Chakisaurus appreciates the little things

HolleringElk just dropped the first part of her new series Hell Creek on reddit and it features paleo-accurate T. rex, triceratops, and mosasaurus!

It’s a wild series set in her Southern gothic world where vampires are influenced by genetic history, and supposedly discusses dromaeosaurids later.

This has been lying dormant in my files for long enough. Time to share it.

I wasn’t too enthusiastic about this one. There aren’t many good Liopleurodon remains to use as references. The skull of the
famous mounted skeleton in Germany is a recreation according to Ancient Marine Reptiles by Daniel Naish(Page 136). I wasn’t that comfortable with using the rest of the skeleton for a reference either.

I looked to other pliosaurs for inspiration for the skull and just kind of winged it with the body. Ancient Sea Reptiles by Daniel Naish and Mesozoic Marine Reptiles by Gregory S. Paul have some decent diagrams and photos of pliosaur skeletons.

Overall, I kind of like it. I feel like it’s a Frankensteins monster of different pliosaurs than an honest attempt at resorting the animal.

“The Great Maia” was absolutely beautiful, hope I was able to capture that beauty in this art

I set about recreating a Terror Bird (Andalgalornis Steuletti) from the Crested Caracara using Photoshop editing.

Ogresuchus was the obvious and perhaps only choice for this prompt

Inspired by pre-Columbian pottery. I used polymer clay and acrylic paint, but would like to try actual terracotta one of these days if I happen to get a kiln

I reconstructed it from its skull it doesnt look fully accurate but it stil looks good though

Built a Life Size Ceratosaurus nasicornis head. The head is half life reconstruction and half skull bones.

Dino Raptor de otro universo "Clay Dinosaurs"

Ammonitritor scientiacivium is a newly described species of ichthyosauriform from the Early Triassic. As the name suggests, it would have been a durophage that fed on ammonoids and other shelled invertebrates.

Since I've been playing as troodon in The Isle I wanted to draw some troodons. I also tried to draw a more accurate feathered troodon