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A pacing T-Rex on display for all of you who want to want to see that kind of thing.

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I've just started to follow you and I am completely in love with your art! So could you do me a favor and draw me an Allosaurus? I love those lil babes

This one wasn’t focused on the colors as much as me practicing my dinosaur posing and action shots

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Could you please draw a Parasaurolophus and a Stegosaurus with really crazy colors? I love your art 😊

I don’t have much practice with either of these dinosaurs and realize I need to work on learning more about their body works because I felt completely lost while drawing these

But here they are anyways!!!

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If you're still taking requests, an albertosaurus would be cool. :D

Name: Albertosaurus

Meaning: Alberta’s Lizard

Discovered: 1914

Found: Canada

Period: Late Cretaceous

Length: 33ft

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Name: Diabloceratops Meaning: Devil Horn Face Discovered: 1998 Found: United States Period: Late Cretaceous Length: 18ft

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Name: Achelousaurus Meaning: Achelou’s Lizard Discovered: 1987 Found: United States Period: Late Cretaceous Length: 20ft

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Taking Requests!!!

If there is any dinosaur you want to see me draw I’m more than happy to draw it! Just leave an ask

You pick the dinosaur and the style! Want it black and white? No problem. Line art? I can do that. Realistic? You bet! I can even color it off the wazoo!!!

All of it free!!!! I just want to practice my art skills

Here are a few examples:

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Velociraptor mongoliensis, V. osmolskae

Source: artisticthingem​

Name: Velociraptor mongoliensis, V. osmolskae

Name Meaning: Swift Thief

First Described: 1924

Described By: Osborn

Classification: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Tetanurae, Orionides, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Pennaraptora, Paraves, Eumaniraptora, Dromaeosauridae, Eudromaeosauria, Velociraptorinae

ALRIGHT MOTHERFUCKERS, BUCKLE UP BECAUSE SHITS ABOUT TO GO DOWN. I realize this is a few days late but suck it up.I’m a busy motherfucker and here’s a goddamn quality post.

Here we go, the baddest motherfucker to ever walk this goddamn earth. There’s a literal goddamn trilogy (soon to be quadrilogy, you know the one) about how badass these birdy-looking shits are. Wait, shit. Turns out those “raptors” aren’t really much like actual Velociraptors. Fucking Jack Horner, the consultant “paleontologist” on the aforementioned films, didn’t have the common fucking decency or scientific integrity to give them realistic Velociraptors. I don’t blame the author because hell, he’s not a goddamn paleontologist. The professional, who’s a worldwide figure in paleontology, shouldn’t be so fucking irresponsible to continually present incorrect dinosaurs in a sixty five million dollar goddamn film. And that halfassed attempt at “feathers” in the third movie? Fuck Jack Horner and his halfass attempt at what he calls paleontology. Step aside and let somebody with actual methods take over the fucking franchise, alright? Right. Anyway, on to Velociraptor. It was about the size of a coyote, standing at thigh height for taller humans (about 1.8 meters or 5′11″). It’s from late Cretaceous Mongolia, so hopefully it killed those fucking oviraptorids we spent so long talking about before. We have a shitton of specimens from Velociraptor, so it’s very well known. In fact, it’s the best known of dromeosaurids. Which makes the fucking movie version even more inexcusable.

Source: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/20/a-velociraptor-without-feathers-isnt-a-velociraptor/

What do you notice in the above picture that isn’t present in our oh-so-beloved movie abominations? Lots of things because those movie reconstructions suck ass. However, the thing I’m pointing out here is feathers. And don’t you fucking DARE try to message me and tell me that these dinosaurs look fucking dorky with feathers. SCIENCE CARES NOTHING FOR YOUR SHITTY OPINION AND NEITHER DO I. The feathers are correct and if you believe otherwise get the fuck off my blog with your shitty anti science sentiment. Scientists have found fossilized quill knobs where feathers would have been anchored that would be for nothing else. Closely related species have been found with feather impressions and these two pieces of evidence together means that Velociraptor definitely had feathers. Any reconstruction of Velociraptor without feathers is objectively incorrect. I repeat: I don’t give a shit whether or not you think they look cool or not.They did not exist so that you could think about how fucking cool they are 75 million years later. They were actual animals that actually looked a certain way. I think giraffes look goofy as fuck but you don’t see me bitching about it.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velociraptor Velociraptor had a curved, shallow skull, rather than the boxy skulls seen in other dromeosaurids. It had large hands, and you know what they say about large hands, right? In Velociraptor’s case, large hands combined with posture meant it had similar forelimb structure as birds. Ha, and to think that you thought I was about to make a cheap dick joke. It had 14 secondary feathers on its forearm, though it couldn’t fly. The animals could have used feathers for sexy displays, insulation, or making nests. As well as those sexy, sexy feathers, Velociraptor is well known from its badass sickle claw on the second toe of each foot.

