David Popa: Artist unveils dinosaur gallery for new David Attenborough series

Artist David Popa has go known connected societal media for making large-scale artworks wrong earthy landscapes.

His latest project, which launches connected Monday, is an ode to the dinosaurs that roamed the world earlier humans.

The New York creator said helium chose the locations for the pieces partially due to the fact that they looked "other worldly".

The completion of the pieces coincides with the merchandise of Sir David Attenborough's caller series, Prehistoric Planet, which Popa has worked on.

Popa utilized earthy surroundings to make his creation and, for this collection, went to the Jurassic Coast successful the UK, Utah and Finland to marque large-scale dinosaur portraits.

The usage of earthy elements, specified arsenic charcoal and chalk, arsenic good arsenic the textures of the space, is what helium says allowed him to make specified exquisite artwork.

By utilizing a drone, helium was capable to showcase his enactment to an assemblage and connection an thought astir the standard of the piece.

"We're truthful utilized to seeing things connected a horizontal level and the textures successful life, but however galore beauteous locations are determination that look wholly antithetic from apical down?" helium told BBC News.

"There's a limitless fig of locations that look different worldly."

Before moving with the squad down Apple TV's Prehistoric Planet, the creator was brainstorming ideas astir however to usage prehistoric influences to make art.

So erstwhile Popa had the accidental to marque this collection, helium says helium couldn't judge his luck.

"I'm virtually readying to bash a bid of these unearthed fossils and past I get approached by Apple to bash this task and I could not judge the beingness synchronicity of it," helium said.

Due to the usage of drones and the constraints of the upwind conditions, David revealed that determination were often times erstwhile helium thought his artwork wouldn't work.

Popa told the BBC that creating this bid was highly challenging, and that helium was drawn to locations with the astir unsocial textures which often airs the astir difficulty.

The contention against the upwind timepiece meant that Popa's days could adhd up to 15 hours successful bid to springiness him capable clip to decorativeness his pieces.

The creator said helium was amazed erstwhile helium checked successful connected his creation utilizing his drone and being pleased with it and however the situation and the rocks were an advantage.

"It looks similar the tegument of a Triceratops I didn't person to bash excessively overmuch due to the fact that it was moving for me," helium said.

"If determination is 1 happening I could truly bring home, it's to truly endeavour to bash thing and spell connected an escapade that you deliberation you could neglect on, and truly spot what you're susceptible of and I deliberation that's due for everyone."

The 2nd play of Prehistoric Planet, presented by Sir David Attenborough, is retired present connected Apple TV+.