A chronicling of my learning to
draw more actual-deinonychosaur-looking raptors,
in addition to the piles of Jurassic Park/World fanart I also make. These are
from 2018 and 2019.
All are digital art drawn in FireAlpaca and Paint Shop Pro.
They had wings
December 2018
First attempt, a bit too shaggy
but not too shabby.
The eponymous wings redrawn in April 2019.
Plumage inspired by my favorite
extant dinosaur, goldcrest (Regulus regulus).
posted to:
deviantart -
tumblr
Vattulaku
April 2019
Soft and squishy, sharp and pointy.
posted to: deviantart - tumblr
Ritva
April 2019
A shouty girl. Perhaps just drove
off someone encroaching on
her territory and is screeching good riddance at them.
posted to: deviantart - tumblr
Nuoska
April 2019
But she just finished dusting off her summer wardrobe!
posted to: deviantart - tumblr
Mehikorva
April 2019
Smol troodontid boosts his attractiveness with treasures.
posted to: deviantart - tumblr
Muru & Nuppu
April 2019
Pink fluffy raptor lesbians for my birthday.
Whether or not sexual dimorphism
is a thing with their species (and if it is, the males aren't blue or
anything,
they're an even brighter pink), these two are both female, and
they are dinomarried.
posted to: deviantart - tumblr
Tipu
May 2019
Easter chick.
posted to: my sketchblog/Patreon
The Problematic Fave
May 2019
Feathered redesigns of four versions of Troodon found in the Jurassic Park/World franchise
(left to right: Jurassic World: The Game's already feathered though still slightly altered one, Jurassic Park: The Game,
LEGO Jurassic World, and Jurassic World Evolution), or just some Troodons/troodontids heavily inspired by JP/W.
Status as either fanart or original art appropriately dubious.
Despite that my raptor art is mostly dromaeosaurids even of the feathered kind, Troodon formosus has been
my favorite dinosaur since I was a kid. It was scaly when I first learned about it, and now it's a birb
with teeth and some extra claws, and I love it all the more for it.
Dinosaur classification changes up all the time, and whether
Troodon is actually a valid genus is currently under debate,
with its specimens being reassigned to Stenonychosaurus and Latenivenatrix, but they can be my favorites, too/instead, then.
Troodontids in general could probably share the spot on the podium, but you've got to have an answer for when someone asks
what's your favorite dinosaur (a criminally rare occurrence). They can take turns.
posted to: deviantart
Catkin
May 2019
A willow catkin-looking raptor baby to go with the easter chick.
posted to: my sketchblog/Patreon
Somewhat less terrible
Terribleclaw
June 2019
Another kind-of JP/W fanart, this time a quick feather makeover of JWE's Deinonychus.
posted with more commentary to: deviantart - my sketchblog/Patreon
Pyrykka
August 2019
A small big murderbird having a frighten.
What's the cause of this upset - an unexpectedly self-defense-capable prey? An
unexpected bug?
Inspired by and partially referenced from watching someone's Saurian gameplay as
a subadult Dakotaraptor,
so this is still a raptor of both pretty substantial size and also substantial
level of foolishness.
A young animal's life is mainly made up of situations ranging from dangerous to
undignified.
posted to: deviantart - tumblr
Varpu
August 2019
posted to: my sketchblog/Patreon - deviantart
Hinaja
September 2019
Just a little guy.
Perhaps a Sinornithosaurus, perhaps
something similar instead. A man of mystery.
posted to: my sketchblog/Patreon - deviantart - tumblr
Pampula
November 2019
A somewhat less jurassicworldly Deinonychus.
posted to: my sketchblog/Patreon - deviantart
Back to my other (mostly Jurassic Park-y) dinosaur art
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