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Pterodactylus request series 1

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Random Creature Request Series No. 1, improv sketches selected from an assortment of suggestions. Refreshing... need inspiration... I liek dis idea GO ME :iconbakacirnoplz:

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As usual for impromptu sketches, no specific species is intended, it's a basic amalgam of fossil photos, skeletals and reconstructions that I looked over before starting. Pterodactylus is one of the best known pterosaur genus, with several complete fossils of multiple species, age groups and sexes, along with preserved soft tissue, muscle and pycnofibers. I drew an adult with developed crest here.

Pterosaurs in general are a really good exercise in learning anatomy IMO, it's not the usual skeletal morphology we see today... when you study it, you will LOL at the old idea that they could snatch things out of the sky. Have you SEEN those pathetically slender ankles and tiny claws not to mention the diminutive pelvis lolol.

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yey!!! thanks he looks wicked! now draw him with magic crayons so that he can come alive and be my pet. I will love him and squeeze him and call him george :)

[link] (I loved that as a kid and now i lol because "just you watch and see" sounds awfully malevolent.

ps I always thought of them as bug and fish eaters but i guess some of the bigger ones could have eaten other flying dinos...tho your right they must have caught them by mouth.