Ryan Ridgely - Illustrations

Illustration gallery

The images below are illustrations that represent the kind of work that I currently am involved in. Most of the illustrations are drawings that I have produced under contract for figures in scientific papers. Of course, a few of them exist for no purpose other than as practice and for learning new techniques, thus displaying them here adds to their utility. Included with each illustration is a description with both the common and scientific name for the animal illustrated, the medium in which it was rendered, and where it was published.

I am very much a proponent of giving credit to those who deserve it. Therefore, however much I have learned from the production of the illustrations shown, I think it is important to point out that the research illustrated is not my own. I have enjoyed rendering these illustrations, and sincerely appreciate the opportunity to have worked on these projects.

	Theropod Dinosaur (Majungasaurus crenatissimus) Digital/pen&ink. *Published in:* Patrick M. O’Connor & Leon P. A. M. Claessens. 2005. Basic avian pulmonary design and flow-through ventilation in non-avian theropod dinosaurs. Nature. 14 July, 2005 Also, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Memoir 8. on Majungasaurus Crenatissimus. 2007.
	Rhinoceros Skull and Horns (Alces alces) Skull: Pencil on bristol board; Horns: CT volume rendering *Published on the web in support of:* Hieronymus, T.L., Witmer, L.M., and R.C. Ridgely. 2006. Structure of White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) Horn Investigated by X-ray Computed Tomography and Histology With Implications for Growth and External Form. Journal of Morphology.
	Moose Skull (Alces alces) Pencil on bristol board. *Published in:* Clifford, A.B. and Witmer, L.M. (2004) Journal of Zoology
	Pterosaur (extinct flying reptile) (Ahanguera santanae) Brain morphology and head posture based on CT data. Pen and ink. *Published in:* Lawrence M. Witmer, Sankar Chatterjee, Jonathan Franzosa & Timothy Rowe (2003) Neuroanatomy of flying reptileand implications for flight,posture and behaviour. Nature (425):950-953 Stokstad, E. (2003) Peering Into Ancient Ears. Science (302):770-771
	Deer (Odocoileus sp.) Superficial facial muscles. Pencil on Bristol board.
	Ewe Skull (Ovis sp.) Pen and ink.

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