Stegotyranno's Art

[Stegotyranno420]

Thank you @BlueKrono

Behold, the Zukiq, the sworn arch-nemesis of humanity!:

A Zukiq on their home planet, during the early days of the Dominant Culture, after the Prehistoric war against the Monarchs.

Zukiqs evolved from quadruped grazers that moved to the mountains.
Living in the mountains, they went through a "wyvern" stage and thence became aerial flyers.

They have a complex language, filled with vibrations, tones, and clicks from anthrodentae spines.
Since they are born pretty well versed for life due to their incubation processes, so they can integrate in society earlier than humans. As a result, their government is strongly egalitarian, democratic, and collective(which is also due to the victory of the egalitarian tribals against early monarchs). Their government has been described as a lottocratic bureaucracy where the positions of power are switched between Zukiqs.

Originally i based these partially on the Qu. But overtime the culture and society of them has been so developed so differently from Koseman aliens. I also posed it to remind of the Qu. They can also assume quadruped position like other aliens of the planet.

[Stegotyranno420]

I want to thank @Perotorum for his kindness and his remembrance of my birthday.
He made this awesome dacentrurus i plan to print and animate at some point.
So far, I made some edits and colours here.

Also, hopefully work will resume on the supersaurus.
should have been done a year ago, but 😅😅😅

Seriously Perotorum
You have truly brightened my day for your notion of caring. Thanks so much, blessed to have you

[Perotorum]

That looks amazing, what brush did you use? Also I may have to print another dacentrurus and give it that paint scheme, I cannot wait to see what you can do with another of my models.

[Stegotyranno420]

That looks amazing, what brush did you use? Also I may have to print another dacentrurus and give it that paint scheme, I cannot wait to see what you can do with another of my models.

The dacentrurus is currently now at the top of my list for printing reservations. I did try to get your brontotherium done too, but did not have enough time as exams came in the way.
I might just get my own printer, since asking my teacher for her printer can appear a bit cumbersome and tedious, and I do not like to bother people like that. Besides I wont even be in her class anymore     

I have so many models I want to print but only got one so far.

It will be cool to do collabs; I make the colours/painting, you sculpt and print, and then paint it like the original concept. Kind of like how Beast of Mesozoic operates. 

By brush, I am assuming you mean the sculpting?

[Stegotyranno420]

For something different:
I have been very worried and conscious about style. I see so many artists and styles, and they all seem to be far more complete. So to test out my range of styles, I decided to do portraits of my favorite dinosaur, Spinosaurus. I did want to achieve better or more diverse things, but I did not have enough time, and this is fitting as July is "Spinosaurus month".

First, an "awesome bro" "metal" "gnarly" style:


aiming for a professional, scientific analytical style


Natural, capturing life, documentary realistic style:


Analytical traditionalist "non digital" style:



I strive to reach the hyperrealistic look I promised my younger self(s) when I become 17, but I feel like I have not achieved it yet.
Please, let me know what you think, I trye to set up a poll but I couldn't.

I will try to dedicate next school year to non dinosaurs and aquatics.

[Perotorum]

The final one brings to mind animalier styles of the 19th century, which I strongly reccomend studying up on if your goal is photorealism, as the Russian movement, Peredvizhniki and contemporaries like Ferdinand Von Wright or the earlier George Stubbs were among the greatest visual artists in human history.

[Stegotyranno420]

The final one brings to mind animalier styles of the 19th century, which I strongly reccomend studying up on if your goal is photorealism, as the Russian movement, Peredvizhniki and contemporaries like Ferdinand Von Wright or the earlier George Stubbs were among the greatest visual artists in human history.

Interesting, most have said that the middle two were most hyperrealistic. If you can, could you explain more in depth in terms of texture+lighting on why you think so, you seem more educated than me on the topic of traditionalist painting. I will be glad to hear your further advice.

Also I got the Spinosaurus poll up and running!

Finally, I have been getting some EXTREMELY degenerate and vulgar adverts when I open the post image links of certain paintings. I find this more bizarre as most paintings have normal adverts, but only a certain select group of works lead to vulgar site pages when clicked on. I dont expect anyone to know how to fix this, but just thought I'd drop it as a warning

[Perotorum]

The last one had a background and style that reminded me of "Whistlejacket" by George Stubbs.


