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A sequel of sorts to the Raptor Tutorial. Again, this is as much for me as anyone else; my hope is that other people will be able to benefit from my rather nonsensical scribblings. I should be updating my comic tomorrow.Theropods are pretty hard to nail down; saying you're going to draw them is like saying you're going to draw a canine or feline. There are a LOT of variations, and half the scientists in the world are debating who goes where. I focused on the clade that Acrocanthosaurus belongs to, because those are the ones I'm really studying. (They're the villains in mah book.) I did add T-Rex in, but mostly for the benefit of showing the pinnacle of specialization the guy was. That bulldog neck and battering ram skull more than make up for his dinky forepaws.
Theropods really were the ultimate predator. I don't care what you compare them to: sharks, orcas, tigers, bears, wolves. I have a wall chart that shows how big the various species in my book were in relation to each other, and seeing an Acro go after an Astrodon must've been like watching gods fight, let alone what a Giganotosaurus would have looked like going after an Argentinosaurus.
You just can't beat something that could run you down and eat you in a couple of bites.
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I can probably find better pics of the skeletons, but believe me no one has a rex tut that I can find.
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There is a book on how to draw dinosaurs that is coming out in April. Do a search for it on Amazon. I intend to buy it, because the guy is an actual professional paleo artist, but maybe it can help you. It's got a fairly bland title, but I think the author's first name is Chris. If you can't find it, I'll do al itlte digging for you.
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Sounds like a good book to get, unfortunately I doubt I will be getting it. Eh, let's just say that my parents don't typically buy me something right away (especially since I got my 360 for christmas.)
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5. Two of them became vestigial, but I believe some may have had 4. Do your research on the theropod of your interest to make sure.
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If I may clarify, I've never seen the fifth toe being separate and with a claw like what you've drawn-in all true theropods, and even the primitive dinosaurs like Eoraptor and Herrerasaurus, it was vestigial.
I don't mean to come off sounding rude or anything, but for the sake of accuracy, I thought I could help a little.
As far as everything else though-you've done perfectly! ^^
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Well, I'm pretty sure the 5th toe was reduced to a little bone splint that wouldn't have been visible on the outside. I'm not sure, but I think the Herrerasaurians would have had all five toes, the fifth being vestigial, but theres controversy over whether they are theropods ot not.
Eh. Nit picking. Great tutorial.
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[link] explains it more in depth. The femur never moves past vertical in the weight-bearing stride of the dinosaur.
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You sure know your dinosaur info, eh?
This is a great help for us artists who aren't that knowledged about dinosaurs' anatomy and such (take that 90 degrees rule as an example). Not to mention this have really inspired me to try some dino-art myself
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Thanks! I'm not an expert by any means, but I have discovered some pretty cool stuff. Dinosaurs are rarely taken seriously as incredibly amazing creatures by folks who aren't kids. If I can change that just a little, I'd be happy.
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This is really useful.Thanks!
Kudos, dinos are awesome.
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Drawing theropods back in elementary school...good times. Of course, I think I was the only person there who knew what a Cryolophosaurus was, but whatever.
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Man. Even I don't know that one. Shame on me!
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This is really helpful! Thanks for making this~
It inspires me to draw some dinosaurs c:
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very helpful and cool, I like how the feet look spread, and the skull great job!
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thanks again! are you doin' more of them?
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Yeah. Prolly sauropod, hadrosaur, ceratopsid, and ankylosaur.
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watching gods fight... -epic scene in her head-
I suppose it might be like watching Giant Squid and Sperm Whales, have you seen some of those scars? But it would be awesome, it just goes to show you how much evolving mammals have an opportunity for, seeing as how long the dinosaurs were around in comparrision. I'm having bear fights coming to mind.
But those theropods were huge. It doesn't seem right that there wasn't anything intellegent, given all that time does it? Maybe the intellegent ones were like sharks, they don't leave anything behind. -ramble- this is what I'm doing instead of doing hw, so gimme a break.
-runs off to finish an idea of hers-
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I don't like to think that dinosaurs were stupid, but just about every bit of science says they were. I suppose in comparison to other dinosaurs theropods and raptors were smart. There's so much stuff that can't be validated by bones alone, and I like to put the intelligence of dinosaurs in that department.
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yeah, you can't really tell as much as people want you to think from bones. Sure, we've found bits and pieces from our ancient civilizations, but only a few and what are the chances after 25 million years? There could have been a civilization going on, and we wouldn't know it now.
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Another dino type I've always had trouble with! Thank you very much for sharing information!
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Holy sweet jesus. Moar non wolves 
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omg you draw them perfectly!!! you are so tlitanted!!!! I just love your work!!!!
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cool, I realy like these tutorials keep em cominh
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