Titanosaur: Life As The Biggest Dinosaur

Text, design & illustrations © David Mackintosh, 2022.
(with expert technical advice from the Natural History Museum, London)

published by The Natural History Museum, London. 2023.
32pp jacketed PB picture book.

TPS: 230 x 220mm/Printed 2/2 in 2 spot inks.

Published by the Natural History Museum (London) in conjunction with a NEW exhibition.

It’s a little book about a big animal (Patagotitan mayoram) that was discovered in Patagonia in 2014. Well, fossilised bones were discovered in Patagonia – but it was enough to help scientists flesh out this enormous vegetarian. The story is told through the eyes of Waterhouse the mouse (mus musculus) who is searching for the creature he believes is visiting the Museum (magnum aedificium). But can he find him?

This is the first time I’ve drawn a monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana) and I was able to spend time in the summer (aestas) drawing the Museum building from the gardens. I used this virtual map which helped me get a mouse’s perspective of the interior.