The Mammal That Ate Dinosaurs

This is the DVD version. You can get the streaming / download version on Gumroad This workshop invites you to share in the making of two illustrations for Scientific American magazine. Illustrator James Gurney fleshes out two mammals that lived alongside dinosaurs: the badger-like Repenomamus which ate baby dinosaurs, and the flying squirrel-like Volaticotherium, which Gurney develops for the cover of the magazine. Working closely with scientific experts and the art director, Gurney shows all the development stages, including thumbnail sketches, color comps, maquettes, field research, and the final painting in oil. The artist's voiceover explains all the methods in practical terms, along with the thinking behind them.  This video reinforces some of the concepts in previous videos, but it also includes new material, such as the use of an air-dry foam clay for quick maquette building, techniques for rendering fur textures, and ways to suggest rainy day conditions. The production is pack