For Big Cat Art Lovers

As a kid I was attracted to sabertoothed cats the way many become obsessed with dinosaurs. Mauricio Antón became my favorite artist for his ability to bring extinct animals to life. Somehow, I feel a closer connection to an animal in one of his graphite sketches than when it is depicted in more complex media such as photo-manipulation or CGI. His illustrations in the books The Big Cats and their Fossil Relatives and Sabertooth are beautiful, and many are shared in his blog Chasing Sabertooths: chasingsabretooths.wordpress.c…

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