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Apparently it's #PortfolioDay again.
I mostly illustrate extinct animals and their environments. Here is some of my work.
Here are some stages of making this artwork. I started off by making some sketches on paper and when I came up with a nice composition I started drawing digitally. From there it was a matter of coloring and detailing.
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https://t.co/uQxZUqaIgI
The Kem Kem was also home to many crocodilians like the here depicted Laganosuchus. Although arthropods aren't often preserved, a fossil larva of an indeterminate Odonata dragonfly has been described, which I chose to depict on a stem.
#paleoart #paleontology #sciart
According to the fossil record the Kem Kem flora included a wide variety of angiosperms. Although tree ferns and smaller ferns were also present. At the water's surface there were Marsilea and an unnamed member of the Nelumbonaceae.
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I decided to depict Spinosaurus with a round sail because the often depicted M shaped sail is not as well supported as it might seem. See my Spinosaurus sail shape thread for further explanation: https://t.co/8snEplE3rp
#paleoart #paleontology #Spinosaurus #sciart
@ChrisDPiazza I'm not one of the top paleoartists but I certainly enjoy making it.
@LikesPterosaurs I would highly discourage using a chimeric privately owned skull as reference. The bottom of the jaw was curved. The snout was less thin and no crests have been found to support the shape used here. The proportions and shape of the tip and the back of the skull are also off.
A new paper by Ibrahim et al. just dropped describing a Spinosaurus tail which confirms that it had a very aquatic lifestyle! And it's the tail of the 2014 specimen!!! #Spinosaurus
I've been practicing quick sketching and it's going pretty okay so far.
#sketch #ConceptArt #illustration
Hello #PortfolioDay
I mostly make reconstructions of extinct life. Here is some of my work.