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T-PEKC In reply to EWilloughby [2019-04-28 20:06:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, Emily! What can I say? I love painting scales and all these years of practice finally begin showing. (Feathers too, of course )

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T-PEKC In reply to deinocheirusmaster [2019-04-28 20:04:41 +0000 UTC]

Cool! It is pretty interesting animal.

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T-PEKC In reply to Miyess [2019-04-28 20:04:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!  

I've struggled with it, too, when working with traditional media; I just couldn't get the texture and detailing well enough. Things are different now that I do digital art alongside traditional painting, because the medium allows for more experimenting without the danger of ruining the artwork irreversibly.

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T-PEKC In reply to asari13 [2019-04-28 19:59:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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T-PEKC In reply to Onerandomfish12 [2019-04-28 19:59:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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T-PEKC In reply to TheDinoDrawer66 [2019-04-26 07:17:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the compliments!

I had fun painting these elements. Although, the current appearance of the head is not the original one. At first it had more colours in the form of facial markings in blue, white, and black; these didn't work well, so I changed them. Looking at the result I think it was for better.

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TheDinoDrawer66 In reply to T-PEKC [2019-04-26 19:21:07 +0000 UTC]

No prob moi8!

Also keeping the head colours simple is a good idea.Too much would be quite the distraction. 

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T-PEKC In reply to JoakinMar [2019-04-26 07:15:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! This is exactly what I was aiming for. Although, it is not particularly difficult to achieve it, because large flightless bird make good reference for their non-avian cousins.

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T-PEKC In reply to Xiphactinus [2019-04-25 16:02:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, Ildar!

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T-PEKC In reply to kingrexy [2019-04-25 16:19:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

Your statement appears to be pretty certain in its claim. Do you have some references or fossil data to justify the implied certainty? It's true that I've been a bit slow in following all of the more recent research, but I do not recall any impression of tarsal scutes in Tyrannosauridae, to be honest.

Unless I am mistakes, the only data on tarsal scutes we have outside Maniraptora comes from Concavenator, which is an allosauroid. Considering that tarsal scutes in birds are actually stunted feathers, then, unless Concavenator and by extension the last common ancestor of all tetanurans were extensively feathered, the structures on Concavenator's tarsals might be convergently evolved and therefore variously present in other non-avian theropods.

That said, I am not against tarsal scutes in tyrannosauroids, it's just that in the absence of data I do not consider them the default condition.

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kingrexy In reply to T-PEKC [2019-04-25 17:02:02 +0000 UTC]

Welcome!
Indeed there is evidence in Tyrannosauridae itself, but unfortunately it comes from a fossil in private hands that is yet to be studied. I believe you are familiar with bloody marry? This from that fossil. sta.sh/0pc0pmecgu
Btw the labelling on it is wrong. It's not the arm, the mistake was corrected later by the person who took the picture. (Which took like some 3 months)

The scutes are indeed stunted feathers. After all this beauty exists in which we were able to turn them back into feathers sta.sh/22b1b14gqxm2?edit=1
And indeed, it's possible that the structures on conca were convergently evolved, unlikely, but as long as the possibility exists....

I believe tarsal scutes might've been very widespread in theropoda, with primitive ones mostly lacking them, while it is certain that ornithischians didn't have tarsal scutes. The evidence is apparent in Saurolophus and Kulindadromeus.

Btw, tarsal scutes aside, the leg and foot musculature on your rendition is spot on. I'm a sucker for theropod leg and foot anatomy and consider it one of the most important and entertaining aspects of reconstructing theropods.

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T-PEKC In reply to kingrexy [2019-04-26 07:37:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for referencing your sources! It's appreciated.

Yes, I think that I've heard that specimen by name, at least the photo with skeletons seems familiar, but don't know details about it, or what details it preserves. It's a shame that it is privately owned, though. Hopefully it will find a good home where it can be studied and preserved for the generations.

As I said, I am open to the possibility that tarsal scutes were widely present among theropods, it is just that in the absence of more data I see them as just one of two equally possible conditions. That said, I will keep in find this specimen in mind for any future reconstructions of mine.

Thanks for complimenting my work on the legs. Also, absolutely agree with your view. I try to depict the legs of theropods for what they are, very bird-like, and I find modern flightless avian relatives to be great source of reference!

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kingrexy In reply to T-PEKC [2019-04-26 13:34:24 +0000 UTC]

Welcome

Indeed, it's the specimen that people say may solve the mystery of Nanotyrannus (although I'm sceptical about that) due to the fact that its arms are longer than those of Tyrannosaurus. It was found preserved with a ceratopsian as well. The whole fossil is known as the Montana dueling dinosaurs (MDD) which is basically the north American equivalent of the Mongolian Velociraptor and Protoceratops stalemate.

Welcome again
I find emus to be the best reference

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