Artists

Andrey Atuchin is a freelance natural history illustrator and paleoartist living in Kemerovo, Russia. He specializes in dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. As a certified biologist he leverages his scientific background to inform his illustrations.\n\nIn 2002 Andrey was noticed as a paleoartist at the first time as he was awarded by honorable mention on International Dinosaur Illustration Contest. His career in illustration began after collaborations in projects with Dougal Dixon. Results of this work were “The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs” and “The illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures.”\n\nSince then, Andrey collaborated with various magazines (National Geographic, Prehistoric Times, Paleomir, Discover etc.), and with Museums and Publishers all over the World (Natural History Museum of Utah, Denver Museum of Nature and Sciences in USA, Queensland Museum in Australia, Moscow Paleontological Museum, Amur Earth History Museum and others). In addition, he has taken part in dinosaur excavations in Russia several times. He was the first who illustrated some new described species, most recently Lythronax, Nasutoceratops and Kulindadromeus. Andrey is also known as a texture artist for a series of 3D projects; 3D-models of dinosaurs for episodes for National Geographic Channel, “Lost Creatures” exhibition in Brisbane, Queensland, “Ultimate Dinosaurs. Giants from Gondwana” and many others. \n\nAndrey is known for scientific illustrations for various research papers and as a coauthor of some of them. He illustrated a Russian paleontological textbook and a regional version of the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation.

A freelance illustrator who specializes in dinosaurs and creature design.

Brennan is a wildlife, landscape and nature photographer and paleo artist.

Chris Masnaghetti was born in the austral summer of 1990 in a land that once was part of Southwestern Gondwana. An early interest in palaeontolgy combined with a natural tendency to draw since he was a child are to blame for his abundant, palaeontography-centered artwork. Chris graduated as Industrial Designer in 2013, although he is currently working as 3D modeler and illustrator.

Dan is a paleontology student in the UK. Has always been interested in the subject, particularly in pterosaurs. He seeks to learn more about the formations and animals of prehistoric England and the United Kingdom.

Elia is a self-declared freelance "artist" who attempts restoring extinct creatures between an exam session and the other. Also known by the awkward nicknames “Elijah Shandseight” and "Smnt2000", interested in geeky and nerdish stuff such as sci-fi junk, creature designing and comic books, his obsession for dinosaurs and other forgotten critters is a distant interest which turned out to be something he could never live without. He's currently graduating from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and aspires to become a proper illustrator. And a bit less of a jerk.

Fabrizio is a freelance creature-, concept- and paleo-artist based in and Vienna, Austria. He has always been fascinated by creatures of all kinds and has been drawing what came to his mind from a young age. In recent years he has taken up paleoart again and has been working on dinosaur reconstructions for the University of Vienna (Struthiosaurus austriacus for the 650th anniversary), for personal projects and for the indie game project ‘The Isle’. Fabrizio’s past occupations include an education in Graphic Design (with jobs at several agencies), animal handling (as well as conceptualizing, building and maintaining of nature-inspired enclosures for reptiles, amphibians and fish) and studying at the University of Vienna. His field is paleobiology, currently studying for a bachelor’s degree about Struthiosaurus austriacus.

His works have been displayed in Indonesia and Australia; and published in books and magazines. He works and draws for eartharchives.org and runs Studio 252MYA.

Scientific illustrator and paleoartist. Contributed to Pterosaurs: The Field Guide (3 pages).

Illustrator and graphic designer. Contributed to Pterosaurs: The Field Guide (9 pages).

Having been horribly interested in paleobiology as a young’un, Jaime developed a strong interest in biomechanics and the methodology of science itself, and its application to paleobiology. This eventually led to his blog, "The Bite Stuff," where it merged with his highly inflated sense of his own importance and an interest in the properties of the evolution of dietary morphology, ecology, and nomenclature. He's currently working on producing several academic articles with a major focus on biomechanics and an interest in becoming a technical illustrator. He's also published illustrator, though the range is (so far!) limited skeletal reconstructions of some dinosaurs. Jaime is responsible for all the wingspan silhouettes on Pteros.

