Welcome!
My name’s Charles Nye; I’m a PhD student at Oregon State University with a passion to understand the natural world. (Check out my lab’s website here!) I devote my spare time to illustrating extinct critters, particularly dinosaurs and their contemporaries.
I’ve been drawing dinosaurs for all my life. It’s been a crawl to get to where I am today, but it’s so rewarding bringing these creatures to the present with the newest science in mind. It’s the closest we’ll ever get to seeing them.
In addition to my own portfolio, I’m part of a seventeen-person art project known as Artemis Paleozoo, which is a spin on the “dinosaur zoo” genre. This project aims to portray dinosaurs and other prehistoric life not as eldritch movie monsters, but rather as animals that, in a zoo setting, would require care, enrichment, and expertise to manage appropriately.
You can find links to my shop, social media accounts, and the Artemis Paleozoo in the menu bar above.
Enjoy your stay here!
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