Illustration Commissions

If you have already received an invoice, you can pay at this link.

I take commissions for illustrations of various types. If you are interested, please contact me via email or on bluesky.

I will not accept any scientific illustration commissions that I cannot be confident are accurate.

I am most knowledgeable about dinosaurs and pterosaurs but I can illustrate other things as well. Feel free to inquire.

Reference material (such as pictures or scans of fossils) must be provided by the commissioner or available in published sources for scientific illustration.

The price of a commission varies depending on the time, complexity and intended use.

Illustrations for scientific or personal use are charged a lower rate than illustrations for commercial use.

Below are a few examples of the types of illustrations I do. Just because something is not on this page doesn't mean I won't do it. Feel free to ask.

Fossil Interpretive Drawing

Grayscale or color-coded interpretive line drawing of fossil.

Example Shown: Coelophysis bauri MCZ VPRA 4326

Published by Bugos & McDavid 2024, Acta Palaeontologia Polonica

Photograph by Skye McDavid © President and Fellows of Harvard College, available under CC-BY 4.0 via Acta Palaeontologia Polonica.

Rigorous Skeletal Diagram

Skeletal diagram of animal with known incomplete material only.

Example shown: Comptonatus chasei

Full Skeletal Diagram

Skeletal diagram of animal known from complete skeleton or incomplete skeleton with missing parts inferred from related animals.

Example shown: Petrodactyle wellnhoferi

Published by Hone et al. 2023, Palaeontologia Electronica

Composite Figure

Figures for inclusion in publications.

Example shown: Pterodactyloid Evolution, with 5 original skeletal diagrams.

Published by Hone et al. 2024, Current Biology

Skull-only Skeletal

Skeletal diagram of animal showing only skull and partial outline.

Example shown: Tarbosaurus bataar