Pteranodon

Okay, so, here's my post about Dinosaur Train redesigns. This one is focusing on just the Pteranodon Family.

So, first off, we have Buddy. I wanted to modernize the Dinosaur Train Tyrannosaurus without it being completely accurate. The head is a mix of a real Tyrannosaurus and a Jurassic Park Tyrannosaurus, which is kind of similar to the original. But I added way more bulk and corrected the wrists. And as you can see, he's his own fictional species.

Next, we have the Pteranodon Couple. Mr. Pteranodon was redesigned to have a more distinct color scheme because in the show, him and his mate have the same colors. And I also gave them different crests as a sign of dimorphism, Mr. P is also slightly larger than Mrs. P. Mrs. P also has freckles that would be inherited by Tiny. And yes, these Pteranodons are also their own species. I also kept the eyelashes on Mrs. P like the one from the show.

Tiny is similar to both of her parents, her head is narrow like her dad's, but it has a blunter snout, and she also has freckles. Her beak is smaller than the adults, a common thing with the siblings that I did to show that they aren't fully grown, but are in their teens.

Don was a fun one to draw. He still has his underbite and his crest is still short, but it's taller than Tiny's.

Lastly, we have my favorite Dinosaur Train character, Shiny. Her beak is sharper and bends downwards at the front like the original, and her beak is bigger and has a sharper edge to it. If you look closely, her eyes are different from the rest of the family because she has eyeshadow.

What do you think?

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The Lost Isles

1 - Mayday

Flying a fair distance above the sea, nearly 240 kilometres east of the Tongan archipelago, a clunky helicopter sped past the low-hanging clouds. Inside, a gruff pilot rolled his eyes, though not visible through the visor on his helmet. In the helicopter's passenger cabin, two men sat. The first was more lax, resting on the metal bench. He mostly dressed in shades of brown and peach; his fedora, shorts, vest, and t-shirt exaggerated his relatively mundane personality. He looked over at the second man, who anxiously clenched the grab handle. His outfit was more professional- red tie, white dress shirt, glasses, sleek slacks, and an accessory of pens and pencils in his shirt pocket.

"So, you feeling good? Excited for the mission?" The first man asked. 

"No, actually. I don't even have a cigarette, man. I wish I could light one, but the pilot-"

"No smoking in the aircraft!" the pilot yelled from the cockpit. "Pilot Samuel Mendez to Air Traffic Control, we are approaching our destination, requesting permission to land..." He said, returning to his communications.

As the first man got up to switch seats, the aircraft shook from turbulence. As he looked out the window, he froze.

"What? Robbie, what is it?" The second man asked, still seated. 

Without a response, he turned to the window, following Robbie's gaze. He only saw clouds. Until a dark silhouette peered through the clouds, keeping pace with the helicopter.

“John, you know what that is?” Robbie asked.

“No.” John sat, flabbergasted at the object’s fluidity and yet animalistic propulsion.

Suddenly, the thing flew toward the helicopter, bumping it before flying under it.

“What the hell was that?!” Samuel yelled from the cockpit.

Another creature smacked the helicopter.

“Shit, Wingfingers! Brace yourselves!” Sam yelled.

“Wing-what?!” John asked, before the helicopter strafed right to avoid the pterosaurs.

“Wingfingers! Grab the guide, it’ll tell you about the creatures this damned company made!” Sam yelled.

“They’re from the island?!” John asked. 

Robbie begrudgingly grabbed the sheets connected by one ring. He tried to flip to the WINGFINGER section, but another Wingfinger struck the helicopter, hitting the tail rotor.

“We’re hit!” Sam yelled. “We’re losing altitude, we need to get over the island before we crash!” Sam yelled. 

John looked out the window, spotting a Wingfinger charge at the cabin. It had a wingspan of seven to eight metres, and a long, toothless beak. Some of them had a narrow crest, while others had a thicker crest. The thick crested were brighter, with shades of white, goldenrod, and indigo. The narrow-crested had duller shades.

“They look like Pterosaurs- AGH!” John groaned as the helicopter was hit again. Outside the helicopter, one Wingfinger was caught in the smoke of the tail rotor, just as another flew too close to the main rotor. Blood spilled on the windows, spilling over to the windshield.

“Mayday, mayday, mayday! Air traffic control, this is Samuel Mendez, Pilot of Walker BioEngineering Aircraft 2B0681, we’re just over Isla Deinonia, we’ve been hit by several Wingfingers, variant unknown, both rotors are damaged beyond repair, three souls on board, and we’re going down, over?” Sam yelled over the intercom. 

Only static responded.

“Shit, they took out the radio!” Sam yelled.

Another Wingfinger bashed through the passenger door, climbing inside and knocking John to the ground. It pecked at Robbie but knocked him over. A different Wingfinger, the one caught in the smoke, tried to tear open the other door, but the first Wingfinger charged out, knocking the second one into the island floor. The first Wingfinger flew out, John in tow. 

“They grabbed John! We need to loop around!” Robbie yelled, his grip on the guide tightening.

“We’re in free fall, you moron!” Sam yelled, trying to restart the rotors.

Meanwhile, John tried to hit the Wingfinger, but as another Wingfinger attacked the first over John, he was dropped down onto the island. He screamed in terror as he fell through a tree, getting caught in a bundle of vines and branches. He groaned as the helicopter fell into the same tree, knocking John down another six metres until he struck the forest floor with a dead thud.

