By the way, even Prehistoric Planet mostly makes dinosaur scales too large. Rendering scales at realistic size for dinosaurs is still a challenge for CG...
Overall the integument in PP is really well done. But honestly the more time goes by, the more I appreciate the dinosaurs from Dinosaur (2000). Which have meticulously textured scaly wrinkly skin that matches known specimens quite well (at least for the time).
There is a lot of great stuff in that movie. On folds and wrinkles, the issue is always that carcasses are not necessarily good models for live animals.
Definitely true. Though it seems to me these animals would have looked more wrinkly from afar than what small scaly patches might seem to make apparent.
Oct 17, 2025 10:32
