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The sun had begun to settle for night, while emitting its warm and golden light across the versatile landscapes of the Jurassic, comprised by open plains and forests, that accompanied those open areas like a green belt.
But this didn't prevent the habitants to be active, following their daily business of foraging for something to eat and to drink, finding a new territory or nurturing the next generation of their own kind. Calls were travelling through this place with its patches of ancient Gingko trees, Cycads and ferns, but these sounds of an either friendly or hostile nature didn't play any role for the female Allosaurus, that was in search of a place for the night.

The day hadn't been much successful for the ocre colored allosaur with the broad, dark brown stripes, that emerged from a line, that started at the back of her head and created a continuous patch on back and a part of the tail until lighter stripes interspersed with the brown. She felt her empty stomach, which kept reminding her mind to find something to eat, but today the prey had been too well-protected or they had an unexpected little helper, which just had ruined her last attempt by a loud screech and revealed the presence of the Allosaurus, lying in ambush.

By now the female was wanting to satisfy her demand for getting some rest and between some tall ferns and cycads she had laid down, the deadly claws on her fingers curled inwards. The still remaining warmth of the sun made it easy to relax and she became drowsy, while the distant calls of a migrating Apatosaurus group echoed over the horizon.

Not only apatosaurs were making their way through these lands at the heralding evening, but another predator of the Morrision formation planted one foot in front of the other, until he stopped by the tree line in order to inhale the scents a breeze carried towards his nostrils.
The smells of a vivid vegetation, decaying traces of smaller and larger dinosaur species, that had visited this place maybe some hours ago, but there was also one scent present, he was acquainted with.
Therefore, the male Allosaurus changed its direction, which would lead him to the source of the scent, with that he associated some positive memories. As he walked in the sun light his yellow crests and the yellow markings, that broke up the blueish tone of his coloration seemed to glitter like gold.
At the moment it didn't bother him that he was visible for others and his patterns were contrasting with the colors of the foliage, since he had made a kill a while ago, which silenced the voice of hunger.

In the meantime the sun had steadily approached to the line of the horizon and was almost touching it as something caught the awareness of the almost dozing Allosaurus female, that instinctively straightened her body, ready to push herself on her feet. Something was coming closer to her, friend or foe.

Mere moments passed, when a blue head with two paired crests popped up next to a Ginkgo until the whole body of one of her species came into sight. And she knew him. In the same glimpse of time the approaching male Allosaurus quickened his pace and soon he stood close to her, with a hint of a smile in his face or whatever a beholder would assume to see there. But the feelings in both allosaurs would correspond to those associated with a smile.
And with the setting sun the muzzles of both Allosaurus made contact with each other, while the time of separation was over.

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Info

Phew, that piece took me two months to finish and is my first piece with a background light, but my work for Prehistoric Kingdom has a higher priority than painting digital pieces
It is the colored version of this pencil sketch .
Instead of showing their teeth I decided to give them teeth covering lips, which makes them more peacefully looking, because they stumble upon after a time of separation, although they share the same territory.

The female Allosaurus is my "Allosaurus-sona" you can see here , while the male appeared first on this image .

If you want, you can watch a little timelapse video, which summarizes this two-month work: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4ror1…

Hope you like it and thank you

Description
Story

The sun had begun to settle for night, while emitting its warm and golden light across the versatile landscapes of the Jurassic, comprised by open plains and forests, that accompanied those open areas like a green belt.
But this didn't prevent the habitants to be active, following their daily business of foraging for something to eat and to drink, finding a new territory or nurturing the next generation of their own kind. Calls were travelling through this place with its patches of ancient Gingko trees, Cycads and ferns, but these sounds of an either friendly or hostile nature didn't play any role for the female Allosaurus, that was in search of a place for the night.

The day hadn't been much successful for the ocre colored allosaur with the broad, dark brown stripes, that emerged from a line, that started at the back of her head and created a continuous patch on back and a part of the tail until lighter stripes interspersed with the brown. She felt her empty stomach, which kept reminding her mind to find something to eat, but today the prey had been too well-protected or they had an unexpected little helper, which just had ruined her last attempt by a loud screech and revealed the presence of the Allosaurus, lying in ambush.

By now the female was wanting to satisfy her demand for getting some rest and between some tall ferns and cycads she had laid down, the deadly claws on her fingers curled inwards. The still remaining warmth of the sun made it easy to relax and she became drowsy, while the distant calls of a migrating Apatosaurus group echoed over the horizon.

Not only apatosaurs were making their way through these lands at the heralding evening, but another predator of the Morrision formation planted one foot in front of the other, until he stopped by the tree line in order to inhale the scents a breeze carried towards his nostrils.
The smells of a vivid vegetation, decaying traces of smaller and larger dinosaur species, that had visited this place maybe some hours ago, but there was also one scent present, he was acquainted with.
Therefore, the male Allosaurus changed its direction, which would lead him to the source of the scent, with that he associated some positive memories. As he walked in the sun light his yellow crests and the yellow markings, that broke up the blueish tone of his coloration seemed to glitter like gold.
At the moment it didn't bother him that he was visible for others and his patterns were contrasting with the colors of the foliage, since he had made a kill a while ago, which silenced the voice of hunger.

In the meantime the sun had steadily approached to the line of the horizon and was almost touching it as something caught the awareness of the almost dozing Allosaurus female, that instinctively straightened her body, ready to push herself on her feet. Something was coming closer to her, friend or foe.

Mere moments passed, when a blue head with two paired crests popped up next to a Ginkgo until the whole body of one of her species came into sight. And she knew him. In the same glimpse of time the approaching male Allosaurus quickened his pace and soon he stood close to her, with a hint of a smile in his face or whatever a beholder would assume to see there. But the feelings in both allosaurs would correspond to those associated with a smile.
And with the setting sun the muzzles of both Allosaurus made contact with each other, while the time of separation was over.

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Info

Phew, that piece took me two months to finish and is my first piece with a background light, but my work for Prehistoric Kingdom has a higher priority than painting digital pieces
It is the colored version of this pencil sketch .
Instead of showing their teeth I decided to give them teeth covering lips, which makes them more peacefully looking, because they stumble upon after a time of separation, although they share the same territory.

The female Allosaurus is my "Allosaurus-sona" you can see here , while the male appeared first on this image .

If you want, you can watch a little timelapse video, which summarizes this two-month work: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4ror1…

Hope you like it and thank you