Born in 1992 in Mettingen, Germany Began drawing at age 3 2010, diploma (Fachabitur) dicipline design Studying art since 2010 at the Academy for fine Arts Münster Since 2013 in the class of Shana Moulton Since 2014 master student <b>Exhibitions</b> -2012 "Pyrungata", Kunst in der Region, Kloster Gravenhorst -2013 Förderpreisausstellung, Kunsthalle Münster -2013 "Studentennester", Stadtmuseum Münster -2013 "Ausgrabung eines Eurovenator anglicus westfalia", Museumsdorf Detmold -2013 "All Yesterdays", SkF Osnabrück -2014 Förderpreisausstellung, Kunsthalle Münster -2014 "Silvanus" in F24, Münster -2014 "Seeschlangen, schützenswerte Exoten aus den Reiche der Legende", Geomuseum Münster -2015 “Ein lebender Mythos”, Kunstraum Unten, Bochum <b>Scientific work</b> Sachs et al 2015, Cenomanian–Turonian marine amniote remains from the Saxonian Cretaceous Basin of Germany

Josh Cotton resides with his wife Emily in Layton, Utah. His professional work includes, scientific illustration for museum display and print, concept art for film and games, editorial cartooning, and caricature. He has also worked on various BYU animated films as a concept and story artist, as well as other technical roles.

Joshua has always loved prehistoric life. He cites the BBC documentary series Walking With Dinosaurs as the biggest influence on his interests. Seeing dinosaurs depicted in such a new and fantastic way inspired him to create art at a very young age. He uses IbisPaint and Procreate on iOS for his digital art.

Both illustrator and graphic designer, Julio Lacerda got into paleoart at the age of 17. Wishing to bridge the creativity of reconstructing prehistoric animals and the essence of wildlife documentaries, he seeks to represent dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals as complex and realistic living beings in both appearance and behavior, being protagonists of casual scenes. His work has been published and shown at several countries like Japan (Pterosaurs exhibition, Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum), United Kingdom (All Your Yesterdays by Irregular Books), USA (official publication of Siats meekerorum, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences) as well as his home country, Brazil.

Freelance artist and game developer. Commissioned for Skiphosoura bavarica for Pterosaurs: The Field Guide via the $14,000 Kickstarter stretch goal, August 2026.

Born in Chicago in 1996, Liam Elward quickly developed a lifelong passion for extinct life. This vocation was nurtured by his countless visits to the Field Museum of Natural History where he observed not only a world-class fossil collection, but also the iconic murals of legendary paleoartist Charles Knight. Despite this deep interest, he only recently started down his current path as a paleoartist in 2017, at the age of 21. Since then, he has enrolled in the department of Fine and Performing Arts at Loyola University Chicago, has been interviewed for the blog “Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs”, and has contributed to the Field Museum’s Evolving Planet exhibition. Among Liam’s greatest influences for his digital reconstructions are the “All Yesterdays” movement started by John Conway, C.M. Kosemen & Darren Naish, as well as the artists and contributors here at Pteros.

Midiaou was born in the late spring of 2001. He started to draw at the age of 3, when dinosaurs, pterosaurs and other animals began sparking his imagination. From there he started collecting books and going out to draw from nature. He now illustrates for articles, and commission work, all from the comfort of his home in Whitestone, New York.

Nathan has been a lifelong student of evolution and the diversity of life on Earth. After earning a BS in Zoology, he worked in university animal behavior labs, in agricultural fields, as part of a wildlife management field crew for a county level park system in the Midwestern US, and in various positions in science and natural history museums, all the while drawing dinosaurs and other prehistoric lifeforms in his free time. His primary artistic medium is Photoshop, used as a digital painting tool with a Wacom tablet as an input device. Some of his work can be seen in person as part of exhibits at Dinosaur State Park in Connecticut and the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas. Nathan's hope for paleoart is that it will be enjoyable to view, while also inspiring people to learn more about science and the history and potential future of life.

Oliver Demuth, born in 1993, is a Scientific Visualization (scientific illustration) student at the Zürich University of the Arts (ZHdK). His goals are to transmit scientific information through his illustrations and make complex information more comprehensible. He’s very interested in paleontology, that’s why he’s regularly reading the latest scientific papers. Additionally, he has participated in a fossil preparation course at the Sauriermuseum Aathal (SMA), Aathal, Switzerland, and most recently in the 3D Model Generation in Bioscience Course with Transmitting Science at the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miguel Crusafont (ICP) in Sabadell, Spain. He wants to specialize in the field of paleontology with a range of skills, including technical illustrations, reconstructions, and habitat paintings and 3D models.

Rebecca is a self-taught palaeoartist perhaps best known for her Palaeoplushies range of palaeontologically accurate soft sculptures. She graduated with a MSci in Geology after a very Ichthyosaur-centric Masters' project and has been dabbling in palaeontology ever since.

Vitor Silva, born in 1994, graduated in Graphic Design and is one of those who liked to draw since childhood. It was also as a kid when he got fascinated about prehistoric life. As a paleoartist, his goal is to artistically restore the past ages in a visually attractive but scientifically accurate way, combining art and science. He works with illustrations and sculptures in scale, both digitally and traditionally.