Your Favorite Artwork(s) of Your Favorite Fossil Species

[GojiraGuy1954]

[Gwangi]

That's a nice Scelidosaurus!

[HD-man]

2 more honorable mentions (which I just found out about: https://ewilloughby.tumblr.com/post/69998589600/two-small-watercolor-ink-paintings-around-4-x ), partly b/c I like seeing Deinonychus climb/rest in trees thanks to Bakker's Raptor Pack ( https://image.yes24.com/momo/TopCate42/MidCate10/4193785.jpg ), but especially b/c Xane & his chicks conform so well to my personal head-canon (I.e. The DPR Deinonychus looks just like the definitely-adult male Xane; Also, the chick in Bonadonna's 10/2020 NatGeo illustrations has almost the same exact color/pattern as Xane's chicks: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=10177.msg316852#msg316852 ):

2 more honorable mentions, Jed Taylor's "Evolution of my #Deinonychus art" ( https://twitter.com/JedTaylorArtist/status/1419675152640585736 ) & CoolioArt's "Jurassic Park With Scientifically Accurate Raptors" ( https://www.artstation.com/artwork/lRQPYa ) for reasons discussed in LITC's "Podcast Show Notes: Episode 8" (which I think apply equally well to both, despite being very different styles: https://chasmosaurs.com/2021/07/30/podcast-show-notes-episode-8/ ).

[Newt]

Those feathered raptors are much more frightening than the original lizardy ones. Anyone who's been around birds knows that they're unpredictable and deranged, whereas lizards are generally pretty chill.

I work around hyacinth macaws and Komodo dragons. I don't get up close and personal with either one, but if I had to choose which one to pet, I'd go with the 200-pound lizard every time. 

[HD-man]

Since that's also 1 of my favorite Stego artworks, here's a less blurry version:

In retrospect, I should've realized my newer favorite sooner. Sorry I couldn't find a better-quality version online (all the more reason to get Naish/Barrett's Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved if you haven't already ):

Here's another 1 of my favorite Allo/Stego/diplodocid artworks. While I like Csotonyi's diplodocids better than Bonadonna's, I like Bonadonna's Allo/Stego better than Csotonyi's. Of the 3 artworks, I think I like Nicholls' best overall, especially aesthetically:

[Concavenator]

Diplodocus by Paleop.

[Concavenator]

Suchomimus by Fred Wierum.

[Concavenator]

Styracosaurus by Gabriel Ugueto.

[Concavenator]

Amargasaurus by Uriel Peguerra.

[Stegotyranno420]

"Prognathodon on patrol"

This was drawn by my friend Thesesametree.
I think of this as the most noble depiction of mosasauridae

[Concavenator]

Concavenator by @thesesametree

[Stegotyranno420]

Seasame always creates well-thought and rigorous reconstructions. He is vastly talented, especially for someone at 16.

[HD-man]

"SD: My favorite artworks of Deinonychus": https://www.deviantart.com/jd-man/journal/SD-My-favorite-artworks-of-Deinonychus-948529444

[Stegotyranno420]

Edmontosaurus by @thesesametree.

Spoiler

It is not even finished yet...

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[oscars_dinos]

Shameless plug that I hope no one will mind but I recently started a new instagram account for my paleo art if any one is interested      https://www.instagram.com/p/CmXIw7zv6lU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[Stegotyranno420]

@imnewhere The only thing that is shameless is that you havent shown us earlier
Great work 👍🏻 Loving the dilophosaurus

[oscars_dinos]

@imnewhere The only thing that is shameless is that you havent shown us earlier
Great work 👍🏻 Loving the dilophosaurus

Thank you so much! actually working on fully rendered one right now, it will hopefully be posted soon

[HD-man]

"SD: My favorite artworks of Deinonychus": https://www.deviantart.com/jd-man/journal/SD-My-favorite-artworks-of-Deinonychus-948529444

I belated happy 95th birthday to John Ostrom!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ostrom

[HD-man]

"SD: My favorite artworks of Deinonychus": https://www.deviantart.com/jd-man/journal/SD-My-favorite-artworks-of-Deinonychus-948529444

Happy Deinonychus Day!: https://twitter.com/skeletaldrawing/status/1497356642719092742

[Sim]

Time for Ornitholestes hermanni!

By PaleoNeolitic, this is a brilliant reconstruction!
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And that's it for Ornitholestes...  Moving on, it's Dromaeosaurus albertensis next!

By Fred Wierum, it's a beautiful reconstruction!
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By Guindagear, sorry but I like this illustration...
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By rhunevild.  It's a nice illustration of Dromaeosaurus based on the Beasts of the Mesozoic version, which I like a lot.
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By cisiopurple, Dromaeosaurus just looks good in brown to me!
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By IsisMaashiro, this got me laughing!
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By YemaYema, I've long liked this reconstruction!
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By MantisVerde, another very nice artwork based on the Beasts of the Mesozoic Dromaeosaurus.
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By ZeWqt, really cool artwork!
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