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I’m Dani Navarro, a paleoartist and scientific illustrator specializing in prehistoric life reconstruction for museums, publishing, science communication, and cultural projects.
My work combines scientific rigor with artistic experience, with a background in video games, product and toy design, graphic design, marketing, and audiovisual media. Each illustration is based on the latest paleontological research and translated into clear, engaging imagery for a broad audience without sacrificing scientific accuracy.
My paleoart offers multiple levels of reading: an immediate visual impact, and a deeper layer built on anatomical micro-details, textures, behavior, and environmental context. I approach scientific illustration as a discipline committed to the highest possible level of precision.
I work primarily in digital illustration with a manual, artisanal approach, and also create 3D reconstructions based on fossil data and 3D scans, producing accurate visualizations of extinct animals.
Scientific Reconstruction Process
An inside look at how fossil evidence becomes life

SCIENTIFIC PAPER
Reconstructions and illustrations for:
- Diving dinosaurs? Caveats on the use of bone compactness and pFDA for inferring lifestyle .
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Stephanie L. Baumgart, Daniel Vidal, Frank E. Fish, Donald M. Henderson, Evan T. Saitta, Paul C. Sereno
- Duck-billed dinosaur fleshy midline and hooves reveal terrestrial clay-template “mummification” .
Paul C. Sereno, Evan T. Saitta, Daniel Vidal, Nathan Myhrvold , María Ciudad Real , Stephanie L. Baumgart , Lauren L. Bop , Tyler M. Keillor , Marcus Eriksen , and Kraig Derstler
EDITORIAL PROJECTS
National Geographic, Science magazine, Nat Geo Kids, Prehistoric Times, The New York Times ...

PRODUCTS

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Award-winning works
Honors-Awards
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1st prize. XIII International Competition of Scientific Illustrations of Dinosaurs 2021 - Fundación Dinosaurios CyL
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"Tierra de dinosaurios" prize. XIII International Competition of Scientific Illustrations of Dinosaurs 2021 - Fundación Dinosaurios CyL
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1st prize X International Dinosaur Illustration contest ( X CIID 2022 ) Museu da Lourinha, Dino Parque Lourinha
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2nd Prize Palaeontological Virtual Congress Palaeoart Contest 2023
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Special Mention Palaeontological Virtual Congress Palaeoart Contest 2023
Other Awards
- Best indie Game Fun&Serious 2015
- 2 awards, Indie Developer Burger Awards 2015
- 6 Gamelab Awards 2015
- Best ABSOLUTE GAME, Best PC GAME, best DESIGN, best GRAPHICS Devuego 2015
- Winner "the best artistic design" Granada Gaming 2014
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