Master creature anatomy

Aybars Turan collaborates with Terryl Whitlatch to create the écorché of the Pyrosuvious

How to create a believable bipedal dinosaur hybrid for 3D printing

For this creature anatomy project, I had the privilege of working with Terryl Whitlatch. We worked on the skeletal, muscular and vascular system for this creature. You can also find the Pyrosuvious in Terryl’s book, Principles of Creature Design.

The purpose of this project is to create an anatomy of a believable imagined creature. Creating a creature that does not exist is already a challenging task, especially since we see creatures in movies, commercials and games, all the time. Making a nonexisting creature look believable and convincing is the hardest part. There are plenty of resources available on the human anatomy for artists, but not so much for imagined animals and creatures.

This project focuses on modelling a popular style of imagined creature: a bipedal dinosaur hybrid. The Pyrosuvious is basically a mixture of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, Spinosaurus and Dromaeosaurids-like creature. Luckily, I had Terryl’s scientific illustrations and collaboration to serve as a great conceptual foundation for an inspirational and educational challenge. In this tutorial you can follow my step-by-step sculpting process, and advice on how to create a 3D print-friendly file.

To help you follow my process I have created a video walkthrough of my work and you can download the 3D print-ready file for free and print your own Pyrosuvious. Simply follow the instructions to the online Vault on this page, or turn to page 98 for more details. For all the assets you need go to creativebloq.com/vault/3dw208