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AnonymousLlama428 — Brothers in Nought But Death
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Published: 2016-04-03 03:01:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 2281; Favourites: 94; Downloads: 5
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My depiction of the Thrinaxodon and Broomistega found back in 1975, but properly identified in 2013 by the Synchrotron to be the two dead burrowers from the late Triassic.More on their story:
phenomena.nationalgeographic.c…
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti…
Video on them:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CSOGf…
Oil pastel and white spirit
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The first time I heard about the fossil of these guys, I got a little depressed. Poor things.
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Yup, same here, quite moving for an event that took place ~250mya
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I really love the colors and the style on this one. Great work!
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Thank you so much!
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Trey just replied to your art. Lucky m8
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Fair enough, underprivileged peasants.
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you burnt my chicken
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=81c5do…
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Thanks!
Still, I don't think these two would be too cushy together.........
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Excellent job! Definitely an interesting story with thee two..
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Thanks!
They're quite the find.
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Nice to see this
I like your version of Thrinaxodon. Looks like something between a dog and a gorgonopsid.
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Thanks! It's a shame that after over 2 years this has failed to become more famous.
I was aiming for more of a "stock-mammal" appearance for the Thrinaxodon, hence the teardrops over the eyes, philtrum and whisker-holes.
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You're welcome
Yeah, it's weird.
It's the tear drops that made me actually think of a dog.
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These two need more fame, yes.
I actually learned about adding teardrops from doing cats, but the trait is quite widespread among mammals, particularly carnivores.
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Ah yes, cats have it too now that you mention it.
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Amazing! you really especially nailed it with the Thrinaxodon, it looks totally like a modern Carnivoran
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Thanks!
It seems doing cat anatomy over and over has payed off.
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I used to do Dromaeosaurs over and over again, to the point that I can do all the classic raptor poses just from my mind. I kinda got bored of it over time which is why I rarely do Dromaeosaurs now, but thats also why the Austroraptor I did earlier was in a swimming pose, I am going to start experimenting with poses more now, and I have two upcoming drawings with backgrounds, which I do VERY rarely cause I suck at backgrounds
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A swimming Austroraptor? Now that's something you don't see everyday. Could they swim?
Ah, yes, backgrounds are a pet peeve for me, what with adding depth an all. Turolian Hunt's background was no picnic for me.
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While there is no evidence of them actually swimming, all Unelagiines (the subfamily to which Austroraptorar belongs) is speculated to be at least around water. actually made drawings of three different Unelagiines, including Austroraptor around/in water. While their overall anatomy does tell they were at least around water, wether they could swim or not is a different story, the Unelagiines were very lightly built comparing to other Dromaeosaurs, and also had a very long narrow, almost spinosaur-like skull. Even Austroraptor itself, while it is considered the third largest Dromaeosaur, it was actually lighter in weight then Achillobator, who is the fourth largest, despite being longer and taller, they are more light weight. I dont know if they could actively propel themselves in water and actually swim under it, which is why I decided to go the safe route and drew it floating like a duck xD Again they were all very light weight, so they might have been able to float on the water surface like a duck, and they had a long narrow skull. Just imagine how long-billed ducks today just float on water and grab and eat anything that happens to swim close enougth, thats what I was going for.
Now that I think about it, I probably should have added this in the description of that drawing, I will copy this and add it there.
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I see, interesting. How about that Unelagia from Giants of Patagonia? I don't remember much from that film, but I think they did some stuff with a Unelagia (probably misspelled).
Well, you go ahead and do that.
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Seems we both misspeled it 
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So we've both been wrong.
Whoa! Was their Unenlagia really that ugly? And the feathers. just eww.
Interesting idea anyway, arboreal dinosaurs seem pretty cool. You'll need a strong neck, I imagine, to drag a prey animal up into a tree with you.
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I would imagine so, yes. I just remember thi reading from an app called World of Dinosaurs, its a cool little app that seems to portray a lot of fethered species, including tyrannosaurs. Thats all I remember
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