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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks!!

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · 16d

Not only of the animal world!

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · 17d

We have described about twenty species of sauropods in the Iberian Peninsula; it's one of the most abundant dinosaur groups here. One of the latest additions to the list is Garumbatitan, a huge somphospondyl that may have grown to over 20 m in length

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · 17d

I've been changing the texture of this little guy to make him look a little better, I hope you like it!

PS: I am still fascinated by the bauplan of these animals, it is incredible that they existed.

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · 17d

We have described about twenty species of sauropods in the Iberian Peninsula; it's one of the most abundant dinosaur groups here. One of the latest additions to the list is Garumbatitan, a huge somphospondyl that may have grown to over 20 m in length

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · 27d

Gideonmantellia, although it looks like a strange chicken here, is one of the most basal ornithopods known. A strange and little-known animal whose remains have been discovered in Spain. I hope you like the reconstruction!

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · 27d

Giving these tiny ornithopods a complete covering of protofeathers is proving to be quite a surprise, as they are strangely similar to a cross between birds and small mammals.

And how difficult it is to make hair in Blender.

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · 27d

Gideonmantellia, although it looks like a strange chicken here, is one of the most basal ornithopods known. A strange and little-known animal whose remains have been discovered in Spain. I hope you like the reconstruction!

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thanks!!

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Francesc Gascó-Lluna @pakozoic.bsky.social · Aug 31

Nunca habéis visto un animal como este. Se trata de uno de los dinosaurios acorazados más antiguos que existe. Y estaba cubierto por púas y espinas de una manera jamás vista: ‘Spicomellus afer’

youtu.be/jCMkG5mE02w?...

El extraño dinosaurio espinoso de Marruecos: Spicomellus afer

YouTube video by El Pakozoico

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · Aug 30

Well, in the end I decided to make my own reconstruction of Spicomellus, the trendiest dino right now because… well, because it’s just amazing. What an incredible animal. And what a challenge it was to model it

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Julio the Artist @lacerdajulio.bsky.social · Jun 17

Felt inspired to do a piece inspired by paleoart aesthetics that were common when I was growing up. This is mostly based on a particular one by Mark Hallet, though I think I channeled some other influences as well.

#SciArt #paleoart #artbyjulio

A small group of diplodocid sauropods walks through an expanse of dry ground, with scattered rocks and puddles. In the background lies a forest covered in mist, and impressive cloud formations in the sky. A few rhamphorhynchid pterosaurs fly by, and a small ornithopod moves away from a puddle as the sauropods approach.

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · Aug 30

And this you see here is the result. I hope you like it; making it was intense. It’s a model full of edges, spikes, and tricky corners, but it was a lot of fun to create — it’s always good to set yourself challenges!

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · Aug 30

I admit that the main reason for doing it has been the wonderful reconstruction we’ve seen these past few days, and to see if I could create something at least somewhat similar with my own means and in a more or less quick way

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · Aug 30

Well, in the end I decided to make my own reconstruction of Spicomellus, the trendiest dino right now because… well, because it’s just amazing. What an incredible animal. And what a challenge it was to model it

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · Aug 27

And possibly much more plausible from a biological point of view

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · Aug 27

If I want to show them as what they most likely were, some odd misshapen birds, then it’s only fitting to give them the full display package!

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · Aug 26

What if the tiny ornithopods and their relatives were actually more like strange birds? A look (still WIP) at a slightly different version of Hypsilophodon!

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · Aug 26

Well, it's not really such a strange idea, we already know of animals like Kulindadromeus, which show that animals related to Hypsilophodon had a complete covering of filamentous feathers.

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · Aug 26

What if the tiny ornithopods and their relatives were actually more like strange birds? A look (still WIP) at a slightly different version of Hypsilophodon!

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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · Aug 23

Yanliao biota (middle Jurassic china) palaeontinidae (cicada relatives) I think all the best known taxa are present together with few more obscure ones. While the colors are artistic vision the specific wing patterns are not and are as they were preserved in the fossils. It's quite magical. #sciart

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · Aug 23

Wow, that's brilliant!

ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · Aug 23

And two renders of the previous version. It’s not terrible, but it deserves an update, at least from the point of view of improving it anatomically

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · Aug 23

And here is the model with the skeleton for the poses

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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · Aug 23

First deformation tests of the updated model for Hypsilophodon. Some corrections are needed, but for now the mesh seems to respond well. Now comes the difficult part: giving it a nice texture

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