Painting a Life-sized Dinosaur Sculpture: Dilophosaurus

[@Francois2144]

I'd empty my whole bank account for a fundraiser for a documentary with Brian Engh's art and dinosaur puppets.

[@BrianEnghArt]

Appreciate the support!

[@andreasstavrinou6219]

Wonder what Brian Engh's Scutellosaurus Model would look like next to this Dilophosaurus Model in it's exhibit at The LVNHM.❤😂

[@yaruyaru]

Me too!

[@a.boston160]

AMAZING work! I love seeing the modern birds and reptiles that inspired you. I’m very inspired myself watching this! What a cool opportunity!

[@GeneralKatarn]

I have so much respect for you for working with Dr. Wedel

[@catpoke9557]

I love that it was given scars! Very cool touch. Makes it feel more alive, like it has a story.

[@viktorsaurus]

The music is so spooky and haunting and I love every second of it!

[@Alberad08]

Agree, sounds very ancient and very dangerous. Like it very much too with this video.

[@HistorianHimself]

@@Alberad08 many thanks.

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

Your painting of a life size Dilophosaurus was just so beautiful and very epic,also I wish yall are having a good day.

[@BrianEnghArt]

I've gotten a lot of questions about depicting Dilophosaurus with plumage so I am pinning a tweet with the reasoning and a link to a scientific paper on the topic. For more info on the process of reconstructing Dilophosaurus, check out my video "A Modern Look at Dilophosaurus": kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2jNhIKmZ9KlaNU So, while it is true that we do not have >direct< evidence of plumage in Dilophosaurus (yet), we DO have fossils showing plumage in several groups of dinosaurs all over the dinosaur family tree, including some pretty "standard issue" Late Jurassic basal tetanuran theropod dinosaurs: Juravenator, and (arguably) Sciurimimus. The skeletons of these little theropods aren't much more bird-like than Dilophosaurus, yet their skin covering ranges from partially to completely fuzzy.These finds along with numerous other discoveries of plumage in plant eating dinosaurs and pterosaurs can only mean: Either, ALL dinosaurs evolved from a common ancestor in the Triassic that was fuzzy, and/OR that these skin features are very easy for dinosaurs to evolve and thus plumage and/or scales evolved multiple times independently throughout the VAST history of dinosaurs. The possibility that any dinosaur group could have had plumage and/or scales is the view that is currently most -supported by the available fossil evidence, and the most widely accepted by researchers specializing in the evolution of theropod dinosaurs, including Dr. Adam Marsh who advised heavily on this project. REFERENCE: See Yang et al 2018 "Pterosaur integumentary structures with complex feather-like branching" Figure 3 - family tree of dinos & pterosaurs found with plumage (includes link to download full text of scientific paper): www.researchgate.net/figure/Phylogenetic-comparative-analysis-of-integumentary-filament-and-feather-evolution-in_fig3_329715712

[@joshuagonzalez4183]

noice job!!

[@hubertop1247]

Beautiful

[@martinm3474]

I like the hoody look, he is seemingly tagging a dinosaur.

[@ColonialFungus]

Are you planning on completing the Dinosaurs of the Jurassic Part 2? I know the announcement trailer was a long time ago and you've probably moved on and/or canceled it but if there is a chance of it being completed do know we would all be very eager to watch it.

[@BrianEnghArt]

I am working on it now. Covid, big commissions, and new discoveries/excavations have all delayed completing Jurassic Reimagined. My apologies for the delay, but I want to do it right. There are a few updates on Jurassic Reimagined for my patrons on www.patreon.com/historianhimself. More to come.

[@ColonialFungus]

@@BrianEnghArt very happy to hear your still working on it. Take your time

[@tmcelhi1]

That's cool. Dilophosaur is one of my favorite dinos. I'd love to have smaller scale model of this to have on my desk.

[@metalliphil]

This is amazing - hopefully the museum puts up some clips of this video at their display to show all the work that went into this incredible project!

[@Ironcan-kw9ls]

Nice Dilophosaurus model also love Your Paelo Art.

[@janew2108]

I always look forward to these videos. SUPER intense.

[@francoagustingranato2361]

awesome!!! excelent video man!!

[@balthiersgirl2658]

The amount of detail is astonishing

[@Michal844]

Great music and atmosphere

[@himemarie663]

I saw this video about 2 weeks ago, and my partner and I just went to the Natural History Museum in LV and saw this in person! I didn’t even register that this piece was in LV when I watched this video. Great work!

