Ictonyx artwork

[Ictonyx]

Styracosaurus albertensis

[Shonisaurus]

It is a very realistic ceraptósido. Its horns are very detailed. By the way, the plants that are on the ground, what kind of plants are they? Are they prehistoric plants?

[SidB]

Club mosses?

[Ictonyx]

The plants are horsetails of the genus Equisetum, which occur as fossils in the Dinosaur Park Formation where Styracosaurus was found - and which still live today! This is my first attempt to set a dinosaur into any kind of landscape, and I hope to improve my techniques for drawing plausible looking terrain and plants.

[Shonisaurus]

I @Ictonyx Thanks for the reply! It looks great on you! That styracosaurus surrounded by those pony tails gives a beautiful and realistic image to the drawing and the plants give a very realistic feeling to the drawing.

[Killekor]

As usual you made a really nice job I @Ictonyx ! The Styracosaurus has a peaceful appareance which simply makes it adorable, and the equisetum on the landscape are a really nice touch.

I have a question: will you ever draw an Epidexipteryx? I would be curious to see how it would turn out!

Killekor

[Ictonyx]

Thanks for your kind comment Killekor. I will be drawing a scansoriopterygid at some point, but I don't know which one yet.

[Ictonyx]

Hesperornis regalis

[Shonisaurus]

This hesperornis regalis is great. The magic of the drawing apart from the great hesperornis that just by drawing two lines, gives the total feeling that said prehistoric animal is on the water. That effect is very cool.

[Ictonyx]

Thank you!

[Killekor]

You've drawn masterfully a really nice Hespeornis, Ictonyx! I like how lively it looks being at the same time on alert, like as it was waiting for a prey or fearing a predator.
This drawing makes me wish for an Hespeornis figure!

Killekor

[Ictonyx]

Thank you!

[Ictonyx]

Mother and calf.



Daeodon shoshonensis

[Shonisaurus]

The representation of the daeodon is very good from the artistic point of view, it is a mixture of bison and entelodon with that hair.

[Avian]

The representation of the daeodon is very good from the artistic point of view, it is a mixture of bison and entelodon with that hair.

Yes, the patches of shedding fur does certainly remind me of a bison, as well as the pose of the calf.

[Ictonyx]

Yeah I looked at a lot of bison photos for research and reference. Daeodon was about bison sized and the post cranial proportions are surprisingly similar.

[Brocc21]

Even horrific looking gigantic animals like Daedon all started out small and helpless barely knowing how to walk. Great piece!

[Ictonyx]

Thanks!

[Ictonyx]

Falcarius utahensis

[Shonisaurus]

That tericinosaurian is great is put on an alert attitude like the meerkat. As evolutionary convergence would be possible, I congratulate you on your new work. The ferns and the tree in the background give a feeling of fullness to the cool figure.