Original artwork description:

Dilophosaurus has undeniably gained a lot of attention and its own fan base since Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park movie.
The shot of a screaming Dilophosaurus opening its cape has long been one of the most recognizable and quoted from the 1993 film. But there is not much left of the real animal. First, Michael Crichton, in his book, which became the basis for Spielberg's film, came up with a superweapon for him - the ability to spit poison. The art department added another feature, a neck frill or cowl folded against its neck that expanded and vibrated as the animal prepared to attack, similar to that of the frill-necked lizard. In order not to visually confuse Dilophosaurus with Velociraptor, it was reduced almost three times.


The Dilophosaurus of Jurassic Park was acknowledged as the "only serious departure from scientific veracity" in the movie's making-of book, and as the "most fictionalized" of the movie's dinosaurs in a book about Stan Winston Studios, which created the animatronics effects.

In fact, Dilophosaurus was quite large and reached a length of 7 meters and 400 kg in weight. He was fast and very agile. This made it one of the main Early Jurassic predators in what is now North America. The largest skull found was 59 cm long. The genus name means "two-crested lizard" due to unusual growths. They seem very picturesque to me. Drawing the Dilophosaurus skull was a lot of fun.

Every paleo artwork is hand drawn watercolor illustration made with paints Horadam Schmincke and Ukrainian fine art supplies brand Rósa Gallery on a french watercolor paper 300 g/m².
All artworks are unique and one of a kind.

Materials used:

watercolour

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