stolpergeist:

suicunesrider:

I appreciate how, as our understanding of dinosaur anatomy becomes more refined, we simultaneously have improved the anatomy of our fantasy creatures that are often inspired by them.

Especially since the more anatomically accurate stuff usually looks so much better than our older ideas?

Like, what we used to think looked like this:

We now understand looked like this:

And what we once thought was shaped like this:

Turned out to be shaped like this

All of these older ideas of big, heavy reptiles kind of share the same anatomy problems:

And now that we’ve become more thoughtful about their anatomy, our fantasy creatures– even the ones that still wouldn’t technically make sense– still look so much more pleasing to the eye as a result.

It’s awesome how the closer to correct anatomy we get, the “prettier” things seem to look.

This. So much this. The closer they are to actual anatomical features, the more natural they look and thus both richer in detail and approachable as animals rather than amorphous blobs with sticky legs.