Redesigning Walking with Dinosaurs | New Blood

The long awaited return to this series. Walking with Dinosaurs is easily the most influential dinosaur documentary, but how well does it hold up?.
Please let me know of any mistakes when it comes to the drawing, information or image attribution.
WWD OST by Benjamin Bartlett:
- Canyon of terror
- Cruel sea
- Giant of the skies
- Death of the Postosuchus
- Escape of the podlets
- Jurassic Forest
- Time of the titans
- Triassic Water
References:
Coelophysis:
Tykoski & Rowe. (2004). www.researchgate.net/publicat...
Rinehart et al. (2009). books.google.ca/books?hl=en&l...
Hendrickx et al. (2022). ri.conicet.gov.ar/bitstream/h...
Lovelace et, al. (2020). journals.plos.org/plosone/art...
Pahl & Ruedas. (2023). journals.plos.org/plosone/art...
Tam et al. (2024). www.sciencedirect.com/science...
Cullen et al. (2023). www.science.org/doi/abs/10.11...
Bishop et al. (2020). www.cambridge.org/core/servic...
Postosuchus:
Weinbaum. (2011). escholarship.org/content/qt78...
Weinbaum. (2013). d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net...
Fawcett et al. (2023). anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wil...
Liparini & Schultz. (2013). citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/documen...
Plateosaurus:
Moser. (2003). epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/12711...
Mallison. (2010). bioone.org/journals/acta-pala...
YDAW's Video: • Plateosaurus: YDAW Arc...
0:00 Intro
3:07 Coelophysis Science
5:25 Coelophysis Art
7:53 Postosuchus Science
11:22 Postosuchus Art
16:07 Plateosaurus Science
17:31 Plateosaurus Art
19:11 Postosuchus v Postosuchus
#walkingwithdinosaurs #paleoart

[@ichthyovenator3351]

Several people have said the postosuchus got wounded in an offscreen hunt so there you go I guess.

[@bkjeong4302]

It was, but that’s the least of its issues. The entire depiction of the thing is horribly wrong even by 1999 standards.

[@dinosaur_man321]

@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0 sir dilophosaurus the 3thrid2.0 dont call mister icthyovenator3351 a nerd he took critisism also i am fan

[@timbobshe]

Fun fact. They couldn’t afford to animate it! So that’s why it was hidden. The choice of angle where the posto bit into the placereas was all to save money and animation time. It was the most expensive documentary ever made at that point. They didn’t have knowledge, time, science and money on their side xD

[@user-gm7hk3kh2h]

Yeah, the documentary actually said that the Postosuchus did get injured in a hunt

[@Dino_Boy.01]

Imagine they rebooted the show. Still using the puppets and adding better CGI. (And don’t bring up the WWD movie)

[@thefatraptor4424]

Eh, maybe

[@thefatraptor4424]

It would be cool. But idk, I feel like even a reboot would never match the original.

[@kylecollier7569]

​@@thefatraptor4424 At least the one thing that will always "stand the test of time" for the Walking with Series is the music. Even if the series was remade, they would have to get Benjamin Bartlett back to do "modernized" renditions of the entire score.

[@thefatraptor4424]

@@kylecollier7569 tbh, a modernised version would be cool, but again. Nothing can match it.

[@kylecollier7569]

@@thefatraptor4424 Indeed.

[@carterlazarus813]

"Outside of Quetzalcoatlus, Postosuchus has changed the most in recent times" Polar Allo-venator: "Sir, my family wasn't classified until 2010"

[@ichthyovenator3351]

Yeah looking back idk why I said that, Australovenator, tyrannosaurus, ornitholestes, and especially Anurognathus are all as bad or worse

[@carterlazarus813]

@@ichthyovenator3351 I loved all your redesigns, I just thought it was a funny line XD

[@VOLTAGE-801]

⁠@@ichthyovenator3351 what about spinosaurus? Haha

[@nanuqo2006]

The polar allosaur isnt Australo

[@ichthyovenator3351]

@@nanuqo2006 what else would it be?

[@NotSoPolitePerson]

Now I'm stuck imagining utahraptor using gang signs

[@jacobcox4565]

I read that and just imagining that moment from Dinosaur Revolution where 2 Utahraptor packs had a gang war over a juvenile sauropod.

[@thehermitthetower1126]

If you exclude instances involving Utahraptors gun violence almost doesn't exist.

