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Published: 2017-04-10 19:38:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 1721; Favourites: 67; Downloads: 0
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Portrait time for Daspletosaurus horneri.In my eyes this one has still the curious eyes of a juvenile, although it wouldn't be one.
During the last weekend, I decided to make some Daspletosaurus sketches after having read the polarizing paper from Thomas Carr et al and went for my own version how the structures around the snout could have looked. So, I gave my Daspletosaurus a keratinized skin with portions of the armored skin, that becomes smoother towards softer skin around the eyes for example.
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In my opinion this looks a lot more natural and beautiful than the one in the paper. 
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Thank you for your opinion! In the paper, the reconstruction was a bit too schematic and I missed the transitions that would be there. And some bulk always fits to a Daspletosaurus
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The level of detail, is absolutely perfect <3
Gorgeous!
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Thank you very much! I spent two days with getting the details done, because I wanted better transitions than seen in the original paper.
Do you know what I read instead of "gorgeous"? GORGOSAURUS! XD
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Geez, that work shows
Ah hehe, no worries.
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Ooooh and now a close up of this guy good job love the way you formed his face and the bone ridges above his eyes and running down own his snout looks awesome!
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Thank you very much
The ridges would be covered in keratin similar to the stuff we humans have on our nails.
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No problem, I didn't know that the ridges where made of Keratin!😃
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