Prehistoric dinosaurs

Tried to make this a quick illustration. Done within 12hrs over two days. Illustration/fanart of the 'Walking with Dinosaurs' Utahraptor. Our understanding of the animal, especially its proportions, have vastly changed over the years since the documentary was aired. I decided to try and give it an update while staying true to the original design.

On more than one occasion, I’ve bought an intriguing-looking old dinosaur book on eBay, only to find that it’s filled with artwork from an older book that’s already been featured …

I made this [very] simplified cladogram illustrating how different dinosaur groups relate to each other, as well as how they are related to other extinct animals that more often than not get mislabelled as “dinosaurs”. My main motivation for creating this piece was not pedantic concern about everyone using the right scientific terminology. It was more about how this tendency of calling everything big, reptilian and dead “dinosaur” in everyday language, keeps most people from imagining how…

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Prehistoric Animals