I was asked a few month’s ago to create a birth illustration for a new arrival in Hull, called Zain, who was born this February. Having done a birth illustration for his older brother, Lucas, it was great to be asked if I could do one for ‘Son Number 2’.
I had done a birth illustration on a dinosaur theme a number of years ago and the client asked if Zain’s design could be similar (I never do exactly the same designs). So, I sketched out a few dinosaurs, the great ponderous Brontosaurus ‘the thunder lizard’ no doubt referring to the sound its great feet made it as it slowly pounded the earth, as well as Stegosaurus ‘roof/covered lizard’ with its kite-shaped bone plates on its back and Rhamphorhynchus – a flying bird dinosaur, rather like the Pterodactyl. It’s always interesting to work from ‘real’ dinosaurs even if they don’t look exactly like their prehistoric creations. I even included the ‘tyrant king lizard’ Tyrannosaurus Rex, with a much-softened and more friendly persona, as anything like the real thing would surely produce nightmares in one viewing it at a tender age!
I am hoping that Zain will like his birth illustration, which includes all his personal birth details upon it (you cannot see this on the photograph for security reasons). His family should receive it in August or September when the family have a gathering in York. Perhaps Zain will still appreciate and own this birth illustration long after I have also, like the dinosaurs, become extinct!
Quinlyn Nixon Art 