Thunder LizardsMeet the twelve

12 species · 12 styles · 144 original works

They were real, and they were enormous

Twelve giants, each one painted twelve different ways — museum oil, old-master firelight, woodblock, gold mosaic, cathedral glass, Art Deco, Bauhaus. Current science, no dragging tails, no gore. On paper, canvas, or a t-shirt for school.

Tyrannosaurus rex crossing a Cretaceous river valley at golden hour, painted as a museum mural
T. rex — Museum Paleoart
Museum Paleoart
T. rex — Stained Glass
Stained Glass
T. rex — Art Deco
Art Deco
T. rex — Art Deco
Art Deco
Triceratops — Museum Paleoart
Museum Paleoart
Triceratops — Golden Age Cel
Golden Age Cel
Triceratops — Bauhaus
Bauhaus
Triceratops — Art Deco
Art Deco
Velociraptor — Museum Paleoart
Museum Paleoart
Velociraptor — Archive Plate
Archive Plate
Velociraptor — Art Deco
Art Deco
Velociraptor — Art Deco
Art Deco
Stegosaurus — Museum Paleoart
Museum Paleoart
Stegosaurus — Golden Age Cel
Golden Age Cel
Stegosaurus — Bauhaus
Bauhaus
Stegosaurus — Art Deco
Art Deco
Brachiosaurus — Museum Paleoart
Museum Paleoart
Brachiosaurus — Art Deco
Art Deco
Brachiosaurus — Bauhaus
Bauhaus
Brachiosaurus — Art Deco
Art Deco
Spinosaurus — Storm Light
Storm Light
Spinosaurus — Stained Glass
Stained Glass
Spinosaurus — Art Deco
Art Deco
Spinosaurus — Art Deco
Art Deco
Ankylosaurus — Museum Paleoart
Museum Paleoart
Ankylosaurus — Golden Age Cel
Golden Age Cel
Ankylosaurus — Art Deco
Art Deco
Ankylosaurus — Art Deco
Art Deco
Pteranodon — Museum Paleoart
Museum Paleoart
Pteranodon — Stained Glass
Stained Glass
Pteranodon — Bauhaus
Bauhaus
Pteranodon — Art Deco
Art Deco
Mosasaurus — Storm Light
Storm Light
Mosasaurus — Stained Glass
Stained Glass
Mosasaurus — Art Deco
Art Deco
Mosasaurus — Art Deco
Art Deco
Allosaurus — Museum Paleoart
Museum Paleoart
Allosaurus — Bauhaus
Bauhaus
Allosaurus — Art Deco
Art Deco
Allosaurus — Art Deco
Art Deco
Parasaurolophus — Museum Paleoart
Museum Paleoart
Parasaurolophus — Ukiyo-e
Ukiyo-e
Parasaurolophus — Bauhaus
Bauhaus
Parasaurolophus — Art Deco
Art Deco
Therizinosaurus — Museum Paleoart
Museum Paleoart
Therizinosaurus — Byzantine Gold
Byzantine Gold
Therizinosaurus — Art Deco
Art Deco
Therizinosaurus — Art Deco
Art Deco

The Twelve

Every one of them to scale

The bar under each animal is its real length against a 1.8-metre human. Brachiosaurus is not a little bigger than you. It is twelve of you, nose to tail.

Prints

Big enough to stop a seven-year-old in the doorway

Every piece is composed wide or square, never tall — grandeur reads horizontally. Masters are archived at full resolution and enlarged for the biggest sizes, so the 40 × 60 is as sharp as the 18 × 18.

18 × 18″Bedside
24 × 36″Over a desk
36 × 24″Above the bed
40 × 60″The whole wall

About

Drawn the way the bones actually say

Most dinosaur art a child sees is forty years out of date — tails dragging in the dirt, raptors bald and enormous, everything roaring at nothing. These are drawn to the current science: tails held level as counterweights, wrists facing inward, Velociraptor the size of a turkey and covered in feathers. Accurate turns out to be more impressive, not less.