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Yes, that bird has teeth! Hesperornis was a species of marine bird that lived during the Campanian age (late in the Cretaceous period). That would be about eighty million years ago. So this guy probably had to contend with a few dinosaurs when waddling on land and plesiosaurs when swimming through water. Generally, recreations of Hesperornis give it a penguin-like coat of feathers. I've opted for a more duck-like appearance simply because I think it makes for a better color scheme in the image.

This image uses purchased content. The bird was posed in poser 6 then imported into vue 9.5 where the rest of the scene was composed. Final rendering was done in Vue and took about 2 hours on an intel i5 2.8GHz with 8GB of RAM. Post production was done using GIMP.

A quick disclaimer about my paleoart...

When it comes to paleoart, the images I create favor 'art' more than 'paleo'. While I try my best to depict animals as accurately as possible, I'm make no claim that they 100% scientifically accurate. The same goes for the environment I depict them in. I am primarily interested in creating aesthetically pleasing images. Scientific accuracy comes second.
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~Veggieman Dec 17, 2012  Student Filmographer
See, I read that the Hesperornis was incapable of standing on its legs and so dragged itself like a big seal or something, but I like this much better than what that source said. After all, like loads of people said, what living person is really to say what they looked like?
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!Ard3113 Jan 21, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Magnificient illustration !
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*sallymalene Jan 9, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Amazing!! :wow:
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~Arah019 Jan 8, 2012
excellent work!
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*deskridge Jan 8, 2012   Digital Artist
Thanks, again!
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~Arah019 Jan 9, 2012
you're welcome! :)
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*orinoor Jan 8, 2012
I love the scene and so impressed by your skills, both in Vue and Photoshop. Those rocks are perfect, great variety in color/pattern/size and the highlights, wow. The painting on the bird is also masterful.
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*deskridge Jan 8, 2012   Digital Artist
Thanks, again!
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!Anim8her Jan 2, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Just love your paleo series - they're so fascinating! :)
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*deskridge Jan 5, 2012   Digital Artist
Thanks!
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