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One day, watching a video on the PNSO YouTube channel with dinosaur drawing lessons (the owners of the figures of this company probably know these sketches from the attached books), I wondered if I should draw the same way, without using a pencil? I wanted to find out how well I could convey shapes and proportions without resorting to an eraser for corrections. For the experiment, I chose Bellubrunnus rothgaengeri, a small pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Germany. Since I draw pterosaurs much less often than theropods, I came across a lot of problems. As a result, the drawing has a number of errors, such as the position of the left wing. But I decided not to fix it all on the computer for the honesty of the experiment. I also did the patterning with a black pen, not with a black pencil, as in previous works.

Bellubrunnus is known from the only small skeleton from limestones of the Brunn municipality in Southern Germany. It was discovered in 2002, and after preparation it was identified as a specimen of the famous Rhamphorhynchus. However, the rocks in Brunn were older than the Solnhofen limestone, from which Rhamphorynchus originates, and the new pterosaur had obvious differences. Therefore, in 2012 it was separated into a separate genus, whose name means "beautiful [creature] from Brunn". The skeleton was preserved in a position on its back, as a result of which the skull was crushed. The wingspan of Bellubrunnus is less than 30 cm, but a very short muzzle and huge eyes, as well as separate scapula and coracoid indicate that it was a chick less than a year old. The shape of the deltopectoral ridge on the humerus and the proportions of the limb bones allowed the baby to be classified as a rhamphorhynchid. It is distinguished by a rather flexible tail and the extreme phalanges of the wing bearing fingers bent forward. In 2015, the diagnosticity of many features of Bellubrunnus was questioned: it could just be a baby Rhamphorynchus. However, the older age of the skeleton, the flexible tail and the shape of the wings mean that it could not be synonymous with the species Rh. muensteri from Solnhofen. Bellubrunnus flew over lagoons and reefs bordering small islands. It is the only pterosaur from Brunn.

Black ballpoint pens, 2023.

Description
One day, watching a video on the PNSO YouTube channel with dinosaur drawing lessons (the owners of the figures of this company probably know these sketches from the attached books), I wondered if I should draw the same way, without using a pencil? I wanted to find out how well I could convey shapes and proportions without resorting to an eraser for corrections. For the experiment, I chose Bellubrunnus rothgaengeri, a small pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Germany. Since I draw pterosaurs much less often than theropods, I came across a lot of problems. As a result, the drawing has a number of errors, such as the position of the left wing. But I decided not to fix it all on the computer for the honesty of the experiment. I also did the patterning with a black pen, not with a black pencil, as in previous works.

Bellubrunnus is known from the only small skeleton from limestones of the Brunn municipality in Southern Germany. It was discovered in 2002, and after preparation it was identified as a specimen of the famous Rhamphorhynchus. However, the rocks in Brunn were older than the Solnhofen limestone, from which Rhamphorynchus originates, and the new pterosaur had obvious differences. Therefore, in 2012 it was separated into a separate genus, whose name means "beautiful [creature] from Brunn". The skeleton was preserved in a position on its back, as a result of which the skull was crushed. The wingspan of Bellubrunnus is less than 30 cm, but a very short muzzle and huge eyes, as well as separate scapula and coracoid indicate that it was a chick less than a year old. The shape of the deltopectoral ridge on the humerus and the proportions of the limb bones allowed the baby to be classified as a rhamphorhynchid. It is distinguished by a rather flexible tail and the extreme phalanges of the wing bearing fingers bent forward. In 2015, the diagnosticity of many features of Bellubrunnus was questioned: it could just be a baby Rhamphorynchus. However, the older age of the skeleton, the flexible tail and the shape of the wings mean that it could not be synonymous with the species Rh. muensteri from Solnhofen. Bellubrunnus flew over lagoons and reefs bordering small islands. It is the only pterosaur from Brunn.

Black ballpoint pens, 2023.