[@BrianEnghArt]

Thanks for visiting!

[@diegoserrano3161]

Woah 😨, I just had no words to say about this. Just simply magnificent, it's so detailed, so much work, effort, passion, dedication and love to this art piece. Now the dilophosaur is now my favorite dino ever with this amazing design. The final result looks so detailed and amazing, that if you don't told me that it's a statue, and you somehow tricked me to believe that this is actually a embalmed animal, I could perfectly believe it. You and the whole team of people behind this made a work completely out of this world

[@BrianEnghArt]

Thank you. The Las Vegas museum has a lot of beautiful taxidermy of modern animals and I really wanted to make my Dilo sculpture look as life like as possible so that it would fit in. :}

[@drchickengie2403]

You are and you will always be an admiration for me, I make small Dinosaurs with a technique called "Paper Mache", I enjoy sculpting but painting becomes too hard for me; however I always use your amazing work as a motivation to keep going and improving my skills, with the dream that one day maybe i could make something as wonderful as your sculptures. Keep going! I love to watch every piece of your work!

[@BrianEnghArt]

Thanks for the encouragement! Keep going to you too!

[@miaokuancha2447]

A work of art and a labor of love.

[@no0t2]

I occasionally pass by this youtube channel, and I wondered "Hm, I wonder if this guy has made any bigger dinosaurs?" How perfectly timed :]

[@maozilla9149]

good show

[@roybarron7806]

That gorgeous

[@orue5499]

your new dilophosaurus wetherilli description and recreation made me admire this creature, i never once knew it was one of the first big carnivorous dinosaurs, nor that it was the apex in its enviroment, my knowledge of dilophosaurus was lacking even with the old info, but damn. this is one helluva beast..

[@calvii_boi]

man i really wish your art could be displayed in london's natural history museum the dinosaur section there is so outdated, id totally go back just to see your work maybe it'd be the 1 thing i actually like about london lol

[@Herculesbiggercousin]

This is magic, I felt the same excitement about dinosaurs that I did as a kid seeing you bring this big guy to life. Keep it up sir!

[@kad1393]

Yeah when I was younger I was obsessed with dinosaurs and learning about them, unfortunately I’ve lost a lot of that knowledge and enthusiasm, but seeing things like this always bring back fond memories.

[@BrianEnghArt]

@@kad1393 Honored

[@VANS124]

This was a very nice video

[@artlux2462]

I’m so glad you put feathers on it

[@slartibastrafatl2607]

That was amazing.

[@thesleepytyrannosaurusrex297]

From the Sue statue to this beautiful Dilophosaurus the 2020's is the decade of amazing dinosaur sculptures and statues!

[@Joel-vq3ch]

This is so badass! Hopefully someday we can get the dinos to move and roar!

[@otherpatrickgill]

Brian Engh is an amazingly talented artist and I don't get tired of seeing him work. But he also has a really relaxing voice and so I love hearing him explain about the animals. Its like watching an episode if Animallogic With Danielle drawing creatures while also watching Dr Polaris. No soundtrack could beat that.

[@keepcalmlovedinosaurs8934]

Phenomenal is an understatement to describe your work!🤩 Its even more striking that the interior of the crests is brighter than the exterior. I hope a miniature collectors model or something gets released based on your design.

[@Tymdek]

Damn, I love your sculptures. Unfortunately I won't be able to visit any place in the Americas any time soon, so I don't think I'll get to see them in person for at least a few years :|

[@iimdone]

for some reason i thought the dilo was smaller than that, damn!!

[@AniFam]

This is cool and amazing~🤗👍 Thank you for sharing this video~

[@clara1291]

It's so cool to see some of the references you were using alongside the painting process!

[@NeonPossum]

WOW this is incredible!

[@denderrant]

I seriously can't wait for you to release an album with all these Mesozoic beats you've produced...

[@HistorianHimself]

It is brewing.

[@ThePotatoSapien]

This is absolutely stunning! The amount of detail put into the sculpture is AMAZING

[@hp7142]

Excited to see this in December!!!!!

[@themurrrr]

Absolutely gorgeous ❤️

[@grahamking9121]

Amazing attention to detail! I enjoyed the references from extant (bird) species.. colourful cassowary, etc.

