Beware the Slenderdactyl

"Beware the Slenderdactyl"

Quetzalcoatlus northropi, Tyrannosaurus rex, Paleosaniwa canadensis. An acrylic painting of a Tyrannosaurus chick hiding from the Slenderdactyl, an old and grounded Quetzalcoatlus who makes his home in this dark forest. An adult Paleosaniwa makes a break for it as the giant pterosaur spots it. 

Due to old damage to his wings, the Slenderdactyl spends his time as a terrestrial, stalking predator. He took up residence in my fictional Maastrichtian forest of Taur-e-Ndaedelos, namely to avoid the large Tyrannosaurs of the plains. He mainly lives off of small animals and the juvenile dinosaurs who naively wander into his domain and get hopelessly lost.

I wanted to do another spooky forest painting involving the Slenderdactyl for a while and decided to go with an eerie, ectoplasm green for the overall mood of the painting. The primary purpose of adding the Paleosaniwa was to give a scale reference for the Slenderdactyl. There’s a frog as well in the painting, right next to the Slenderdactyl’s raised hand, also for scale.

Completed on the 29^th of January 2019.

Done using acrylics, color pencils and Photoshop CC.