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Cryolophosaurusby *Gogosardina

Traditional Art / Paintings / Animals

Date: 2002
Medium: acrylics on canvasboard

c. 180 million years ago, Antarctica

A large predatory dinosaur, Cryolophosaurus ellioti, warms itself in the short south-polar autumn day. It is the most spectacular of several vertebrates discovered on the slopes of Mt. Kirkapatrick, Antarctica giving a clear indication of how lush and bountiful the now frozen continent was in the distant past. This theropod shared its Early Jurassic world with large herbivorous prosauropods, tritylodont mammal-like reptiles and smaller predatory dinosaurs.

Cryolophosaurus means “frozen-crested lizard”, in reference to its Antarctic discovery and the prominent bony crest atop its skull

*MelyssaThePunkRocker Dec 6, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Wow! I especially like how you connected the crest to the rest of the skull. Have you seen the TV special on polar dinosaur migration? I can't recall the name of it and my DVR deleted it without my permission. It was 2 hours long and on one of the science Channels.

*Gogosardina Dec 7, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

Which one? - there have been several polar Dinosaur docs recently. The big one this year was "March of the Dinosaurs" (the one following the journey of Scar the Edmontosaurus)

*MelyssaThePunkRocker Dec 7, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Yeah, that's the one! I loved the graphics of it. More realistic than many before that I've seen. It seems the producers (or whoever is in charge of this type of thing) thrust human sentiments, almost emotions on the dinosaurs in the story. I don't feel that aspect was entirely accurate the way the presented it, but the trials sure seemed likley.
*reads your profile* I have no place to be talking of this type of thing to an actual paleontologist! But it's hard for me to find people as interested in dinosaurs as I am to talk to. Sorry for my bad grammar. I was up all night working on my latest deviation. I'm tired.

*Gogosardina Dec 8, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

March of the Dinos was okay but didn't blow me away. The hadrosaurs were nicely done, it was good to see feathered theropods and most of the behaviours were plausible. On the other hand there were some annoying things like weird elephantine-feet on the ankylosaur, neglecting to add fingers to the pterosaur and the idea of 20m long arctic freshwater mosasaurs was a little too far-fetched (kinda ruined it for me).

Of this years' batch of dino-docos - Planet Dinosaur (BBC) has the best balance of the science and entertainment but disappointing anatomical accuracy, while Dinosaur Revolution (Discovery Channel) had the best-looking dinos but horrible post-production editing/narration.

*MelyssaThePunkRocker Dec 8, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Yeah, it's hard to find 3D animators (the ones that make TV specials I mean. Your art is obviously anatomically accurate) that actually have a great knowledge of dinosaur anatomy, I think.
Awesome. You really know a lot about the dinosaur specials on TV! I think my braodcast area calls the show Dinosaur Planet; it may be the same show. I really enjoyed Jurassic Fight Club. It was the most graphically advanced dinosaur program I had seen in years, and this was back in 2008. I just recorded and watched Dinosaur Stampede last night. It's amazing that so many tracks were fossilized and remained intact for so many tens of millions of years.
I'm curious, what is your favorite dinosaur or dinosaur type?

*Gogosardina Dec 12, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

The best paleo docos IMHO include The Ballad of Big Al, Imax Sea Monsters 3D, The Four-winged Dinosaur, Dinosaur Planet and Planet Dinosaur

(yes they're separate documentaries, Dinosaur Planet is an American production narrated by Christian Slater, Planet Dinosaur is British and narrated by John Hurt)

All of Sir David Attenborough's paleodocos are first rate: Lost Worlds - Vanished Lives, Flying Monsters 3D, First Life etc.

Er... Jurassic Fight Club isn't among my favourites - animation is ok but I dislike productions that oversensationalise nature to the point of ignoring science.

My favourite dinosaur? Until recently Olorotitan - but now my personal fave is one that hasn't been described yet that I'm currently illustrating. Cannot give more details (including the name) except to say that it is a theropod from the Yixian Formation, China. Hopefully I can unveil it next year - it is a jaw-droppingly cool animal.

*MelyssaThePunkRocker Dec 12, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I am super stoked to actually be talking to a real paleontologist. Usually I'm the one in the conversation who knows the most (mostly because I never meet any other paleo enthusiasts.) It's great to be able to talk to and learn from someone who knows more than I do about the subject.
I am going to have to search the internet for some of those docos. I know many are not available on the stations from my cable provider right now. And if Big Al as that Allosaurus whose skeleton was the most complete and was found with numerous healed injuries, I have seen that one! It was amazing they could tell all those life events from the skeletal pathology.
Oh, I understand. Studies and discoveries that get leaked can create all sorts of havoc. Suffice it to say I am really looking forward to your illustration!

*EWilloughby Nov 23, 2011

Amazing coloration in the sky.

~SlateGray Nov 22, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

Ooh....how did I miss this one?

Lovely rendition of my favorite dinosaur.

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