[@calvingrondahl1011]

Fantastic work! Hello from the Dinosaur Park in Ogden, Utah, USA.

[@BrianEnghArt]

Thanks, and hello!

[@smoraptor]

Thankfully I was able to come see this display in June. The curator even let me come down and chat in the fossil room for a bit. Really cool stuff.

[@Ironcan-kw9ls]

I been waiting for this moment.

[@hugocafasso]

Whoa!!! Amazing!!! 🤩

[@20MDZ10]

OMG I have no words for this! I’m a HUGE dinosaur nerd so this is just amazing! Keep doing all of this stuff that makes you happy and have a good day.

[@-MochiWochi-]

Say the number of how many dinosaurs you know cause I'm also a dino nerd.

[@ger5956]

Amazing work dude! 👍🏼

[@chelseahodge6085]

When I was 5 I went to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis when I saw the dinosphere I fell in love with the animals on top of that I loved art, today I now study art and animal biology and hope to one day do this. I love your work and is really inspiring to me 💙

[@BrianEnghArt]

Awesome! Looking forward to seeing art from you!

[@hannesboman3651]

Amazing work as always and the paleo beats just makes it even better.

[@HistorianHimself]

salute!

[@jislh9453]

That is really good

[@viomusardathefluffysealgas9347]

Amazing 👏👏✨✨

[@DrevorReal]

This has been an absolute treat. Wow! Amazing to see this beautiful Dino being brought to life!

[@E44-v4z]

In my opinion, this Dilophosaurus look’s way cooler than the one from Jurassic Park.

[@otherpatrickgill]

I've been in a couple of pretty serious situations in my life, made some not so great choices and dragged myself through the consequences. I'm not super tough, but I'm not the sort to panic over nothing, I typically keep my head in emergency situations... But if I ever see that thing in real life, I'll shit my pants and run.

[@rolloxra670]

This is insanely beautiful, amazing work!

[@teehee2294]

I LOVE IT!!!!!

[@reverseuniverse2559]

So many features that have not changed over millions of years including the colour of blood 🩸

[@the_gaming_hyena24]

That looks amazing!

[@RyanMc66]

I love it!

[@IceCold11235]

Damn, that Dilophosaur is HUGE. It is hard to imagine there were bigger dinos that make him look small.

[@Corcovatuz]

It's an amazing dinosaur though

[@Corcovatuz]

It's dwarfed by loads though

[@dragonfox2.058]

Masterpiece

[@thedubstepaddict3675]

This is amazing! My dream job! You and other paleoartists inspired me to start going to uni studying biology and doing this myself! One question: it surprised me that you didnt use any primer, why not?

[@desepticon]

WOW!

[@JoseR1207]

Nice Work 👍

[@emiliaolivieri]

Soooooo cool!!!!

[@averynelson7289]

This is amazing!! Truly how I have been envisioning dilophosaurus. Where has it been put on display? I'd love to see it in person.

[@Immafraid]

If I had a zillion dollars, there would be a hyper-realistic Spinosaurus by my indoor swimming pool.

[@Alwaysgrim]

Awesome 🙂

[@TheRoadrunnerFromHell]

Impressive work. I hope you get to collaborate with the museum on another project.

[@mariaesperanzasaraviayatac2953]

Wow dilophosaur realisticob😊

[@artgeometrix6346]

Wow. Epic. How cool.

[@bagelthief8159]

Wait dilos where that big?!?!

[@spinosauryx1915]

How do you get into this type of work? Its so cool!

[@BrianEnghArt]

By developing and maintaining a professional artistic skill set, doing detailed work, learning as much as I can about biology and anatomy (not just dinosaurs & fossils), and by networking with paleontologists, biologists, exhibit designers, and museum staff.

[@dragonfox2.058]

@@BrianEnghArt AND by being an extremely gifted artist...it don't come easy. You have an excellent hand

[@BrianEnghArt]

​@@dragonfox2.058 Gifted to have had a supportive family, friends, and opportunities to work on practicing making art. I definitely didn't start out being good at any of this. Lots of practice.

[@dragonfox2.058]

@@BrianEnghArt cool. well you're exceptional now. I never had much support but I did it all anyway

[@BrianEnghArt]

@@dragonfox2.058 Thank you for your kind words.

[@LifeguardLeroy]

The dude that painted the Dilos face probably sees them in his dreams when he sleeps now.

