Written in 2010.

“I’m a person (not a dinosaur, in case you were wondering) that doodles dinosaurs on a regular basis, so I thought, ‘What the czech?’ I can scribble things and talk about other things, totally doable. So I’m a doin it.”

Natasha Alterici, who began her blog in April 2010 with this declaration, is a 23-year-old artist with a striking fascination for dinosaurs. With great ease, she is able to combine her talent for art with the simple joy that prehistoric creatures bring her. Her blog, which is titled “Candysaurus” and features the tagline “weekly randomness sprinkled with 200 million year old magic,” provides a great representation of the creative person she is.

“The goal has been to document my progression as an artist and also as a human being,” Alterici said. “What I am trying to do with the blog is to try to make people think about what it is that they believe. And then random drawings of dinosaurs. Gotta break it up once in awhile.”
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