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Published: 2019-12-07 17:27:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 5726; Favourites: 165; Downloads: 0
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Reconstruction of the peculiar Romanian paravian Balaur bondoc. Member on the famous dinosaurian fauna of the Hateg island, it lived during the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous). Here, it is reconstructed as a velociraptorine dromaeosaur, as originally described. Some researchers classify this animal as a basal avialan (early bird).
This artwork was produced for the cover of the Bulgarian edition of Steve Brusatte's bestselling book "The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs".
Medium: Digital painting, Photoshop CS6.
Done: September, 2019.
The image is copyrighted by Ciela (a Bulgaria-based publishing house) and reproduced here with permission. All rights belong to Ciela.
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Comments: 2
This reconstruction, despite its controversy, has become my favorite of the entire series. I don't know which is cooler, those wings fitting perfectly into the whole body rotation, or the overall posture. The best "Stocky dragon" I've ever seen!
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Thank you! I am happy with the dynamism of the posture, too. Although I am most happy with how I depicted the plumage over most of the body.
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