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The Mosasaurus design is almost entirely inspired by a dream I had which featured the design. Multiple aspects have been remembered with little fill-in-the-blanks. The traits that were remembered entirely were the pronounced cheekbones, orbital brow, large eyes and pupil shape, teeth arrangement (including the two large back teeth), the various spikes on the face, the snout shape (being very similar to a normal Mosasaurus), and almost the entirety of the coloration. The only aspects that were filled in was nostril placement and external ear. Otherwise, the design is almost identical to what appeared.

The body as a whole was intentionally not drawn, but the body resembled very closely to a normal Mosasaurus bodyplan but with a thin arrangement of dorsal osteoderms similar to the Jurassic World Mosasaurus throughout the back and tail. Some scales were enlarged on the back as well, but scale size decreases and diminishes towards the tail. The tail was a normal Mosasaurus tail but had small crocodile-like osteoderms towards the back, which again is similar to the Jurassic World Mosasaurus. The overall width, length, and proportions of the body including the fins were practically the same.
As for coloration, the same trend of striped countershade including both horizontal and vertical stripes were present. The countershade would eventually engulf the tail and create large tail stripes. The fins were partially green and tan as well. Some red highlights were present throughout the body as individual scales on the back.
Within the dream had some underwater lighting and filters, so colors were much more muted and appeared more grey-turquoise rather than green.

The events that unfolded in the dream itself began in the setting of a large underground glass tunnel that ran through the open ocean near the surface. Within the tunnel was a passenger train that was fairly modern in architecture and design with large windows that allowed viewing outside towards the ocean. While the train was moving, the Mosasaurus appeared from afar and swam near the glass tunnel, following the train, and circled around a point. Multiple traits were remembered from here about the face.
A large wave was visible from beneath the surface which had a surfer/diver riding the wave. The Mosasaurus got itself in a position where it can approach from behind and beneath and attacked the diver through the wave (similar to the Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom scene). It grabbed the diver and dove and began to rip into the diver while following the train, where then it swam around next to the tunnel once again and began swimming away from the tunnel towards the right but going out into the ocean. A visible dark pool of blood would follow.
The Mosasaurus would once again appear after a whole separate sequence from the parts between both appearances which can be again be seen swimming alongside the train (now going the opposite way) which would then swim off.

Hope you enjoyed the retelling of the individual scenes and the description of the design. I hope to do more with the design here including a full-body piece.

Artstation: www.artstation.com/artwork/wJZ…

Description
The Mosasaurus design is almost entirely inspired by a dream I had which featured the design. Multiple aspects have been remembered with little fill-in-the-blanks. The traits that were remembered entirely were the pronounced cheekbones, orbital brow, large eyes and pupil shape, teeth arrangement (including the two large back teeth), the various spikes on the face, the snout shape (being very similar to a normal Mosasaurus), and almost the entirety of the coloration. The only aspects that were filled in was nostril placement and external ear. Otherwise, the design is almost identical to what appeared.

The body as a whole was intentionally not drawn, but the body resembled very closely to a normal Mosasaurus bodyplan but with a thin arrangement of dorsal osteoderms similar to the Jurassic World Mosasaurus throughout the back and tail. Some scales were enlarged on the back as well, but scale size decreases and diminishes towards the tail. The tail was a normal Mosasaurus tail but had small crocodile-like osteoderms towards the back, which again is similar to the Jurassic World Mosasaurus. The overall width, length, and proportions of the body including the fins were practically the same.
As for coloration, the same trend of striped countershade including both horizontal and vertical stripes were present. The countershade would eventually engulf the tail and create large tail stripes. The fins were partially green and tan as well. Some red highlights were present throughout the body as individual scales on the back.
Within the dream had some underwater lighting and filters, so colors were much more muted and appeared more grey-turquoise rather than green.

The events that unfolded in the dream itself began in the setting of a large underground glass tunnel that ran through the open ocean near the surface. Within the tunnel was a passenger train that was fairly modern in architecture and design with large windows that allowed viewing outside towards the ocean. While the train was moving, the Mosasaurus appeared from afar and swam near the glass tunnel, following the train, and circled around a point. Multiple traits were remembered from here about the face.
A large wave was visible from beneath the surface which had a surfer/diver riding the wave. The Mosasaurus got itself in a position where it can approach from behind and beneath and attacked the diver through the wave (similar to the Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom scene). It grabbed the diver and dove and began to rip into the diver while following the train, where then it swam around next to the tunnel once again and began swimming away from the tunnel towards the right but going out into the ocean. A visible dark pool of blood would follow.
The Mosasaurus would once again appear after a whole separate sequence from the parts between both appearances which can be again be seen swimming alongside the train (now going the opposite way) which would then swim off.

Hope you enjoyed the retelling of the individual scenes and the description of the design. I hope to do more with the design here including a full-body piece.

Artstation: www.artstation.com/artwork/wJZ…