First look at one of my Carnivores inspired critters: Pteradactylus

The images of the model of course, in Tpose as well as posed since I have it rigged. Got 2 of my concept arts that were used. And then lastly I have a few reference images, marsupial Pteradactylus reconstructions, “generic brown bird”, and I also used the Benjamin Waterhouse Crystal Palace statues to inspire it as well.

Don’t know why but I really wanted this guy to be my first model I made, they would be filling a similar niche to birds, constantly being seen fluttering about or perching in trees. They of course can walk around but prefer to land in the safety of tree branches when not grabbing food or water.

It does have a beak, but its feathering covers the entire structure of the snout. Small whiskers on the face aid its keen senses. Soft tissue structures funnel sound towards the reptilian ears, not the only example of external “mammalian” ear structures developing in archosaurs.

Outside of the ears, it’s pretty much an accurate Pteradactylus actually. Hopefully I’m not biting myself too much with inconsistencies between critter designs for this setting.

Wanted to go for a low poly feel…. I learned that I’m pretty bad at sticking to low poly count. Managed to keep it under control as best I could though, so enjoy my “mid-poly” style from here on out.

————————————————————————

Definitely feel like my second model is gonna be way more divisive as it’s way more out there and leans more into the modern animal inspiration as opposed to retro dinosaurs. It’s (not very well) hidden in one of my concept arts. Any guesses as to what my first actual dinosaur is?

A drawing from a story set in neo-cretaceous England. I'm doing my best to only feature animals from the late cretaceous and from the right region! In this scene, a hunter is stuck in a tree, having to wait for a family of neovenators to move on.

Honestly, a lot of this story just describes people looking at dinosaurs 🫣

You can read Dinosaur Apocalypse on its discord server, if you're interested: https://discord.gg/AQheuy77F

On the bright side, if any of these couples were to make it out alive, the resort would owe them a fortune in damages.