I myself am not too familiar with the technique, but in my own ventures with photography, Von Wright's ability to capture animal behavior has served as a bit of an inspiration, I reccomend studying and observing those movements in art history to get an idea on what to inprint off of.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Wright

[Stegotyranno420]

Sleepy velociraptor, quickly sketched for a friend (her fav dino is velociraptor)

[Stegotyranno420]

Silesaurus

[Halichoeres]

Heck yeah, Silesaurus.

[Libraraptor]

Such a great work of art of one of the most interesting archosaur species I know!

[Stegotyranno420]

Sarmatosuchus

Ajhis Aaryasthaniyas
(Ahi Aaryasthaniyah)



Dawn brings light upon the lands that would become the Noble Steppes.
A Sarmatosuchus sluggish lumbers through the steaming puddles, carrying an unfortunate Kapes in its jaws. This creature owns its name to the Sarmatians, also known as Sauromati (with a tenuous folk etymology ironically associating their name with Saurians).
The Sarmatians will one day prowl the land this Archosaur is currently prowling.
The Sarmatians were descended from the Aaryaas (Aryans or Early Iranic peoples ), who themselves were from Yamnaya/WSH stock. Now I am not saying Sarmatians are my ancestors, but they are a great representation of how the Aryan migrants of Vedic times to the subcontinent might have been. Even amongst other Scythian like peoples, they preserve a high amount of older steppe ancestry, being one of the last peoples that carried such resemblance to EBA pops like Yamnaya.
Indeed, one of the coolest names for an Archosaurimorph.

Let's just say the next post might be about this Archosaurimorphs's namesake 





Ok all this tangential rambling about the ethnicity that gave its name aside, tbh I'm not satisfied how this one went. I can never be satisfied with my works,     
But as my Friend says, I am my worse critic, so let me know what the unbiased think ! Also I did have plans to add a Ceratodus, as it also was in this formation, but I forgot  lol maybe next time.

[Stegotyranno420]

Tupandactylus. This one was interesting since I worked only with a mouse and desktop, and for the first time I used a limited colour palette, just to test my skill at colour blending.
I chose this as I saw a video about the real patterns of fossils, and while I knew about Borealpelta or Sinosauropteryx, I had no idea we had Tupandactylus. So I painted "from life" (also a first) but in the end I decided to add some of my own speculative flair instead, while trying to maintain the pattern of the hypothesized.
Also this time I did not use any texture brushes or brush variations, every stroke is from one brush.
Overall this was a fun experiment in limitations.

[BlueKrono]

Very lifelike. Looks great! You have incredible talent.

[Libraraptor]

Stunning!

May I ask you, where you bring your high-quality art to the people outside of this forum?

[Stegotyranno420]

Stunning!

May I ask you, where you bring your high-quality art to the people outside of this forum?

Thank you. By your question, you mean social medias?
Mostly instagram. Used to post Twitter and Reddit too.
Also youtube, but now rarely.

[Libraraptor]

How about selling some stuff to museums, making an own book or something like that? I think this art deserves more than an internal public.

[Stegotyranno420]

How about selling some stuff to museums, making an own book or something like that? I think this art deserves more than an internal public.

Museums- I did do a few commissions fir fossil crates company. Problem is I am not sure how to even get a position in a real Museum,and in most cases there is likely someone who is more qualified who gets the job.
Books, I would LOVE to make a gallery book, and it does seem like good money 💸 lol. However i am not sure how to design and publish a book like that one, and in the US publishing at least can be a tedious process. Also, I am too preoccupied with my other classes,  unfortunately. But now you mention books, one of my friends is a designer for the school's year-book, perhaps she can help.

Though ironically I am working on my own novel. It is a mix of science fiction, futuristic dystopia, but also cultural awareness and anthropology. Not dinosaur related, but there are references of dinosaurs in the culture and religion of some characters.



But I am only 17 today, so perhaps i should be patient and not try to rush, most professionals are in their 30s or above. Life is only beginning 

Thank you both for your words

[thomasw100]

So much artistic skill and talent at such a young age. Image where you will be standing at 25 or even 30. Just keep going with it. And yes making a book would be a cool thing.