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Published: 2019-02-10 22:37:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 74147; Favourites: 1309; Downloads: 0
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FINALLY FINISHED!!! This reconstruction of the giant dromaeosaurid Utahraptor was the most challenging I've done in quite some time, but I'm fairly happy with the results. We all know about the sickle-clawed feathered dinosaurs, so I won't bore anybody with a whole description. For its habitat of floodplains, woodlands & forests, I looked to inspiration from both ground-dwelling birds like snipes and woodcocks, countless birds of prey, and the classic large modern predator, the Bengal tiger. The result is a very complex, cryptic stripe pattern that would suit this animal in a variety of habitats and allow for intraspecific recognition via individual variations. Also of note is that compared to Scott Hartman's skeletal (and a lot of other reconstructions), I have added a lot of feathering that pretty much obscures the body outline. While some might call this wildly speculative, I'd like to point out that this is by my estimate about 75% the "skeleton obscuring" of plenty of modern birds like owls, hawks, eagles, turkeys, and countless others. Finally, I'd like to thank everyone that helped me out as I progressed with this reconstruction, whether they gave me really good advice or sent me great links and sources, I sincerely appreciate it.Sources:
www.skeletaldrawing.com/home/a…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utahrapt…
utahraptors.utahpaleo.org/
qilong.wordpress.com/2011/12/1…
dinogoss.blogspot.com/2011/05/…
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Except plenty of animals that live in hot climates in our current era have plenty of integumental covering- is the cassowary overheating in its tropical forest environment with it's long black feathers over it's body? Do lions with iconic shaggy manes overheat in their Savannah environments? You can argue for less feathers, and maybe less feathers is more plausible, but without skin impressions you can't claim "ridiculous" or "completely inaccurate" reconstructions. Even with skin impressions one would have no idea if those impressions were even typical for the animal or merely the condition of the individual. And what of the environment for Utahraptor? Utahraptor was found in the Cedar Mountain formation, which at the time was dominated by floodplains, open woodlands, and even some evidence for bog-like environments with a short wet season- hardly desert. I think with phylogeny, anatomy, and environment all considered, the artist is completely justified in this reconstruction, maximum plausibility or not.
But more importantly, flipping out on someone's paleoart just because you disagree, even though it's no Jurassic Park reconstruction and well within the limits of plausibility, limits the artistic discourse of paleoart in general. I've seen paleoart of therapods wielding spears- accurate? Probably not. Interesting and thought provoking? Absolutely. A valuable entry to the discourse? Absolutely. So no need to attack this work so aggressively- don't like it? Make your own
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