Dinosaurs are the subjects of movies, books, and more museum dioramas and gift shops than you could ever wish to encounter. They conquer the snows, to the deserts, to the tropics, only to curiously vanish from the face of the earth.

In these pages, an artist will be taken through feet to feathers, from scales to sauropods, along with useful tips and tutorials for creating prehistoric creatures and their surroundings in the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous. It is the most fun you can have without a "Wayback Machine," so grab a pencil, any scrap of paper, and prepare to have some massive fun.