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The Maniraptoran Alphabet (Part 4)

Part 4 of my dinosaur alphabet! I'll admit Yi qi for Q is the most questionable of the letters, given that it's the only one picked for species name rather than genus name. Unfortunately, though, the only genera I could find that fit my requirements (maniraptorans extinct before the Eocene) were things described in only 1 or 2 papers and had no pre-existing restorations to reference, so I would've had to make restorations for them whole cloth, and I just didn't have the time for that on this project (though maybe I will some other time?). So Yi qi was moved from Y to Q and I picked a different species for Y. (The other thing I was considering was throwing Quetzalcoatlus in there as a curveball, since it's not even a dinosaur muchtheless a maniraptoran, but that probably would have been a joke only for me.)

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I will be exhibiting at this year's annual Art Walk with Inglewood Open Studios, along with a whole passle of other cool artists! Come find me with the Youth Art Exhibition at the Miracle Theater. If you're in the Los Angeles area this weekend, I hope to see you there!

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A drawing of Yves, a young man with brown skin and blond dreadlocks, against a mint green background. He wears a light indigo cat-ear beanie, a light indigo button-down shirt cropped at the midriff, a large white tie, and baggy pants.

Drew Yves, the main guy from my buddy @goudapatty's comic Blue Flavor!

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The Maniraptoran Alphabet (Part 1)

This past week I researched and illustrated a dinosaur alphabet book! I researched and illustrated 26 maniraptorans for the project, specifically limiting myself to species that went extinct before the Eocene to exclude modern birds. This project was a huge amount of fun for me and I'm very proud of the result, so I hope you all enjoy them too! Please look forward to the rest of the series, which I'll be posting over the course of the coming week or so.

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dinosaur maniraptoran dromaeosaurid troodontid therizinosaurid avialae anchiornis beipiaosaurus caihong deinonychus eoconfuciusornis confuciusornis paleoart alphabet illustration artaneae it would have been very easy to make this all dromaeosaurs with like 1 or 2 oviraptorids to fill in letters but I think I managed to avoid that no promises that these are 100% accurate due to the stylization and the fact that I did 26 of these within a week but I did my best

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A watercolor painting of a white swamphen (Porphyrio albus) standing in some reeds against a white background.

A watercolor painting of a huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) standing on a branch.

A watercolor painting of a dodo (Raphus cucullatus) standing in some grass against a white background.

A watercolor painting of a laughing owl (Ninox albifacies) standing on a branch against a white background.

A watercolor painting of a mysterious starling (Aplonis mavornata) standing on the edge of a nest full of blue-green eggs.

A watercolor painting of a North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae) standing in some grass against a white background.

A watercolor painting of an O'ahu 'ō'ō (Moho apicalis) standing on a branch.

Oh, extinct birds, how I love you and miss you.

In order:

White swamphen (Porphyrio albus), native to Lord Howe Island

Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris), native to Aotearoa New Zealand

Dodo (Raphus cucullatus), native to Mauritius

Laughing owl (Ninox albifacies), native to Aotearoa New Zealand

Mysterious starling (Aplonis mavornata), native to Mauke

North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae), native to Aotearoa New Zealand

O'ahu 'ō'ō (Moho apicalis), native to O'ahu

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An illustration of a panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) in neopastel and colored pencil. The chameleon has yellow-green and ruddy red stripes and is standing on a branch against a white background.

Never drawn a chameleon before! These dudes are such fun shapes.

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