International Paleontology Illustration Competition at

XXII Congresso Brasileiro de Paleontologia

 

The International Paleontology Illustration Competition was created to promote paleontology encouraging art-related illustrations and models. The prizes went both to the most aesthetically appealing and scientifically accurate art works.

The paleoart contest was one of the highlights of the  XXII Brazilian Congress of Palaeontology (held the last October in Natal, Brazil), it was a big success with 78 great Paleoart works by artists from 14 countries and thousand of people attending the event.

We are very pleased to announce the Italian-talented PaleoNature.org artist Loana Riboli  won the Honorable Mention with: 

'JADE AND SILK FOREST' Macrogryphosaurus gondwanicus

 

WAY TO GO, LOANA!



The IPIC 2011 prize commission was composed by:
Fernando Correia (biologist and scientific illustrator; Scientific Illustration Program Coordinator and Scientific Illustration Laboratory Director of the University of Aveiro Aveiro, Portugal)
Narendra Kumar Srivastava (President of the XXII Brazilian Congress of Palaeontology; Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte; Natal, Brazil)
Roberto Iannuzzi (President of the Brazilian Society of Palaeontology; Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Ildeu de Castro Moreira (Brazilian Ministry of Science & Technology; Brazil)
Maria de Fátima Brito (Science House; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).


IPIC 2011 Awards

Jury Awards

1st place ANDREY ATUCHIN/Russia (Demandasaurus)
2nd place FRANCO TEMPESTA/Italy (Velociraptor attack)
3rd place RODOLFO NOGUEIRA/Brazil (Psaronius)

 
Honorable Mentions

LOANA RIBOLI /Italy

'Jade and Silk Forest': Macrogryphosaurus gondwanicus

H. SANTIAGO DRUETTA/Argentina
Nopachthus coagmentatus

XAVIER MACPHERSON/Spain
Microraptor gui

Public Vote Special Award

RODOLFO NOGUEIRA/Brazil

Uberabatitan riberoi.