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[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 102 points 2 months ago

I want to take it one step further.

And no, I don't care if there's good reason to believe that Tyrannosaurs weren't fluffy like owls, I still want a decent artist's depiction of a T. rex with owl-level fluff.

[-] OrganicMustard@lemmy.world 108 points 2 months ago
[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago

A giant murder sparrow would be horrifying as fuck, ngl.

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

Horrifying AND cuddly.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Anyone who thinks feathered dinosaurs are somehow less terrifying need to be locked in a room with a cassowary

[-] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Or a secretary bird

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Or just look at depictions of terrorbirds. They actually coexisted with early humans.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

They still do if you're antipodean

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Came for this, not disappointed

[-] MelonYellow@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

They might’ve really had feathers! It’s funny how Jurassic Park colors our perception

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago
[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 60 points 2 months ago

Artist's depiction =|= AI slop

[-] Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 43 points 2 months ago
[-] Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com 16 points 2 months ago
[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago
[-] Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 months ago

Yay

I should warn you my wedding dress will have spiked shoulderpads with Warhammer style spikes

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[-] AllOutOfBubbleGum@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Feathered tyrannosaur of Asia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yutyrannus

Feathered tyrannosaur of North America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanuqsaurus

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 84 points 2 months ago

Fun fact, the reason some dinosaurs are depicted with lips is because the asymetrical wear on their teeth doesn't match with modern equivalent's that have exposed teeth, meaning they had "labial scale" lips.

Image owned by Mark P. Witton

[-] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 84 points 2 months ago

Hippos will absolutely fuck you up, though.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 53 points 2 months ago

Yeah pic 2 is just an artistic depiction of their inner selves

[-] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Inside all of us there are two hippos...

[-] Prime_Minister_Keyes@lemm.ee 28 points 2 months ago

Hey, that's not fair, I've really been trying to lose weight.

[-] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And it shows! You look like just 1.8 hippos now!

[-] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Take your upvote

[-] Zink@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago

It’s like that is the hippo’s Slayer form from Baldur’s Gate 2.

But they have a Bruce-Banner-esque secret… they are always the Slayer.

[-] Houseman@lemmy.world 67 points 2 months ago

Hippos are so friend shaped it's unfair.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago

The reason for the stretched skin look for dinosaurs initially is because of the comparison to lizards, who do frequently have their skin stretched on their bones except in a few places. Unfortunately things like that have momentum, so changing it takes even longer than it took to catch on.

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago

I'm still pissed at Jurassic World cowardly going with the old designs when they could have shown the current knowledge, much like the original movie has.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 6 points 2 months ago

I haven't watched Jurassic World, but wasn't that kinda explained with the frog DNA? I heard something to that effect. Meaning that they knew they weren't like the original animals.

[-] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

yes, henry wu even says something along the lines of that.

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[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Eh, in universe it fits the continuity. They're not dinosaurs, they're lab created animals that fit an inaccurate public perception of dinosaurs . Corpos keep corping, why mess with a winning formula

[-] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 months ago

An interesting book on why many dinosaur depictions are wrong and what they may have looked like.
The hippos teeth peg it as a mostly vegetation, so depictions would favor that line.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 months ago

Holy shit, this is exactly this book:

All Yesterdays: Unique and Speculative Views of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals

There was a great podcast that pointed me to it: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/welcome-to-jurassic-art-redux/transcript/

I think that's it. I've already done more searching than I intended to get the name of the book. You're on your own.

I wanted to be an archeologist when I was a kid because I loved dinos. This book speaks to me.

[-] Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 months ago

To whoever likes this sort of fantastical speculative artistry, one of the authors C.M. Koseman also wrote and illustrated All Tomorrow's, which is a similarly speculative view of humanity from the fictional perspective of a paleontologist in the unfathomably far future, after humanity spread to the stars and experienced an apocalypse that leads us down countless evolutionary paths. Content warning: Body horror, cosmic horror, but presented in an academic way.

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

I wish I was one of the snake people. Look at him. He is at peace with his Sock and Juice.

[-] Draconic_NEO@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The term "artist" here is being used kind of loosely. They're doing the bare minimum you need to turn a skeleton into a living creature. Good artistic representations require a lot more imagination, beyond what we scientifically know. You can get clues by looking at already existing animals and how they relate to their skeletons. Which gives an idea of how much not bone material those creatures might have. No you won't know exactly how much they did, but that's not really being represented by skin wrapping either is it. Better to try and go for something believable rather than the bare minimum.

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[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Does that hippo have a beard?

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

It has a badly shaven mustache, so the beard is likely

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