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Estemmenosuchus sketches

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Another sketch that I neglected to upload here. Here's my attempt at Estemmenosuchus mirabilis, a weird ol’ therapsid. While these guys are classified as ‘mammal-like reptiles’, and are the ancestors of mammals today, I’ve seen only a couple interpretations with skin, and even then they were pretty shrinkwrapped. Kinda sick of that look, so here’s a fat muzzled lizard hippo to shake things up.

(Also on my tumblr!)
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I'm glad to see you get away from the shrink wrapped skull face I often see done with this animal without going overboard on a gigantic meaty head: Estemmenosuchus' skull is very similar to a hippos and we know there's a big difference between said skull and the full face in living flesh and fats. Great job!