How I've Researched
As I described in my Blog, I've taken many of my notes written clearly on paper, as well as collecting resources for each genus. When I type the informational sections for each genus, I will take the information I've collected and rewrite it well on each page. As I draw, it will be a matter of opening the descriptive pages/sources I have linked and reading specific dimensions as well as using my notes.
I've collected information for basal Tetanurans, Megalosauriodea and some Allosauridea. I am confident that finishing up the remaining species in Allosauriodea (about 15) can be done in a weekend or two (doable with time set aside). One clade (the Megaraptoridae (contested)), is a bit more problematic in terms of location within the family tree and it s subsequent descriptions, but its going. Likewise (because I have the foundational research done), Tyrannosaurs should only take a few weekends to research fully as well, meaning that the step system may not have to occur.
I've collected information for basal Tetanurans, Megalosauriodea and some Allosauridea. I am confident that finishing up the remaining species in Allosauriodea (about 15) can be done in a weekend or two (doable with time set aside). One clade (the Megaraptoridae (contested)), is a bit more problematic in terms of location within the family tree and it s subsequent descriptions, but its going. Likewise (because I have the foundational research done), Tyrannosaurs should only take a few weekends to research fully as well, meaning that the step system may not have to occur.
Pages
Below is a link of some of the research I have done, scanned in. It is not all of it (it would get fairly repetitive), but features some high lights and anomalies, like Leshanosaurus, for which I found 1 paper, in Mandarin. Or the Spinosaurs, which is a very messy group. I scanned with the Notes app, but it sent them all as a pdf. I'll figure out how to display these as images in a gallery eventually.
Anatomy
A massive hurdle in this project has been understanding the associated anatomy with man of the species I am attempting to illustrate. The goal was to make something scientifically-based, something plausible. At the bare minimum, that requires an understanding of the muscle and skeletal structures of dinosaurs and therapods as a whole