Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis
This reconstruction was created to illustrate the Sculpture section of a collaborative Japanese/American paleoart book, “Life Restorations of Dinosaurs” (Gaaken, 2008). I used an understructure based upon the well-preserved holotype skull, PVSJ 407. An alert, inquisitive appearance is suggested by the pose, with speculative soft tissues based upon extant reptilian and avian references, and a coloration scheme inspired by the Komodo dragon.
This now out-of-print book contains the making of this Herrerasaurus sculpture, as well as many other examples of my and other paleoartists' works.