Sickly

"Sickly"

Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis, Acheroraptor temertyorum. An acrylic painting of a sick Pachycephalosaurus being unaware of an Acheroraptor feasting on it as it tries to go about its day. Having survived the initial attack of a young Tyrannosaurus, the bite on its neck has gone septic and will eventually lead to its untimely death. 

This painting was inspired by a video documenting a golden eagle eating a pronghorn antelope alive as it ambles around. The antelope looked completely oblivious to the eagle tearing chunks out of it, leading some to speculate that the pronghorn was ill. 

Special shout-out to Darren Naish to sharing the video on the Tetrapod Zoology Facebook page. 

Completed on the 13th of March 2019.

Done using acrylics, color pencils, and Photoshop CC.