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u/drink_your_tea · 2 pointsr/booksuggestions

Hi /u/WalterFBishop,

I was a dino-crazy kid, and now I'm a bird-crazy adult, so this topic speaks to my passions! As a result, I've cultivated a list of books I want to read on the subject, but sadly, I haven't read any of these yet. Just the same, here are books I hope to read based on the reviews they've received and apparent comprehensiveness:

all ratings/reviews come from Amazon

Flying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds, 2014, 4.5 stars, 18 reviews
Feathered Dinosaurs: The Origin of Birds, 2008, 4.5 stars, 20 reviews
Mistaken Extinction: Dinosaur Evolution and the Origin of Birds, 1997, 5 stars, 12 reviews
The Rise of Birds: 225 Millions Years of Evolution, 2015, no reviews
Glorified Dinosaurs: The Origin and Early Evolution of Birds, 2007, 5 stars, 8 reviews

Some are pricier than others, as it looks like they're now out-of-print. I'm not sure which of those is the best book on the subject, but that may depend on your preferred reading style and source material. :) I'd recommend clicking on the "Open in Expanded View" option beneath the cover picture of the above books so you can skim a few sample pages to see what speaks to you!

Hope this helps.

u/ThisIsTheSameDog · 1 pointr/ArtistLounge

I'll second James Gurney's books, his blog and his "In the Wild" video series.

I really like the Complete Guide to Drawing Animals by Gottfried Bammes. It brought together a lot of concepts about anatomy in art that I hadn't really fully understood until I read it. Similarly, I think Sarah Simblet's Botany for the Artist has beautiful and inspiring art.

I'm a big old paleontology nerd, so I have a lot of books on my shelves with fantastic paleoart: Dinosaur Art, edited by Steve White, is a great showcase of modern paleoartists, and Feathered Dinosaurs is full of gorgeous paintings by Peter Schouten. For drawings of dinosaurs of the non-extinct variety, I'm fond of Katrina van Grouw's The Unfeathered Bird.

And I just got a copy of Shaun Tan's The Bird King and, oh man, I really love it. His imagination is incredible. Highly recommended for when you're in a creative rut.