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Post by Horridus on May 18, 2011 16:56:04 GMT
One thing: Giganotosaurus and Argentinosaurus didn't actually live alongside each other. However just relabel the former as 'Mapusaurus' and you're fine...I mean, Luis Rey did!
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Post by arioch on May 18, 2011 18:05:11 GMT
Didn´t they coexist for 1 million year or so? Before giganoto was definitely gone.... Actually since Giganoto and Mapusaurs are almost identical, there´s little difference... ;D By the way what´s your take on the sabertooth? I made a second version with shorter neck, looks a bit more natural now I think.  |
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Post by arioch on May 18, 2011 22:34:18 GMT
Here´s the second sketch I did today: Austroraptor cabazai An unusual dromaeosarid, like all the Unelanginae. Very short and almost useless arms, extremely narrow snout with small teeth and quite an impressive size. Of all the family, its the one who most ressemble a modern flightless bird. Its anatomy suggest a diet based on fish and carrion, maybe suited to fill the niche left after the extinction of Spinosaurids in South America, since Austroraptor lack proper tools to be an active hunter and take down prey of medium size. I picture him with a Golden pheasant like plumage and long caudal feathers which once displayed help him to keep at bay the most dangerous theropods who shared its habitat and had a similar size, like abelisaurids and neovenatorids, in the same way the huge mass of some spinosaurids and the sometimes present sail worked as a disuasory element. |
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Post by arioch on May 19, 2011 22:50:12 GMT
Not fast enough ! There aren´t too many depictions of Tyrannosaurs defeating ankylosaurs out there. Most of the time is the other way around. But in reality that wouldnt be too hard for Tyrannosaurus as long he avoids the mighty tail thanks to the luck or its agility, since the bone plates armor isn´t a problem for a jaws able to crush bone easily
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Post by Radman on May 19, 2011 23:29:58 GMT
Awesome! You have a great talent and imagination!
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Post by arioch on May 20, 2011 6:32:19 GMT
Thank you!  |
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Post by arioch on May 20, 2011 20:23:35 GMT
After a failed ambush, Dromaeosaurus have to face the anger of the agressive Stegoceras! (Before someone says that those two didn´t coexist, it could be any other generic dromaeosaur as well! )
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on May 21, 2011 1:31:55 GMT
lol..I could say " they didn't use their skulls like that though .. heh heh
Looks really cool though..I really like the poses !
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Post by zopteryx on May 21, 2011 1:32:50 GMT
Austroraptor! My favorite!  These continue to look amazing! |
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Post by neovenator08 on May 21, 2011 5:55:27 GMT
 I am shocked at how good all these are!
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Post by hkhollinstone on May 21, 2011 8:08:15 GMT
They are really amazing, your drawings are so dynamic.  |
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Post by arioch on May 21, 2011 13:04:05 GMT
Thank you! I do my best to make them look like they are in motion.  Here´s something I did last night, and I´ll post something more later... Cryolophosaurus head in detail:  |
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Post by Horridus on May 21, 2011 13:13:37 GMT
Very nice. Any reason for the slit pupils? (Not a criticism, just wondering)
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Post by arioch on May 21, 2011 13:41:17 GMT
Well I tend to follow this rule, I don´t know if you might have noticed it ;D:
-Coelurosaurians: round pupils always, is a must since they are very bird like.
-Rest of theropods: slit or round eyes, depending in which look better and their primitiveness.
-Hervibores: rounded or horizontal in thyreophors, sometimes slanted in small ornithopods since they are more reptile like.
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Post by arioch on May 21, 2011 21:23:48 GMT
And now....  ..... Carnotaurus having a Sexy time!  |
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Post by Horridus on May 21, 2011 23:11:27 GMT
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Post by Himmapaan on May 21, 2011 23:24:28 GMT
Which wasn't quite what I had in mind.  ;D Mnemosaurus decided they were dancing; to which I concurred. ;D |
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Post by arioch on May 21, 2011 23:56:04 GMT
Palms facing outwards? never seen such a thing and I´ ve checked several reconstructions, including Greg Pauls...the clawed thumb is indeed a blunder. (And why you asked about the slit pupils by the way?) Oh, I should have drawn their genitalia if I knew this would make feel Himmapan so uncomfortable ;D  |
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Post by Himmapaan on May 22, 2011 0:03:03 GMT
Haha, oh, no, not uncomfortable; I'm merely maintaining the usual semblance of irreproachable delicacy. ;D
All the genitalia there are would be their cloacae anyway. Altogether quite discreet by many standards. ;D
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Post by Seijun on May 22, 2011 2:29:32 GMT
I never knew that there palms faced outwards. Are there any reconstructions that show this?
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I am shocked at how good all these are!
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