I didn't know there was a new raptor discovered. interesting. maybe one day they'll discover a new Carchadontosaurid? I remember when Giganotosaurus was first discovered in the 90s. man that thing was awsome. I liked Giganotosaurus way more then Spinosaurus.
As a matter of fact, they DID discover a new carcharodontosaurid recently (nice article with picture
here), though it was only around 20 feet long, not a giant like
Carcharodontosaurus or
Giganotosaurus. It’s called
Concavenator corcovatus (“Hunchbacked Hunter from Cuerca”; I kid you not
), and it has two notable features. First, two of the vertebrae in front of its hips were extended into long, narrow spines, which probably supported a small sail or hump in life. (Amusingly, my brother and I have always called
Carcharodontosaurus “the land shark” because its name means “shark-toothed reptile”. While we were looking at this article, we simultaneously realized that this was a “land shark” complete with a fin!
) The hump may have been for fat storage like a camel’s, a means of keeping the dinosaur cool, and/or a display structure. The second feature were the small bumps on its forearm bones, which may have supported quills or feathers.
There’s a few other carcharodontosaurids you may not have heard about:
Mapusaurus and
Tyrannotitan (“Tyrant Titan”; what a name!), both large South American “land sharks” of similar size to
Giganotosaurus and
Carcharodontosaurus, and
Eocarcharia ( “Dawn Shark”), a smaller early carcharodontosaurid from Africa that was about 25 feet long and had prominent bony eyebrow ridges.
I was obsessed with
Giganotosaurus at one time (I loved the idea of a theropod bigger than
Tyrannosaurus), but these days I’m more into
Spinosaurus. Not because of
Jurassic Park III, but because of its more unusual appearance (I’m a sucker for weird dinosaurs
) and the theories and hypotheses I’ve read about it, suggesting that it hunted by wading up to its nostrils in water with its jaws below the surface to grab fish; that the tip of its snout was packed with sensory pores that allowed it to detect movements in the water; that its sail was brightly colored and functioned as a display structure for when the rest of the dinosaur was underwater, as well as making it look bigger and more intimidating to other carnivores, possibly allowing it to scare them off so it could scavenge from their kills; I find it all very interesting.
theres only one scene in wich Scyth uses here hypnotic abilitys after that its not used anymore. its just a one time thing. (like Optimus Primes Energy Axe and Megatron's Energy Flail bit. only a one time deal)
You’d still be using the element of magic in the story, though, no matter how little impact it has on the plot. In fact, using it only once and referencing it a little might make it seem even more out-of-the-blue and unfitting, like if an otherwise clean and family-friendly LBT movie had one extremely bloody and graphic injury, even if the scene was brief and the injury not severely harmful to the character. It would make much more sense to just have the character suffer a small, non-bloody wound, as this would both fill the same purpose in the plot of the story, and fit in better with the rest of the film. My point is that, if the scene where Scyth is to use magical hypnosis is essential to the plot, then I think it would be better if you found a different, non-magic device to replace it. For example, if Scyth can’t just kill the dinosaur in question, perhaps you could instead have her use some sort of martial art that enables her to instantly render another dinosaur unconscious by striking a particular nerve and/or blood vessel. It’s much more plausible than black magic, and I even remember seeing an episode of
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not (and I think something similar on
Time Warp as well) that featured a guy who could knock people out by pinching them at a certain spot in the neck/shoulder area (likened to a real-life Vulcan nerve pinch). Or, if Scyth can’t touch the dinosaur, couldn’t she just use ordinary hypnosis? (By the way, I'm afraid I know nothing about
Transformers.)
I don't rely plan to color slash or Scyth. I may just leave it like this. I'm no good at coloring.
Oh well. What colors do you imagine them as being?
Personally, I thought the coloring you did for “Grandpa Longneck vs. Tornetar” looked good.
And you wouldn't need to color the original drawing; you could just print out a copy of the scanned picture and color that.