[@bird2034]

LMAO that was my first thought too

[@bird2034]

@@thehermitthetower1126despite only making up 14% of all raptors, /s

[@The_Dirt_Block]

I think Utah did not hunted in packs

[@StoneWeevil]

Every rewatch I'm always relieved that the diplodocus female survives all the way to the end of episode 2

[@ichthyovenator3351]

She was a survivor for sure

[@evplatypus3039]

can't believe hamlet narrated walking with dinos

[@ichthyovenator3351]

Claudius had never seen such bullshit before

[@the-one-and-only-darth-maul]

Man, this series was my childhood, it would be my dream if they remade it with modern science.

[@chrissbasement169]

My dad popped one in the dvd player back in like 2006 and the rest is history I sat down and watched all of em And then proceeded to buy like 40 dinosaur models and toys 2 books and the movie dinosaur thats what happens when toddlers discover dinosaurs

[@BobBob-eb4io]

Your dreams have come true

[@icouldntaffordanamesoigoty4619]

I always just thought the female Postosuchus got the tusk mark from a different hunting trip off screen since the episode skips forward through the dry season a couple of weeks

[@JurassicJohn216]

The Quetzal honk killed me lmao 🤣

[@SmashBrosAssemble]

Next to Jurassic Park, Walking with Dinosaurs is undoubtedly one of the most famous & influential pieces of paleo media there is, regardless of all its inaccuracies, it’s a wonderful series that even 25 years after it aired is still a joy to watch. I’d love to see all the designs redone in accurate ways, & maybe even do this for the spin offs Big Al, Chased by Dinosaurs & Sea Monsters, plus it’s sequel Walking with Beasts, it’s prequel Walking with Monsters, & maybe after those also cover Prehistoric Park & Primeval as well.

[@user-ze3lk1ov5b]

Jurassic park isn't paleo media and neither scientific product but many love it

[@dubbingsync]

@@user-ze3lk1ov5bmay not be official paleo media but it definitely got a lot of people into a career where they look for bones of ancient life.

[@seanledden4397]

The changes in Postosuchus's gait are very satisfying. When I first saw "New Blood" I found it's walk to look very clumsy, and I wondered how it could catch prey with a build that reminds one of a stegosaurus. (Still love the show though!)

[@BraydenBarras4174]

He posted…HE POSTED?!??!??? YEAH!!!!!!

[@ichthyovenator3351]

lmao

[@midgard_serpent]

he postosuchus’d damnit that was so cheesy 🥶😭😭

[@The_Industry]

@@midgard_serpent Maybe, Posto'd? I was literally about to make the same exact joke lol

[@Artsy.Journeys]

I will say one thing about this series that HAS withstood the test of time; the MUSIC. LOVE i! Also, BEAUTIFUL artwork!

[@devilix7132]

I absolutely loved walking with dinosaurs when I was younger never new it was such a big thing

[@tyrannotherium7873]

Walking with dinosaurs will always be my number one favorite documentary even though yes it’s in accurate but this is it a 1999 documentary but it’s story that is the most important and it had one of the best stories of documentaries of Paleo media

[@tyrannotherium7873]

@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0 I’m sorry, but do you have a problem with nerds?

[@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0]

@@tyrannotherium7873 Nerd.

[@tyrannotherium7873]

Uh okay then

[@evplatypus3039]

​@@tyrannotherium7873they taste not the best

[@tyrannotherium7873]

@@evplatypus3039 bro what are you talking about

[@fabiomorandi3585]

I don't know if it was shot that way on purpose, but the Postosuchus death scene always gets to me. I straight-up cried the first time I watched it and now, 25 years later, it still never fails to get my eyes moist, even when it just starts playing inside my head for whatever reason.

[@ichthyovenator3351]

They really didn't need to go that far with it, it's so tragic

[@fabiomorandi3585]

@@ichthyovenator3351 And now I remember they pulled the same stunt with the Ornithocheirus in episode 4.

[@BobBob-eb4io]

​@ichthyovenator3351 lol i had the opposite reaction when i watched it as a kid i was rooting for the celophycis (prob misspelled that) so i was like basicly cheering when it happend.

[@laurachapple6795]

My cat is sitting in my lap and keeps trying to eat your hands during the drawing parts.

[@SnubbyDaArtist]

Your cat has great taste in meat, human flesh tastes a lot like pork, but better

[@Leptitsingerouge]

@SnubbyDaArtist wait a minute...

[@The_Industry]

I am so inconceivably jealous of your colouring and shading skills mate, that alone earned you an immediate sub. Only critique I have is that something feels off about the foremost leg of the Coelophysis and Postosuchus, and the perspective on the Postosuchus' head doesn't seem to match the rest of it. Otherwise, phenomenal work, and I am truly in awe. Whilst I'm not as attached to WWD as many others, it was still a big part of my childhood, and I'd love to see the series continued. I'd also love to see you do this for Prehistoric Park (which actually was my childhood and the reason I love prehistory), since, IMO, it is one of the top 3-5 greatest bits of paleo-media ever created, and I mourn the fact that it can never be rebooted or continued at least twice a week.

