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Great Stock Theropodsby ~Tomozaurus

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So, I've been requested by Eriorguez to create illustrations for the "stock dinosaur" page over at TV Tropes. So be expecting a lot of works similar to this one coming shortly.
It's essentially going to be paleo-accurate counterpart versions to the 'Psuedosaurus' I've been working on.

This is the first, obviously. The two most frequently used stock dinosaurs, the Tyrannosaurus and the "Raptor" represented by Deinonychus and Velociraptor.
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~novablue Jan 15, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
I really, really approve of the fact that the t-rex has a more skin-like structure. Assuming it evolved from ancestors with proto-feathers and lost the due to size or whatever (fair enough, I suppose) I have been wondering if it wouldn't mean they'd have skin rather than scales, I've never heard of an animal that re-evolved scales lol
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~Tomozaurus Jan 15, 2013  Student General Artist
Precisely. Besides, from what I've heard, most of the undescribed skin impressions show naked skin in any case. I've heard it described by a couple of palaeontologists who've seen them as "lacking scales", "like a birds" likened to a plucked chicken, and "like an elephant's hide". So no, it appears it was not a scaly animal.
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~Wynterhawke07 Jun 6, 2012
Did T.rex have feathers? Dromeosaurs and other maniraptoran theropods did.
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~Tomozaurus Jun 7, 2012  Student General Artist
Too little evidence to tell at this point. The most parsimonious answer at the moment is "probably, in some form".
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~Wynterhawke07 Jun 6, 2012
I correct myself: All known skin impressions from large tyrannosaurid specimens show mosaic scales, although that does not preclude the existence of filamentous feathers.
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~TheMorlock May 25, 2012  Student General Artist
I just saw this on TV Tropes! I like!

One suggestion, though: You might want to darken the lines, because the velociraptor is hard to see.
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~Tomozaurus May 25, 2012  Student General Artist
I am aware, I will be doing this at some point; though the thought is niggling at my mind that I might re-do them completely instead.
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~Laughing-Dove Apr 3, 2012
These are lovely, although I do wonder a bit at the tyrannosaur feathers--mostly because it had no way of preening itself. That's the main reason vultures don't have feathers, and a tyrannosaur doesn't have much in the way of counterbalance for twisting around to preen it's tail. I would honestly wait on more conclusive adult plumage evidence before going for it.
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~Tomozaurus Apr 4, 2012  Student General Artist
...and then, Yutyrannus: [link]
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Mood: Wow! ~PaleocentriC Jan 25, 2012  Hobbyist Artist
These are gorgeous, Tomo. This and your langstoni restoration brought instant smiles.
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