I was recently contacted by the band “We Believe in Dinosaurs” to illustrate a book based on one of their songs. For those of you who are unfamiliar with them, We Believe in Dinosaurs  is a fun band from Vermont that plays kid’s songs. I spent many an hour drawing dinosaurs as a child, so I was excited to draw a book featuring dinos as an adult.

The lead character, an ankylosaurus, with the snout and two sets of horns had one of the most complex heads I had drawn in one of my books. And I realized that I needed some way to keep him right no matter the angles.

So I built a model. It’s my first attempt at building a little model like this, and I’m quite proud of how it turned out. So I thought I’d show off a few photos of the model. A special thanks to my wonderful wife for taking the photos. (Click on the photos to view them larger)

And here’s an image from the book.

Currently, the book is only available on the band’s website (which you can find here.)