The amazing David Orr and I worked together on this comic (check out his site for more great paleo design). As the owner of two feisty parrots, I feel like feathered raptors are just as exciting as those scaly ones we grew up with.
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#comic #Jurassic Park #dinosaur
“can men and women really be just friends??” straight people are so weird
It is a fact that bisexuals can’t make friends. There is only prey.
[[bi-lociraptor screech in the background, the hunt has begun]]
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#bisexuality #dinosaur #puns #anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog
“I miss dinosaurs.”
“Evolution, we’ve talked about this.”
“But I miss them.”
“You turned them into birds, remember? It was the best you could do, given the circumstances.”
“It’s not the same.”
“I know. I’m sorry.”
“Can I at least make these cassowaries 50 feet tall?”
“Come on, you know that size didn’t work out so well before.”
“Six feet, then? And over 100 pounds?”
“Yeah, that sounds better.”
“And can I put weird prehistoric crests on their heads?”
“I don’t see why not.”
“And can they slash people’s throats with their dagger claws?”
“Sure, pal, if that would make you feel better.”
“I think it would. Thanks for understanding.”
“You got it, evolution. Anytime.”
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#bird #dinosaur
Prairie Chicken Portrait (by Jeff Dyck)
do you ever just sit and think about how utterly beautiful and absurd dinosaurs must have looked
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#bird #dinosaur #pretty things
Last weekend I attended Anthrocon and it was pretty darn awesome. While I don’t consider myself a furry, I do enjoy realistic costumes, so I took the raptor mask I made (base/blank by: http://kierstinlapatka.tumblr.com/ ) and some gloves I put together. I ran out of time to make a tail. I figured I’d raptor around the con incognito, because it’s fun to be anonymous. Unfortunately for my planned secrecy, I was unaware that in the interim my last photoset of the raptor mask managed to accumulate around 3,000 notes on Tumblr, and the internet knew that it was mine, so there was no secrecy or anonymity. OH WELL I had fun anyhow! Let me tell you though, it’s super weird to have people come up and shout “I SAW THIS ON TUMBLR“ in real life. Uhhh. Hi, Internets.
Thus, I raptored around the con and generally acted like a nuisance. The very best reactions were the ‘muggles’… people on the street. They acted like it was Disneyworld and almost everyone really loved it. My friend managed to get a photo of me peeking into a bar window. Check out the enthusiastic lady on the far right.
I even managed to bump into my eagle mask being worn around the con a few times, which was super exciting to me (the Philippines Eagle mask seen above).
All photo credit goes to my friends Byzil and Hypno.
Here is a short video. I didn’t know she was recording at first so I was holding very still so she could take a still photo. Oops. Also ignore my bad anatomy raptor wrists pose. I had just smacked Dark Natasha in the throat with my claws accidentally and was feeling a bit sheepish. (Natasha was fine, but apparently I was going for the kill. Instincts?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJLdFoQOSOg
I am thinking of naming her Kinglet, after the bird that inspired her.
FEATHERED RAPTOR OMGLOOK
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#art #cosplay #awesome #dinosaur
what do you mean a thesaurus isnt a dinosaur
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#thesaurus #dinosaur #entry: roar
Avimimus portentosus was a small maniraptoran theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.
This is a substantial photoshop reworking of an oil painting from 2001 or so. I think it might be my first successful paint-over job, which is always harder than in seems.
Why I love John Conway’s paleoart:
1. Dinosaurs with feathers! Not just a little bit of feathers-on-a-lizard. Full-on feathers! With varied and birdlike coloration!
2. Dinosaurs I never heard of! Not just Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops. (Apparently I am a dinosaur hipster. …I was into dinosaurs back when they were underground.)
3. Dinosaurs with closed mouths! They’re not going “raaarrr” and showing off big spiky teeth and fighting each other all the time! I mean, I deeply love “raaarrr”, but the small part of me that isn’t a ten-year-old appreciates a more nuanced depiction.
4. Dinosaurs that look and behave like real, natural animals, not like monsters or dragons. Conway’s paintings make me feel like I went for a hike and instead of seeing a deer or a turkey I happened to see a dinosaur. And that’s pretty damn cool.
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#dinosaur #bird #art #awesome
Various deinonychosaurs by Peter Schouten
(From top to bottom and left to right:
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#dinosaur #adorable
Brinens and Things 
