- Mount a pterosaur Sometimes when you develop a fantasy painting, it's fun to play a scene, even if the reference photo that you get out of it is not directly useful.


the idea is to get into the spirit of action, feel the wind in your face and hear the screech of pterosaur.

I think it is more important than getting a photographically real piece of reference to copy. If you can identify with the weight and balance of things, and especially the emotion, you have 0% of the problem solved

The painting "Air Jousting" is Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara ..

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