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Friday, September 20, 2024

Episode 35 – Snowball and the Raptor Boys – Love within the Time of Chasmosaurs


We’ve had a month off, however the well-known LITC podcast is again in full energy with extra recent information, nostalgic artwork opinions and thrilling interviews! After discussing the brand new movies and documentaries which can be coming our method, we evaluate some very English palaeoart from the late Seventies by the unsung Peter Snowball. After that, Natee and Marc interview the Golden Boys of Dromaeosaurs, 3D sculptor Ruadhrí Brennan and returning LITC interviewee Jed Taylor, whose unbelievable Velociraptor sculpts have set final yr’s TetZooCon on hearth, and are poised to do the identical this yr. What new shenanigans are these two as much as subsequent? Who illustrated the primary Pachyrhinosaurus? Will we even have listeners in Japan? Which Disney villain does Natee resemble most? Will we flip right into a gaming podcast? Discover all of this out in episode 35!

Within the Information

  • Why Dinosaurs? is a documentary film by James and Tony Pinto about dinosaurs and the individuals who love them, starring a who’s who of filmmakers, artists and scientists… however not us. Nonetheless, right here is the web site, the place you may see if there’s any showings close to you.
  • Strolling with Dinosaurs is lastly returning! A brand new sequence by the BBC and PBS is in manufacturing proper now. At this level, we at LITC can inform you… not very a lot in any respect. However some cool persons are concerned. And Spinosaurus is in it, so no person can be indignant. Right here’s an internet site.

Classic Dinosaur Artwork

Peter Snowball was one of many featured illustrators on 1979s A New Look At The Dinosaurs. Written by Alan Charig, the highest British palaeontologist on the time, the ebook featured artworks by a number of employed illustrators, of which Snowball’s work has held up the most effective.

Hell Creek: Pachycephalosaurus, Edmontosaurus, Ornithomimus, Ankylosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus

Wealden: Iguanodon, Altispinax, Polacanthus, Hypsilophodon

Megalosaurus and Scelidosaurus

Morrison: Ceratosaurus, Camptosaurus, Stegosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Apatosaurus

Lesothosaurus and Dilophosaurus

Triassic: Plateosaurus and Procompsognathus

Deinonychus

Protoceratops and Pachyrhinosaurus

Corythosaurus

Interview

We’ve interviewed Jed Taylor earlier than. Twice. This time, the Nottingham-based palaeoartist is joined by Irish 3D artist Ruadhrí Brennan, pal of the present, who’s well-known for sculpting scientifically correct 3D printed dinosaur skulls and skeletons in all sizes. Final yr, they joined forces to create some extraordinary dromaeosaur sculpts. At present, they reveal how they did it, and what’s subsequent on the horizon… You could find Jed’s Instagram right here and his Patreon right here, whereas Ruadhrí’s Instagram is correct over right here.

A sneak peak on the new Deinonychus design…


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