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Majungasaurus crenatissimus

My reconstruction of Majungasaurus crenatissimus. Majungasaurus used to live on Madagascar and was a unique animal because of its exceptionally large tail and cannibalistic behaviour. I wasn't able to consistently work on this project, so it's only now that I realize how much fun I had during this visualization. (I never thought posting something on ArtStation could actually be fun!) The project started of as a study of Majungasuaurus' skull and then I used that study as the base of a test of my "modular theropod musculature plan": the skeletal, musculature and fat studies of my Majungasaurus only took a total of two days to complete - this process used to take a minimum of two weeks! My modular theropod muscular plan worked!

Since this project was about testing out my new modular workflow rather then perfectly recreating an extinct animal, I took some liberties with the visualization of the environment. I used pictures from Pinterest to visualize studies of my dinosaur in a realistic environment.

These are the links of the images:
https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/6544361953902904/
https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/70437488639713/

Furthermore I used Megascans for the environment, the turtle shell you can find below and last but not least I would like to thank WitmerLab for their pictures of Majungasaurus' skull:
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/sea-turtle-shell-3d-scan-91d6d0394c8e4fe7a999680b4d7577d1
https://people.ohio.edu/witmerl/collections/Theropods/majungasaurus.htm

My final render of Majungasaurus crenatissimus. The image I used as the base for my custom HDRI can be found in the description.

My final render of Majungasaurus crenatissimus. The image I used as the base for my custom HDRI can be found in the description.

A quick study of Majungasaurus crenatissimus. The image I used as the environment can be found in the description.

A quick study of Majungasaurus crenatissimus. The image I used as the environment can be found in the description.

Studies of Majungasaurus' skull. I was able to manually reconstruct this fairly confidently thanks to the images shared in the description.

Studies of Majungasaurus' skull. I was able to manually reconstruct this fairly confidently thanks to the images shared in the description.

This is by no means my most accurate reconstruction, but if I set the time against the result, I think I've come a long way in working more and more efficiently.

This is by no means my most accurate reconstruction, but if I set the time against the result, I think I've come a long way in working more and more efficiently.

I don't think anyone can easily spot any large mistakes, so if you think how quickly I was able to create this musculature study, I think it's one of the best ones I did.

I don't think anyone can easily spot any large mistakes, so if you think how quickly I was able to create this musculature study, I think it's one of the best ones I did.

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