A quick visualization of a feathered male Allosaurus, who would be loved and admired by me, if we were in Jurassic times and our paths crossed at the right time

After an intense talk with tallacus about what my Allosaurus named Nova would find attractive in male Allosaurus, I came up with this sketch. I based the male on Nova's colors and tallacus' input like the feathers.

I think, in Jurassic times Nova would have fallen in love with a male, that looks like as if he could sustain the trials of the Jurassic, so I gave him a sturdy, maybe well-fed appearance. The neck is adorned with white display feathers, that stick out of the mane, because Allosaurus relied on his neck muscles to bring down prey instead of a powerful, muscle-driven bite like other theropods.

Last, but not least I gave him some elaborated, orange-red crests to ensnare Nova, while showing his gentle and protective side, because Nova doesn't like it, when she is treated bad and mean.

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If you like you can watch the little time lapse video, that I made to demonstrate my way of painting with Gimp. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSUpsB81erA