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Titolo - Acrocanthosaurus Dinner
Tratto - Matita B
Colore - Digitale
Software - Adobe Photoshop CS
Hardware - Macintosh PowerPC G5
Originale - Matita su carta - 42x29,7
Data - Dicembre 2008

Questa è una tavola pubblicata sul 4° volume della serie Dinosauri di Jaca Book/Abbeville Press.

Il soggetto è Acrocanthosaurus atokensis, probabilmente il più grosso predatore del Nord America durante il Cretaceo Inferiore.
Parente di Allosaurus, fa parte della famiglia dei Carcarodontosauridi, che comprende la maggior parte dei teropodi di dimensioni enormi e recentemente saliti alla ribalta, come Giganotosaurus e Carcharodontosaurus.
Raggiungeva i 12 metri di lunghezza e la sua caratteristica di spicco, come si può notare, era una "vela" che correva lungo tutta la sua schiena, formata da prolungamenti delle vertebre. La funzione di questa "vela" o "gobba" non è chiara.

Riprendendo una mia idea di qualche anno fa, ho voluto rappresentare il dinosauro in un momento che è molto comune tra i grossi predatori attuali – il trascinamento della preda dal luogo di abbattimento ad uno "sicuro" – ma che non viene mai raffigurato nella paleoarte.
Immagino che anche i dinosauri lo facessero.

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Title - Acrocanthosaurus Dinner
Ink - B pencil
Color - Digital
Software - Adobe Photoshop CS
Hardware - Macintosh PowerPC G5
Original - Pencil on Paper - 42x29,7
Date - December 2008

This painting is on the 4th volume of the series "Dinosaurs", published by Jaca Book/Abbeville Press.

The subject is Acrocanthosaurus atokensis, maybe the largest predator in North America during the Lower Cretaceous.
Relative of Allosaurus and member of the Carcharodontosauridae family – which includes most of the giant sized theropods recently risen to the forefront, such as Giganotosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus.
Up to 12 meters/39 feet long, its prominent feature – as you can see – was a "sail" that ran throughout its back, formed by vertebrae extensions.
The function of this "sail" or "hump" is not clear.

Rearranging an old idea of mine, I wanted to represent the dinosaur in a moment that is very common among present day large predators - dragging the prey from the place of killing to a "safe" place - but that is never shown in any paleoart.
I imagine that also dinosaurs did this.
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:icontripod2005:
What kind of dinosaur is he eating!
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~Kronosaurus82 Jul 3, 2012  Professional Artist
A generic Iguanodontidae. :)
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:iconsilverdragon234:
The front of its sail can litteraly lock itself, which allows the Acrocanthosaurus to hold on to big game without hurting itself
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:iconherofan135:
Beautiful work! :D
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~Kronosaurus82 Apr 23, 2012  Professional Artist
Thanks. :)
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:iconestevam-bernardis:
very cool, part of the comic book that you did.
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~Kronosaurus82 Dec 7, 2011  Professional Artist
Thank you. :)
But I can't understand: are you asking me if this plate is part of the book I did?
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:iconestevam-bernardis:
no, if this paleoart part of your book...
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~Kronosaurus82 Dec 8, 2011  Professional Artist
My friend, you need to improve your english! ;)
This painting is part of the fourth book of the series, as I wrote in my comment. :)
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