Source: http://olorotitan.deviantart.com/art/Velociraptor-and-protoceratops-160584261

Velociraptor (and most other Dromaeaosaurids, for that matter) have bony extensions on the dorsal tail, and tendons running beneath the tail. Most scientists think that this caused a stiff tail which acted as a counterbalance for the animal. However, as seen in the famous “Fighting Dinosaurs” specimen, (which is featured in every goddamn documentary about Velociraptors) the tail is more curved, allowing for a greater range in movement than previously thought.

Source: http://www.hellokids.com/c_28262/drawing-for-kids/drawing-tutorials-step-by-step/dinosaurs/how-to-draw-raptors

That badass sickle claw on its foot? Probably not used for slashing, like your shitty childhood dinosaur books told you. The inside of the claw was not sharpened, just the tip. Now, scientists think it was mostly just used for stab-kicking prey to death. In the above mentioned fighting dinosaurs, the Velociraptor’s sickle claw was lodged in the Protoceratops’ throat, so you know that motherfucker was dead anyway.

Source: http://scotthartman.deviantart.com/art/Velociraptor-in-cape-hunting-dog-garb-353735722 Another theory regarding use of that oh so badass sickle claw was similar to that of extant birds of prey (owls and hawks and shit). In this case, it would’ve been used to hold onto prey while flapping to keep balance and eating it alive. HOLY SHIT THAT’S FUCKIN’ RAD. Hunting behavior like that is often seen in eagles, hawks, and owls. Velociraptor, though, had a fairly weak jaw strength. This has some researchers believing that they may have sawed their prey to death, like Komodo Dragons. HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. These may not be the movie monsters you once thought, but goddamn if they aren’t badass in their own right.

Source: http://julio-lacerda.deviantart.com/art/Velociraptor-mongoliensis-243615132 This little shit doesn’t seem to be all hunter, though. Velociraptor bite marks on Protoceratops bones suggest some form of scavenging behavior. For those dumbfucks not able to put two and two together, the jawbone doesn’t have a shitton of meat on it so it probably wasn’t just eating from a kill. What does seem likely, though, is opportunist behavior. It seems likely that it was warm blooded, and so it seems likely that it would require a lot of energy to be alive. studies show it was probably pretty similar to a bird, as far as metabolism goes.

Source: http://dinosaurrevolution.wikia.com/wiki/Velociraptor

Though commonly shown in media as pack hunters, no true evidence of pack hunting in this particular species exist. While there has been evidence of group behavior in some dromaeosaurids, that shits not reliable enough to be bracketed in with other species. I mean genetically we’re close to chimps, but you don’t see me throwing shit, do you? I thought not. Given its desert environment, however, its more likely to have traveled alone or with small groups. Because if you’re in the fucking desert and starving as it is, why the fuck would you travel in an even group to feed? Fuck that noise.

Source: http://emilywilloughby.com/gallery/paleoart/the-velociraptor-hunting-dance

Well, SOMETHING from those goddamned movies must be true, right? These sons of bitches were totally dolphin level smart! Wrong, you ignorant little fuck. Do you honestly expect movies on which JACK FUCKING HORNER consulted on will be accurate? Senile old man has no idea what the fuck he’s talking about. Velociraptors were smart- for dinosaurs. That said they were probably about as smart as the average extant bird. So if you’re looking for some cinema bullshit with opening doors or setting traps, stick with corvids. But as far as dinosaurs go, Velociraptors were fairly intelligent. Fucking nerds.

