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Update 11/18/2018: After talking to Casey M. Holliday, Ph.D, the paleontologist who wrote the paper on jaw muscles I used for my reconstruction, I made some changes he suggested. All of these changes were to the muscles of the mouth. If you purchased the anatomy PSD, I have updated the download file for my store, gumroad, and artstation. Please head over there to download the updated file. rjpalmerstore.com/collections/… gum.co/HYckA www.artstation.com/arvalis/sto…

You can get the PSD of this illustration with every muscle on its own layer here: gumroad.com/l/HYckA

Holy moly its finally done. I started this illustration in August of 2017 and over the next year and 320 hours later(the longest I've ever worked on anything), its done! I present to you what is to my knowledge, the most accurate and rigorous Tyrannosaurus rex illustration out here.
As some of you guys know, T. rex is far and away my favorite animal. I've wanted to do a T. rex anatomy sheet for years and I finally had the opportunity to do that here. I used every resource available, every trick I know, and all of the energy I had on this piece. I seriously thought completing this would kill me haha. I spent months trying to figure out the muscles from a multitude of scientific papers, watched a dozen alligator dissection videos, and had the steady guidance of Scott Hartman. I drew every muscle, each on their own layer. This is the most in-depth anatomical reconstruction of any extinct dinosaur.

Only after spending months on the skeleton and muscles came the laborious task of painting the skin. Every single scale on the head is hand drawn, no fancy brush tricks, just insane perseverance. The scales of the body were achieved using a custom brush made from the scale impressions from T. rex fossils. I took great care to create a brush for the body that would look hand drawn in, not like most scale brushes where they can look like artificial stamps. The color palette is largely inspired by a couple of animals no one has ever guessed, and probably never will. I tried to make this the most believable animal I could. This is not a movie monster. Also for those who would like to know, his name is Goathrob .

I consulted with the paleontologists Scott Hartman and Mark Witton on this project. For a full break down of the design process, Tom Parker and I have prepared an extremely thorough blog post on why we decided to change the Saurian T. rex here www.sauriangame.squarespace.co…

Play Saurian here store.steampowered.com/app/587…

Scale size


A near-life size print of this is currently on display at New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science



Photoshop CC: 320 hours
T. rex Design©Urvogel Games LLC

Description

Update 11/18/2018: After talking to Casey M. Holliday, Ph.D, the paleontologist who wrote the paper on jaw muscles I used for my reconstruction, I made some changes he suggested. All of these changes were to the muscles of the mouth. If you purchased the anatomy PSD, I have updated the download file for my store, gumroad, and artstation. Please head over there to download the updated file. rjpalmerstore.com/collections/… gum.co/HYckA www.artstation.com/arvalis/sto…

You can get the PSD of this illustration with every muscle on its own layer here: gumroad.com/l/HYckA

Holy moly its finally done. I started this illustration in August of 2017 and over the next year and 320 hours later(the longest I've ever worked on anything), its done! I present to you what is to my knowledge, the most accurate and rigorous Tyrannosaurus rex illustration out here.
As some of you guys know, T. rex is far and away my favorite animal. I've wanted to do a T. rex anatomy sheet for years and I finally had the opportunity to do that here. I used every resource available, every trick I know, and all of the energy I had on this piece. I seriously thought completing this would kill me haha. I spent months trying to figure out the muscles from a multitude of scientific papers, watched a dozen alligator dissection videos, and had the steady guidance of Scott Hartman. I drew every muscle, each on their own layer. This is the most in-depth anatomical reconstruction of any extinct dinosaur.

Only after spending months on the skeleton and muscles came the laborious task of painting the skin. Every single scale on the head is hand drawn, no fancy brush tricks, just insane perseverance. The scales of the body were achieved using a custom brush made from the scale impressions from T. rex fossils. I took great care to create a brush for the body that would look hand drawn in, not like most scale brushes where they can look like artificial stamps. The color palette is largely inspired by a couple of animals no one has ever guessed, and probably never will. I tried to make this the most believable animal I could. This is not a movie monster. Also for those who would like to know, his name is Goathrob .

I consulted with the paleontologists Scott Hartman and Mark Witton on this project. For a full break down of the design process, Tom Parker and I have prepared an extremely thorough blog post on why we decided to change the Saurian T. rex here www.sauriangame.squarespace.co…

Play Saurian here store.steampowered.com/app/587…

Scale size


A near-life size print of this is currently on display at New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science



Photoshop CC: 320 hours
T. rex Design©Urvogel Games LLC