69 years ago today!

#creepy #mystery #history #cryptid #cryptids #cryptidart #cryptozoology #giantbird #teratorn #thunderbird #illustration #creaturedesign #monsterdesign #weird #weirdhistory #scary #pennslyvania #blackforest #Quetzalcoatlus #darkart

on a bookshelf, closeup, to the left, a teratorn spreads its wings, and just to it's right, behind it, an atrociraptor stands, with a special stand made to counterbalance tail. A safari T. rex is to the far right going off screen.

#Teratorn and #Atrociraptor, made of clay. Trying a new style with what clay I have left.

21: Thunderbird
Keep your eyes on the skies!
#cryptid #cryptozoology #thunderbird #art #digitalart #cryptober #supersized #teratorn

For #NationalBirdDay I have a #WIP reconstruction of Merriam's #Teratorn from the La Brea Tar Pits. Although distantly related to New World vultures, teratorns were active predators that hunted on the ground #paleoart #labreatarpits