Her name was Heavyfoot and she was a Tarbosaurus. She had just spent the past week crossing the desert. The first part of her trip had consisted of traveling alongside a caravan with other dinosaurs and humans. The last part, a very lonely four days, she had been traveling by herself to reach her destination. Finally, she entered civiliation. The rest of the trip from here on out would be covered in beautiful colors instead of just brown and the color of desert sand.

The sun was rising from the mountains behind her and warmed her back. She had made an early start today so she wouldn't have to travel the last few miles in the desert in the heat. As she stepped onto the pebbly path, she took in her surroundings; two sauropods were playing in a lake below the Waterfall Triplets. One was a Brachiosaurus and the other appeared to be a Vulcanodon.

A large winged beast was flying around and a tree had long ago fallen over. Ivy had attempted to spread over it, but like the tree had long since died. Beautiful cycads, changing with the season, were growing to her right. To her left was a stream from which she took a long drink. The water tasted good. Taking a last look, she continued on her trip. It would not be long now before she arrived in Treetown, where her human partner was waiting for her.



This is the completed version of Tarbosaurus for the 2007 Dinotopia Calendar in the month November. I flipped the image back around because this is the way I drew it. I had flipped it around later cause I thought it looked better that way. Now that it's completely colored, I like it this way, heh.

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