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Tarbosaurus, plodding along.This illustration is based on a skeletal of a subadult specimens, mainly PIN 551-3.
There is another version at the Wikimedia Commons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil…
The Wikimedia version has a silhouette of type specimen behind it, which to my knowledge is the largest known. Also included is a humanoid for scale.
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Update History:
May 2007:
The earliest versions of this image were not based on any skeletal reconstructions, as I could not find any at the time. So I mainly used Tyrannosaurus proportions scaled to have a 1.30 m skull (the length of the holotype skull). I also used an image of a Tarbosaurus skeletal mount, which was in an approximate lateral view, to help with the proportions.
This version can be seen here: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia…
Update November 2008:
In 2008, I found some Tarbosaurus skeletal reconstructions by Gregory Paul, a subadult and two juveniles. It appears that Tarbosaurus has a large head for its body size compared to other tyrannosaurs. Therefore, I updated the image to represent this subadult reconstruction by Paul.
Update 20/8/2017:
This image has been updated many times on the Wikimedia Commons, but not on DeviantArt.
The first versions were naked/scaly skinned, which, based on skin impressions of derived tyrannosaurs, I felt was the best option. Then Yutyrannus got discovered, and people online pointed out that the skin impressions might not represent a scaly surface. There were also rumours of 'naked skin' that looked like 'plucked chicken', and talk of scales and feathers coexisting in the same place. I felt that fully feathered derived tyrannosaurs might actually be a thing and did a version that is fully feathered on the Wikimedia version.
The full feathered version can be seen here:upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia…
Now that tyrannosaur skin impressions are better described, I have decided to reduce the feathering to just the dorsal surface. I decided to include a coat of feathers rather than just sparse fuzz like on my T.rex illustration.
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i actually wrote a song about a tarbosaurus
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So, this is as feathery as they got? If they even had feathers? okie-dokie.
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Unfortunately it's still not clear what is happening with tyrannosaur skin.
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Probably seen this, and ain't quite lateral, but close. [link]
Hope it helps!
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Thanks, since writing that I have found much more reference and have actually updated this image quite a bit. It's not far off, the biggest problem is the head is too small.
This is the latest version. [link]
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My one problem with your drawing is not so much the head size, as it is the feeling of action missing, of lacking a feel of it being a pic of a living creature. You're in good company, since Paul's restorations look mostly like taxidermy mounts to me.
It is not a matter of detailing or simplicity, it's a matter of looking at stills of moving animals and seeing what makes it happen; that feeling of motion. The wrinkling of skin, the ruffling of feathers, water flying off the animal's back, etc., etc., and so on. Your tarbosaur is traveling. The stance suggests he's running or is race-walking. Fine! The positioning of the feet and knees say that, but he looks suspended, as if he's perfectly balanced for and aft. Not good for an action pose. Running is basically a sustained inbalance in the direction of movement with a suspended phase.
I'm missing that feeling here. One of the best examples I can think of is Robert Bakker's old drawing of a running Deinonychus. A sample from Paul? One of his drawings has a tyrannosaur chasing a nude woman. That one works. Take a look...
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Thanks for the comments! I partly agree. I viewed this more as a diagram more than anything. The pose wasn't the most important thing, anatomy and proportions were.
I agree Bakkers Deinonychus looks dynamic but for me it's pose is too exagerated. Animals don't pose to satisfy human asthetics. In some phases of run cycles animals do look suspended. Especially when there is no motion blur. Look at Muybridges studies, some poses look dynamic and others look suspended. [link]
I agree with your comments about how hair and feathers ruffling can give the impression of motion.
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ALL stills of an action sequence are suspended. It follows by definition, actually, but all the stills in that magnificent sequence show action. Take a look at the skin of the horse and the lighting.
Your pose shows action by showing us the anatomical movement of the limbs, but no reaction from the integument, nothing else to indicate movement.
A diagram? Fine! Show me some bones. some muscles, something inside. You do fine work, Steve. I'd like to see this open up into something more than a diagram. Even Paul, when doing his muscle diagram of a feeding Allosaurus showed a diagram of a living creature.
Tarbosaurus was a damned frightening predator, which likely hunted in packs. A nasty bite and probably horrid table manners.
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A few weeks back I actually started sketching a Tarbosaurus in somthing other than side on view. [link]
What has put me of completing it is that it is very similar to other peoples work. Paul has a picture in his gallery that is nearly identical. :/
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Now THAT!!!!!! 
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Height in dinosaurs is somewhat dependant on the pose the animal is adopting. In a normal horizontal posistion it was probably about 3 or so meters tall at the hip.
The above illustration was drawn before I could get decent reference and is slightly wrong. This version is more correct:
[link]
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Very nice.
I´m afraid your standing a bit too close - going to get knocked over in a moment!
Spike.
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Nah, it's fine, I can take it!
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Thank you! and thanks for the fav!
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why do all the big meat-eaters have tiny arms?
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Thanks for the fav on gallimimus and velociraptor.
Well, not all large meat eaters have small arms, spinosaurs such as baryonyx and suchomimus have quite robust arms. Beeing large I guess they don't need them. A smaller more active agile preditor might need arms to prevent falls or for grasping on to prey. A larger one like tarbosaurus would be a slower animal and probably wasn't as active, (it wouldn't likley be jumping on the backs of pray etc). add to that tyrannosaurs have large heads.........I guess large arms on a tyrannosaur would give it any addtional advantage........I quess...
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well, i guess that answers my question. it just looks kinda goofy. i thought i was the Dinosaur expert...
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well it was just a quess, I'm not really a dinosaur ''expert'' either
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you do do an amazing job of drawing them, though
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very nice subtle texturing and shading, looks pretty accurate aswell, check out my tarbosaurus
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Thanks for the comment 
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