Hi, so, as the title says, i may or may not be working on a fanfic comic about dinosaurs showing up in the world of a certain video game. Accurate dinosaurs to be specific, and as such, i have certain questions. Now, this comic takes place in... well it's difficult to explain, but it's supposed to be Japan in the future after humans die out and a non human civilization takes over, with dinosaurs being brought back through unnatural means. As such, most genera that will be featured in the comic are gonna be asian, this will be releveant soon. Now, onto the questions:

• How plausible would it be to portray a fictional species of Pteranodon sized or slightly smaller Pteranodontid/Nyctosaurid?

• How plausible would it be to portray a fictional species of giant Azhdarchid, should it be more of a generalist (like a Quetzalcoatlus, Cryodrakon or Arambourginia) or a specialist apex predator like Hatzegopteryx

• Would it be fine for Zhuchengtyrannus to have binocular vision like a Rex instead of a Tarbosaurus?

• How large could the Zhuchengtyrannys get?

• Would it be fine for the Zhuchengtyrannus to actually not find the human sized characters as a meal?

• How unrealistic would it be for Chinese and maybe Mongolian genera to show up alongside Japanese species?

• How unrealistic would it be for me to include Siamosaurus?

• How feathered would something like a Fukuiraptor get?

That's all for now, i may have a couple more questions down the road, but this is mostly it, thank you in advance for answering! (Also props to you if you know what game i'm reffering to)

Here's a scene from Jurassic World: Epilogue. It features Velociraptor, Rajasaurus, and Cearadactylus, probs not to scale, just wanted it to look cool.

My grandfather saw the last piece and asked for a "Pterodactyl", so I took the liberty of making Pteranodon sternbergi and Pteranodon longiceps work together to take down Velociraptor. Obviously, more liberties for coolness, like the Geosternbergia lifting up the raptor.

Thoughts?

I have been fascinated by dinosaurs since 2016, and naturally I have been drawing them for a similar amount of time. Recently, I uncovered a bunch of old dinosaur drawings I did when I was 8, and I decided to redraw the dinosaurs, showing how my art style has changed from the ages of 8, 12 and 15.

Anyways, enough exposition. Here’s the drawings:

Pteranodon

Yes, I know it isn’t a dinosaur, but still. Pterosaurs are some of my favourite things to draw, so naturally they have changed overtime.

2018

This drawing is certainly far from accurate (as you will see with my other 2018 drawings). The pterosaur, while cute, is very disproportionate, with stick-like legs, an inaccurate skull and sometimes the crest is even drawn separate from the body (something you will see more and more with these drawings). The colours I used in the 2018 drawing was blue or grey, depending on the image. Also, this Pteranodon lacks fingers on its wing or a tail.

2022

A reoccurring theme you will see with the 2021/2022 depictions are that they are heavily based off the Jurassic World versions of the species, if present. While this Pteranodon is better proportioned, it lacks pycnofibres. Also, I couldn’t draw a pterosaur walking on all fours at the time, so I only ever drew Pteranodon flying.

2025

This is probably my most accurate depiction, possessing the Pycnofibres. The way the wings fold when walking is based off how they depict it in Prehistoric Planet. In fact, you may also notice that while drawing this, I had the Tethydraco from the show in my head. I gave it a curved beak similar to Tethydraco/Pteranodon sternbergi because I initially planned to represent it as the latter.

Carnotaurus

Well, Carnotaurus has certainly evolved over time…

2018

Remember what I said about drawing the crest separate with Pteranodon? Here you can see an example of that; all the body parts, even the upper and lower jaws, are separate shapes. The hands have three fingers, and are sticks. It is also, for some reason, standing far more upright than Carnotaurus would in reality.

2022

Again, the Jurassic World influence is ever present here. This Carnotaurus is massively better than its predecessor, but there are a few errors; the skull is too Tyrannosaur-like, and this Carnotaur has downwards-facing wrists (IDK how that would even be possible with their near-lack of arms)

2025

A few smaller changes here, nothing as drastic as with the Pteranodon. Arms are more accurate, and have the correct number of fingers. The 2025 Carnotaurus also has lips and osteoderms.

Ankylosaurus

Ankylosaurus is a dinosaur that I nailed pretty early on. But before I nailed it, Jesus!

2018

Like the Carnotaurus, I drew the body parts of the Ankylosaurus separate. The skull was also just a circle, with a beak also separated. The armour had no spikes and I also gave it a really vibrant colour scheme.

2022-2024

After that ‘creature’, I got better at drawing Ankylosaurus. I tried to draw my 2022 Ankylosaurus twice, but both times it had very little difference to the Ankylosaurus I drew for the JP Wiki last September. Massive improvement; the skull isn’t a circle (it’s a rectangle :D) and it has spikes. This was also based off the version in the Jurassic Films, so was spikier than its real-life counterpart.

2025

There is very few differences here, except the skull is no longer a geometric shape, the feet are less elephant-like and the spikes are less spiky.

Brachiosaurus

2018

Like the previous dinosaurs, the body of the 2018 Brachiosaurus is drawn in separate pieces. The neck was always difficult to draw. Sometimes it was too thin, other ones it was too thick. Sometimes it was too long, other ones it was weird shape. The colour was a generic beige green, likely inspired by the green colours of JP///‘s Brachiosaurus. The front limbs are also the same size as the hind limbs.

2022

I’ve always struggled with Brachiosaurus’ skull, so this is actually far better than most of my 2022 depictions. You get the idea, however. It is based off the Jurassic World ‘Brachiosaurus’, which in turn is based off Giraffatitan.

2025

This is probably one of my favourite drawings of the past year. I’ve made the neck thicker and less S-shaped, edited the feet to be less elephant-like and added some speculative spikes going down the Brachiosaur’s back.

So, what do you guys think? What is your favourite species in Part I? Let me know down below what you think, or if you would like a notification for Part II!