Ildar Gismatullin
Paleoartist who draws with traditional (mainly pens) and digital media (Photoshop, Krita, Paint etc.).
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- Another obligatory New Year art. 🙂 Since 2026 is the Year of the Horse, I decided to choose one of the many extinct horse species. This is Mesohippus bairdi, which lived during the Early Oligocene in North America. Happy holidays! #happynewyear2016 #yearofhorse
- A charging Tarbosaurus bataar. I painted this piece as an exercise in fullbody black and white art without lines. As usual, I used various brushes. I also practiced painting the ground kicked up by the animal's feet. #paleoart #dinosaur
- Daspletosaurus torosus, a type species of its genus, from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada. The holotype was found in the Oldman Formation in 1921. Daspletosaurus had relatively long forelimbs for a tyrannosaurid and quite massive build. #paleoart #dinosaur
- Long-snouted tyrannosaurid Qianzhousaurus sinensis attacks high-crested oviraptorid Corythoraptor jacobsi. Qianzhousaurus belongs to Alioramini, a clade of gracile tyrannosaurid with probable preference to small and agile prey. Late Cretaceous of China. #paleoart #dinosaurs
- The Tyrannosaurus rex is moving away from the viewer to the left. I started this drawing spontaneously and without references, and then adjusted the proportions. I'm not very happy with the position of the right leg, and the shading is a bit sloppy. #paleoart #dinosaur #trex
- Painting of the front half of Giganotosaurus carolinii, a large carcharodontosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina. It was among the largest theropods ever existed and rivaled big T. rex specimens in size. #paleoart #dinosaur #giganotosaurus
- A portrait sketch of Cryolophosaurus elliotti, a remarkable theropod from the Early Jurassic of Antarctica. This dinosaur is known for its tuft-shaped crest, positioned above the eyes. It was given informal name "Elvisaurus" due this feature. #paleoart #dinosaur #jurassic
- A sketch of a Tyrannosaurus rex pulling at the hide of its prey. The front upper teeth of tyrannosaurids were D-shaped in cross-section and used for carving and scraping meat from bones. Some dinosaur bones even bear teeth marks left by this behavior. #paleoart #dinosaur #tyrannosaurus #trex
- Portrait of hadrosauroid Cariocecus bocagei from Early Cretaceous of Portugal. It's known by partial articulated skull from Papo Seco Formation. Cariocecus had low head profile, without crests or bulbous nose. Done in Krita. #paleoart #dinosaur
- Portrait of Torvosaurus tanneri, big megalosaurid theropod from Morrison formation. It was massive predator which coexisted with array of other theropods, including smaller megalosauroid Marshosaurus. Done as experiment with style. #paleoart #dinosaur
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- Chindesaurus bryansmalli, a basal predatory dinosaur from the Late Triassic of Arizona. Its holotype, a partial postcranial skeleton, was nicknamed "Gertie". Chindesaurus was classified as herrerasaurid, but recent analyzes recovered it as Tawa hallae relative. #paleoart
- Monochrome portrait of Saurornitholestes langstoni, a dromaeosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of North America. It's known by many fossils, including almost complete skeleton. The relatively boxy skull of this specimen was described in 2019. Keratinous snout tip is speculative. #paleoart
- Yawning Prognathodon overtoni for friends's Birthday. Prognathodon is a genus with a complex taxonomy. Some of its species have been reclassified as separate genera, while others are the opposite, such as this one, previously known as Brachysaurana. Done in Paint Tool Sai 2.0. #paleoart
- A portrait of Khankhuuluu mongoliensis (or "Mongolian dragon prince"), a tyrannosauroid from the Bayanshiree Formation. Its remains were previously described as belonging to Alectrosaurus, but are now classified as a separate genus. Done in Paint 3D. #paleoart #dinosaur
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- Portrait of Tameryraptor markgrafi, a carcharodontosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Bahariya Formation (Egypt). Its remains have long been attributed to Carcharodontosaurus, but it is distinguished by the presence of a small horn on its nose and symmetrical teeth. #paleoart #dinosaur
- An adult Ceratosaurus nasicornis caught juvenile Torvosaurus tanneri. These theropods, like an Allosaurus, were found in the famous Morrison Formation, but their remains are much less common. Despite some differences in food sources, they competed and killed each other from time to time. #paleoart
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- Portrait of dinosauromorph Pisanosaurus mertii from the Late Triassic of Argentina. It was either basal ornithishian (as classified initially) or silesaurid. In any case this animal was herbivore or omnivore a little more than a meter long. Neck filaments are speculative. #paleoart #dinosaur
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- Duonychus tsogtbaatari, a therizinosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Bayanshiree Formation (Mongolia). It's known by partial postcranial skeleton including dorsal vertebrae and both forelimbs. Duonychus has only two manual digits, with big and curved claws. #paleoart #dinosaur
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- Portrait of Riparovenator milnerae, a baryonychine spinosaurid from Early Cretaceous of Isle of Wight. Remains of this theropod previously were assigned to Baryonyx. In this work I painted color on a black base - an unusual experience! Done in Adobe Photoshop. #paleoart #dinosaur
- Colored portrait sketch of Troodon formosus, a troodontid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of USA and Canada. It was initially described by tooth as a lizard and then referred to pachycephalosaurids. Later it became clear that Troodon was a bird-like theropod. #paleoart #dinosaur
- Today I downloaded Gimp and did some work in it. It was a lot of fun using the different tools! The result was this portrait of a random megaraptoran. Megaraptora is a clade of possible coelurosaurs (or even tyrannosauroideans) with forelimbs adapted for capture of prey. #paleoart
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- Want some theropod legs? 🙂 New work in progress.
