I was very pleased when my friend, Marie, requested me to do a commission for her little boy. Alfie-James, who was celebrating his first birthday. Marie and Alfie’s dad, Mark, wanted a dinosaur illustration to mark the occasion. I can hardly believe it’s been over a year since this adorable little chap was born, but time does have a habit of flying…(but only when you are having fun, I am reliably told).
I always enjoy drawing the dinosaur characters, as these prehistoric creatures fascinated me when I was a child. I have recently become familiar with the parasaurolophus (I couldn’t spell that without checking it first in my dictionary!), which has a bone-shaped extension on the back of its head. It appealed to me and it was a herbivore too, so not one of them flesh-eating terrifying ones that chase all the humans in Jurassic Park!
I always like to include a stegosaurus and a triceratops, as I do have a ‘soft-spot’ for these two four-legged dinosaurs… They always are the ones that seem to go about, minding their own business, when a hungry tyrannosaurus rex just happens to espy them!
Marie and Mark were delighted with the commission and it was a good opportunity to have a catch up with Marie when I handed the commission over to her; we enjoyed a cup of tea and a jolly good natter! What more could you ask for?
Quinlyn Nixon Art 
Love that you bring out each individual’s character. There should be a story to go with them. Such clean colours too.
Thank you so much, Maureen. It’s spooky that you mentioned a story, as I do ‘create’ a story in my head with the characters, maybe in the future I will have to write them down. Watch this space…x
We love it! You are such an amazing artist. When Alfie grows up we will be back again for more. Thank you so much.
Thank you very much, Marie, for that lovely quote… I hope Alife enjoys the picture for years to come (until he needs the next one 🙂 ). Michael x