Observation and study

For reference, I primarily used New World vultures and the 3D neovenator model created by Dan Folkes.

The New Hunter

#Neovenator salerii, the top predator of the Wessex Formation, and one of the initial experiments of the Allosauroids that would later become the carcharodontosaurids, the Kings of the Southern Hemisphere.
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Went ahead and adapted my Paranthropus boisei skin to this little Australopithecus's anatomy. Almost done with the re-creasing the mesh and updating the color texture, but haven't even *touched* the bumpmap texture yet

I made this artwork quickly during a call with a friend to practice drawing from different angles. For the colors, I used birds and reptiles that live in arid environments.

The Wanderer

An #ornithopod roams peacefully through what will one day be the northeast of #Brazil.

Inspired by the footprints of the Sousa Formation.

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Unlike its chubby North American cousin, we know the ontogeny of Tarbosaurus fairly well.
For this drawing I used birds like emus for the feathered coat, and crocodiles and leopards for the spot patterns, along with other birds for the colors, skeletal reference by randomdinos.

"The Great Khan"
#Tarbosaurus bataar, the alarming lizard, a close relative of #Tyrannosaurus that lived in what is now the Mongolian region at the end of the Cretaceous period, a striking characteristic of which is its even smaller arms compared to T. rex!

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Such evidence of interaction shows just how brutal nature can be!

"The Head Crusher"
A newly described #Edmontosaurus skull with a #Tyrannosaurus tooth embedded in its snout has been described, implying predation and consumption by the T. rex, much like jaguars and crocodiles that bite skulls to the point of crushing the bones!
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I'm alive, but he's not.

First post of the year, a skeleton of the #Velociraptor mongoliensis, the most iconic of all raptors. This idea came from an edit I was making of a Scott Hartman skeleton for some friends on Discord, then I decided to play around with it more...
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For the torso, I simply arched the spine in a way similar to birds and crocodiles, which don't have straight spines. The legs probably look strange due to the more crouched posture, similar to birds.

It was a very interesting process to assemble this skeleton, since I was quite rusty, and many more drawings will be coming out in the next few days!

I'm alive, but he's not.

First post of the year, a skeleton of the #Velociraptor mongoliensis, the most iconic of all raptors. This idea came from an edit I was making of a Scott Hartman skeleton for some friends on Discord, then I decided to play around with it more...
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Test paint on my Arctops sculpt! It’s probly getting a little more work on it but one session in and the vibes are there :) #paleoart #gorgonopsid #permian

Another #DAWNDINOS paper submitted! A deep dive into locomotor function and biomechanics in the awesome Late Triassic "rauisuchian" Postosuchus.

Grayscale digital painting on a vertically tall canvas, depicting two Tyrannosaur corpses seen from directly above. They lie on their sides more-or-less facing one another, the Tyrannosaurus juvenile (left) missing its lower jaw, leaving its tongue to flop out onto the ground, and the Nanotyrannus adult (right) missing its right foot and most of the shin. The ground is dark and damp beneath them, shadows casting shortly but sharply leftward, with puddles blurrily reflecting a pale grey sky with pterosaurs wheeling overhead, and various branches and small animal remains scattered around them too. The Tyrannosaurus is generally darker (for now) with haphazard stripes on its tail and flank, and more deliberate feathers and tubercles on its head and neck. The Nanotyrannus has no patterns for now, but has an upward- jutting crest in front of its eyes and larger arms and two-fingered hands than its relative.

A *liiiitle* late to the party, but not as late as the finished piece will be: corpses of an adult Nanotyrannus and juvenile Tyrannosaurus washed together after a flood, similar in size but anatomically distinct. Very much a work in progress, lmk if anything looks especially disproportionate

Little update on this, now that its been over a year since I opened the file somehow: changed her proportions and the color gradient slightly, and also added hair : )

Rex, all hail the king #sciart

Protowhales #sciart

If giant terrestrial archosaurs retained thick articular cartilage at large sizes, I wonder if this enhanced their locomotory performance compared to giant land mammals (that get thinner cartilage with ⬆️ size). An advantage of thick cartilage would be shock absorption.

other views

open your little mouth and say AAAA

A #Tyrannosaurus rex uses its colorful mouth as a form of display, a bizarre rictus protrudes from its jaws displaying strong blue colors, while the inside of its green mouth breaks the contrast of the blue.
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It's spring in the heart of Europe sometime in the Pleistocene, and a mother #Palaeoloxodon antiquus takes care of her baby after a winter, she began to exchange her winter coat for a thinner summer coat while her baby plays among the flowers always under her care.
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inspired mainly by live elephants

It's spring in the heart of Europe sometime in the Pleistocene, and a mother #Palaeoloxodon antiquus takes care of her baby after a winter, she began to exchange her winter coat for a thinner summer coat while her baby plays among the flowers always under her care.
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face closer

#Baurusuchus salgadoensis

A survivor of a megaraptoran attack when she was young, which cost her her right arm and part of her tail and left her with deep scars on her skin.

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Its fossil remains were previously attributed to Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, but a taxonomic review led to the establishment of a new genus. (2/2)

some plausible variations of the crest

#Tameryraptor markgrafi is a recently described carcharodontosaurid from the Bahariya Formation in Egypt. It features a peculiar structure on its nasal bone, which may have supported a crest during its lifetime. (1/2)
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