Source: http://vitor-silva.deviantart.com/art/Velociraptor-315111266

ALRIGHT MOTHERFUCKERS WE’RE IN THE HOME STRETCH. Let’s compile a list of all the stuff shitty ol’ Jack Horner allowed the movie to get wrong:

Way too fuckin’ big

Their hands are pronated as FUCK (bunny hands shit going on)

No feathers at all (even in the newer goddamn films)

Pack hunting

Americanized those fuckers

Too damn smart 

Tails are not rigid enough 

Proportions got me fucked up

They don’t even act like real fuckin’ animals! Nothing kills for fun like that! Except humans but we suck

WE’RE DONE MOTHERFUCKERS. I hope you feel much more educated about Velociraptor and why Jack Horner SUCKS ASS.

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Name: Compsognathus 
Meaning: Dainty Jaw
Discovered: 1850's
Found: Germany 
Period: Late Jurassic
Length: 49in

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This Day a Year Ago...

Source: thewoodparable, the wonderful artist behind much of Prosauropod Hell 2015!

KULINDADROMEUS WAS FOUND! 

Why is Kulindadromeus so important and exciting? Well, as long-time followers of this blog know, Kulindadromeus was a small little ornithischian from the middle to late Jurassic. It was relatively unremarkable, I mean, it was a bipedal runner about 1.5 meters long, with a short had, short forelimbs, long hindlimbs (the better for running,) and a long tail. So why do I - and so many paleontologists - care about this little guy? 

It was covered. 

In SO many. 

(proto)Feathers. 

Source: artisticthingem! Look at this little fluffy bastard. 

That’s right, protofeathers. And this little guy wasn’t a theropod. It wasn’t a member of the group of dinosaurs that includes birds. In fact, if you look at my handy little family tree here: 

Source: fezraptor, who is much better at constructing these things than I am.

Kulindadromeus and other feathered dinosaurs are really only related in that they are all dinosaurs; they are as far apart on the family tree as you can possibly be! 

So what does this mean for feathers and their origin? Well, when it comes to evolutionary biology (a subject I am something of an expert in, thanks,) when you’re mapping the evolution of a trait in a family group, it is always best to apply the simplest explanation for that evolution. 

Let’s apply that idea to Kulindadromeus. Which is a simpler explanation: protofeathers evolved twice, once in the Ornithischians and then again the theropods… or protofeathers were ancestral to all of Dinosauria? 

That’s right, you guessed it… the second one. 

Source: lovelyerror! She drew this EXCEPTIONALLY fast and I am extremely impressed! She draws a LOT of truly beautiful paleoart, from feathery and accurate raptors to scaly gorgeous herbivores. I definitely recommend checking out her blog!

Now, there are still some questions, of course - we do know that some dinosaurs were scaly, so which dinosaurs exactly were scaly, and which ones were fluffy? Was it dependent on size at all? On cladistic position? Are the pycnofibres of the closely related pterosaurs the same sort of structure? 

Now, a paper came out last year trying to prove that it was likely that this sort of structure evolved twice, and protofeathers weren’t ancestral to Dinosauria. However, it had pretty terrible methodology - it had strange underlying assumptions that skewed the results. If you took away the assumption that skewed the result, you actually got the finding that it was likely that dinosaurs were ancestrally feathered. For a better explanation, read my friend’s post here. 

Source: dirntbag, who has now drawn two excellent artworks for me :D Check out her Massospondylus, and what I wrote about her on that post!

So, this clearly has some exciting implications for how we think about dinosaurs - and how we think about the evolution of integument (something that I’m particularly interested in, research-wise-speaking.) Hopefully, more fossils will come to light that shed some more information on how feathers evolved and were distributed among Dinosauria. Until then, let’s celebrate our little friend Kulindadromeus, for revolutionizing our perception of this fascinating and diverse group of reptiles. 

Source: eight-legged-possum-thing, who has an art blog at iguanodont! She does an amazing amount of art of animals, both real and fantastical, and even did an illustration of Yi qi which I may or may not use (and cite, of course) for Yi’s factfiel! Definitely look at her blogs. 

If you want to read more about Kulindadromeus, read the posts I did last year: 

Official Factfile

The post in which the news broke

A really professional celebration by me at the time

Let us all celebrate a year of floof together! 

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Name: Kentrosaurus Meaning: Spiked Lizard Discovered: 1909 Described: 1915 Found: Tanzania Africa Period: Late Jurassic Length: 15ft

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Name: Crylophosaurus Meaning: Cold-Crested Lizard Discovered: 1991 Found: Antartica Period: Early Jurassic Length: 20ft Weight: 1,000 pounds

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Small fluffy and very misinterpreted Thanks Jurassic park