[@ichthyovenator3351]

That’s fair enough, the postosuchus’ head perspective is throwing me now that you’ve mentioned it. And feet are a general weakness I need to improve on

[@dada_natureview]

19:50 Dawg. Cute doggo. Me want pet him🐶.

[@ichthyovenator3351]

She’s a girl but she is very cute.

[@maxtube444]

Postosuchus my beloved

[@tongatapu7325]

Fantastic video idea and execution, cannot wait for Cruel Seas (maybe because you blasted its themes the whole video XD). I wrote my bachelors thesis on WWD and Prehistoric Planet, so this is extra exciting ^^

[@AchyParts]

It's been 84 years...

[@ichthyovenator3351]

Time flies if you're the one making vids I guess

[@Eloraurora]

I love the moment when you shift focus from the dramatic, detailed battle between the Postosuchus to the technicolor gremlin Coelophysis going 😧.

[@Firety11]

Lovely art! Though I disagree with how robust the coelophysis is. Almost as if its limbs could support a creature twice the mass of the ~1 metre tall dinosaur. While If you look at birds the size of coelophysis or larger such as emus and ostriches, their necks and legs are absolute pencils! As for postosuchus, despite the trouble with rendering its neck muah!- chef's kiss! Same goes for plateosaurus! And if you're up for a real challenge I would love to see your interpretation of WWD's leaellynasaura!

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

They were still lightweight animals.

[@Firety11]

@@ExtremeMadnessX Indeed, though it seems you misread my comment? Unless you're referring to ostriches and emus.

[@ichthyovenator3351]

I feel that birds in this instance might not be the best comparison for heft because pretty much all birds irrespective of niche have skinny necks when the feathers are e moved the exceptions are maybe penguins I think. Also I just used where the gastralia were placed in a bunch of figures for the depth of the torso.

[@rileyernst9086]

Ive gotta say, props for putting the scores on. Awesome video, awesome work and there could have been no better sound track!

[@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0]

Nerd

[@idrawsdinosaurs400]

That is some absolutely beautiful coloured pencil work! I love how you transferred the complex colour pattern of the WWD Coelophysis onto the shaggy feathers

[@ichthyovenator3351]

It was quite the struggle

[@bblunder]

One of my unknown cousins gave the cd for that documentary when I was just 6 or 7 years old and oh boy... I was in love with dinosaurs and that incredible production quality

[@Dipstikk]

17:32 I got fuckin chills watching you flesh out your sketch to the Walking With Dinosaurs suite. Such fantastic music.

[@Mr.Estiverne]

I absolutely adore the way you color, truly inspiring

[@cardsfan4867]

I love this video style! I’d love if you kept making more of this type of content❤️

[@thatgeologyqueen8213]

These are incredibly good designs! You do an amazing job layering with the colored pencils as well. Also yes, postosuchus for saddest anime death confirmed.

[@austingilles6263]

You are an INCREDIBLE artist! Holy crap those are gorgeous

[@jordansefton]

This video was amazing!! Can't wait for the next episodes😍

[@Jurassiccanonking]

Your drawings are so fabulous. It’s so cool to see this as someone who loves WWD but also values accuracy.

[@socktheface360]

Beautiful art! Your new renditions of the animals are really cool and educated. Thank you so much for sharing

[@cocaloca5402]

man your art is incredible !!! I know it's a lengthy process but I can't wait to see your redesigns for the animals in the rest of the series😁

[@murasamekaini8786]

Your art looks so good it looks like it’s popping out of the paper Love this video 🩷

[@geoduckgeoscience4300]

These are amazing! A well-earned subscription!

[@angreedarmor1396]

Great work mate and super jelly of your artistic skills 💜 much love

[@thephilosoraptor8565]

The beautiful art alone was worth a subscription but the research quality on display is astounding! I've never subbed so fast oml

[@SarastistheSerpent]

Your art is absolutely incredible. Subbed

[@murphyslaw5150]

You are one extremely talented dude - thank you for this. Much like you, this was my childhood and I've been desperate to see this series have revised dinosaurs and organisms. Brilliant.

[@luca-draws]

YOOOOOO that drawing was insane I was NOT expecting that. Amazing art!!

[@BlueDiamond-ot8xw]

Inspirational man. I love this. You earned a sub.

