Re: Request for an off-list sketch critique

[Richard W Travsky <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, JAMES ARONIS wrote:
> Very nice preliminary sketch. Is the head crest accurate (in its 
> position and shape) as far as the actual skull was concerned? I heard it 
> mentioned in the list many times but never seen a pic of the skull. The 
> spines atop the sail is a very nice touch, BTW. IMO, they should have 
> been included in the movie spinosaur. They tried everything to make the 
> spinosaur as fearsome as possible in JP3. They neglected to include more 
> realistic and likely anatomical features, opting instead for imaginary 
> ones (horns, gargantuan size, long arms, etc...).
> 
> Is there anyone that can provide a link, or email me a pic of the new 
> undocumented spinosaur skull? Or, at least a drawing of the destroyed one??

A drawing of the "destroyed one"?

I wrestled with this since you posted this.

I ALMOST did a sketch of a crushed skull...

Angels talked me out of it.