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Fictional Dinosaur Portraits - Iteration 2 - Retro Redux

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 Hello again, After experimenting with Skullgen, I was reminded of a doodle I did once, a panoply of fictional theropods heads, which I had dreamed-up at random. Here is the original image: This leaving something to be desired, I decided to flesh out the best of them into full speculative portraits, thus. A mid-sized Eustreptospondylus relative. Adapted to catch vertebrates smaller than itself, it has long, recurved teeth. An herbivorous Notosuchian that has done away with teeth, in favor of a strong beak. A relative of Confusciousornis, having an upturned bill and small teeth. A crestless Oviraptorid which bears a large, powerful beak. A long-snouted Megalosaur, transitional between Megalosaurs and Spinosaurs. An extremely basal ornithischian, which has not yet evolved a beak. A large, long-snouted Unenlagiine which has many conical teeth for hunting fish. A Spinosaur which has a long, pointed narrow snout somewhat like a bird. A short-snouted Allosaurid of moderate size, and havi...

Fictional Dinosaur Portraits - Iteration 1 - Skullgen

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 Hello again. Apologies for my inactivity, health trouble and surgery stole the wind out of my sails a bit. Now I'm back though with fresh work. My colleague Memo Koseman made me aware of the Skullgen AI program, which generates dinosaur skulls based on an AI algorithm. The website is here: http://www.cmkosemen.com/skullgen.html I managed to gain a great amount of inspiration from these images, and I restored a few of the skulls based on what I reasoned them to be. They are as follows: A fair-sized carnivorous Archosaur related to Doswellia and the Aetosaurs. A small, carnivorous basal-archosauromorph which possesses large teeth and a hooked beak. An Elaphrosaur, similar to Limusaurus. An aberrant basal Neornithischian somewhat like Thescelosaurus, posessing a flange which anchors the cheek, and a hooked predentary beak. A tiny, ground-dwelling Troodontid which feeds on insects and small vertebrates. A basal Tyrannosauroid similar to Guanlong. An Iguanodontian which has a large fla...