[@jaisanatanrashtra7035]

Only if JP took efforts to make this Masterpiece 😑

[@josephiajanke9850]

Feathered! Dillophosaurus!

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

DI-L-O!! On a serious note, amazing job! EDIT: 6:10 YES! Tritylodont time!

[@mirkobenvenuti5548]

I was waiting this 💓

[@7777Scion]

nice work - the filaments are purely hypothetical and probably far too early for them to appear on theropods

[@BrianEnghArt]

The distribution of fuzzy body covering found across the family tree of dinosaurs suggests that dinosaurs + pterosaurs evolved from a fuzzy common ancestor in the Triassic period, 60+ million years before Dilophosaurus evolved in the early Jurassic.

[@ger5956]

Please remember to like and comment to appease the almighty algorithm 😁👍🏼

[@PrehistoricMagazine]

Love to work with you sometime as I’m trying to create videos recreating the ancient past as well. Great stuff

[@jp216]

You deserve more views

[@NightmareWolffff]

man, how does one get to have a job like this? I would love to paint dinosaurs as my job D:

[@Snuzzled]

Does anyone know what that adorable little mammal (?) being sculpted at 6:19 was?

[@kingkosmoceratops1404]

Possibly Kayentatherium.

[@Akaryusan]

and this was overall just a fairly medium to small sized dinosaur, in our time dilophosaurs would have been an apex predator of its region and one of the biggest predators on the planet.

[@urcryingteacup]

how is the model made? the textures and everything are insane

[@PackyMae]

Love this! Do we have evidence that dilophosaurus was feathered, or is this speculative? In any case, I think it is beautifully designed!

[@BrianEnghArt]

We do not have direct evidence of early plumage in Dilophosaurus, but we do have fossils showing plumes all over the dinosaur family tree, including among some pretty "standard issue" Late Jurassic theropod dinosaurs that are only slightly more derived than Dilophosaurus.This means that either all dinosaurs evolved from a common ancestor in the Triassic that was fuzzy, or that these skin features are very easy for dinosaurs to evolved and thus evolved multiple times independently.

[@taz3810]

@@BrianEnghArt The position of the "fur" was like this too? Cause it genuinely looks cool! Thank you!

[@BrianEnghArt]

@Thomas Malocco Because various kinds of plumage are widespread in multiple groups of dinosaurs and pterosaurs by the (very warm) late Jurassic period many researchers now consider it most likely that all dinosaurs and pterosaurs evolved from a fuzzy ancestor back in the Triassic period, and some groups subsequently lost their plumage later on. Alternatively, multiple groups evolved feathers simultaneously in the early Jurassic through convergent evolution. In either scenario, feathers are plausible for any group of dinosaurs for which we have yet to discover extensive skin impressions.

[@20MDZ10]

@Thomas Malocco yes it is correct that in the late Jurassic/early Cretaceous that dinosaurs had protofeathers more commonly then in the early Jurassic but some creatures still had them in the early Jurassic.

[@atanoxel7427]

Bro I feel bad for little kids who don’t know the scientifically accurate one😅

[@Feltendebiljeban]

Man, it looks so good. Im curious how sculpture was made, what materials were used? I've heard a lot stories about visitors destroying exhibitions im museums (Dilophosaurus sculpture in my local museum was shot with nerf gun) so Im guessing its not clay or anything fragile.

[@TattooedPink]

I play ARK so i know everything about dinosaurs 🤣💚🦖

[@bardrick4220]

Don't Dilophosaurs have neck frills or has that been overturned too?! . . .

[@CleverClover2023]

The neckfrills were first used in the JP franchise. Probably as a way to make the dinosaur look more intimidating. They are not present in the fossil record of this dinosaur.

[@toranimations8203]

Am i the only one who wants to ride this thing?

[@allenspd71]

Oigam y Bleyken?

[@PilotoDeP-51]

What's the name of the dinosaur?

[@Khultan]

1000% 😃👌🏽

[@vincemaranzano4197]

Ironically,real life Dilophosaurus has the same size as Jurassic Park Velociraptor and real life Velociraptor has the same size as Jurassic Park Dilophosaurus

[@Immafraid]

This is quite a bit larger than a JP raptor.

[@Harlequin43]

What makes them think dilo was a furry?

[@Advanced_brb]

With new evidence that is found in fossil's it is suggested that they were feathered