[@PeopleAreFish]

Absolutely beautiful artwork you deserve way more attention. Subscribed :)

[@georg.camerone56]

Love the artwork! You got yourself a new sub here 😎

[@freddieaj]

Fantastic video. Excited for the other episodes!

[@ichthyovenator3351]

Hopefully they won’t take as long as this one😅

[@nyeti7759]

I love what you're doing here - using WWD as a starting point for modern palaeo art hits so many cool notes 😃

[@Caleddon]

When I saw your drawings accompanied with lots of facts served with passion like a good meal, it was instant subscribe for me. Keep it up !

[@ichthyovenator3351]

Love that description. And I'm trying to incorporate for science and be more informed in my drawings so I appreciate it.

[@analloshappyness]

Its a good day when icthovynater posts it really is. Keep up the good work

[@Rahru]

Hey, awesome work! I love how Plateosaurus' head gives off an early saurischian vibe, like it's still halfway between a basal theropod and a basal sauropod. I've never felt that way about this dinosaur on other paleoart but it's so fitting!

[@charleston1789]

Dang, you’re VERY talented, what a great video. And bonus doggo at the end?? Flawless

[@ichthyovenator3351]

Doggo is a essential

[@GaryHamad]

I love your Narration and Paintings, Subbed

[@Chameleon1616]

This is some serious talent. If you completed the show this would be a legendary video series in the history of walking with dinosaurs content.

[@SolimanElshaarawi-be3uq]

Very impressive man! Your art skills are amazing 🤩 keep it up

[@paleo-zoo-keeper-association]

For those who are wondering and even commented on what if they rebooted this series, I would definitely tell you that they are actually going to do just that for the series and should come out next year. BBC announced it.

[@Vixnarts]

WWD is my childhood favorite even though there were inaccuracies, still enjoyable nonetheless. I absolutely love your Paleo art. You're very very very talented. Love it 😍

[@RandomAllosaurus]

Let’s go another video!!!! Love ur stuff dude.

[@PrisPrivate]

Love all the redesigns!! Especially the Postosuchus :)

[@ryanadolfi4007]

dude, keep up the awesome work. with the insane quality of your work now, i can only imagine how good it'll be in the future. super impressed!! 🙂

[@cretaceouscrusader661]

The tusk wound that killed the postosuchus happened off screen during the time skip.

[@georgiustyrannus]

So awesome dude! Keep doing this :D

[@adhdlama2403]

Completely new to your channel. What incredible skill you have with a pencil!! Your illustrations are really like the fantastic pencil-drawn illustrations in a series of educational books I read as a child. They're really nostalgic! Incredible to see you draw with the WWD music in the backgrounds. I get chills and chills and chills, at the majestic parts, at the subtle parts, at parts that shouldn't give me chills at all... I loved Prehistoric Planet, but Walking with Dinosaurs certainly takes the cake for me.

[@ichthyovenator3351]

I appreciate it!

[@ichthyovenator3351]

I appreciate it!

[@Sharauni]

Amazing video and gorgeous art, I am so glad you were in my suggested vids! Definitely subscribed!^^

[@ichthyovenator3351]

Thanks!

[@BlastPastFast]

I’ve been waiting for someone to do this!

[@BlastPastFast]

@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0 Stfu you’re a dilophosaurus with a top hat on it doesn’t get nerdier than that.

[@Jurassiccanonking]

This is so awesome. I shared it with my community.

[@ichthyovenator3351]

Thanks!

[@diegoserrano3161]

I wish i could draw and color just like you. MAGNIFiCENT video

[@johnloehrjr6300]

Amazing work! I especially loved the Postosuchus drawing, it looked so good, and the Postosuchus v Postosuchus painting was awesome. Walking With Dinosaurs was my childhood, so seeing these was a treat. I think another thing that did not exactly age well for the Postosuchus’ depiction in the series was it slowly idling along considering it probably was a lot faster, especially now that we know it was bipedal it seems very similar to Carnosaurids or Abelisaurids

[@demomantf2986]

I love the trend of paleoartists depicting the new versions of prehistoric animals fighting with the old ones

[@ichthyovenator3351]

Didn’t even realize it was a trend lmao

[@thefishermanz8349]

More of this please I clicked on ur channel hoping for more once I saw this

[@BobBob-eb4io]

Wow this was well timed

[@CromoPaleoShow]

I absolutely love prehistoric planet. But a walking with dinosaurs remake would be amazing Also your art is absolutely unbelievable!

[@Jurassiccanonking]

I’m sad to see the beloved Postusuchus so changed but this is such a cool project and I’d love to see more of this.

