeup)? What would they taste like? 

Find out for yourself and read the article on io9.com.

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This is killing me. I’m having serious doubts that I’m doing this correctly. I’ll paint you a little picture of a Dorygnathus skull no problem, but reverse engineer it in perspective?

…Yeah… I need to work on that.

Guess we’ll find out how awful I’m doing in class tomorrow…

Cheers to the other SCAD seniors out there trying to get their work finished. I feel your pain.

If my ears weren’t stretched, these would be mine. <3

whiskeyboat:

Triceretops Earrings

Made it on eatsleepdraw! *Happy dance.* This was done a couple of months ago.

eatsleepdraw:

“Family Reunion.” Watercolor, Colored Pencil, and Digital.

A fun little commentary on the fact that the chicken is the closest living relative of the T Rex. Dinosaurs are just so fun. :)

Link to my blog: marypwilliams.tumblr.com

Got all my prints ready to be hopefully sold at the senior illustration show next Friday! I made 10 4x6 prints of both my Parasaurolophus drawings and my Horseshoe Crab painting and 10 bookmarks featuring my Orchids that I gave braided tassels to. I think they all look pretty nice. :)

There’s going to be a lot of talent at the show, so if you’re in the Savannah area next Friday between 6pm - 10pm (I think that’s the time…) come check everyone out at the Ashmore Gallery! Should be a good time.

This is beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous. :)

paleoillustration:

Ammonite by Juan Calle

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One last picture for the night. Here are my framed pieces for the Senior Illustration Show that will be held next Friday. No I don’t know why I’m sitting like that and yes I need a haircut…

I was just so happy with these I had to kiss them haha. :)

Made my booklets! I’m sending them out to places like the Smithsonian, Nat Geo, and some other super awesome companies that I’d love to work with/for. I just need to add my information to that bottom strip of black and they’ll be good to go! I’m also making envelopes by hand, so hopefully the effort to make something nice and useful doesn’t go unnoticed. :)

DONE!!!!!!

My wrist has an Icy Hot wrapped around it and the joints in my hand are screaming bloody murder but alas after so long my Parasaurolophus is DONE!!

Inspired by an Okapi. Okaparasaurolophus. Ha.

Completed in colored pencil with digital texturing.

Here’s a WIP of the skin layer. I’m basing the patterning off of an Okapi, so it’ll make more sense when I get to the forelimbs and hind limbs.