Triceratops in the forest by Swordlord3d

Triceratops in the forest by Swordlord3d

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New dinosaur from the series of images which I make for SOL 90 S.L. publishing house.

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Given 2011-07-02

Triceratops in the forest by ~Swordlord3d ( Suggested by sweetychan and Featured by KeremGo )

Tuesday-black Featured By Owner Apr 3, 2016

I like the 3-dimensional imagery!

Wikzzz Featured By Owner Feb 7, 2015

your paleoart is so awsome

Litterboy Featured By Owner Jan 30, 2014 Hobbyist General Artist

Very nice.

AlexGamer9000 Featured By Owner Dec 7, 2013 Student General Artist

Camper: Is that a dinosaur in the forest?

Hiker: You're just hallucinating from the mushrooms.

Triceratops: * charges at the guys*

Hiker: Run Run!

Warlord9 Featured By Owner Nov 15, 2013

Excellent!

ksdinoboy95 Featured By Owner May 27, 2013

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwsum moy brat! spaciboooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

kingspacegodzilla94 Featured By Owner May 2, 2013 Student Artisan Crafter

Looks so badass !!!

aDinoSupremacist Featured By Owner Jan 10, 2013 Student Digital Artist

Have you thought about updating this model since it's been shown they had quills?

Swordlord3d Featured By Owner Jan 13, 2013 Professional Filmographer

I haven't seen any worth info about Triceratops quills. Only about its distant relatives.

aDinoSupremacist Featured By Owner Jan 14, 2013 Student Digital Artist

The Houston Museum of Natural Science has all the world's supply of Triceratops skin which is on display. You can see the points where the quills came out.

Swordlord3d Featured By Owner Jan 15, 2013 Professional Filmographer

I haven't seen that points honestly. I only heard some rumors. And moreover quills themselves are not detected, right?

aDinoSupremacist Featured By Owner Jan 15, 2013 Student Digital Artist

The quills themselves haven't been found, but you can see the points in the skin. It's like taking some playdo and poking a stick inside of it and that's what you get. Check my gallery for the pics of the skin.

Swordlord3d Featured By Owner Jan 16, 2013 Professional Filmographer

Well, I don't see the quill there. There are marks of something thin and sharp but these holes are not too deep. So, they could be made by little "pimples" in the center of plates. This fossil is of very good quality so I'm sure, if Triceratops had the quills they had to bend in such situations and then we would get the marks of them.

aDinoSupremacist Featured By Owner Jan 16, 2013 Student Digital Artist

Well I'm not a paleontologist but the guy who's in charge of the exhibit is Bakker. They have quills on all their Triceratops art now, though not veyr big quills. It's better to see them in real life as you can see the holes "sinking" into the rock. Either way, there were some big sticking objects coming out of the skin.
Here check out Cheung Chang Tat's painting of it, his is probably the most accurate.
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Also the skin shows us what the Triceratops more looked like, especially the belly area and under the neck. Julius Csotonyi did a great pic of all known info on the Triceratops, I'll try to get a picture of it.

Swordlord3d Featured By Owner Jan 16, 2013 Professional Filmographer

Cheung Chang Tat is a great artist but I think that this Dinosaur Revolution's Triceratops is closer to reality: [link]
I will make a new Triceratops for the museum soon and my quills will be even smaller. (if the curator won't mind)
I'm sure, if Tric had long quills (like in your example) they had to keep the marks. Not just small holes. Lines.
As for the belly area, I know it and I used these data for my model.

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dinodanthetrainman Featured By Owner Nov 2, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

nice

bigfatcarp93 Featured By Owner Mar 21, 2012

Dinosaurs are so beautiful.

elephas1 Featured By Owner Jan 24, 2012

very cool... great shading

sapiens89 Featured By Owner Dec 19, 2011 Student Traditional Artist

is based on the work of shartman?

Swordlord3d Featured By Owner Mar 16, 2012 Professional Filmographer

It was based on different sources.

JD-man Featured By Owner Oct 17, 2011

Any idea when the Triceratops mummy will be described? I ask b/c this Triceratops seems to be based on it. Many thanks in advance.

Swordlord3d Featured By Owner Dec 4, 2011 Professional Filmographer

No, don't know.

I also want to read the description...

JD-man Featured By Owner Oct 17, 2011

Any idea when the Triceratops mummy will be formally described (I ask b/c that's what this Triceratops seems to be based on)? Many thanks in advance.

hoskins78 Featured By Owner Oct 4, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Fantastic looking scene, and a great combination of render and photo elements

Superb!!!

JeremyK9 Featured By Owner Sep 29, 2011

Great job! I love the setting you've put this Triceratops in, and the Triceratops itself of course.

EmperorDinobot Featured By Owner Sep 5, 2011

Is this...real? Or are you bsing me?

guilmon182 Featured By Owner Aug 30, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Holy shit! Is that a real model or is it CG?

Swordlord3d Featured By Owner Aug 31, 2011 Professional Filmographer

CG of course

guilmon182 Featured By Owner Aug 31, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Man, I honestly couldn't tell.

gantonski Featured By Owner Jul 26, 2011 Student Digital Artist

looks good. I think that tree is the most insane thing though. you modeled this scene?

Swordlord3d Featured By Owner Aug 2, 2011 Professional Filmographer

It's a photo.

gantonski Featured By Owner Jul 26, 2011 Student Digital Artist

sorry, i just read a comment. where do you find trees like that?

again, good job!

DariusRox Featured By Owner Jul 6, 2011

отличная работа !

Swordlord3d Featured By Owner Jul 19, 2011 Professional Filmographer

Спасибо!

MariHa5 Featured By Owner Jul 5, 2011

Замечательная работа!!!!

Swordlord3d Featured By Owner Jul 5, 2011 Professional Filmographer

спасибо!

Spouch Featured By Owner Jul 3, 2011

the tree on the right side looks so photorealistic!

Swordlord3d Featured By Owner Jul 19, 2011 Professional Filmographer

Of course! Because it's a photo

1Ai-Chan7 Featured By Owner Jul 2, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

this is cool, it looks so real, or really close to real

FaithFirefly Featured By Owner Jul 2, 2011 Professional Filmographer

Spots? Never thought of that.... Cool!!

Serveris7 Featured By Owner Jul 2, 2011

that is epic work on this pic.

sinninginheaven Featured By Owner Jul 2, 2011 Student Digital Artist

like...perfect is a good word,don't it ?

Nightsabra Featured By Owner Jul 2, 2011

Awesome.

Bloo-DKai12 Featured By Owner Jul 2, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

is very similar to the JP 90's toy

ysfaye Featured By Owner Jul 2, 2011 Professional General Artist

I can't quite put my finger on it but this wrinkled dinosaur looks very cute to me

black-ronin1228 Featured By Owner Jul 2, 2011 Professional General Artist

Did anyone else happen to notice the little turtle in the lower left corner looking up at the Triceratops like, WOW? LOL! Nice work, by the way. Always loved dinosaurs.....