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"Encountered by ERA Scout Units on a recent excursion in the Rainforest, this large Raptor appears to be a further development of the Acid Raptors, a sort of Alpha Acid Raptor. While preferring to keep its distance like its smaller cousins, having stalked the unfortunate team through the brush before it attacked them, its long needle-like primary claws and sharp fang-like teeth as well as the characteristic sickle claw are lethal weapons that the dinosaur is not afraid to use. However, its primary method of attack is its acidic spit, much more potent on this Alpha than on regular Acid Raptors. The Raptor is covered in glowing acid-filled cysts and pustules all over its body and on death, these will explode, showering anyone nearby in acid. The Scout Unit learned this the hard way, but the few survivors provided us with vital intel that will help us to combat this new threat. "

My fan-art of a further mutated "Alpha" Acid Raptor based on the regular Acid Raptor (with inspirations from the recently revealed Acid Bull) from the video game Second Extinction, which is due to enter full release on the 20th! This entire design stemmed from a concept I had ages ago, being "what if the special mutation Raptors also had their own Alpha variants?" in which I specifically used the Acid Raptor as an example, describing it as "Alpha Acid Raptors could have overgrown acid sacks and boils all over their body, exploding on death, showering the area in acid" and I tried evolve that idea for this piece. I made a lot of it up on the fly, resulting in having to change things around here and there, such as the detached snake-like jaw with the torn cheek muscles. The posture of the animal, with the hunched back and S-shaped neck with the long bulbous acid sack underneath was inspired by the "Spitter" Raptors from the 2008 Turok game while the exploding mechanic and idea of being covered in boils was inspired by the Boilers from Aliens: Colonial Marines.

I created this piece as both just a personal challenge to design a completely original creature not based on any real-life animals and expanding upon that prior concept of mine, as well as as an entry for the #SecondExtinctionFanart2022 competition, as such it was a tad bit rushed as the deadline is today and I still had a lot to get finished on this design but in the end I think it turned out quite well and I am proud of it though it could do with a few more details. I should also note that my intention with the design was that the crest on the head would be a dual crest, similar to that of a Sinosaurus or the famous Dilophosaurus.

I may or may not have a crack at creating other Alpha Raptor designs sometime down the line, but for now I'll be going back to my more scientifically accurate designs. Speaking of which, the Tylosaurus
I mentioned is practically complete, I just need to finish the final extensive pattern. It would have been complete by now but I set it aside to work on this design.

Description
"Encountered by ERA Scout Units on a recent excursion in the Rainforest, this large Raptor appears to be a further development of the Acid Raptors, a sort of Alpha Acid Raptor. While preferring to keep its distance like its smaller cousins, having stalked the unfortunate team through the brush before it attacked them, its long needle-like primary claws and sharp fang-like teeth as well as the characteristic sickle claw are lethal weapons that the dinosaur is not afraid to use. However, its primary method of attack is its acidic spit, much more potent on this Alpha than on regular Acid Raptors. The Raptor is covered in glowing acid-filled cysts and pustules all over its body and on death, these will explode, showering anyone nearby in acid. The Scout Unit learned this the hard way, but the few survivors provided us with vital intel that will help us to combat this new threat. "

My fan-art of a further mutated "Alpha" Acid Raptor based on the regular Acid Raptor (with inspirations from the recently revealed Acid Bull) from the video game Second Extinction, which is due to enter full release on the 20th! This entire design stemmed from a concept I had ages ago, being "what if the special mutation Raptors also had their own Alpha variants?" in which I specifically used the Acid Raptor as an example, describing it as "Alpha Acid Raptors could have overgrown acid sacks and boils all over their body, exploding on death, showering the area in acid" and I tried evolve that idea for this piece. I made a lot of it up on the fly, resulting in having to change things around here and there, such as the detached snake-like jaw with the torn cheek muscles. The posture of the animal, with the hunched back and S-shaped neck with the long bulbous acid sack underneath was inspired by the "Spitter" Raptors from the 2008 Turok game while the exploding mechanic and idea of being covered in boils was inspired by the Boilers from Aliens: Colonial Marines.

I created this piece as both just a personal challenge to design a completely original creature not based on any real-life animals and expanding upon that prior concept of mine, as well as as an entry for the #SecondExtinctionFanart2022 competition, as such it was a tad bit rushed as the deadline is today and I still had a lot to get finished on this design but in the end I think it turned out quite well and I am proud of it though it could do with a few more details. I should also note that my intention with the design was that the crest on the head would be a dual crest, similar to that of a Sinosaurus or the famous Dilophosaurus.

I may or may not have a crack at creating other Alpha Raptor designs sometime down the line, but for now I'll be going back to my more scientifically accurate designs. Speaking of which, the Tylosaurus
I mentioned is practically complete, I just need to finish the final extensive pattern. It would have been complete by now but I set it aside to work on this design.