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Glimpse from a world of rampant crocodiles
🕑 Added 2025-12-28 20:46:52 +0000 UTC
Generous patron and friend N. S. came by with an amazing commission request - a flying predator attacking an armoured, grazing herbivore in a world (or continent) dominated by rampant crocodylomorphs.
Crocodile relatives were extremely diverse in the past, and included lightly-built terrestrial runners, near-dinosaur-analogues, shark-like swimmers, and armoured herbivores in their ranks.
I started this assignment by creating sketches for the two animals I was going to portray.
Based on my patron's feedback, I refined the grazer's overall body form, and the flying predator's face. The grazer's overall form was a homage to the "Rhinoceros Hoplocroc" featured in the legendary early 2000's Specworld speculative dinosaur project (seen immediately below - NOT my work!).
I then completed the final ink drawings for the two creatures.
Here is the progression of cleaned line-art, screentones, and colouring for Lepikkos xiphophorus (the sword-bearing scaled horse).
The same progression for the wyvern-croc, Aquilisuchus draconoides. I drew the head separately and in larger format to get crisper details.
Thus ended another great commission. I am a big fan of speculative archosaurs, and I could easily draw another ten or twenty creatures from this world. Alas! Too little time, too much work! Thank you all for supporting me on Patreon, and beyond!
Comments
C. M. Kosemen
Thank you - glad you liked them!
Magic Cloud
I love that Dragon-type creature. What a cool design. A world of Crocodiles and Crocodile descendants is an amazing concept.
Azdarcho
As a Spec dragon connoisseur this is amazing.
