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 che sarà pubblicata a breve 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.
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 is a painting which will be published shortly 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.
Ouch! I wouldn't like to be near when he was hungry. Great work, as usual
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Mi sono infatti ispirato ad una fotografia che abbiamo scattato l'estate scorsa, anche se non arrivo a dire che ho usato REF, visto che la luce è differente e che ho cambiato diverse cose. Gli alberi li ho fatti con due pennelli di mia creazione che imitano le foglie del Gingko biloba.
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Quite the amazing work @ w @
Love how you did this
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Birds are dinosaurs. But dinosaurs are not birds.
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"Sorry, I got a sudden urge to hit him when I looked at his face." - Bulgaria, episode 27 of Axis Powers Hetalia
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"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken' [...]. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion."
-Carl Sagan-
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Lo sfondo ricorda i boschi dove portiamo la Runa e la Kei...
Gli alberi, visti "da qui", senza poter fare la fullview, sembrano fatti con la spugnetta. Sai... come si faceva una volta.
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Gli alberi li ho fatti con due pennelli di mia creazione che imitano le foglie del Gingko biloba.
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Birds are dinosaurs. But dinosaurs are not birds.
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Birds are dinosaurs. But dinosaurs are not birds.
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