Dinosaur Train fan art

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Dinosaur Train is a show that my granddaughter loves.  It is a great show that teaches preschool children about thinking scientifically.  It connects them with nature and helps them see how science thinking works.  At the end of each episode the paleontologist talks to the audience, often with young kids helping out.  He encourages them to get outside and make their own discoveries.

 I have met the paleontologist from this show couple of times.  He was once the director of the paleontology collection at the Utah Museum of Natural History.  His name is Scott Sampson.  He is called "Dr. Scott" in the TV show.  I met him one time years ago when he was just starting this production.  He was very excited about the show.  He also gave me some good career advice.  Dr. Scott is as nice in person as he is on TV.  He also wrote an amazing book called, Dinosaur Odyssey.  This book connects the dinosaurs to our modern world problems.  I think it is one of the best science books I have ever read.  I recommend it.  It is available on Amazon.com as an ebook.

My drawings of the characters were done for my granddaughter to color.  They are not official and actually not done in great detail.  Some of them have my own input as far as the patterns on their skin/scales.  My granddaughter is only 2 so she is not very critical of my drawings.  She loves to say or sing "Dinosaur Train" ...(over and over again...she's very cute doing it.)

I decided to draw or include more drawings with this blog entry.  They are a few more realistic drawings of the animals in the cartoon drawings.

T. rex and Pteranodon babies cartoon drawing fan art

T. rex baby cartoon drawing fan art

A more realistic drawing of a T. rex baby and Parent

(Drawing is based on  juvenile and adult T. rex skulls.)

T. rex and Pteranodon cartoon drawing fan art

Triceratops and Brachiosaurus baby cartoon drawing fan art

Triceratops cartoon fan art

Triceratops with Calf realistic

Note:  Dr. John Horner now has a theory that the frill of a young Triceratops was much different than the frill of an adult.  Notice that the frill of the juvenile arches back over the neck presumably to give it better protection from predators.  Also, the little horns or bumps on the frill seem to absorb as the animal reaches full size.  The horns also begin to face more forward. This is mentioned in a previous post on Triceratops.   The cartoon drawing still has the adult with the little frill horns.   IF Dr. Horner is correct, then that drawing is inaccurate.  

Apatosaurus fan art

(This started as a cartoon drawing from Dinosaur Train, 

but it ended up looking rather realistic.)