Concept was not mine, it was a glamor shot taken by a friend a while back, I just added the hood and robe. I needed to do an illustration of a figure, particularly the face just for practice. I tried to limit my time to just a few hours (<3). I'll admit it, I did a little tracing OK, so what! Just kidding, I am trying more and more to move away from tracing and using the reference material in the proper way. I didn't focused my main attention on the face and this is actually my first study using the Grayscale first, then color overlay. Hope you enjoy it.
A little further along, I have changed the livery, started a background, and focused on a single aircraft.
My interpretation of the terror of prehistoric North Africa! The most complete skeleton was destroyed during WWII in Berlin but the sketches and measurements remain. I have developed the animal around a lowland, valley, river/wetland lifestyle. It is commonly believed among many academics that Spinosaurus was likely a scavenger and fish/aquatic critter eater and was not likely to have been a swift chase-down predator. I made the tongue of the animal blue to reflect a possible lure for fish and other aquatic creatures to within snapping distance of the creatures mouth. I also made the sail a colorful display as well as an air conditioning device that is also a possibility commonly discussed among the scientific community.
