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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com -1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

my biggest problem is that for animals that still existed artists could not get them right.

So scientist/artist getting anything right about stone-bone chicken-asaurus seems highly unlikely to me.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

you do realize these are

  1. in a very specific artstyle, people back then were perfectly capable of drawing realistic stuff if they wanted
  2. drawn based on like, maybe fourth-hand accounts, they obviously managed to draw things they saw in day to day life without issue
    right?

like, how would you manage if i gave someone a vague description of an animal that sounds made up, and then they told you what to draw?