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But this thing could have been from a totally different group of animals... compare the skull material to basal ceratopsids

"don't hate me because i'm beautiful... and highly fragmentary"
(but evolutionarily important)

There's always a fine line to walk when reconstructing the unknown details of extinct animals in #paleoart, but the more I learn about living animals the more I am convinced that we wouldn't believe _real_ animals were real if we'd only seen them in art. #paleoartprocess

@NSieli

@benjiopteryx @art_of_jimi This is why it's so important to share our #paleoartprocess w/ our collaborators & publicly. People need to see & learn from all the research, measurement, anatomy, comparison & discussion that goes into thorough #paleoart. In good #paleoart there is a story in every detail.

"We used the complete DNA of a FROG to fill in the holes and complete the code!"

#dinosaur #frog #amphibian #DNA #genetics #developmentalbiology #JurassicWorldDominion #jurassicpark #JurassicWorld #buildabetterfaketheropod

This is actually relatively few #sketches for me to make in order to make a #paleoart illustration, in part because @CrocHolliday gave me great feedback & ideas, which helped evolve the piece from its humble beginnings.

I hope you enjoyed this #paleoartprocess thread.

Then @CrocHolliday suggested we include some crocs so we can show the thermodynamic differences between a #tyrannosaur and their very distant ectothermic relatives (the crocs). So i made these sketches exploring different views showing both of their skull roofs...

1st rough sketch, with violence.

Here's a thread of the rough sketches & ideation that went into this #tyrannosaur / #crocodile #thermography #paleoart that @CrocHolliday just announced is in the new edition of Vertebrate Life.