[@calebsmith2362]

You're a really good artist.

[@lucidduck00]

Absolutely stunning redesigns And I'm probably going to rematch walking with dinosaurs now

[@PaleoEdits]

Awesome work!

[@sauraplay2095]

Absolutely beautiful!👍

[@prehistoricnani]

amazing and lovelly work!

[@girlathomeenjoyer937]

Amazing, great work

[@DanielWortley-ip6pd]

Cool illustration❤

[@googlegoblin3482]

Love this! Please do the Placerias and the synodont as well!

[@GREYFLWRMUSIC]

Okay, subscribed when you started drawing, nice to see a paleo artist really tackling the topic of redesigning, instead of someone just talking about what's wrong with the design.

[@bennettfender9927]

Tbf Postosuchus dying from a simple tusk wound was incredibly stupid especially considering what injuries archosaurs both past and present have survived. The book at least has it mauled by the other Postosuchus as well which makes its death more reasonable.

[@ichthyovenator3351]

I don't think the actual wound was that bad of a way to die. I think that combined with dehydration it didn't get the time it needed to recover before being beset upon by those Coelophysis. But archosaurs are really tough so she probably would've made it.

[@william3100]

​@@ichthyovenator3351The tusk wound was also in the thigh region, which kinda crippled it. It's a bit of a vital area, at least as shown in the documentary. So it was probably a combination of that, dehydration, infection from the wound, probably starvation because of being not able enough to hunt, and the increasing heat adding to all of that, slowly killed it. I think that could reasonably do it.

[@lukevanamerongen5622]

This is my first time coming across one of your videos, and I have to say, your drawing skills are fantastic! Also, respect for the name; Icthyovenator is probably my favorite Spinosaur

[@mns188]

You drew them???? They look outstanding! I'm super impressed. I got a dvd 1 year ago and watched when i was visiting my mom, so many memories

[@paleo-logica]

¡Wow! Maravilloso. Ojalá WWD haga un remake y actualicen sus modelos así 😍😍😍

[@niahawker9067]

The velociraptors did WHAT?

[@dinosaur_man321]

nice drawing bro

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Really great video my dude :) Your art came out really well, and it was great seeing how you handled corrections when things didn't look quite right.

[@ichthyovenator3351]

Thanks man! Great to see ya in the comments again

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

@@ichthyovenator3351 Been a bit inactive as of late, but getting back into things now. :)

[@ichthyovenator3351]

@@HenrythePaleoGuy that’s me right now. Idk how people upload consistently while also having a life. 😅

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

@@ichthyovenator3351 I get you on that. It's more down to laxness and poor time management on my end though. It eats away at me, but I'm trying my best to overcome those negative mindsets.

[@thefullmetalallosaurus]

Haven’t watched yet, don’t know if you’ll make this a series, but you already have a new sub

[@ichthyovenator3351]

Technically it’s already part of a series. But hopefully I’ll get to the other episodes

[@ZaccaiB]

I grew up watching Walking with Beasts, but I think I have seen part of both Walking with Monsters and Walking with Dinosaurs respectfully.

[@ichthyovenator3351]

I grew up with walking with monsters, vaguely watched walking with dinosaurs a little after and only recently got to see all of walking with beasts

[@ZaccaiB]

@@ichthyovenator3351 oh nice

[@Howtoman126]

You should make a part two your channels amazing👍

[@toonrex2806]

Man, you’re really great with blending, shading, and highlighting with your pencils. I’ve tried and haven’t been able to get it right.

[@ichthyovenator3351]

Keep at it!

[@MundaneMuser]

Walking With Dinosaurs was my favourite show in 2000. I watched every episode when it first aired on TV, and later every week on VHS as a 7-year-old (which I got for Christmas). It inspired my dinosaur drawings and the dinosaur noises I made (especially while having a bath), and helped broaden my vocabulary.

[@ichthyovenator3351]

This is relatable

[@NATUREBOYP]

GREAT VIDEO BRODIE

[@ichthyovenator3351]

Thanks!

[@fausiamerkus1577]

This Shi fire 🔥

[@athos9293]

hyped for the Allosaurus art because some art of it looks gorgeous, specially the ones where it's very streamlined and yellow in color

[@athos9293]

@@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0 👼🏿👉🏿👌🏻👼🏻

[@rileyberry6192]

I just wanted to say, the tusk wound on the Postasuchus was from a hunt OFF screen. At least that's my interpretation

[@bassmantjox1299]

Can’t wait to see the designs.

[@BananaLibdardChocolateSplit]

HES BACK BABY!!!!!!1!