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Julio-Lacerda — The Colours of the Mountain
Published: 2012-02-10 16:25:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 13673; Favourites: 318; Downloads: 178
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A lone Pachyrhinosaurus, wandering away from the migrating herd, stops grazing to witness the first rays of sunlight after months of darkness, announcing the arrival of spring. The day will last only for a moment, but it means change for all alaskan creatures.The mammals know it's time to leave their burrows. The hadrosaurs are coming back with their honking calls. While the little trodoontids and dromeosaurids are starting to build their nests, and the arctic tyrannosaurs are shedding their white coats to match the melting snow, the ankylosaurs are waking up from their hybernation.
For the Pachyrhinosaurs, it's time for some head butting.
For a more in-depth description of the illustration and proposed scenario, ckeck out The Casual Paleoartist .
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Wonderful drawing and description to match, it portrays cretaceous Alaska as the modern day Srengeti or Yellowstone. Never thought wbout hibernating ankylosaurs!
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This is an absolutely stunning image of one of my favorite Mesozoic animals.
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My favorite depiction of this ceratopsian!Keep up the good job dude
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make sure the cranky albertosauruses doesn't eat you....
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This is a very beautiful scene, and is another grand dinosaur image that makes me think of this epic music [link] . I hope you agree and enjoy the mix of the two 
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Thanks mate! Very interesting music, seems very fitting
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Pachy looks like it really fits into its environment, even if it is a relatively big animal. I love the picture for the perspective in it, mostly, and also for....well....the reason I've given above and the lovely use of shadows. .....I think I should get down to redrawing my Canadian Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai......
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Thank you! I considered giving it a more radical coat of fuzz akin to yours, but chickened out
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Ahhhh...well, one does have one's styles!
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Probably one of the better reconstructions of the polar Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum
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I guess there aren't a lot of them out there, right?
But thank you!
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Hmmm... I don't remember any Pachyrhinosaurus so well integrated in their enviroment...
And you're welcome
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I love the realism of this and the description! I could just see a nature documentary about the arctic dinosaurs. :3
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Thanks, I'm glad you like it!
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Amazing! I also like how yo added some dino-fuzz on the Pachyrhinosaurus, it too me a second to spot it at first!
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Thank you! I'm adding integument to a lot of dinosaurs lately 
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Well, I painted hill in the background in brown and white and added a separate layer to accentuate the shadow and and sunrise colors. As for the dinosaur itself, to save time, I painted it directly with those orangey colors, just paying attention to the light source. I hope this answers your question
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Wow, I can't imagine me doing that... 
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what a gorgeous depiction of my favourite ceratopsian!
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Thank you! I'm trying to push my lighting skills to the limit
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