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- Intasuchus sylvicola, a intasuchid temnospondyl from Middle Permian of Komi Republic (Russia). It was an animal with 20-25 cm skull reinforced with ridges. Intasuchus is part of Inta faunal assemblage. In this drawing proportions were based on probably related Glanochton latirostre. #paleoart
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- Detailed sketch of metriacantosaurid Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus from Middle Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan. This large theropod is known by two partial specimens (subadult and juvenile) from Balabansai Formation. The material includes bones from hindlimbs and postorbital with large boss. #paleoart #dinosaur
- Portrait of meridiungulate Pyrotherium romeroi from the Late Oligocene of Argentina. The skull of this big herbivore was massive, with an elongated nostril, so that it could have had a short trunk. Because of this, Pyrotherium was previously classified as a relative of elephants. #paleoart
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- Parasaurolophus walkeri came to drink water somewhere in Late Cretaceous Canada. This is one of the most famous hadrosaurs. It's notable feaure is long crest with internal hollows. The plants on drawing include mosses, ferns and aquatic monocot Cobbania corrugata (Araceae). #paleoart #dinosaur
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- Speculatively feathered Dilophosaurus wetherilli walks on cracked ground during the dry season. Early Jurassic of United States. Initial sketch was drawn last year, but main part of work was done in recent months. #paleoart #dinosaur
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- Lusovenator santosi, a Late Jurassic carcharodontosaur from Portugal. It was described from incomplete specimen from Lourinha Formation in 2020. I did much of this drawing last year and fixed some details recently. Based on skeletal by @sassypn.bsky.social. #paleoart #dinosaur
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- An experimental portrait of Tarbosaurus bataar. Here I tried brushes imitating oil paint and charcoal. Tarbosaurus is a close relative of T. rex, known mainly from specimens of different ages from the Maastrichtian of Mongolia. Done in Adobe Photoshop. #paleoart #dinosaur
- Reconstruction of noasaurid Kiyacursor longipes from the Early Cretaceous of the Kemerovo region (Russia). It's known by partial postcranial skeleton including articulated hindlimbs. Kiyacursor had cursorial adaptations and could run quickly from predators. #paleoart
- Color portrait of Asfaltovenator vialidadi, a probable relative of an Allosaurus. It's partial skeleton with skull was found in Lower Jurassic sediments of Cañadón Asfalto Formation in Argentina. This dinosaur has a mixture of primitive and progressive traits. #paleoart
- Red sketch of Tyrannosaurus rex with exoparia, a recently found soft tissue in cheek region. This structure probably stabilized jaw during feeding. Similar tissues were found in extant chickens and could be present in many non-avian dinosaurs. Done in Paint. #paleoart
- Portrait of Inostrancevia alexandri, very big gorgonopsid from Late Permian Russia. It's known by skulls and skeletons from Arkhangelsk region. With high head up to 50 cm long and sabre-like serrated canines, Inostrancevia was apex-predator of its region. #paleoart
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- Speculative portrait sketches of megaraptorid Maip macrothorax from Late Cretaceous of Argentina. It's known by incomplete postcranial skeleton, and we usually reconstruct its head based on other megaraptorids. But what if Maip had a bit different head shape (right sketch)? #paleoart
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- Portrait of coelurosaur Huadanosaurus sinensis from Yixian Formation. This theropod is known by small immature specimen with feathers on tail. Its skull has some tyrannosauroid-like features, leading some scientists to suggest it may be a young Yutyrannus or similar taxon. #paleoart #dinosaur
- Trying new gel pens in my craft paper sketchbook. 🙂 This is portrait sketch of Diademodon tetragonus, big herbivorous or omnivorous cynodont from Middle Triassic of Africa and Argentina. It had very wide postorbital part of head with big muscles for food prossesing. I decided to draw it hairless.
