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A sequel of sorts to the Raptor Tutorial. Again, this is as much for me as anyone else; my hope is that other people will be able to benefit from my rather nonsensical scribblings. I should be updating my comic tomorrow.

Theropods are pretty hard to nail down; saying you're going to draw them is like saying you're going to draw a canine or feline. There are a LOT of variations, and half the scientists in the world are debating who goes where. I focused on the clade that Acrocanthosaurus belongs to, because those are the ones I'm really studying. (They're the villains in mah book.) I did add T-Rex in, but mostly for the benefit of showing the pinnacle of specialization the guy was. That bulldog neck and battering ram skull more than make up for his dinky forepaws.

Theropods really were the ultimate predator. I don't care what you compare them to: sharks, orcas, tigers, bears, wolves. I have a wall chart that shows how big the various species in my book were in relation to each other, and seeing an Acro go after an Astrodon must've been like watching gods fight, let alone what a Giganotosaurus would have looked like going after an Argentinosaurus.

You just can't beat something that could run you down and eat you in a couple of bites.
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Interesting. Tyrannosaurids' femur and Tibia were about the same length. Also, T-rex had about 20% of its weight devoted to leg muscle. In order for an animal like T-rex to run, with its legs straight or in columnar position, it would have to have 26% of its body weight allotted to leg muscle. It would be even more difficult to run in a crouched position-86% of its body weight would need to be leg muscle. That would be impossible! T-rex could not have run at speeds of even 25 mph! It could have walked at a fast pace but that's about it!
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~ElephantBoy Apr 28, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
Hey, this is cool! Good job, and thanks for the reference!

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Dude thank you.
NOW I CAN FINALLY SEND STUFF TO SMOSH
once I find their p.o. box
and a nearby post office

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:icondotb18:
I'd just like to point out that advanced theropods did not have an external fifth toe. It was vestigial to the point where it was imbeded in the flesh of the foot and therefore would not have visible in the living animal. In more primitive forms that did have an external fifth toe, like herrerasaurids and "prosauropods", it still would have lacked a claw, for this was a basal trait found troughout Archosauria.

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~Pristichampsus Mar 11, 2012  Professional General Artist
I know, right? I was like, 5 toes, whut???

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*aDinoSupremacist Nov 5, 2011  Student Digital Artist
Is that Giganotosaurus right above the Form Concept?

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:icondroemar:
I have no idea. I chose some random fossil from a Google search.

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I LOVE DINOSAURS!!!! THANK YOU!!
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~Windwhispering Sep 6, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
I love dinosaurs ♥ Thanks a lot for the tutorial, it's great ^^

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