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Kookaburra drawing

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Gastornis (Diatryma)

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how to draw hand

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The big Louisae

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Black-headed Jay

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Another mechanical pencil drawing finished up at a conference. Two Deinonychus have a power scuffle, with a younger rival attempting to displace a more experienced, dominant male. Could be over food, territory, or a female. Wouldn’t want to get in between those claws! Poses inspired by two wonderful paintings: ’Hawking in the Olden Time’ by Edwin Henry Landseer, and a beautiful piece of an Australian black falcon hunting Mulga parrots by Tony Pridham. 

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Walking the big dumb dog

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Primordial by Sammy Hall

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Warm blooded creature: wow I’m chilly

Warm blooded creature: *vibrates*

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thinking of you

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Simon Roy’s Dinosauroids

[T]he crux of this project is based on the following premise, and not an altogether original one. The great dinosaur-killer, the Chicxulub asteroid, misses earth. However, the resulting world is not simply a long-lived cretaceous paradise - the Deccan Traps still flooded the sky with ash and changed the climate and atmosphere, killing off most, if not all, of the great dinosaurs. The survivors of such an event, however, are a handful of small therapods, mammals, birds, and even a few pterosaurs.

Do yourself a favour and read through the rigorous thinking that Simon Roy has put into conjuring the physiology and culture of his Dinosauroids. Amazing work.

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Just like all cops are bastards, but not all bastards are cops.

I just want to get this cleared up because I started thinking about it and now I can't stop. All birds are dinosaurs, but not all dinosaurs are birds. Correct or incorrect? 'Cause my brain sprung up "dinosaur dinosaurs weren't birds yet" on me and now I need to actually make sure it's right...

Yep! Just like all dogs are mammals, but not all mammals are dogs.

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Evolution Series: The Royal Tyrants

Tyrannosaurids were some of the largest land predators in Earth’s history. These theropods originated in Asia and dominated the northern hemisphere by investing in massive bone-crushing mouths.

*The animals represented here are not to scale and don’t represent a direct line of descent, but rather plausible models for how this amazing transition happened.*

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In my rush to finish like 6 things before the deadline I forgot to photograph several of them, so here’s a not-too-terrible pic of my Velociraptor.