From Ice Age to Cretaceous Period Battle

A couple of years ago, we had lost power for a couple of days. It is amazing just how dependent that we have become on electricity to provide all of those creature comforts that we all seem to have taken for granted. We did however have a generator since we had to buy one during the great ice storm of 2009. We were with out power for over a week with that storm- while some in neighboring towns went without for two weeks.  At that time, we were thinking a new Ice Age was soon upon us.

Another Design inspired by the 2009 Ice Storm

Basically, we ran the generator for a couple of hours early in the morning and at 5:00 PM so that we could get the house up to temperature and prepare our meals.  I had no intention of running my Power Mac and our LCD TV on it. The weather was unseasonably warm with plentiful sunshine. I was comfortable with a heavy sweater and a blanket over my legs. As my computer wasn't available for use during the work day, I literally went back to the drawing board. Because I pretty much do everything digitally these days, It had been quite a few years since I had really devoted any serious time sketching and drawing on real paper using actual pencils and pens. I knew that this was going to be fun because I had no deadlines looming at this time.  I was inspired to just sketch, so I just put pencil to paper and started doodling. Of course, I just had to render some dinos, which were pretty much my favorite subject matter when I was a kid.

T Rex vs Triceratops Line Drawing

Last week I scanned those sketches from a couple years back and reworked them in Photoshop- making some edits and adding in the color. The dinosaur illustration above depicts a classic confrontation between Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus Rex. I imagined a scene having taken place at the dawn of the Cretaceous Period.  In this epic battle, the three horn impales sharp tooth. The T Rex is mortally wounded and the rogue Triceratops goes on to live another day.  After completing the art, I added the title 'Epoch' and posted the designs on a couple of Mudge Studios Pod shops. There, you'll see a variety of Dinosaur t-shirts, stickers, posters, refrigerator magnets and other novelties. I'll post some links to these dino items below.

T Rex vs Triceratops T-Shirt at Zazzle

T Rex vs Triceratops Tee at RedBubble

Free Woolly Mammoth Illustration

Free Woolly Mammoth Print at our IDigDinosaurs Shop
Shop for more Posters & Prints online at Zazzle.com

Free Woolly Mammoth Print by Mudge Studios: "Depicted is a rogue woolly mammoth as it perseveres through the relentless snow, sleet, wind during the ice age only to become yet another extinct species of yesteryear's Megafauna. Nothing was able to save the Woolly Mammoth back then, but today may be all together a whole different story. Scientists are once again talking about the potential to clone a woolly mammoth- should living cells be found among the beautifully preserved frozen mammoths that were recently discovered during the 2012 Yana Expedition in Siberia. Evidently they found some beautifully preserved mammoth fur and bone, which could hold the key to a successful woolly mammoth cloning. If those intact cells containing their nucleuses are found to be living, then a living mammoth clone could very well be created- using a Japanese technique involving the insertion of woolly mammoth DNA into an elephant embryo. Only time and testing will determine whether the Expedition has truly uncovered a viable resource for such an endeavor. Free Woolly!"

More Woolly Mammoth Merch at our Zazzle Shop

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Prehistoric POLO T-Shirt Design

Prehistoric POLO - Gawking With Dinosaurs Shop | Skreened - Ethical Custom Apparel: "Gawking with Dinosaurs Graphic featuring a Polo Player riding on the back of a T Rex type dino playing some Polo... of course. Gotta Love those Prehistoric Past Times!"
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I Dig Dinosaurs Triceratops

I Dig Dinosaurs Triceratops - Gawking With Dinosaurs Shop | Skreened - Ethical Custom Apparel: "I Dig Dinosaurs t-shirts and gift ideas from Mudge Studios. Featured is Triceratops skull on Great Birthday Gift Ideas for Dinosaur Lovers of all ages. The name triceratops means three-horned face."
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Running With Dinosaurs - Gawking With Dinosaurs Shop

Running With Dinosaurs - Gawking With Dinosaurs Shop | Skreened - Ethical Custom Apparel: "This Gawking with Dinosaurs Design features a young man losing his baseball cap while running a T Rex type Dino. All seems well and good... well, until the dinosaur gets sick of the whole leash thing! Check out more of Mudge's Dinosaur Humor at our Skreened shop"
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