Concavenator’s Paleoart (new 21/05/2025)

[Concavenator]

@Halichoeres Drawing them in lateral view is definitely easier, and orientation is important too! FWIW, I think I would have a hard time drawing an animal in right lateral view. 

And yeah, for some particular cases, adding some perspective would be the ideal solution.

[Concavenator]

Deinonychus antirrhopus (Ostrom, 1969)

The last time I drew Deinonychus was in 2015, 9 years ago! Right now I don't have a pic of my previous version, it was cute (it resembled a pigeon except that it was brownish and with sickle claws  ), but it was high time for an update, especially considering Deinonychus is my 2nd all-time favorite dinosaur.

I based this one on Scott Hartman's skeletal here. The tail ended up being too short, but other than that, quite happy with the way this one turned out!

[Concavenator]

Dilophosaurus wetherilli (Welles, 1954)

Based on TheSynopsis' skeletal here. The feathery coat is inspired by the BotM version's, which I think makes sense. Lovelace et al., 2020 support feathers on Coelophysis, and Dilophosaurus is also a basal member within Theropoda (even if more derived than Coelophysis), albeit considerably larger.

As for the color scheme, owing to Dinosaur King, I envision Dilophosaurus as being yellowish, so that's what I went for.  The color scheme on the fluffy coat is inspired by a weasel's (Mustela nivalis), except that I went with black instead of brown.

[Stegotyranno420]

These are great! I noticed you have a very organized, technical style in your sketches. 👍🏻 Keep it up bro

[Halichoeres]

What a stylish little jacket Dilophosaurus has!

[Concavenator]

Concavenator corcovatus (Ortega, Escaso & Sanz, 2010)

Quick portrait of a Concavenator. No references used.



The previous one (2022) for comparison.

[Stegotyranno420]

The feather texture in the digital is interesting. Can u show me how you did it?

[Halichoeres]

A very All Yesterdays approach to soft tissue! So you drew it completely from memory?

[Concavenator]

@Halichoeres Interesting you mentioned All Yesterdays! I don't see how that Concavenator is particularly unconventional (save for perhaps, the extensive feathering, but a case can be made for that owing to the quill knobs that were found, which could suggest a more extensive feathering than what the animal is usually reconstructed with). So I'm curious about why would you consider the soft tissue could be somewhat unusual à la All Yesterdays.

[Halichoeres]

I was thinking more the height of the soft tissue on the dorsal side of the head anterior to the orbit. Like that rise over the snout is embellished a bit with keratin?

[Concavenator]

I was thinking more the height of the soft tissue on the dorsal side of the head anterior to the orbit. Like that rise over the snout is embellished a bit with keratin?

Oh yeah I gave it a fair amount of keratin!

And I did draw this guy completely from memory indeed. But comparing it to some references, I think it came out decently overall.